How often do you shower/bathe?

MissAdventure

Agreed, but it is quite rude to pick holes in other people's answers, I think.
Everyone is different, with their own reasons for bathing/showering daily or not, and these threads usually end up that way.
I have seen someone say they can smell other people's legs on public transport before.
Perhaps it was mine giving off a whiff?

What do legs smell like for heaven's sake?

Shower once a day (I do a manual job outdoors and get filthy)
Clean the shower once a week (soft water area/just how clean does a shower need to be?)

Remember years ago the concept of a 'strip wash'. People all over Britain standing naked in an enamel bowl clutching a bar of Coal Tar Soap and a worn towel. I'm so glad time has moved on.

Yes, isn't it?

MissAdventure

Agreed, but it is quite rude to pick holes in other people's answers, I think.
Everyone is different, with their own reasons for bathing/showering daily or not, and these threads usually end up that way.
I have seen someone say they can smell other people's legs on public transport before.
Perhaps it was mine giving off a whiff?

That’s just really weird

I used a magic sponge to clean my new bath - it took off all the coating in a swirl pattern.

Not being very domesticated I’ve learned a lot from this thread, especially as I’m a bath not a shower person. I’ve always dried my washing machine after use but never thought to clean and dry the shower on the rare occasion that I have one.

Agreed, but it is quite rude to pick holes in other people's answers, I think.
Everyone is different, with their own reasons for bathing/showering daily or not, and these threads usually end up that way.
I have seen someone say they can smell other people's legs on public transport before.
Perhaps it was mine giving off a whiff?

I shower thoroughly and shampoo my hair 3 times a fortnight. I don’t do manual work and I use deodorant when I have my daily flannel wash. It’s better for my hair and skin not to overwash and strip the natural oils.
As chemicals to clean my shower would be hazardous to my health, I use vinegar. Where are all these dirty old folk coming from? Many old folk bathe once a month as many did not grow up with the luxury of baths or showers at home. I didn’t have a bath in my home till I was in my teens. Daily baths and showers are not needed unless doing manual work.

Why bother even commenting then ? There are lots of reasons someone might be interested in other peoples answers it’s neither rude or impolite to ask it’s just an anonymous question MissAdventure

The Marigold glass cloth is absolutely magic for cleaning after a a shower when the room is all steamed up. I clean directly after a shower I shower three times a week but if I have overdone things and am very hot it very sore I go and sit in the shower especially during hot weather

Unless I am washing my hair, which I usually only do once a week, my daily shower uses no more water than I would need in the basin for a stand up wash - 5 seconds of water to wet myself, then I soap myself, then probably no more than thirty seconds of water to rinse off the soap.
The half a bucket of cold water that I have to run off first is used for flushing the toilet, so absolutely no waste!

I'd never dream of asking someone in person how often they bath or shower.
Frankly, I don't care.

I shower daily, wash my hair a couple of times a week.
I clean the shower screens before leaving the shower with a nanofibre cloth. Lift the shower safety mat up (to dry), after I have dried myself, and spray the shower tray with flash bathroom! Wipe the shower tray by hand once a week, and wash the shower safety mat once a month in the washing machine!

A very quick shower every day and to the people who ask why do you shower every day my answer would be we all sweat and have to go to the loo! Often put the plug in the bath as shower over bath like most and not even an inch of water.

Must try this Method shower spray as do hate cleaning the shower screen.

My mum used to refer to a “stand up wash” as a “lick and a promise”
How she could get stand on one leg her feet into the sink was an image I would rather forget.

Yes I use a squeegee and a vinegar spray which I make myself
and Golden Age I totally agree with you;
People use so many chemicals on themselves and with cleaning products and don't seem to line up the dots with being ill.
I would prefer to have the dreaded B.O. than use most beauty
products and as for having a bath, yuck!

silverlining try a shower cap, it will stop your hair getting wet when you shower.

A window squeegee is the business with shower glass.

My husband and I shower daily. We are fortunate that we have a bathroom with a bath and over it a shower, also an en-suite room with shower cubicle. This has a seat and grab rails inside. We count ourselves lucky and thankful that we are able to have both bathroom and en-suite.

Couldn’t bear not to shower or bath every day at least once, sorry. I’m not fussed about doing a clean up job of the shower that often though !

silverlining48

If I have absolutely no choice and have to shower I can’t wash my feet properly and feel frozen getting out of the steamy cubicle into the what feels like a fridge, brrr.

I can’t use glasses as they steam up so can’t see what is on the labels; have washed my hair in conditioner and my body in shampoo more than once.

Things get dropped, I have to bend down to pick up and water goes into my eyes, and wets my hair ( if I wasn’t planning to wash it). Then it goes frizzy in the steam...

I love my bath it’s so relaxing, but worry when the time comes that I can’t get out of it and visualise the embarrassment of being hauled out (by crane probably)by dh and neighbours or worse, firemen.
It doesn’t bare ( bear) thinking about.

You could perhaps look at getting either one if those baths with a door so you don’t have to climb out or one of those with a seat that rises up. Don’t know how expensive they are.
Like you I prefer a bath but conscious of water use I do shower about half the time. I find it difficult to breathe in an enclosed steamy shower and also find the standing up a pain. Has anyone tried a shower stool?

Bigirl57 I do don’t shower everyday and I can assure you I don’t have BO. As my skin has got dryer with age I tend to shower maybe twice a week, sometimes more if I feel the need and my hair once a week.

I agree that for many ( retired?) people, a daily shower is a choice, not a necessity. I agree that water is a scarce commodity.
I have always hated showers since school showers after PE, and not having one in the house for half my life, I have not got into the habit. I sometimes need to use one when we are away and I struggle with unfamiliar controls without my glasses.
I enjoy a bath, but never for a long soak. It takes me longer to get dry than to be in the bath. We have recently had grab rails fitted and that is a great help.
I used to wash my hair every day, but gave up during lockdown as it grew longer, and though it is short again, I still only wash it about twice or three times a week.

There is far too much showering compared to only a couple of generations ago. I haven't had a bath for years as my arthritis makes it impossible to get out of one! Washing your hair daily, is overdoing it and harms the hair. Saving water may become a necessity in large parts of the world as climate change proceeds. Daily or twice daily showering is a habit whivh probably came from America, where pampered people living in dry, desrt zones may have a rude awakening.

I bath when I want to.
It's not ne necessary to smell of fresias or like a coconut to be clean.
It's also a bit daft to wash away our natural oils and then spend a fortune trying to find chemicals to replace them.

Come on GA, we GNs don't need your lecture.