Tissues v handkerchiefs

We were forbidden to blow our noses on our hankies, as my mum hand washed for years.

I haven't used a handkerchief for years. Can't remember how many. OH still does, never tissues.

Not since I was a child, Tbh I find them disgusting. At least a tissue gets thrown in the bin, the thought of a used hanky going round in the washing machine with my clothes is a bit disturbing.

We kept some of my mums lovely, snowy white hankies, and used them at her funeral.
My daughter was buried with one of them.

DH has always used handkerchiefs and it drives me mad having to launder them. I've used tissues since I was a teenager, so much more practical and hygienic.

Grampy always uses a snow white hanky when we are out but tissues for indoors.

Lucky really because I really don't want a bag full of his used tissues if we are out and not near a bin :-)

This thread reminds me of a Christmas present I received from my then young son (He's fifty odd now). He bought his father some monogrammed white linen handkerchiefs whilst I was given a box of tissues. When I asked him why the difference he replied that was all he ever saw me use. With the money that he saved a bought himself a small ornament .

If I am ever tearful I definitely want a hankie!

I don’t think I ve used a hanky since I left school, tears go on tissues just the same as blowing When the kids were small before boxes and packets of tissues were around I d always carry a small amount of soft loo roll in the bottom of my bag
I don’t think I know anyone who uses a hanky my Dad always did and mum used to have a pretty lacy one in her bag

DH always uses a proper hanky, always has, always will. I suppose I have just got used to it. I have been using a hanky in this heatwave. It was so hot and every tissue I used disintegrated, at the first mop of my brow.
Oddly enough, I have just sorted out DH bedside cabinet, and discovered many white hankies, recycled from old sheets. All neatly hemmed and pressed. (Oh I was a busy little housewife, back in the day) They have been there for many a year/years. My, but they must have been rough on his poor little snitch ? . They have now all gone in the bin, so I wonder if he will ever notice they are missing?

But who empties the bins full of snotty, germy tissues?

We use a mixture.

Not hankies, not tissues either. Kitchen towel for me every time, it doesn't leak all over your hands and doesn't disintegrate when in use either.

I completely disagree with the statement that tissues are more hygienic. Bins full of germy tissues are disgusting. They block toilets. So how to dispose?
A hot wash and iron is all that is necessary with a proper hankie. DH always has a clean one every day.
Though I admit to using tissues but get into trouble for dropping them everywhere (by mistake.) I use proper hankies for soecial occasions though.

Kitchen towels are very hard on the nose!

When my grandpa died in 1948, we inherited a quantity of silk handkerchiefs which were lovely and soft on red, chapped noses. I know my mum put them in a hot wash with the other hankies and they came to no harm. It was sometime later that tissues came on the scene. I inherited some navy gym knickers from my cousins that had a little pocket for a hanky; otherwise you just tucked it under the elastic.

Tissues, always. Not one person in my family owns a hanky. They are so very unhygienic

All my used kitchen towels go in to the compost container and then onto the compost heap.

My husband uses hankies and they go in a 60 deg wash.
I use tissues but had a man's cotton hankie to hand in that hot weather, like you Auntieflo.
For years I had a tartan hankie that belonged to my dear dad. I kept it in my handbag for wiping hands, tears etc but it went awol - where to I don't have a clue but I miss it!

Unless a tissue is immediately disposed of, the second you've wiped your nose, then its just as grotty, germ wise, as I hanky.

I carry a proper hankie in every pocket and bag, but rarely use them as I hate washing and ironing them (boil them up in an old pan). When at home I use toilet paper.

I NEVER iron hankies. They just get screwed up when in use. Mind you I have to say that I never iron anything else much!

Could someone expain to me just why a cloth hankie is considered to be unhygienic compared to a tissue? I just dont get it!

A mixture used here. I always take a proper hankie out with me. Mr C takes two. At home it’s a mix of tissues and hankies, oddly there are many tissues, fortunately not all, I seem to be allergic to, immediate rash. Wonder what’s in them.

We all had one of my mum's pretty cotton embroidered handkerchieves and all used it or had it in our pocket or bag at her funeral too. I have never used it since but I feel a tummy rumble when I see it among my knickers .
Tissues , if they are a good quality one are better but the cheaper ones disintegrate to dust upon use. I once used cheap ones at a funeral and my black jacket looked as if I had bad dandruff.