GUEST WANTS SHOWER CURTAIN INSTALLED.

What the fuck is the matter with some people?

I would be very worried about having her to stay if she is entitled and rude enough to make a request like this.

I don’t think she’s being selfish : I think she is worried she will make a flooded mess of OP’s bathroom.

If you think about it, the bigger you are, the closer your body comes to the edge of the bath so the water will more naturally ricochet off onto the floor not back down into the bath. To take an extreme example, it’s the difference between bathing a chihuahua in a bath ( perfectly possible ) and a Great Dane or St. Bernard ( a bit splashy).

Clearly in the friend’s experience of showering she finds herself to be less at the chihuahua end of the spectrum.

She probably can’t sit in the bath as was suggested upthread.

A tiny part of me is wondering ( having seen threads on here about overweight people and read the tone of the responses) if people are being so harsh because they really want to say it’s her fault, she should lose the weight, but know that isn’t realistic in the timeframe…

It doesn’t matter that the bath isn’t a shower though. The guest isn’t paying. I hate those hand held shower heads and I hate baths. But that doesn’t mean it’s proper to criticise a friend who give me free lodging.

Ok, but here the shower without curtain or screen will actually be used as a bath and there is another shower available. Until her last update where Op said guest can use another shower, the guest was expected to shower in the shower/bath that has no covering at all.

Everyone needs a shower curtain if there is no shower screen. There needs to be something to contain the water.

Yes!!! I’m all agog to know how your screenless, curtainless bathroom hasn’t been wrecked by air bnb guests yet…

And why are you discounting a sprung loaded shower pole as an option that doesn't require any drilling and is very cheap.

Please please tell those of us who find this far more interesting than we should - what's the set up in the bathroom? Can't believe it's been three days and we still don't know.

I have offered her my en-suite shower.

Very gracious response. Well done, OP.

Is it? The guest offered to pay for it and unless specific room shape prevents it, we are talking about ordering a telescopic pole and curtain and putting them up temporarily, no drilling, no long term change.

This is so out of line ! 😂

I remember my FIL asked us to change the hinges on the bathroom door to the other side as he’s a big guy and it was a squash to get in 😂

He also suggested we get a new sofa for his next visit because ours didn’t have headrests.

I just thought both requests were hilarious !

I dont understand, whata there now? A glass door or just nothing? What do you mean by spoiling the look? Surely its her ensuite to look at for the week, could you not just take it down after shes gone?

I think most adults know how to use a shower curtain without instructions.

Will there be water all over the floor then?

Whose problem will this be?

I actually remember my flatmate years ago having an extremely large friend to stay. She managed to make the bath overflow when she got in and it was coming through the ceiling downstairs. 🤭

I'm thinking that water runs off of her and lands outside the bath. A shower curtain tucked in at bottom would direct the water back into the tub.

Where is the diagram? How can i see what coverage is already there? Such a lack of necessary information in a post and so many people having to ask obvious questions. Its really tedious but also stop with the questions people.

That's a good idea - I'd never thought of it! I dislike shower curtains but would need a ridiculously expensive custom-fitted screen. If you sort of drape a curtain into the bath from the top of a screen like this, it seems like it'd be less likely to move around and get in the way.

At £25, I might just give it a try 🙂

I feel similarly.

I am simply full of questions. What stops the water going over the side now? Exactly how oddly-shaped is this bath? Why are people paying to stay in OP's property now if there isn't a shower curtain around the bath?
Has the OP saved up money to repair the bathroom if the floorboards go rotten because of years of water cascading over the edge of the bath?!

I think she's a CF
You're sacrificing a lot of money for her visit. Air b&b must be in high demand during festival duration.
She wants you to remodel your home.. Nope.. and I'm a hospitable friend

I’m now going to know exactly what is going on when I see large people on public transport with a suitcase and a telescopic rail.

Ask her to bring a curtain with her, and a telescopic curtain rail. Remind her to tuck the curtain in the bath when she has a shower.

Oh I reckon that’s it: she can’t sit down in the bath.

I feel desperately sorry for her and think she was brave to ask. I wouldn’t be judging her.

if there is no screen there at present, and it is a handheld shower to be used sitting down in the bath… she may not be able to sit down in the bath, or to kneel. So she has to stand or semi-stand. So she needs something to keep the splashing contained