I didn’t I’d use tp and I don’t have much need for tissues but DH loves tissues so I buy them for him.

Yes 1 in each kids bedrooms and 1 in the living room.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought it was an “old lady” thing to keep tissue boxes around - unless you’re sick

What are old ladies doing with those tissues?

Shoving them up their sweater sleeve, like my grandma used to. I grew up in a household where there was a tissue box in each bathroom, each bedroom, plus a box in the kitchen and a box in the den. There were a lot of sneezes and crying in our house. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and have one box in the bathroom and one in my bedroom. (And a travel pack in my work bag.)

I don't have decorative boxes for them, but we keep regular boxes of tissues in the living room, family room, kitchen, and bedrooms.

No one in my family had seasonal allergies when I was a kid, but I married into a bunch of them. So yes, now we keep tissues in the kitchen, living room, all bathrooms, all nightstands, and the mudroom. And they get used! I have sons, so I know what they would have wiped their noses on otherwise. We use Yamasaki tissue box covers.

Not decorative, but we have boxes of tissues in every room in our house. We are a family with allergies.

Anonymous wrote:No, just in the bathroom and bedrooms. Not in main living areas unless someone is sick

+1

Anonymous wrote:Never. So gauche. Bathroom only.

gauche? yikes you must be a joy to be around.

Tissues are kept in the bathroom only so that you blow your nose somewhere private (no one wants to see/hear that), you have a trashcan to throw away the snotty tissue, and you can wash your hands.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. If someone in the house is sick I'll get some, but it's an extra expense when a square of toilet paper will do.

Do you have a separate roll of toilet paper for your nose? Because I am thinking about how people touch the toilet paper roll with unwashed hands and I don't really want that on my face.

Not every room, but on our main level, we have a box in the bathroom and a box in the family room. We have young children.

Anonymous wrote:We are about 1 box per floor. My DD is the big user. If she is not around they collect dust.

My son is the big user.

Teenage boys. Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. If someone in the house is sick I'll get some, but it's an extra expense when a square of toilet paper will do.

You would save more money if you bought a big multi pack of boxes from Costco and then you'd have boxes on hand if someone gets sick or you have a guest with allergies or who might need a tissue once in a while. You will also go through toilet paper more slowly because with kids especially if you make them use toilet paper they are often inclined to use a lot more than they need. Also people tend to throw toilet paper in the toilet and flush even if they are just using it to wipe their nose which is a waste of water.

So actually just having tissues is the economical approach.

We are about 1 box per floor. My DD is the big user. If she is not around they collect dust.

Pretty much everywhere that someone might sit.