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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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SnipSnipMrBurgess · 22/05/2026 21:00

Ah competitive hygiene Olympics, is it that time of year again?

Next week it will be how often do you wash your sheets.

I wash 12 times a day with a mix of dettol and bleach, as should everyone!

VeganSteakAndFries · 22/05/2026 20:52

I wash twice a day.
Usually a shower in the morning to wake up, wash hair etc…

Then I often have a bath in the pm… i sit in there for ages. Love it. I realise if that doesn’t cause outrage, the fact that my DH shares my bath water probably will 🤣🤣🤣

Tigerbalmshark · 22/05/2026 20:51

I can’t believed you have a shower a couple times a day either. Assume you aren’t on a water meter! There is a middle ground between that and washing once a month.

SqueakyFromme · 22/05/2026 20:49

@NotTheOrdinary you have no idea honestly, and it’s not just me that has noticed it. Noting to do with being a super smeller. It’s where I work

NotTheOrdinary · 22/05/2026 20:47

SqueakyFromme · 22/05/2026 20:46

@JustGiveMeReason it probably is but having said that I have been assaulted with some very unpleasant aromas these last two days

MN special nose?

SqueakyFromme · 22/05/2026 20:46

@JustGiveMeReason it probably is but having said that I have been assaulted with some very unpleasant aromas these last two days

SqueakyFromme · 22/05/2026 20:45

Madarch · 22/05/2026 20:37

And when I have to venture out in public

I also swim in the sea o'r river most days through summer

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I’d say you especially needed a shower after swimming in either of those bodies of water these days, sadly.

NotTheOrdinary · 22/05/2026 20:44

EarthaKittsVoice · 22/05/2026 19:48

In hot weather I shower more than once a day. You've been sweating and all that, you gotta shower/wash more than once.

On the hour every hour anything less is just grim, vile blah blah blah.

JustGiveMeReason · 22/05/2026 20:43

It's another of these 'Throw out a ridiculous rage bait' threads, which the OP doesn't come back to, isn't it ?

Fleurdalys · 22/05/2026 20:43

These posts 🤦‍♀️
Just fucking shower daily like a regular human being?
Strip washes with stinky flannels around your smelliest parts?
Give it a rest, just shower for 5 mins fgs

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:41

It's possible isn't much of a claim.

gingercat02 · 22/05/2026 20:41

Madarch · 22/05/2026 20:37

And when I have to venture out in public

I also swim in the sea o'r river most days through summer

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Surely you shower or bathe after that?

CaptainMyCaptain · 22/05/2026 20:39

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:36

Because my parents, who lived in pre-war London slums without running hot water where they had a once a week shared bath in front of the fire, told me all about it.

As a result, they kept themselves scrupulously clean when they had the advantage of an indoor bathroom and a shower. They didn't celebrate the strip wash because it's rank.

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I'm not celebrating it I'm just saying it's possible.

Madarch · 22/05/2026 20:37

gamerchick · 22/05/2026 19:10

You shower once a week in hot weather?

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And when I have to venture out in public

I also swim in the sea o'r river most days through summer

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:36

CaptainMyCaptain · 22/05/2026 20:18

How do you know that?

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Because my parents, who lived in pre-war London slums without running hot water where they had a once a week shared bath in front of the fire, told me all about it.

As a result, they kept themselves scrupulously clean when they had the advantage of an indoor bathroom and a shower. They didn't celebrate the strip wash because it's rank.

intrepidpanda · 22/05/2026 20:35

Depends on the person. Some are sweatier than others

deepseaargyllfish · 22/05/2026 20:34

I shower (or run a deep bath) every second or third day. I use deodorant every day.

Fast800goingforit · 22/05/2026 20:32

NotTheOrdinary · 22/05/2026 15:53

I don't shower a few times a day.

Nor do I normally, but I have been known to shower in the morning and the evening in really hot weather. Much more pleasant to sleep if you're not sweaty.

CaptainMyCaptain · 22/05/2026 20:29

banquetforphoebe · 22/05/2026 20:19

I worked with the elderly in my teenage years and the ones who rarely washed the whole of their skin ended up with this brown coating on their skin called Dermatitis neglecta. It wasnt pleasant. A flannel wash is not enough

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The ones who rarely washed the whole of their skin - you can wash the whole of your skin with a bowl of water and a flannel. I'm not advocating it but had to do this myself for a while in the 1970s and went to a friend's house for a bath once a week.

LadyRoughDiamond · 22/05/2026 20:29

We’re heading into peak fake tan season and so I’ll shower in the evening before adding another layer, then shower again in the morning. I’ll be mahogany by August.

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:25

FlowerSticker · 22/05/2026 20:22

How many have you been to to counter the claim?

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I haven't made any claim.

(Honestly, the standard of reading comprehension on here is going downhill. There should be a test before you post.)

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:24

DeftGoldHedgehog · 22/05/2026 20:20

How many has the other poster been in generalising about hot offices? It's not going down a mine or working at a blast furnace.

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She didn't generalise at all. She offered the possibility "if you've been working in a hot office."

SqueakyFromme · 22/05/2026 20:22

YANBU another reason to dislike warm weather is people (men IME as I work with them) start stinking really quickly they’re like a French cheese that's just ‘on the turn’ they just about get away with it when it’s cooler

FlowerSticker · 22/05/2026 20:22

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:16

How many of the world's offices have you been in to make this bold claim?

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How many have you been to to counter the claim?

DeftGoldHedgehog · 22/05/2026 20:20

MasterBeth · 22/05/2026 20:16

How many of the world's offices have you been in to make this bold claim?

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How many has the other poster been in generalising about hot offices? It's not going down a mine or working at a blast furnace.