To think baths are awful?

Yeah, I much prefer showers.

Oh man, I love my tubs! When we bought the house my main purchase was a extra wide tub with jets. Even at my big age santa brings me my bath salts and creme bombs every year. I find them so.good for my muscle pain and skin etc. I also grew up in a house that didn't have a shower until I was about 17 so was used to baths and just love them.

Yeah, walk in baths are for people like myself who can't now climb in and out of a conventional bath. You do have to sit in them empty and wait for them to fill though, so no more gathering my gear together while the bath is running anymore, not for me anyway. I have an over the bath seat, so I'll sit there in me teesh and knicks while it fills. Luckily we have good water pressure and a decent combi boiler so it shouldn't take too long. DH and DD can just keep the door shut and clamber in and out like a normal bath.

@Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice and anyone else who knows about Epsom Salts - I have some that are a good ten years old, can I still use them? With bubble bath or alone? How much? Like a tablespoon or something? Anything else I need to know?

You're not unreasonable to dislike baths, they are just not to your taste. Many people prefer showers. However you are unreasonable to be so vehement about it! It really is not a big deal.

In the winter, a bath that is slightly too hot, plus the radio is bliss.

In the hot days of summer, an evening tepid bath makes you actually sleep very well.

Either way, you must get prune fingers before you get out.

Ahhhh they actually exist. 😃😃 furiously starts saving now 😃🤣

I love a bath with music and a glass of wine.

You are very wrong. Baths are one of my ultimate comfort. I like them scalding hot, and with a good book, a snack, and a brew.

I don't have baths to get clean. I have them to relax.

That's what we're getting. They cost a fortune though, just as well we have a good stash of savings!

What is an L shaped bath. Really struggling to see what the point of that would be.

Do you mean P shaped?

I love a bath. But I couldn’t read in the bath, I would find that comfortable and not relaxing.

I like it roasting hot, as hot as I can stand it, then keep topping it up once I’m in.

I can’t spend too long in it though. The first couple of minutes are the best. Can’t stand it when it starts to cool down.

I would love a bath that when you drain the water, you can open a little side door and just walk/crawl/fall out🤣 pregnancies and a c-section later, getting out of a bath is a mammoth exercise for me🤣

They always look delightful on film and tv though

I couldn't live without my bath...it's basically therapy for me, hot water, aromatherapy oil, glass of wine and a book or something trashy on the iPad...occasionally snacks.

Bliss.

I can't read in the bath as I'm short sighted and my glasses would just steam up as well as me feeing very silly being naked and wearing specs. We have a Bluetooth speaker in the bathroom, I take my phone in and listen to audiobooks, stories on BBC Sounds, podcasts etc. while I soak. I'm so looking forward to being able to do this again!

Too tired for a detailed reply but I couldn’t agree with you more! All that hassle to boil your arse and then be bored after two minutes YNBU

I'm looking forward to having a bath again. After I broke my hip and was given a total hip replacement, my lower leg and foot has been left partially paralysed due to nerve damage which I'm told may or may not get better. I can't manage the stairs and certainly couldn't get into our current bath which is a slipper bath. I loved soaking in it but the sides are too high for me to manage now so I've had to wash at the kitchen sink every evening for the past seven weeks. We've just ordered a walk in bath, and DH will install grab rails in the bathroom and handrails on the wall the stairs are on so I can get up and down them again. Plus we'll be able to move from the sofa bed in the living room back to our bedroom. Can't come soon enough!

YANBU. I don't get the pleasure of a bath at all. If I want to relax with a glass of wine and a book I'll do it without having to dry myself afterwards. Boring and pointless IMO

i Love relaxing in a nice hot bath. We only have a wet room now as the bath was unsafe for ds. I always make sure there’s a bath when booking somewhere to stay. If I have one in the morning I’ll take a brew in with me. If at night it’s a glass of wine. Never take a book in I would probably drop it in😂😂😂

More standing space for the shower bit.

I had a bath this afternoon. I don’t like them too hot but I enjoy a nice soak. Not so much in the summer but I love a nice warm bath on a cold winter evening.

I hate baths, I'm either cold or feel like a lobster, I can never get it right. I never feel clean afterwards either. I like a shower.

We’ve stayed in a couple of hotels where they’ve had a fancy looking bath in the bedroom. But they had nowhere to hang the towels and they were weirdly uncomfortable. I didn’t have any issue getting in and out but I’d imagine many people would.

I have a bath occasionally. I love staying at Premier Inn, they have massive deep baths. I was so happy when I moved into my new flat because it has a bath! Previous flat only had a shower, before that it was a HMO and the landlord had rules about how long you could spend in the shower.

I'm serious! If your boiler gets condemned through carbon monoxide poisoning and you can't afford a new one, you will be grateful for any form of heating and running hot water! It won't matter if its a bath or a shower!

I get the Japanese approach to baths and showers up to a point. Shower to get clean, bath to soak and relax.

My personal approach is a bit different. 6 days shower, twice weekly that's also a hair wash shower (occasionally just a sep hair wash as needed), once a week bath. I always feel much cleaner after a bath. Feet, legs, bits 😉 they do feel much cleaner after a bath.

My supplementary though on this is that the bubbles contribute to the all round cleaning effect and that in a hard water area getting really clean in the shower is more difficult than in a bath. I have very thick hair and it takes ages for it to really get wet in the shower at home but it's totally different in soft water areas.