Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

That after 24 hours travelling you’d want a shower

103 replies

BarrelOfOtters · 17/02/2024 22:18

24 hours, 3 planes….2 short hops and an international overnight flight. You’d want a shower when you got home, yes?

DH is a very clean person who oddly, rarely sweats. In the usual run of things He showers daily and after exercise.

we’ve just got back a couple of hours ago and first thing I did was shower. He’s got into bed and says he doesn’t need one. he’ll shower tomorrow. Freshly made bed too…

we aren’t especially knackered…but really wouldn’t you just want a shower?

OP posts:
CJ4713 · 17/02/2024 23:47

DH and I had been travelling 30hrs long haul just last week. We were both desperate for a shower, but also for sleep! 1 of us fell asleep on the sofa, the other managed a very quick shower and crawled into bed. When you body is that knackered- I wouldn't judge anyone for not being physically able to shower OP!
Edit for jetlagged typos!

DappledThings · 17/02/2024 23:41

Nah. Hate going to bed with wet hair and I don't own a hairdryer. If I do ever shower in the evening it has to be at least 3 hours before bed so hair can dry.

Travelling doesn't make me feel particularly dirty.

BonjourCrisette · 17/02/2024 23:35

BarrelOfOtters · 17/02/2024 22:28

It’s not poor hygiene. He’s a very clean bloke, I’m the manky menopausal mare who really needed a shower.

if we’d got home absolute knackered then I’d have collapsed into bed, showered in the morning then changed the sheets. This isn’t a division of labour thing, he’s emptied the suitcases, sorted washing etc.

but we aren’t that knackered. Just a shower and freshen up seems nice after travelling and 8 can’t imagine not doing it (unless knackered).

Edited

Why would you change your sheets because you had slept in them once unshowered? I mean they were clean when you got into them, they surely won't need washing after one night's sleep, unless you were literally covered in mud or something (I'm assuming you are not).

KrisAkabusi · 17/02/2024 23:34

People prefer different things shocker!

TurnTheKey · 17/02/2024 23:33

We usually get a McDonald's on the way home, then once home, straight to bed.
The luggage stays in the car until we've woken up later and had a coffee and a shower.

Thementalloadisreal · 17/02/2024 23:31

Yes. Wash the day off. Get into clean bed clean.

Moveoverdarlin · 17/02/2024 23:31

Nope, would rather just hop in to bed and shower in the morning.

Xmasbaby11 · 17/02/2024 23:29

I mean I would unless I was going straight to bed. If I was tired, I’d go to bed and shower in the morning. If he’s generally a clean person, this wouldn’t bother me! As long as you’re able to shower yourself !

SheepAndSword · 17/02/2024 23:27

He's tired, let him sleep tonight and he'll shower tomorrow.

saraclara · 17/02/2024 23:25

No way I'd ever have a shower before bedtime. Showers invigorate me so I wouldn't be able to sleep.

After 24 hours of travelling, sleep would be my priority, and the last thing is do is anything that would wake me right up.

Sockmate123 · 17/02/2024 23:25

I'd have to have a quick shower especially with fresh sheets

Whaleandsnail6 · 17/02/2024 23:21

I got back from an overnight drive and ferry ride yesterday morning. 14 hours trip in total (included a 2 hour car nap in the carpark of a service station) first thing I did was change into pyjamas and get into bed. Shower had to wait until the afternoon until I'd had a few hours sleep

Helplessandheartbroke · 17/02/2024 23:14

Travelled 27 hours back from Vietnam from leaving hotel to our door. 3 planes 2 long haul and 1 short. First thing we did was shower! It was vile

SD1978 · 17/02/2024 23:13

I'd probably juts want to sleep- although I also accept others would find that gross. A 'bits and pits' wash and then sleep would in all honesty be my first choice.

SquigglePigs · 17/02/2024 23:05

I think it would depend a bit how much I'd slept while travelling and how hot and sweaty certain bits had been but I think honestly both me and DH would crash into bed and worry about showering when we woke up.

helpfulperson · 17/02/2024 23:01

God, no. I'd be straight into bed. Shower can wait. What do think will happen as a result of him not showering? Is this the same as washing getting darked on with spider willies?

whatsappdoc · 17/02/2024 23:00

Interesting that someone coughing or farting means you have to have a shower when you get home. Do you imagine a germ or a smell is clinging to your skin hours afterwards? Glad I'm normal.

OnTheBanks · 17/02/2024 22:58

If I felt hot and sticky, and wasn't exhausted, I'd shower. But I wouldn't feel any huge necessity to do so, would just depend on how I felt.

OnTheBanks · 17/02/2024 22:56

Whenwillitgetwarm · 17/02/2024 22:34

I would 100% shower after being on 3 planes . It’s not about me sweating, it’s the hours of circulating air, dead skin cells and dust, as well the hundreds of other people I’ve been trapped with for hours who’ve been coughing, have greasy plane food hands and farting etc.

Planes just make me feel skanky, as does any form of public transport to be honest. I always make DH and the kids have a quick, and I mean quick, soap up and rinse off, before bed, after we’ve got home from the airport.

Well, I guess I just don't find human interaction very worrying. Don't feel a need to shower after travelling, whether trains or planes, and have never suffered any ill effects.

KnickerlessParsons · 17/02/2024 22:48

DH is a very clean person who oddly, rarely sweats. Are you married to Prince Andrew?

zzpleb · 17/02/2024 22:47

If he wasn't sweaty then what's the problem? I don't understand what dirt one is exposed to while travelling that is different to everyday dirt. And it would only accumulate on parts of the body not covered by clothes - face, hands, hair. He's not wearing his day clothes in bed is he?

Presumably he's washed his hands and face. And for those adamant that they'd shower before bed, does that include hair washing?

Tatonka · 17/02/2024 22:47

Precipice · 17/02/2024 22:20

No, I think I'd just want to rest.

Me too. I'd rather rest then do it in the morning to be refreshed

burnoutbabe · 17/02/2024 22:42

BarrelOfOtters · 17/02/2024 22:30

And I’m not that bothered just a bit jet lagged and vaguely interested in peoples’ thoughts on wanting a shower after travelling or not…

We flew back from Japan via Hong Kong.

Started 9am landed uk 8pm (so 19 hours or so flying) taxi 9, home 10.

We just went to bed and slept after quick check of post. Nice shower the next morning.

Neither of us were particularly fresh but neither of us were honking either.

NewName24 · 17/02/2024 22:40

If I was tired no, I’d get in to bed, but I’d be appalled if my husband then started a thread about me asking a bunch of blokes basically if I had poor hygiene.

This

MorrisZapp · 17/02/2024 22:37

Shower after a day of travel is the best shower of all.

Swipe left for the next trending thread