Do you bath or shower?

I bath a couple of times a week - if I have time to fill the tub with bubbles and really relax, or if I feel stressed or ill. Also, I can only shave my legs sitting down in the bath!!

The other days I take showers for speed and convenience.

I much prefer a bath, to relax. But I haven't had one for over a year since we moved here. We only have a shower room.
But it's just well as the last time I had a bath, before we moved, I passed out and fell, with a few bruises etc.
I still miss baths.

Always showers for DH & I. (In our new home we've had only showers installed.) Neither of us have had a bath in years; gravity would help us to get in - but it's not going to help us to get out!

Both DH and I are bathers, not showerers,

Bathing is an entirely different experience to showering. Showering is entirely utilitarian. It's purpose is to get you clean and on your way. I find it unrelaxing and inconvenient because I never feel it has really cleansed all those hidden away parts like ears and genitals and has to be followed up by extra washing at a washbasin. Also I keep those areas free of soaps and shower jells and the like because of allergy problems, and that is almost impossible to do in a shower.

Bathing is about relaxing, lying down in warm water and quite literally letting it wash over you, while you unwind and relax. This was an absolute necessity when I worked and a luxury now I am retired. My compromise is I only bath every other day, unless I get particularly dirty or sweaty, when I will add a quick shower to my washing routine. I think our obsession with washing our bodies at every available opportunity is wasteful of water and probably not good for our skin flora. Even my nearest and dearest have never made any complaints about body odour, and DD assuredly would if there was a problem.

To answer the OP's question - I would say that showering is much more common than bathing in the UK nowadays. DH and I shower daily but we both do like a bath for relaxing - especially in the winter, but that is a luxury now that we are retired. When we were working and had a young family we never had time to luxuriate in a bath.

I shower every day. I usually only have a bath occasionally in the winter if I’m cold. The grandchildren use my bath more than me

We moved here a year ago and don't have a bath. I thought I would miss it but I don't. However I don't shower every day, my skin is dry enough as it is. I have a good wash if I don't shower and no-one has told me I smell! I'm amazed people have two showers a day. The country is running out of water!

Ooh, M0nica I think I might go and have a relaxing bath right now.

I shower every morning and would only shower again if I got really hot and sweaty. DH and DS love to take long baths in the evening, usually every other day.
My body has got used to a daily shower and I feel yuk if I don't have one before dressing.

Bath every day, hate showers, as I don't feel clean, the water can't get everywhere if you know what I mean ladies.Also it's just so relaxing, especially in winter after work, pjs on and a nice relaxing evening in front of the TV with gransnet as well of course.

I shower every morning and sometimes in evening if its hot and I’ve sweated (!) and we don’t have a bath but if I stay somewhere that does have a bath I do enjoy a wallow but rinse off afterwards.

I would say showers are far more popular now rather than having a bath although bathing can be more relaxing. I find our bath too big and I get too hot so I prefer a shower.

I can assure you that every bit of me has been thoroughly wetted and cleaned in the shower , I can't understand how your "bits" don't get washed in the shower , I prefer to hose down the drain all the stuff that comes off , (dead skin mud fluff ) down the drain rather than sit in as soup of soap and body particles

Flats in the UK usually have baths (with a shower attachment) rather than a proper walk in shower

I dont agree that women bathe more than men. Most men I know prefer baths.

In my household its 50/50

I wouldnt buy a property that didnt either have a bath or the space to have one put in

Im wondering if some posters are showering wrong?

You dont just stand there and hope everything trickles where it should lol, you need to leather up!

But similarly I wouldnt just lie in a bath and expect the water to do all the work, I still get a soapy flannel and get the soap where its needed same as a shower!

Have a shower over bath prefer to shower every morning,but bath handy if and when legs need shaving,then its a quick sit down do the deed and shower

notanan2, but if you do that in the shower, you end up washing that area with or washing into that area the shampoos and shower gells you use on your skin as a whole. I have skin allergy problems and that area is particularly sensitive, so I would not risk using a sponge.

In the bath, I use very small quantities of bath products that I know do not irritate my skin and I do not use soap and water, I let the water and the bath product do the work.

Much prefer baths. Have one every morning but not too deep to be mindful of water used. DH prefers showers. We have a large ensuite so can both use bathroom at the same time for washing.

Only showers for me; not had a bath for donkeys years. When we had our bathrooms done a few years back had the bath taken out of the main family bathroom and a big walk-in shower put in instead. I love a nice shower, and would not feel clean if I did not have one every morning.

I agree that a shower gets you cleaner. I shampoo and condition first then use an unflavoured bar of soap (old fashioned and eco friendly) to lather up all over. Rinsing involves taking the shower head in hand and pointing it in the right direction.
Quick, easy and clean.

How can you not get every bit of you wet/clean in a shower? I’m puzzled, can someone please explain how?

I haven't had a bath for years. Showers for me. It's not like I wouldn't like a bath, I would, but-
a) there is no bath installed here, and
b) I wouldn't be able to climb out of it unaided anyway.

We have both and after a week of quick showers to get ready for work or after the gym a long soak in the bath is a total luxury for me. Lots of lavender scented stuff in the water,a hot flannel over my face and a cup of tea or a gin and tonic to the ready there is nothing to beat the relief and comfort of lounging there in the warm water. My best bath ever was in a huge roll top bath at The Pig on The Beach,a huge bath for two with a bottle holder and views out to sea over the Dorset stacks - Old Harry clearly in view. (that is the name of the stack, not some old pervert peeping in!)

Showers are so quick and easy, thorough too because your back can be done if you can't move your arms much in a bath, or slide down to do it that way.
Hair can be washed at the same time while showering, which is what I do. So much more convenient.