Do you use the same cup?

@reinydawn (11643)
United States
November 6, 2007 5:00am CST
I know this probably isn't very healthy, but I use the same cup all day long, even for a couple days. I'll drink water, iced tea, soda, probably anything but milk using the same cup throughout the day. I think it stems from before I had a dishwashwer. I would use the same cup so that I didn't have to wash 3 or 4 cups for just one person. Do you use the same cup or do you get a clean one during the day?
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• United States
6 Nov 07
Hi Dawn, LOL I use the same one too. Other than my coffee cup in the morning. I rinse it out and sometimes wash it depending on what was in it. If I had tea and getting more tea, then I wont. I know people that will get a clean one each time. I mean its not like your sharing it with someone else. lol I really hate washing dishes too, so the less to wash the better. Bay Lay Gray xx
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Nov 07
Even with a dishwasher I don't like doing dishes... Sometimes I find that the top is full of glasses, but the bottom is empty.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Standing over the sink too long hurts my back, so I really have to use a dishwasher - but I just about have to clean them before they go in...
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• United States
6 Nov 07
I think I dislike emptying and reloading the dishwasher more than I dislike doing the dishes by hand! There is something about the dishwasher that I just don't like!
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
6 Nov 07
If I use the cup for water and I don't put my mouth to it, I use the same cup. But if I've put it to my mouth, I always rinse it soon after I'm done drinking.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Nov 07
Do you usually use a straw? My aunt would always drink with a straw and replace the straw a couple times a day.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
6 Nov 07
REplacing a straw is easier than having to rinse a cup. I never thought of that. But I don't like drinking water through a straw:( And anyways, since we don't have a dishwasher, I have to wash the cups anyways. It hardly takes a few minutes.
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@GardenGerty (157027)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I use the same cup, before and after work. Coffee in the am. Hot chocolate right before bed. At work, if I drink work coffee, it is a different cup. I take sports bottle full of energy drink with me. After it is empty, I make green tea in it. I do use a paper water cup at the water cooler. I do not know that that is so unhealthy. It would be unhealthy if you were using someone else's cup.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I use the same water bottle at work all day long - for DAYS - I just refill it from the water cooler. A few people have told me that bacteria can build up in the bottle since I don't take it home and wash it out. After a while, I'll bring a fresh bottle from home and start the cycle over again. Or, when I've had a cold I've replaced it more often.
@estherlou (5015)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I'm worse than you are. I re-use the 44 oz. cups from Sonic or from the convenience store and fill with my ice water or my coke refills. I haven't used a glass without a straw in years. I'm not even sure where they are! LOL
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Hey, you're recycling!! That's a good thing!!!
• Singapore
6 Nov 07
Nah, I don't. Usually if I switch beverage, I will make sure to wash it first. I wash all my cups with detergent. I like to switch around cups too i.e. don't use the same one each drink. =)
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
6 Nov 07
I think my husband was like that too, but now he'll use the same one more than once. My "bad" habits are rubbing off on him!!!
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• United States
6 Nov 07
No, I always get a new cup for the most part every single time I get something to drink. But, that was just how my mother raised me. She was extremely cautious about germs and so forth so, we always got a fresh cup out of the cabinet and we also always rinse our cup before we pour anything into our cup to drink. Matter of fact we rinse everything before we use it- plates, silverware, cups, pots, pans. Everything!
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
When I pull something out of the cupboard, I blow in it to get any dust out that might have gotten in there. I usually don't have to bother with that, but it's habit...
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
7 Nov 07
i use 1 cup everyday to drink water... and i have to wash it at least one day once... but if i drink like soft drink, milk, honey or tea, then i will just use it once and i have to wash it... i can't mix one drink with another drink using the same glass... the taste is just terrible if i do that and i will have a stomachache...
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
I've never noticed a taste differnce if I drink a tea then soda in the same glass... But I don't know that I normally do that. Mostly I drink water so there's not really any taste in it if I switch to something else. Then I'll usually go back to water.
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
7 Nov 07
I use the same coffee cup all day..I dont use glasses though since I'm a Propel junkie and just drink it out of the bottle...but it drives me nuts when my kids get a new glass every time, though they are getting better with it..My husband will use the same glass though..
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Do you use the same bottle all day and just refill it or do you open a fresh bottle every time? When I'm at work, I use the same bottle, just refill it out of the water cooler all day. After a while I take a fresh water bottle to work and start that cycle all over again too.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
15 Nov 07
I tend to use the same cup all day long, heck I have been known to use the same cup for a few days if all I am drinking is water. I am just too lazy to be washing dishes all day over a cup of water. I use those really big 32oz glasses so I don't have to refill too often through the day.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
15 Nov 07
I find that I use the same cup for a couple days too - until I forget which one is mine and which is my sons or husbands. Then I throw them all in the dishwasher. It's funny because someone will invariably say "Where's my cup?"
• United States
15 Nov 07
I see nothing wrong with using the same cup for one day. I use a cup a day. I keep refilling it. It has my germs in it and no one elses in it. I feel as long as it has your germs in it and not passed around to others there is nothing wrong with it. In hospitals they let a person use the same water cup for 24 hours and change the cup and pitcher every day. They use to give a patient only one cup and pitcher per stay.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
15 Nov 07
Oh yeah, now that you mention it, you don't get a fresh cup every time you take a drink when you're in the hospital. I guess one day is ok then!
@eskay007 (72)
• Israel
7 Nov 07
What is the difficulty in rinsing a cup after use? To me I think it is better and safer to wash a cup after using it before using it again.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
It's not difficult, but I'm usually just putting water back into it - the same thing that I just drank out of it. So I don't see any sense in rinsing it out - with water - just to put more water in it. And if I switch to tea or soda, it had water in it first so there's nothing really to rinse out. When I start to think there might be germs or something in the cup, I will get a clean one.
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
7 Nov 07
I use the same cup all day as well. Saves space in the dishwasher so I don't have to turn it on everyday!
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
We usually have to run the dishwasher every day, but there's already plenty of glasses and cups in it even by using the same one all the time. If I used different ones the whole thing would be full of cups and glasses!!!
@rumpel (2)
7 Nov 07
I think my husband wishes I was more like you. I have a really bad habit of getting out a new mug each time I have a drink - don't ask me why! I have been known to use all the mugs from the cupboard in a single day!
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
At least yours are clean every time! I worry sometimes that I've got germs in my cup from reusing it.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
27 Nov 07
I use the same cup all day long, just like you, and I have a dishwasher. I just don't see any need to grab a clean one everytime. I don't know that it's unhealthy. I rinse mine out everytime I use it something different, including milk. I won't use it the next day though. I put it in the dishwasher at the end of the day and take a clean one the next day.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
27 Nov 07
I have been known to use my cup for a few days, I just don't get it to the dishwasher all the time.
@phon4u (2215)
• Laos
7 Nov 07
Using the same cup will not taste good, I like to use the same, but I prefer to use a little for washing it. It is better to completely clean it up before filling each beverage. I use the same glass or a tea cup at work.Thank for reminding me.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Mostly I just drink water so there isn't any flavors that will mix, but occasionally I will have tea or soda and use the same cup.
@gloria777 (1674)
• India
7 Nov 07
Sorry I can't use the same glass or cup. I have different cup/glass for drinking water, tea & any other aerated drinks.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
I think this might be a bad habit for me and I'm trying to use a different cup at least each day.
@Vivianh (331)
• China
7 Nov 07
Yes,I use the same cup all the day but I will wash it after using.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Do you wash it before you fill it with the same thing you just drank? If you had a Coke, would you wash it out before you had another Coke?
@jcj_111776 (3216)
• Philippines
7 Nov 07
There are days that I use the same cup. But I rinse it first before using it again. Like you, I don't like my sink to be crowded with unwashed cups or glasses. So, as much as possible, I try to use just one. But when it comes to coffee, I use my favorite big mug. And I use that mug for drinking water and sodas too.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
There are a few things I'll use a different cup for. If I have something hot, I'll get a fresh mug, but I'll use that mug over if I have more. If I have a coctail I'll use a different glass, but if I have more than one I reuse the glass, but only that one night.
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
7 Nov 07
I cant use the same cup..But i dont pick a new one either i just clean and wash the same cup i use.. Because the taste mixed up with juice and cola..SO i have to wash them.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
Most of the time I drink just water, so there's no problem with taste if I do have tea or soda.
• Philippines
7 Nov 07
Yeah it's not healthy if you don't wash your cup especially if you're at work you don't know if there's an insects coming around. I use the same cup but i make sure to wash it after drinking coffee or milk.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
7 Nov 07
At work I have a water bottle that I use over and over again. It has a lid on it so I don't worry about the bugs getting into it. At home is the only place I'd have to worry.