AIBU to think showering daily in hot weather is normal?

Shower every morning, washing my hair every other day. Plus as needed if I get hot and sweaty, e.g. been digging down the allotment or out in hot weather.
So when I got in today, having met friends in the park and back on a long hot bus ride (London 30C+ today) I had a quick cool shower and fresh clothes. The transformation in my personal wellbeing from a damp hot dishrag to comfortable human being was very much NOT a waste of water.

What is your source for what is “normal”
@SarzWix

I just shower as much as I feel I need to. Sometimes that's every other day, sometimes every day and occasionally twice a day or once a day and a bath (for relaxing, not for washing)

I try and wash my hair every other day, occasionally I can stretch it to every two but sometimes it needs doing daily.

I had a shower and washed my hair yesterday evening. This morning I went for a run but since I was just going to be covering myself in oil I didn't bother having a shower until this evening. I didn't really want to wash my hair but it was greasy from the oil and I have work in the morning. If I wasn't going anywhere I would have left it another day. I won't need a shower in the morning but I'll either have one again tomorrow evening or Tuesday morning before work.

If I lived alone and didn't interact with anyone I would probably not have bothered stripping the bed and having a shower from Friday to this evening unless I felt like I needed one. I would have stripped and remade the bed ready for a clean me to go in it tonight. Might be disgusting with all the sweat and suncream but if it was only me nobody would ever know.

Ahh well - it looks as if that those of us who don’t, or can’t shower daily are balancing out those who have multiple showers each day. 😉😂

Shower number 3 just had. First when I woke up. Second after weights. Third after mowing the grass and cutting down a disgustingly sticky smokebush.
I was bath on a Sunday child in the 80's. My parents aren't far off that still out of choice. I'm normally one shower in morning plus one after exercise. I won't be changing that unless life forces me otherwise.

Says who?

A bathe everyday before I get into my pjs

I shower every other day usually. In hot weather I might have two a day. I try to wash my hair every three days.

I do wash vitals on non-shower days!

My point is, that, no, it isn't necessarily 'normal' to use that level of resources twice daily, and people who can't for whatever reason aren't 'having you on'.

I have no idea
ignorance is bliss
and zero intention of ever finding out
although I suspect if I did…. Wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference!!

Do you know how much that costs you in electricity/gas/water per day? I bet someone on a prepayment meter would know down to the pence.

redhatpurplehair We all had strip washes when I was little and the water kept warm with a kettle in the basin.

People cared for in bed have bed baths don’t they so showers are a bloomin luxury with the cost of water 🤗🌷

Isn’t daily just normal ? In the winter I’ll shower each morning and then a lovely soak in the bath at night . Yesterday me and the OH both had two showers as it was soo hot we showered again in the evening. I think she’s having you on surely ?

There are innumerable reasons why a person might not get in the bath more than once a week, including a whole list of physical disabilities and executive dysfunctions, plus things like financial constraints on heating the water. What it doesn't necessarily mean, however, is that the person is dirty or smelly, because there are other ways of washing.
Personally, I only get in the shower or bath when there's another person in the house for disability/safety reasons, which means sometimes I have to strip wash instead. This is safer for me, but doesn't mean I'm not clean.
Stop being so judgey, unless your friend literally stinks, and even then they would deserve compassion not nastiness.

I am my DD'S childcare. When the children were younger and it was hot, I'd often have a tepid bath, just before she was due in, after being in parks etc all day. Part of the joy of our, over 55 apartment, is the new walk in shower and it's lovely how easy it is to shower twice a day. I've started body brushing and it's helping my "heavy leg feeling" but I don't have time of a morning. Unless you have a skin condition, you don't have to limit yourself.

When the weather is really hot, yes 2 or 3 times a day, but usually a quick v leisurely shower. That said I used to spend a lot of time in Asia where this is the norm

Once a week is gross.
A few times a day is extreme.

Bathed once a week in the 60s and 70s, when I was a kid and that was the norm - now shower every morning, and after any exercise that merits it - so usually twice a day.

Exactly! this obsession with things necessary for living being a "waste" is BS.

A "waste" would be washing my car for ages every other day using the pressure hose. A "waste" would be using the washing machine on the hottest setting you can get it multiple times a day with a tiny load. A "waste" would be turning up my water temp to scalding levels and keeping the central heating on way past when I actually needed it.

Cleaning myself is not a "waste" because its being used for a purpose to keep me clean and my skin healthy.

Good grief, by this rationale, eating more than once a day is a "waste" 🙄

Twice a day when it’s hot. 3 times a day when it’s scorching

My hair is slightly dry and very thick. It’s absolutely fine being washed once a week. More often and it would get really dry.

I can kind of understand twice a week but 7-14 days is rank.

Well obviously you can't 🙄

I'm saying just because your hair might be curly or not seem greasy, you still need a wash more than a couple of times a week.

What if you exercise every day? Do you think it’s ’fine’ to do a weight lifting session or a 10k run then just spray some deodorant on?
It might be ‘fine’ for some people. It’s not ‘fine’ for all people.
And it’s not a waste of water… it would be a waste if it was just left to go straight from the tap to the sink. It’s being used for a purpose.

Of course every other day isnt enough - do you exercise? I do.

I go running most days to stay healthy. It would be utterly revolting not to wash after coming home all sweaty and it would certainly not be good for my skin to leave sweat and bacteria on my skin. I would also smell if I did that.

Blimey. Ive never heard such nonsense