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Do you bath or shower?

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lovebeigecardigans1955 Mon 05-Aug-19 15:22:29

I have a shower unit above the bath. I like a bath as it can be relaxing. I try not to put too much water in (barely 6") and I don't like it too hot. After I've washed my hair etc, I like to rinse off in the shower. I grew up with baths and would hate not have one in the house.

Day6 Mon 05-Aug-19 15:17:17

I tend to shower every day for quickness but really do enjoy the luxury of a nice soak in the bath, with music playing.

I don't lay in 'mucky water' either. I am not 'mucky' when I get in. I add a few drops of scented oil to the water and luxuriate in it, then wash myself quickly and pull out the plug. We have a jacuzzi bath and you cannot add stuff to the water, so if I have the air jets on, the water pummelling me tends to leave me very clean.

I feel wonderful after a bath, not so much after a shower.

Cabbie21 Mon 05-Aug-19 15:16:17

Bath for me. Ours is tiny, so doesn’t use any more water than a shower. Fills in no time. I don’t stay in long, and one day I won’t be able to get out of it any more.
Conversely DH always takes a shower, never a bath.
When we are away, if there is only a shower, I have to work out how it works before I take my glasses off, otherwise I get the controls all wrong.

crazyH Mon 05-Aug-19 15:15:10

Shower, any time....

BlueBelle Mon 05-Aug-19 15:10:58

Haven’t had a bath for about 25 years may be more There is one here in the bathroom but I love my morning shower if I go for a dip in the sea or get wet or dirty in the garden I can have another quick one I can’t do all the faffing around waiting for it to fill up etc etc
Love my daily shower

MissAdventure Mon 05-Aug-19 15:06:50

I bath because I haven't got a shower.
I don't mind either; they both have pros and cons.

mrsgreenfingers56 Mon 05-Aug-19 15:06:11

Shower every time. Haven't got the time for a bath plus we are on a water meter!

SpringyChicken Mon 05-Aug-19 14:59:40

I hate taking a bath - the time to run it, the water cooling down, fingertips wrinkling, the scum line , the amount of water it uses. We don't own a bath any more. I would guess ~(based on knowledge of our own family and friends) that more people shower in the the uk than bath - but am willing to be proved wrong.

FlexibleFriend Mon 05-Aug-19 14:58:41

I shower and haven't had a bath since I was a kid, never liked baths as I always felt faint laying in the bath and don't like the idea of laying in mucky water.

jura2 Mon 05-Aug-19 14:52:11

Shower, every morning. And jakuzzi in the evening- after quick second shower.

BBbevan Mon 05-Aug-19 14:49:48

We have a shower and a bath in our bathroom. DH and I shower every day. I would like a bath but had a lot of trouble getting out of it,so won't repeat that any time soon

sazz1 Mon 05-Aug-19 14:43:57

I absolutely hate the shower always have. In fact as we're hoping to move soonish houses we have looked at either have a bath or have room for a bath or it's a NO.
We don't have a water meter here yet though........

grandtanteJE65 Mon 05-Aug-19 14:39:39

Reading the other day about a lady whose husband sometimes took two baths a day got me wondering.

Do people really still take a bath every day?

Here in Denmark no-one would dream of doing so. People shower to save water and to keep their water rates down to an affordable amount.

If you have a bath tub at all, and many people don't as there isn't room in a flat, you bath once in a while as a great luxury.

Am I right in thinking that bathing is still more common than showering in the UK?