Having a shower

I tend to alternate baths and showers - I like both. We have 2 baths with good showers over, so after a bath I rinse off under the shower anyway.

However I'd never want one of those fashionable free standing baths, where there's nowhere to,put anything, and no shower to rinse off under afterwards. A bad case of style over substance, IMO.

The only showers I really don't like are in hotels/B&Bs, where they're so #%#% 'stylish' that I can't fathom out which way is H or C, etc. And the H takes so long to come.

Or, in a friend's old house - tiny shower cubicle with never enough water coming out, and it was impossible to angle the shower head to rinse my hair off properly. Had to take it off the bracket and hold it.

No need for a bidet 'wash seversl times a day as one poster writes. I use packs of toilet wipes.

' several.

And block the drains? or can you get bio-degradeable wipes now?
Us a muslin or flannel to keep your nether regions clean if toilet tissue is insufficient.

Use!

If anyone feels unsafe in the shower I have bought one of those handles that use suction to stick to the tiles. As long as you make sure the suction is still firm before you get in I find it very useful.

Oh GabriellaG ???
Are you unaware of the Sidmouth fatberg?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47134178

Wipes of any sort are the spawn of the devil!

I used to belong to a forum called It's Good to be Green.
One of the ideas was to keep all your old rags, cut in squares and use them instead of toilet paper. Keep a bucket of water next to the toilet and after use put the rags in there to soak. Later wash and re-use.

Maybe taking things too far

YUK! ?Fennel did anyone think it was a good plan?

Fennel that reminds me of the dreaded nappy bucket fermenting away until there were enough to justify a load in the twin tub!

I love a shower. So quick and easy. I can't see the point in washing 'bits', soaking feet etc., and as for using wipes!

My this is a long thread!

Sorry I haven't read it all yet.

I am with the showerers - have showered and washed hair every morning since I was about 18.

To make sure the bath gets the occasional clean, DH and I bath together on Sunday mornings, unless we have visitors. But I have to get in the shower afterwards to wash off the gunge - I put a face- and hairpack on whilst I'm in the bath - it's far too strenuous to rinse all that off with one hand whilst the other one is holding the shower head.

The problem with baths these days is that they have vertical back-ends. The old-fashioned baths with a lovely slope to them are far more comfortable.

A couple more notes now I've read a few more contributions:

I put the shampoo on my hair before I get in the shower. We have a dispenser on the wall for the shower gel. So no question of dropping, spilling or using the wrong stuff.

And as for Psycho and the shower scene. I fail to see how anyone could be scared by that. In fact, I never found any of Hitchcock's films clever or scary. I laughed out loud when Tippi Hedren ran into the phone box and pushed a bird-on-a-stick back out.

I don't have a bidet but we can do as Muslims do and use a jug of water.

I like a shower , I have a wet room as an en suite so handy . I do have grab rails and the shampoo etc is in a cage thing on the wall . I have been known to use wipes when in a rush , but they go in the bin , I can't bring myself to use face clothes on that bit !

annepl - I love the jug of water idea - but how, just how, do you make the water fly upwards to reach the target area!

Takes a bit of practice and a few wet floors Luckygirl ?
Seriously though with a.. erm.. well positioned lower body it does work for a freshen up. But how they manage in school is beyond me.

Actually I'm going way offthread.
I do like showers. I rub my arms and legs to get the circulation going. It really invigorates me. Love baths for the exact opposite.

To be hands free in the shower, for soaping the wash clothe and so on, I drape the shower head cable around my shoulders . If I then lean forward a little the warm water covers my shoulders and back and down on to my thighs.

BTW about bidets, In my upstairs bathroom I keep a plastic one that is shaped to fit over the toilet. I fill it from the tap via plastic jug. I do enjoy that clean bottom feeling!

A plastic bidet? Have you more information please.

When did life change from one bath per week to obbsessive showering?

www.amazon.co.uk/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9rique-R00782-Detachable-Toilet-Shapes/dp/B01LZE51P5/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?psc=1&s=gateway&crid=I1ZCY9MG5MWE&keywords=bidet&sprefix=bidet%2Caps%2C153&tag=gransnetforum-21&qid=1550922642&sr=8-4-spons

'Detachable bidet' £10.45 AmazonUK

Enjoy!

Gmelon, I too sometimes wonder about that. In my childhood |(1930s)I had a bath once a week. At boarding school twice a week but one bath there was so large two or three of us could get in it at one time. As fever nurse (1940s) bath or strip wash once a day. As a married woman I used underarm deodorants, now not considered to be healthy. I guess I am too fussy now about normal human smells.

Thank you for the link about the bidet.
Is there now a stigma attached to showering less than daily?

I like showers when I'm on holiday - but I wouldn't if I had the problems you have!

However, at home, I merely strip wash, which was good enough for my grandmothers and the generations before them, and works very well for me and also saves water.

So far my feet aren't a problem. I can still bend down to them. I'd probably sit with them in a bowl of soapy water if I couldn't reach down to wash them.