'I don't shower every day'

[WhiteRosesAndThistles]

When someone states they don't shower every day would you assume they are washing the important bits on the days they are not showering or would you think they are completely unwashed on those days?
Going off the BO wafting around in the shops yesterday I would assume most people are not washing inbetween showering!

I think even if they shower every morning, some people after a long day at work and a hot crowded tube journey are still going to whiff a bit, so imo it's nothing to do with not showering every day

I know that's the irony here. The obsessive washers are naturally smelly people just doing a good job at masking.

I'd take a slightly naturally whiffy body smell over the god awful stench of fabric softeners.

Not everyone has the funds to run a 10kw electric shower every day. Or the gas to run the boiler for hot water.

It’s often cheaper to run two bowls of hot water and strip wash thoroughly.

And to use biodegradable baby/toilet wipes after each pop/wee.

Also older skin is dryer, lax and more friable so more easily torn. Better to wash down properly and not strip skin of its natural oils.
No reason to have BO tho.

I don’t shower every day and I don’t poo ever day? In fact I probably shower more frequently than I poo? (I do both every 2-3 days, and don’t generally need to wash every day. I have a husband who points out if I do, and that’s quite rare).

I don't smell in the office. It's very rare that I go without a shower, and when I do, it's on days when I am not planning to leave the house.

If your colleagues smell, I very much doubt it is their arsehole you can smell. (Not unless you work in the adult film industry anyway.) It's more likely to be their clothes.

You say that as if it is a bad thing?
If I am naturally smelly and you can't smell me because I shower daily and use an appropriate deodorant surely that's a win.

Or would you prefer to sit next to me for 8 hours in a hot and stuffy office when I hadn't showered for days or bothered with deodorant to mask my stench?

Because it's not always necessary. I don't really sweat and don't need underarm deodorant (no I don't smell!). Showering every two or three days is totally fine for some people. Others who naturally are more sweaty /smelly or who do dirty or manual work may need more frequent. People are different.

The only thing I would assume is that the person knows how to look after their own body and it’s none of my business.

Some people do not smell despite washing infrequently, some people smell despite washing frequently. Other people’s washing regimes are absolutely none of my business.

Delightful.

To save water (which if metered you pay for as you use it), to save fuel costs, to save your whole body getting wet when it doesn't need to? Honestly, it's not difficult, I'm baffled you find it baffling.

In the winter I shower every other day but I do have a routine for the important little places and wish we had a bidet. In summer, if it's hot, then every day.

I shower and wash my hair every day whether I’m leaving the house or not. I don’t want to put clean clothes on an unclean body. It wouldn’t feel right. That’s just my preference

I've noticed this; i wonder if it's linked to poverty though? Obviously water & electricity prices have risen like everything else, some vulnerable people are struggling with costs, which can spiral into depression, and lack of motivation to shower etc. It's not nice to smell B.O in public places but I have sympathy for people who just can't afford the basics. For some people there just isn't the money to spare to heat the water etc.

People who think they don’t smell may be kidding themselves. Google “nose blindness.”

There is a medical condition that can cause a fusty or musty smell about someone, theres nothing they can do about it.

I think the new BO smell everywhere comes from those new deodorants. A PP said this as well but I've lost them to quote. The "all natural" aluminium free deodorants last a couple of hours then you stink worse than if you'd used nothing. I tried one once and after the first use I was straight back to my trusty Mitchum that lasts until my next shower (and I shower every 24-48 hours). I think they're responsible for the epidemic of smells atm.

I do also think that there's an element of people's noses becoming over-sensitised to normal human smells. In Vietnam the Vietkong tracked down the Americans effectively by following the smell of deodorant/soap as it's so strong to people who don't use it ever. I feel sorry for dogs having to put up with us and our artificial smells. It stands to reason that those who surround themselves in the smell of shower gel 1-2 times a day, deodorant for in between showers, perfume etc have a more sensitive nose for human smells (and I include myself in this to some extent).

I think by the time you’ve soaped up and rinsed your pits, tits & bits you might as well have just jumped in the bloody shower so what’s the point?

I shower twice a day in the morning and again before bed. Hair washed every other day.

A shower takes me two minutes.

Also clean underwear ( knickers changed twice a day, clean bra and clean socks daily) Clean pjs / nightie every night and clean teeshirt/ vest top every day.

Deodorant applied twice a day. I do not believe all the hype that a deodorant can keep you fresh for 48/72 hours.

Arm pits, bottoms, feet and vagina need to be washed thoroughly each day. And as for people, who only wash their genitals with water- that is disgusting- water alone will not kill bacteria.

@askmenowunderstandable if there is skin tearing to wash less. Ouch! Biodegradable wipes arent great for the environment especially if thrown in with other rubbish as will likely remain for hundreds of years if squashed in other stuff. Plush these so called flushable wipes are terrible.

Cmon you know that is excessive.

I think people dont understand about bacteria either, we all have bacteria all over us, all the time. Not sure that people understand that when you wash you're not washing 'bacteria off'.

And people clearly dont understand about water cycles, there is no 'wasted water'. We are generally a wet country, we dont suffer significant or genuine drought. We may have an issue with water distribution but thats a different thing. We also pay shit loads in costs for clean water.

Showering is not 'wasting' water. Its using the water we have abundant in this country.

The earth has no more and no less water in and on and around it, than it did when it was created/came about.

It may appear to excessive to some, but it's my personal preference.

I shower every day because I exercise every day.

You don’t know that. You’re completely judging him. Poor man. There may have been a perfectly good reason. Jeez! Not judgemental at all are you?

Agree about the smell of dirty hair…I didn’t realise that this was ‘a thing’ until last weekend. I’d been really ill since Thursday, in bed two days, no energy at all. Last shower was Wednesday before work, but I did manage the old ‘baby wipe wash’ of my bits when I went to the loo (all I could manage 😢)

I didn’t shower until the Sunday morning, when I finally had a bit of strength. As the water was running over my hair I caught a whiff of some god awful smell…I was horrified when I realised it was my bloody hair!!

Thank god I live alone!