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Do you have your daily shower/bath in morning or evening?

196 replies

wubwubwub · 14/03/2024 22:19

Morning here..

But wondering if it should be evening? So I'm sparkling for bed (I just wash face and hands before bed)... Or should I just shower twice a day?

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GameOfJones · 15/03/2024 16:35

Evening. Mainly because I've got more time and my hair takes an age to dry so I can sit with my hair in a towel for much longer if I shower or have a bath after work compared to rushing around in the morning.

Plus I like the feeling of being clean and getting into a clean bed.

I'm not particularly sweaty though and not reached hot flush stage. Certainly in summer I often have a quick shower in the morning too if I've felt sweaty or hot overnight so I can understand why people need to.

I always wash after sex anyway so I'd never just go to sleep afterwards even if it's just a quick 2 mins in the shower to wash my body.

lotsofpeoplenametheirswords · 15/03/2024 16:37

Shower in the morning and bath at night!

GameOfJones · 15/03/2024 16:41

tittybumbum · 15/03/2024 16:02

@Tarmacadamia

FFS. "12 hour old bum"?? Why are people so horrified by their own bodies?!

Who is disgusting by their body? I just don't like a sweaty arse crack

Why bother washing at all if you don't mind smelly bum.

Added to which, I don't like stinky arm pits either. I would smell by morning if I washed at night and sweated for 12 hours. I don't like applying deodorant over smelly pits. I just can't see how it works for you.

I think if you sweat enough that you'd smell after going to bed clean and just sleeping all night then it's fair enough to shower in the mornings. It explains a little more why you're so horrified about the thought of people washing every day but in the evening.

Boomer55 · 15/03/2024 16:44

I shower morning and night, and at other times in the summer.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:13

ILoveSalmonSpread · 14/03/2024 22:27

But then , the thought of sweaty overnight grime eg sex, hot flush, general bed fetidness would make you stinky in the morning and to those who come in contact with you. Your bits must rank.

What a fucking horrible post.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:16

Saltyswee · 15/03/2024 06:12

I do both!

Me too - both very quick and I feel great going to work fresh and even better going to bed fresh.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:16

Saltyswee · 15/03/2024 06:12

I do both!

Me too - both very quick and I feel great going to work fresh and even better going to bed fresh.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:17

Sorry!

Snowpaw · 15/03/2024 17:18

Morning shower is when I do my proper wash, and then in the evening I also get in the bath with DD just to have a play with her really, not to get clean per se.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:19

RosieTheChi · 14/03/2024 22:45

I couldn't think of anything worse than having 2 showers a day! Would drive me insane.

I don't shower every day but will strip wash each day.

You can't think of anything worse? It's one of life's great pleasures! As for strip washing...why? A shower is quicker and easier.

JennyBeanR · 15/03/2024 17:21

Evening, and always look forward to it. It helps me relax before bed.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 17:23

AnotherCountryMummy · 15/03/2024 06:30

This! It's just the best of both worlds isn't it. The lovely morning wake up and the relaxing evening soak.

I don't even care if people come at me for it 😀

God yes! I have to have two showers now as we got rid of the bath. Still great but not quite AS great... 😫

ILoveSalmonSpread · 15/03/2024 17:37

You’re welcome!

tittybumbum · 15/03/2024 17:54

@GameOfJones

I think if you sweat enough that you'd smell after going to bed clean and just sleeping all night then it's fair enough to shower in the mornings. It explains a little more why you're so horrified about the thought of people washing every day but in the evening.
Totally. If I showered at night then went to bed my arm pits would smell of BO by morning. I'd have to rewash them in the morning and then apply deodorant. If I didn't I would smell bad

GalileoHumpkins · 15/03/2024 17:54

Yearendjoy · 15/03/2024 06:52

I am having trouble understanding showering in the morning, then having all the days sweat, discharge, juices, etc on you and having sex without washing yes. There's no way in hell I could do that. Maybe I'm dirtier than everyone else!

I think you must be, yes.

bubblebutt88 · 15/03/2024 17:57

Morning. No way am I going out/to work in bed sweat. If I've exercised I'll have a quick shower in the evening too.

chosenone · 15/03/2024 18:03

Always been a morning person. Wakes you up, I like freshly washed hair, feels nice. Occasionally quick bath in the evening too. Occasionally miss a day but very rarely.

As for having sex? What about those long gone days of going out clubbing and meeting someone in the early hours? Hot and sweaty sex was just fine ☺️

TheCompactPussycat · 15/03/2024 18:06

It depends.

If I'm going in to work, then I quite often have a shower in the morning. But if it's a non-working day and I'm taking the dog for a really long walk, I'll have a shower around lunchtime when I get home. And then if it's a day when I'm going to the allotment, I'll have a shower when I get back from that. And sometimes, if all I've done is sit at my desk all day, I won't even have a shower at all.

LemonySnickets · 15/03/2024 18:22

Shower in the morning. Quite often have a soak in the bath in the evening after a run or work.

Annymania · 15/03/2024 18:25

Approximately two baths a week. Never shower. Fight me. Also, it’s at like 10pm+

Beansandneedles · 15/03/2024 18:51

I used to be a morning person after exercise, then I switched to evening after living in Asia as I liked being clean to go to sleep. Now I snatch shower about once a week at random times of the day whilst my children hammer on the door screaming for me like I'm abandoning them to live with a toddler eating dragon.

Icecreamenthusiast · 15/03/2024 18:51

Lol. I have a shower and wash hair every other morning. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell me I'm filthy!

pilates · 15/03/2024 18:53

I shower in the morning.
Husband showers at night because he has a manual job.

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 19:46

chosenone · 15/03/2024 18:03

Always been a morning person. Wakes you up, I like freshly washed hair, feels nice. Occasionally quick bath in the evening too. Occasionally miss a day but very rarely.

As for having sex? What about those long gone days of going out clubbing and meeting someone in the early hours? Hot and sweaty sex was just fine ☺️

Oh how I loved the 90s! 😂

WaterWeasel · 15/03/2024 19:48

Annymania · 15/03/2024 18:25

Approximately two baths a week. Never shower. Fight me. Also, it’s at like 10pm+

Sorry but that is really not great personal hygiene.