Do you use a handkerchief or tissues ?
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (9025)
United Kingdom
March 18, 2026 1:13pm CST
When I was a child I had loads of hankies …they had pictures of nursery rhymes on them, days of the week, flowers, all very lovely ….and I did use them.
However, as I got older I found that I didn’t much like carrying all that ….sn*t ….around in my pocket.
And what happened when your hankie was ‘full’…..
So, now I use tissues …easy to use, and then throw straight away !
Much more hygienic I think …..
What do you use ?
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9 responses
@xFiacre (14393)
• Ireland
14h
@traceyjayne My father, when he was 90, asked me to get him some hankies. I asked if he meant tissues and he was most offended. Apparently tissue are for women. I still have the cloth hankies I then bought him. And weren’t linen handkerchiefs often given as gifts?
@Traceyjayne (9025)
• United Kingdom
14h
I often bought hankies as gifts …only for those I knew used them though….
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@xFiacre (14393)
• Ireland
13h
@Traceyjayne My friend’s granny bought him and his wife 144 (a gross!!) toilet rolls for Christmas. Just saying.
@Marilynda1225 (89294)
• United States
10h
I also had lots of pretty hankies but now I use tissues.
Boy, I had forgotten how pretty some of those hankies were.
@JudyEv (374773)
• Rockingham, Australia
9h
I always have a hankie with me. I'm forever blowing my nose but rarely does my hankie get full.
@DaddyEvil (170278)
• United States
13h
We had handkerchiefs when I was growing up but mom switched us to Kleenex tissues when they became available because she hated washing handkerchiefs... I carry a small travel pack of tissues in my pocket when we leave the house.
