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To think baths are awful?

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Alllll · 26/03/2025 21:16

I’ve lived in my house for four years and there is a very deep and long L shaped bath which is the envy of my bath loving friends. I’ve never been keen on baths and never used it. But tonight I thought, for a change, I’d run myself one and take my book.

It was absolutely shit. Took bloody ages to run, then I got in and couldn’t hold by book right. The water was a nice temperature but it made my face too hot. It was boring. I lasted twenty minutes and then drained the water. Complete waste.

I find them mildly disgusting. Right up close to the grouting. It’s horrible. AIBU?

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AlpacaMittens · 26/03/2025 21:27

They're pointless and fucking boring. I'm planning to rip the bath out and get myself a walk in shower ❤️❤️❤️

Lifestooshort71 · 26/03/2025 21:26

I love having a bath, lots of scented bubbles and water just a touch too hot. If you bathe every day (and don't have a dirty/smelly lifestyle) then you're sinking back into clean water so no worries there. I don't read or drink wine, I just relax and rethink my day, bliss.

TomatoSandwiches · 26/03/2025 21:26

Getting into a deep, hot bath is how I hope dying feels like, it's bliss.

Alwayswonderedwhy · 26/03/2025 21:26

Yanbu. I occasionally used to like the idea of one then as soon as I got in I'd want to get out. When we had our bathroom done a few years ago we got rid of it and it's not been missed.

LizzieSiddal · 26/03/2025 21:25

I haven’t had a bath since 2002.😂 I hate them.

olololpk · 26/03/2025 21:25

I loooove a bath but those L shape ones are a pain in the arse, my mum had one and it was too big, not helped by a combi boiler that made it even slower to fill!

Pippa12 · 26/03/2025 21:24

Ripped our bath out. I can’t get over soaking in my own dead skin 😂wish I loved them as the majority seem to get great pleasure from them, but just not for me!

Cancelthebreak · 26/03/2025 21:23

I love a bath but I am a fat slob so I wallow like a beached whale in there.

IPM · 26/03/2025 21:23

I prefer a shower but no baths are not disgusting.

Does your grout need cleaning?

Monvelo · 26/03/2025 21:22

Totally agree, not had one for maybe a decade! They make me feel dead.

AllTheChaos · 26/03/2025 21:22

Quick shower first and a nice glass of chilled white wine whilst you are in the bath!

LilacPony · 26/03/2025 21:22

I agree with you 😂

nocoolnamesleft · 26/03/2025 21:21

YABU. Reading whilst soaking in a nice hot bath is one of the pleasures of life.

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