Cleanliness and hygiene

When I was pregnant with my first son I had a craving for Dettol put loads in the bath,on the bath sponge and washed the floors with it?He turned out alright though.

You certainly have been busy this morning, Peter!!!!!

Oh go away, spam merchant ?

t shower every other day and have a hair wash

Sparklefizz I do like to get to the bottom of behaviour.

We were brought up to have a bath every night. Three of us shared the water and as the eldest I had the last bath, sometimes topped up with a little more hot water. I now realise that this was unusual in the 1940s, but we had no idea that we were different.

Alexa I can't believe you are still responding to my comment from way back about the French girl. It was 30 years ago. I really don't care. Sorry.

Sparklefizz, is she one of those who can wear trousers with no knickers? Teenagers get funny ideas.

I remember being sent with my sister to a holiday camp for children. Mum had bought and packed disposable paper knickers (probably the 'latest thing' at the time). They just fell apart after a few hours of wear!

Alexa Sparklefizz, maybe she forgot to pack knickers.

Yes, maybe she did .... but she remembered to pack 6 pairs of designer jeans which were lobbed into the washing basket after 1 wear each time.

Sparklefizz, maybe she forgot to pack knickers.

There is sometimes a reasonable explanation. E'g' when my teenage son went on an exchange to Germany he had never seen or heard of a duvet and he worked out that one was supposed to sleep inside the duvet cover.

Lyndiloo, I remember having to fold the pyjamas and keep them under my pillow. I'm pretty sure that we wore the same ones for a week!

As a child, I was bathed once a week, on a Friday. The tin bath was dragged in from the yard, and filled with about three inches of water. Brother and I shared it.

Saturday was clean knickers/pants and vest day! (One set of underwear per week.) And I don't remember having any 'wash-downs' during the week. (Maybe we did ...?) But that was the norm then.

Times change.

I shower every day, and wash my hair 2/3 times a week. (Clean underwear every day, of course! )

I will always remember my mum berating the next-door children. "They sleep in their underwear! You have pyjamas!" A source of great pride to her, obviously.

I tend to shake it on to a big powder puff but it still flies around.
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And apparently corn starch is better

Callistemon, I once used so much talc I got teased about leaving powdery trails from the bathroom. I have not used it for years.

Alexa I know that talc is not supposed to be good but I always use a bit under there (but not down below!)

Although I have been in said dirt for almost half of the day already.

Well, I'm off to have my little bath (late as usual these days) followed by a quick shower-off. Can't stand being in yesterday's/the night's dirt all day.

PS I also like to wash and dry under breasts as skin folds like that don't get the air about them.

This from Wikipedia is of interest as it explains the smelly parts of our skin. It's often enough to do strip washes of these bits.

"In humans, apocrine sweat glands are found only in certain locations of the body: the axillae (armpits), areola and nipples of the breast, ear canal, eyelids, wings of the nostril, perianal region, and some parts of the external genitalia.[8] Modified apocrine glands include the ciliary glands in the eyelids; the ceruminous glands, which produce ear wax; and the mammary glands, which produce milk.[3] The rest of the body is covered by eccrine sweat glands.[9]"

Oh dear, I'm going to have folk cringing......one of my many mental health issues is body dysmorphia. Basically my body disgusts me since it changed so dramatically from a nice figure to fat (I am trying to diet) , so bathing or showering is a big deal for me. Sometimes I go weeks without bathing or showering, but I do wash (this can be done without me having to see my body).

I rarely use BO basher, as I don't seem to sweat much either despite going out with my husband on dog walks etc. I know that my DH would be quick to tell me if I ponged so I don't worry too much. This is a far cry from the woman who used to bathe or shower twice daily, but then I'm not that woman anymore.

I have another friend and she showers daily but really smells bad, so much so that last week I had to tell her. I would add that in my opinion, sometimes it's not the person that smells but the clothing. Perhaps it's not laundered frequently enough, or left sitting in a machine too long after washing. Finally in some cases its not this at all but cooking smells. Go into a fish and chip shop, and I can smell that oily fishy smell on clothing for a fortnight, or cut up onions, or make a curry and the cook often smells for ages after. (Notice I don't mention smokers, I'm giving them a break as that's an illness, an addiction, and needs to be treated with sympathy).

Dare I say it but ssome really obese people seem to always have a smell that isn't nice.

I remember a Sunday night bath, dashing through to stand infront of the electric fire to get dried (no central heating, bloody freezing).
I shower and hair wash daily. I have short hair that I use products on so it needs washing every day. I'm in the shower less than 5 minutes (roughly 2 songs on my phone) . In the heat (on holiday mainly) I would have two showers.
I seldom get in a bath, mainly because I struggle to get out again and it undoes all the relaxation of it ?

LondonGranny I wash my hair in the mornings, usually twice a week, and let it dry naturally, otherwise I look like I've stuck my finger in a live electric socket!

@SueDonim
I have very long hair so a long soak gets it wet to some degree which isn't great before bed. I can't be arsed stuffing it into a swimming hat (showercaps don't work as well) and I always let my hair dry naturally or it gets dry and brittle. In fact, I don't own a hairdryer.

A twin tub used to be very satisfying to use.
All that steaming hot, sudsy water swooshing around.