Page 4 | Which way do you stand in the shower?!

Midnightjowel · 2025-01-10T01:57:08+00:00

So, I’ve spent my whole life facing ‘forwards’ as in, back to the mixer. And for some unknown reason today I flip it and stand facing the shower/ mixer and woah, a new world? Why did nobody tell me it’s about 2782929 times easier to wash my hair this way around 😂 got me thinking- what’s the normal way?!

Dramatic · 10/01/2025 07:25

I rotate too, I don't know how you can get properly clean if you don't rotate 🙈

BilboBlaggin · 10/01/2025 07:22

I always used to rotate a bit so as to not have water in my face constantly, but have recently had a bathroom renovation and switched to a rainfall shower. Wish I'd had one of these ages ago! I feel happiest facing the controls for some reason and I can now stand in that position all the time. Bonus is that the shower has both the fixed head and an adjustable one that can be removed from the bar for directional spraying, so I have the best of both worlds.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:18

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:18

Odd to think there's a 'right' way. I've never even wondered how other people do it.

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Ok :)

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CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:18

Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:12

Hardly an odd question if a tonne of people saying the same thing 😂 loosen up x

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Odd to think there's a 'right' way. I've never even wondered how other people do it.

Huckyfell · 10/01/2025 07:15

Haha, I have never even thought about it. I genuinely don't know which way i stand - will check next time

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:13

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:10

I grew up before people had showers in their homes so I suppose I just worked it out for myself. In fact, my daughter was grown up before I had a proper shower fitted so she had to work it out herself too.

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You are the most cleverest :)

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:12

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:08

This. If you stand still only one side will get washed. Odd question.

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Hardly an odd question if a tonne of people saying the same thing 😂 loosen up x

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CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:10

Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 02:29

Haha! Same here I thought the shower standing police were going to be after me!
funny though isn’t it all these things you do by routine every day and some are just because whichever caregiver happened to show /tell you how to do and you just never questioned it… 40 odd years later..!

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I grew up before people had showers in their homes so I suppose I just worked it out for myself. In fact, my daughter was grown up before I had a proper shower fitted so she had to work it out herself too.

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/01/2025 07:08

EBearhug · 10/01/2025 02:11

I move round to get different bits of me wet/rinsed.

This. If you stand still only one side will get washed. Odd question.

nationalsausagefund · 10/01/2025 07:06

paranoiaofpufflings · 10/01/2025 02:35

Radical twist - I have a "rainfall" shower and stand right underneath it!

Me too! Wouldn’t be without one now - after a night on the cosleeping tiles with toddler DS, I can’t face the day without being battered to near-death with scalding water. Finest four minutes of my day.

CynicalSunni · 10/01/2025 07:05

Rotater here too. But when standing still i face the wall because that's where the shampoo etc lives.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:00

Omg so there’s a lot of rotaters? It never occurred to me to rotate 😂😭

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Oblomov25 · 10/01/2025 06:56

Doesn't everyone rotate?

Bingbopboom · 10/01/2025 06:55

Facing the taps, I can’t see shit without my glasses but I can see things close by like the taps etc and I prefer to face on something my eyes can actually see if that makes sense, rather than facing out the glass and just seeing nothing but blurriness

myplace · 10/01/2025 06:53

DaisyCottonClock · 10/01/2025 06:34

I begin facing forwards, then I rotate, then have a rinse facing backwards. Next I stand on my tiptoes facing into the room, and then squat. I never face the window. I have a rainfall shower and a handheld shower head for more accurate rinsing.

Not sure I can get onboard with squatting. May try. Doubt I will adopt.

myplace · 10/01/2025 06:52

garciacherry · 10/01/2025 06:47

Wow, I find it really strange that some people face the shower. How do you wash your hair without getting it all over your face when you rinse? Just seems a really unpleasant way to do it! I face away most of the time and turn when I wash my body.

If you stand close enough the water starts at your forehead and goes behind you.

This is majorly impacted by the height of the other people using the shower. If you live with someone much taller then your shower is like a rainfall shower. If you are all a similar height then the possibilities are endless.

I am in the ‘rotate like a donner, remove the handset for an intimate rinse’ brigade.

Brainded · 10/01/2025 06:51

I find it really strange that some of you stand still in the shower!! I presume everyone rotated around 🤣🤣

garciacherry · 10/01/2025 06:47

Wow, I find it really strange that some people face the shower. How do you wash your hair without getting it all over your face when you rinse? Just seems a really unpleasant way to do it! I face away most of the time and turn when I wash my body.

PromoJoJo · 10/01/2025 06:44

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MintSass · 10/01/2025 06:38

I start turned away from the taps but I tend to spin around like a doner kebab.

DaisyCottonClock · 10/01/2025 06:34

I begin facing forwards, then I rotate, then have a rinse facing backwards. Next I stand on my tiptoes facing into the room, and then squat. I never face the window. I have a rainfall shower and a handheld shower head for more accurate rinsing.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 03:48

MilkMilkLemomade · 10/01/2025 03:16

I rotate. I also lift the shower head off to direct water where I need to rinse.

Woahhhhh don’t give me more options to have to mull over!! 🤯

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Christmasgiraffe · 10/01/2025 03:30

I rotate constantly like a rotisserie chicken.

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MilkMilkLemomade · 10/01/2025 03:16

I rotate. I also lift the shower head off to direct water where I need to rinse.