AIBU to think showering daily in hot weather is normal?

There are loads of rank stinky people out there. Impossible to use public transport without smelling at least one sadly.

No one is implying you have BO, if you wear deodorant you probably won’t.

But the smell of an unwashed body is different. I catch public transport and can always smell people who haven’t washed themselves that day. Dirty hair is another level again.

Is that because you’re a bath person @daisychain01 ? 🤞

I see the OP has buggered off...

True, but I work in a busy office where people have been discreetly told about smell before, and I never have. I wear deodorant and I have a wash in the sink every day, so I am 100% sure I do not smell

Just because your partner cant smell you, it doesnt mean no one else can. People have different senses of smell

Well one would think

I managed to shower every day once I had a baby - but seems I’m a rare breed if you read mn

I’m going to stick my head up over the parapet here and say I shower roughly every other day and wash my hair once or twice a week. My hair is very thick and curly, so it doesn’t need washing every day. I live with a partner who would certainly tell me if I stink, so I know I don’t. I just don’t see the need to shower if I’ve done nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️ obviously I will shower more if I’ve done exercise/swimming etc etc, but if I’ve just been to work and come home or been at home all day I don’t necessarily feel the need. To make things even worse i’ll add that if I’m not leaving the house I just stay in my pyjamas all day 🤣

Maybe I should do a strip wash at the gym. Yes it would horrify the other members, but it would be less self indulgent!

Showering once a day is pretty average, I would shower twice if I’d been to the gym or got sweaty from work during the day etc.

Right, yeah. I come out of the gym at lunch time and can smell the sweat on myself. But it would be over indulgent of me to shower so that the three people I share an office with can't also smell me 😆

Sure Jan

No it isn't. I wonder what you prioritize over having a wash. If you're one of these strip wash people, that takes some time, too.

It is very over indulgent and unnecessary to shower/bath everyday. There literally is not enough hours in the day for this.

This.
And the OP didn't even mention a bath!
FYI I haven't had a bath since getting a shower fitted about 25 years ago, but I usually shower at the gym anyway

I still own a bath, but they make me so lethargic and irritable.
Former partners will attest to that 😁

Yes better than wipes but not as good as a wash with water.

Strip washes are pretty good, if you know how to do them properly (which it seems a lot of showerers don't). The stunning arrogance of those who believe that just because showers weren't a regular part of bathrooms 50-odd years ago, everyone smelled, is shocking.

If you have a tepid shower in which you don't wash your hair, it's unlikely your scalp smells. But if you have a hot shower, somehow managing to keep your hair dry, your scalp still gets damp in the steam. That means excess sebum, trapped sweat, maybe hair products baked in...all leading to a stale-smelling scalp.

So while the ardent showerers are busy pouring scorn on those who clean themselves in a different way, they might like to ponder on that.

A strip wash is for when a shower is unavailable. So much faff and you get freezing having a strip wash. It isn’t that people don’t know how, it’s that most prefer to just use the shower as it is quicker and warmer.

Your satisfaction doesn't mean anything.

It is hard to say what the exact number for anyone is. But over washing damages skin, and actually damages the biome of bacteria that is supposed to be on you and your skin, and can make you less healthy and dirtier in different and worse ways that washing less would.

Of course some will need a lot more, some could go a lot less. And your activity levels and other things will vary this already personal and hard to know for certain numbers.

But it is still a reality that at least some people will be healthier showering at least somewhat less, in multiple different ways.

I shower every morning (unless something untoward happens) and if I’m wearing full body SPF or exercise, I’ll shower in the evening too.

Twice a day usually.

Anyone who doesn’t wash at least once per day, can’t you smell yourself or are you just nose blind? The smell of unwashed bodies is quite noticeable and unpleasant.

Boils can come from within the body anyway and have nothing whatsoever to do with skin hygiene.

Also called a whores wash.

Uses less water. Some countries like here in New Zealand we have water shortages so we have to conserve water. Also people who are not on town supply such as farmers.

Not everyone has the hair type where they can wash their hair every time they shower. I don’t have an hour to wash and dry mine daily and it would be wrecked. Most black womens hair would be too

strip washes are fine, and some people have to do them. I’ve cared for people and kept them immaculately clean with a strip washes or bed bath. Some people hadn’t showered for a decade or more

someone will backtrack and say oh I didn’t mean disabled people but either you’re saying strip washes are grim or you’re not