Only because

[mrs_ajax]

Only because i can't access FB from the computers in the library on the De La Salle University-Dasmarinas campus am i posting in LJ, and only to say this

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[fiatlouis]

So buying another towel, and consuming more precious resources, is better than her handwashing your current towel? I'm not sure if that makes sense on a resource-level, although perhaps I am undervaluing what she is doing to save resources when not washing your towel.
Glad to hear you are alive, by the way.

[mrs_ajax]

I think you are missing the immediate social value of it. I like to think that Marx would understand, even if he was crying into his beard.

[happyfrogg]

That story is... wow.
But also, happy birthday. Maybe your host mom could wash your towel as a b-day present?

[mrs_ajax]

or throw a big party for all of the AFAPers who live in our neighborhood (75%) plus the families of her friends? i think that was well worth a smelly towel and the P100 i paid for another towel.

[trickeration]

BUT HOW MUCH?

[mrs_ajax]

40 pesos. It's really quite cheap.

[kiwisc]

i mean, asking her to wash a towel is maybe better than underwear?

i have had a homestay mom wash my undergarments, and it was kind of awkward.

happy birthday! what are you doing to celebrate?

[mrs_ajax]

you know, my roommate didn't want our host mom washing his underwear either. i don't get it. i haven't pooped in them or anything. it's like socks.
the issue with the towel is really my not preparing well enough to make the least amount of work for her. i find it shameful. my roommate tried to convince her to let us wash our clothes, but to no avail.

[kiwisc]

It's like socks only they touch other parts of myself that I tend to like to keep private ;) how is your time there going?

[mrs_ajax]

but it's not like i'm in the underwear when she's washing them. That's like a porno or something.