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AIBU to think showering daily in hot weather is normal?

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TheOpalFox · 22/05/2026 14:44

I just had a shower as it’s boiling. My friend said I can’t believe you shower a few times a day? Lol she said even when it’s hot I bath once a week 🫢🤣

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PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 22/05/2026 16:04

redhatpurplehair · 22/05/2026 15:57

Has no one ever heard of a strip wash? In the days before showers how do you think people kept clean?

Good grief 🙄

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The fact is we don't need to have stand up washes at the sink any more! Things get easier, we don't need to resist that just because in days of yore they didn't have it so good.

DandelionClockSeeds · 22/05/2026 16:03

Id guess most of the population sits between the two extremes of "once a week" and "a few times a day". I don't think either is particularly common in the uk.

coneyislandoldspot · 22/05/2026 16:03

It’s normal to shower everyday anyway.

murasaki · 22/05/2026 16:03

redhatpurplehair · 22/05/2026 15:57

Has no one ever heard of a strip wash? In the days before showers how do you think people kept clean?

Good grief 🙄

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They didn't, to my satisfaction.

We have showers now, so unless it's an emergency, use them.

Dweetfidilove · 22/05/2026 16:02

Showering daily is basic in any weather. Twice a day is usual here. Weekly in this weather isn't even a conversation I'm having.

WallaceinAnderland · 22/05/2026 16:01

Are you talking about more than once a day OP, as you say you just got in the shower now. Did you not have one this morning?

VegQueen · 22/05/2026 16:01

I think once a day is surely what most people do? And showering more often due to hot weather is also pretty normal - not everyone does it but it’s not unusual or surprising. People also might shower multiple times a day if they want to feel fresh before going out in the evening or if they’ve exercised after showering in the morning. All very standard.

ComtesseDeSpair · 22/05/2026 15:59

I suppose it depends on your activity level, though showering a few times a day sounds a bit excessive for just a “normal” day: I shower three times a day on my office days, but I cycle to and from the office and go to the gym at lunchtime, so I’m washing off actual sweat and grime. Home days it’s just one shower.

Once a week is pretty gross unless your friend is having proper washes on the intervening days; though I always wonder about whether any actual time is saved for people who do that, it’s quicker to stand under the shower for a couple of minutes than faff about with a sink and flannels.

redhatpurplehair · 22/05/2026 15:57

murasaki · 22/05/2026 15:13

A few times a day seems a lot. But once a day is totally normal. And one bath a week is rank.

Has no one ever heard of a strip wash? In the days before showers how do you think people kept clean?

Good grief 🙄

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 22/05/2026 15:54

I think once a day is probably average in hot weather. I suspect showering several times a day is outside the norm, but so is one bath a week!

I would probably only have a second shower if I was going out somewhere in the evening

NotTheOrdinary · 22/05/2026 15:53

I don't shower a few times a day.

murasaki · 22/05/2026 15:53

Lmnop22 · 22/05/2026 15:51

Isn’t showering once a day pretty much the norm whatever the weather?

It is in my house.

hugasaurus · 22/05/2026 15:52

Strap in.

here we go batman GIF
Lmnop22 · 22/05/2026 15:51

Isn’t showering once a day pretty much the norm whatever the weather?

murasaki · 22/05/2026 15:13

A few times a day seems a lot. But once a day is totally normal. And one bath a week is rank.

Madarch · 22/05/2026 14:48

PinkMagnoliaTree · 22/05/2026 14:46

Sure she did

I'm probably more like your friend but appreciate that it's likely us that are outside of the norm.

Edit: sorry! Quoted in error!

PinkMagnoliaTree · 22/05/2026 14:46

Sure she did

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