We never wash our belts, although they are the first thing we touch when leaving the toilet, even before we wash our hands

Came into this thread wondering "who the hell wears belts?". Then saw everyone in here was taking belt wearage as a given. Then looked over at my husband and saw he's wearing a belt.

TIL, all men apparently wear belts and I just never noticed before.

Men's pants can be a lot more loose around the waist and we typically have no butt to hold things up.
- It's to leave space for full pockets
- Do some squats my brother, everyone loves a good ass.
- I tell you hwhat
Not just men, I’m a woman and I wear a belt regularly. It keeps my pants from drooping because I’m thin with wide hips.
You have probably noticed but never appreciated that men don't usually have big hips to keep our pants up (or more specifically our waists and hips tend to be very close to the same size). Some men do, but even well fitting pants slide down on me without a belt. My wife is always amazed when we take our measurements and the hip to waist ratio is so wildly different. She's like "I knew women's hips were bigger but Jesus Christ".
- I mean I'm trans and even though I have massive hips to keep my pants on, wearing a belt still helps me pass better since they're so ubiquitous
massive phone, wallet, keys, car keys, airpods, tape measure; all kinds of stuff on the pockets, need a belt to hold the pants up
I'm an elder emo... I still wear my studded belts. D:
- Same here! Rarely leave the house without it
What'll really blow your mind is look to see if the belt color matches his shoes.
- That's a fashion rule that I think is stupid but obey 100% of the time.
That is the style at this time.
3 years ago I didn't wear any Then I did for work for like a week
I where one every single day now, it makes me feel Soo well in my clothes
The belts keep the pants up, the pant loops let the belt up. Who is the real hero?
all men apparently wear belts
Not me. I used to wear them once upon a time, but I learnt to just buy better fitting pants, or get them altered at the tailors so they fit well.
- Look at Rockefeller over here with their tailor.

If you wash your belt you lose all your jiu-jitsu knowledge and have to start from white again. Everyone knows this.

Is that why no one at the gym will spar with me as a brown belt!?
- Maybe if you’d put on something beyond the belt Mr “Sumo Jitsu”
Prestige mode. Excellent.

I hate that I know this now.

This reminds me, I need to go see if Lemmy has a Thanks I Hate It (TIHI) community yet.
Am I the only person that washes hands before putting the belt back on?
- Now we all know you touch your pants with your filthy poop hands.

You never wash your belt? I bet you never wash the poop-knife either.

Sheesh.

Here's me running ass naked after pooping to wash my hands before pulling up my pants

Wash your hands in the bathroom, nobody bats an eye.

Scrub down your belt buckle in the sink and people lose their minds!

If someone gets uppity in a bathroom when you are practicing good hygiene, ask them why they don't. And don't let up.
- might wanna rethink using the word 'uppity' it has deep-rooted slavery connotations. just fyi.
  try ornery/agitated instead

I wash my belts

Me too.
how do you wash your belts?
- When i forget to take them off my pants mostly. I don't wear like nice leather belts though I just throw them in and let them clank around
- Leather cleaner/conditioner and a brush.
- Depends on the material, but with leather I give it a light spray of lysol and then just let it air out. TBH I don't know how effective it is, but I figure it's better than nothing.

Jokes on you, I wash my belt all the time!

...which is definitely not because I leave it on my pants and forget to take it off before I throw them in the laundry.

Why can't the TSA ever be there to remind me to remove my belt when I actually need them!?

I always thought about this and sometimes I’m like… wait this belt is actually gross…?

Because I wear suspenders...

You guys wear belts?

How do you hold up your trousers? Suspenders?
- I feel like a belt ruins the appearance of many pants, sometimes you just don't want a belt with your outfit. I like to focus of finding pants with a good fit, and take them to a tailor for some modifications if necessary.

Every time I forgot to wash my hands my dad would hit me with his sticky belt. I miss them old days ...

Last time I wore a belt was for a costume party like 10 years ago. Dresses and sweatpants don't thankfully need belts.

Well, as far as I know it hasn't gotten me sick yet.

Thanks for the new fear, though 🙃

There's not much of a risk of getting sick by your own germs, relatively speaking. I think the primary reason for washing your hands after using the restroom is that it's gross and you want to get it off your hands before having contact with others. That, and you ought to wash your hands for health reasons at some point anyways, so you might as well do it then. So I guess unless you're going to be touching your belt much throughout the day, it should be fine.
Just don't touch anyone else's belt.
- Lots of food borne illnesses are spread through poop. I think it's the most common form of food borne illnesses from restaurants, at least it was 8 years ago when I did a servsafe course.

You guys aren't washing your belts?

Alright.

I’ve never even thought about it. I use leather belts and I throw them out after they wear out.
You can’t exactly toss them in the machine.
Now, the belts I’ve had over the years that were made from cloth went in the laundry with everything else.
I don’t know why I never thought about this.
- You wear out leather belts? I swear I still have the same 3 leather belts I had 15-20 years ago

You gotta keep your belt clean.

You never know when it's going to be used for a naughty time

We're talking about choking, right?
- David Carradine over here.

are you pooping on your hands? Why would you be worried about "touching" anything after pooping unless you're getting poop all over your hands.