To think baths are awful?

Haven't had a bath for over 10 years now. Hate them. I can never get comfy, they go cold too quickly, and I always feel faint getting out of them.

I also don't really get how you do things like wash body/hair in a bath. Do you still have to rinse at the end with clean water from the shower? Because if not then surely the bath water becomes all soapy/shampooey so when you get out all that residue is still on you? It feels a bit akin to washing up using a washing up bowl which I also think is plain weird, when the plates etc aren't rinsed at the end, they're simply taken out of the boggy bowl and placed to dry 🤮.

Anyway, give me a steaming hot powerful shower any day.

I cannot stand those baths in the middle of the bathroom. My balance is crap, so need a wall to hold onto to get out. I used the chair in the hotel room to hold myself onto.

Difficult to get in/out. Look difficult to clean too

Hate baths. They take so long to fill. My ex and I rented a place which had a bath but no shower. We had to have a bath each every other day. No time to have a bath each in the morning. Then due to the small hot water tank, there was only enough to have a bath, as discovered after coming back from 4 nights at Leeds Fest, not washing during the time. Moaning to the letting agents to get a shower was the best thing. Got it eventually.

As a kid, I hated showers. Only had showers when camping. Now love it.

Think I have only used bath four times in the 16 years I have lived here

Baths are great when it’s really cold! Try some bath salts and essential oils!

I love my bath. It's extra wide and deep and insulated.

I have a shower every morning and a bath most nights.

Sit in the bath with my kindle and a glass of wine or the Archets and a glass of wine - very relaxing - also a good place to escape fron MIL or the teenager

I agree, I hate baths and have done for years. We moved into a house with a bath years ago and I looked forward to having one - what a disappointment!

I'm renting a flat now which had a bath, and when there was a mysterious leak coming from the bathroom and it was decided the bath needed to go I was overjoyed.

I’ve never seen one like that before but it looks like it’s to make the bottom end big enough for showering. I’ve been in hotels where the bath is sort butternut squash shaped for that reason.

anyway obviously the OP is VVU.

My only physical impairment (so far) is that I can't get out of the bath. 🤣

I don’t understand the benefit of that little extra bit

I think they're supposed to be for when there is also a shower fitted - to give more space for showering.

I think it depends what they are washing with. I have long hair so by the time I have done all that the baths a mess. Practically sticky the water 🤮

I always do the same whenever I have one. Get in, feel too hot and bored and get it very quickly and don't feel clean after it. Would rather have a shower and get in clean pj's and covers to read a book in bed.

Baths without a sloped back are shit, my new house has one and I've not used it because what's the point as I can't lay back/lounge so I just shower now.

In my old bath I could and I loved a leisurely bath with my book and a glass of wine. I miss it a bit.

Baths can be disappointing BUT When you DON’T have a bathtub at home it suddenly becomes a much desired luxury.

Two kids in a tiny baby bath inside the shower cubicle is getting a bit intense. Plus, rinsing off muddy rain suits would be very convenient atm.

What is that little extra but for?

I don't really understand why people don't feel clean after bath. I feel cleaner than when I've been in the shower

Same.

I don’t understand the benefit of that little extra bit

It sounds as though that bath is the wrong size and shape for you, OP. If you tried one that was right for you, you might like it better. Bathtubs need to be not too long, not too short and not too deep for the bather ... and not put in too close to the wall at the tapless end, so there is enough space to lean back (a very common fault with the fitting of bathtubs).

I'm just off with my book for my daily bath. I may be gone for some time. (Great tip for older bath-readers: if you dip your reading glasses in the hot water for a few seconds and then dry them, they don't steam up.)

I'm with you OP, I hate baths. They are boring and uncomfortable. I also find them a bit disgusting. And don't get me started on hot tubs... like sitting in a human stew of bodily fluids and skin cells 🤢

Getting out of a deep, hot bath must be how being born feels like. Your body must suddenly feel heavy and cold.

Same here.

There are some ridiculousy fastidious germ phobic posters on here, or they work in a mine.

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

This brilliantly sums it up 😆 I’m with you. Sitting around in water that’s getting cold and grubby. And it’s so boring. Haven’t even had a bath in my current house.

I don't really understand why people don't feel clean after bath. I feel cleaner than when I've been in the shower.

Most people have shower head over the bath as the shower in the main bathroom 😂

Omg 😂

I have recently been getting more into baths! Magnesium salts for aches and peace from young children. It’s getting more enjoyable. But could never figure out how to feel fully clean. Always had to shower after.

Why did I not think of this shower before!!!

Music on, nice just hot but not too hot water, bubbles, lovely 20 mins or so. No reading just enjoying the water. I think life would be sad if we didn't have the option of a bath. When fantasising on Rightmove I mentally discount any house that only has a shower, however lovely the rest of it is.