Bodily Cleanliness

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Do you shower or bathe at a preferred time of day, or take it hit or miss? Why do it the way you do? imp
 

LOL!! Since I'm in a tropical climate this winter I often take 3 showers a day. On a gym day I take a shower after I come back, if not a gym day I take one after breakfast. I take one after swimming in the pool or the sea. I take one after going for a bike ride as I'm sweaty. I take one after going for a walk if I get sweaty. I take a LOT of showers here. At home, I take one a day.
 

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A hot bath every day. I have enough bath potions to come out smelling perfect. Super curly hair so a shower every few days to detangle, even then it's a job.
 
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Do you shower or bathe at a preferred time of day, or take it hit or miss? Why do it the way you do? imp
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No preferred time for me. Sometimes if I have something to do that day or an appointment to keep, I may shower in the morning. Some days I prefer to shower in the evening before bed. When I used to work, my job was sometimes very physical, so especially in the summer, I'd take a shower after work to freshen up and again in the morning as a wake up.
 
I'm psychic..:bath::shrug::rofl1:

anyway, I'm glad we're all clean here on this thread. Does anyone have a walk-in bath yet? I've heard some crazy stories about the cost and so forth.
 
No walk in bath, but I remember dry hair shampoo. You were supposed to spray it on your hair and comb out the crumbs, and your hair would be free of oil. Didn't last long.
 
My 93 year old friend in BC tells me that she does does the 'sponge' bath method, as showers and baths are too tricky and risky, and she doesn't want anyone assisting her. I would really miss the pleasure of a bath and shower, but she tells me it works for her. I doubt that she smells as she's a strict vegan, if that has anything to do with it, I don't know, maybe.
 
Looked at pictures of them (walk-ins), good idea for many folks, but I foresee the possibility of leakage problems. Like the early, first-ever Bendix automatic washing machines with the front-loading glass windowed-doors: notorious leakers. imp
 
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Daily bathing is a fairly recent phenomenon. In previous generations no one had a complete shower of bath every day. That was reserved as a weekly thing.. likely on Saturday night.. for church in the morning.. The rest of the week people did the sponge bath thing.. washing pertinent parts at the sink. I know my parents and grand parents did this.. But perhaps they were just dirty people... Somehow I don't think so.. grandma was pretty fastidious about her person and appearance. I have also heard that people in Europe are not obsessed with daily bathing.. thinking that it's perhaps not the healthiest thing... and that natural body smells are really not that offensive. I bathe daily though.. as that is what I have been accustomed to although as a child.. I received my weekly Saturday night bath..
 
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Daily bathing is a fairly recent phenomenon. In previous generations no one had a complete shower of bath every day. That was reserved as a weekly thing.. likely on Saturday night.. for church in the morning.. The rest of the week people did the sponge bath thing.. washing pertinent parts at the sink. I know my parents and grand parents did this.. But perhaps they were just dirty people... Somehow I don't think so.. grandma was pretty fastidious about her person and appearance. I have also heard that people in Europe are not obsessed with daily bathing.. thinking that it's perhaps not the healthiest thing... and that natural body smells are really not that offensive. I bathe daily though.. as that is what I have been accustomed to although as a child.. I received my weekly Saturday night bath..
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I remember reading that Napoleon once sent a letter to some high born lady telling her "Don't bath. I'll be there in a week."
What you say is very true, QS. It's a cultural thing picked up by the soap manufacturers and whipped into an obsession. There are some health benefits to not overdoing it. It eventually becomes a seriously dangerous proposition as you get older. I can still get in the shower, but I have to think carefully about every step and hand grip I make. I am quite alone 90% of the time. The only person I have to worry about offending is myself. Washing at the sink works well enough between showers.:turnaround:
 
This was a Loaded Question!

Here's the scoop, in my world: evidently, being pretty active physically, my wife complained years back that the bed clothes on my side were always quickly soiled and grimy-looking. Skin oils etc. At that time, I showered when it was convenient, usually after heavy activity probably. She suggested I start showering in the evening.

Guess what? The bed stays a lot cleaner now. My nephew, visiting last April, showered every morning, a habit learned in the Marine Corps.: they ran 5 miles each morning upon arising, then hit the showers. He was not about to change his life-long habit based on some bed-theory! No matter, as after he left, my wife washed his sheets, as she always does after folks leave. imp
 
I shower in the morning... but I sometime have a good soak in the evening... especially in the winter when I feel a chill.
 

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