Paper hankies

My husband remarked this morning that we are going through so many boxes of tissues than before. Is it an age thing as both of us seem to be blowing our nose far more than when we were younger. Bringing up our children, I hardly remember blowing our nose unless we had the cold. Our poor parents and grandparents had to rely on cotton handkerchief that had to be salted and boiled. We are so lucky nowadays that we rely on tissues