Do you share bathwater?

[MuffinMooo]

I'm just curious as some do, some don't

I haven't for a good while now, but have done in the past.

We rarely bath in our house, mostly shower. But on a Saturday teatime I love a bath. I fill it to the brim with piping hot water. When I get out its still lovely and warm, ( and clean! I shower in the morning!), so my son hops in. Then when he's done, my dd gets in!

Ridiculous to say it's unhygienic!

God no, I don't even like to share a bath with myself . It's grim enough for one person to wash then soak in the same water, with dead skin cells, soap scum, sweat etc. Then get out and pat dry so it stays on the skin.
Showers make much more sense.

Yes, every time. It assuages a bit of the guilt I feel about so many baths. Dh having a bath frequently calms down his mental symptoms, and i just love baths. Usually ds, dh then me.

No patting dry here, lovely scrub with a rock hard towel is another pleasure.

We used to have to as kids.

Not something I would have any desire to do now. Children have bath together at the moment but when they want privacy I don't think I'd make them use the same bath water but I don't have an emersion heater which probably influences that.

I will occasionally use my DH's water if he's promised there's no wee in it!!

We do as we're not made of ruddy money.

It's okay if you don't do it or want to. It isn't unhygienic, disgusting, gross or ewww. If you're that filthy you're contaminating an entire bath full of water with inescapable filth and you're completely unfamiliar with the concept of soap, bath sharing as a concept is the least of your problems.

Fine not to do it. We all have preferences. Would be nice if we could not denigrate other people's perfectly acceptable behaviours.

What next to conserve water? Sharing a toilet flush? erm, yes, that's exactly what we do. No need to flush after every wee, especially if someone's going to be having a wee straight after you! When we're going out the house all four of us will go for a try and flush after the last person has gone, it's not that weird.

And DD often comes in the bath after me. I'll run it super hot and bubbly for me and by the time she gets in half an hour later it's the perfect temperature. We've only just stopped bathing together but that's just because she's too tall now!

yes
i think it's a hangover from when I was growing up, with no shower and a small water tank. it was either share bathwater or have a cold one.

my DC are nearly 9 and 5, and still enjoy sharing a bath. In fact it's about the only time of day they can be in close proximity and not fight.

Never.

boogers yes, we share a flush too!

If we're all going out and having a 'safety wee' before we leave, we don't flush inbetween. 4 wees, 1 flush, saves so much water!

I bath with Dh or children often. But we don't do baths one after the other with same water, all the bubbles and hot water would be out by then anyway.

We mainly shower though, baths are relaxing or kids playtime here

Yep.
I have baths with DS all the time.
When DP is home we like to share a bath sometimes too, it's fun and secy!

Yes, DH likes a relaxing bath in the evening sometimes as well as his morning shower and as he's quite an extravagant bather his left-over bath is hotter and deeper than I'd run it.
Those who think it's always grim, would you never share a bath with a partner?

**should be sexy!

And all those saying it's unhygenic, it's not, and I would rather save some water sharing baths and toilet flushes than let my kid grow up thinking we just chuck water away willy nilly, with no thought to the environmental impact.
Water is a valuable resource, everyone shouldbe trying to conserve it!

Everyday! Me and DH either go in together or one after the other.
We also wait to flush the toilet. I'm amazed by how prissy people are about it.

Don't find it weird at all. One of us gets in a nice hot bath, then by the time it's a bit cooler the baby can come in too. Sometimes the other one goes on after.

Running a whole new bath if you both wanted one seems a bit extravagant to me!

Sharing flushes sometimes happens here too.

OH and I intentionally bought a massive bath so that we could share. We have baths together quite often.

Noooo

I should add, pre kids DH and I have shared a bath, in together, post kids a) no such thing as baths together b) I've become a clean freak(ish) c) both DCs share a bath..

Dh and I share a bath every day after the kids are in bed and the house is quiet. It's our time to talk. We have all our serious discussions in the bath

Some of you people are pathological. If you think sharing bathwater with your own family who presumably wash regularly and aren't chimney sweeps or shit diggers is vile or gross or disgusting....how do you share beds? Or have sex, or go swimming or ever touch another person?
Ridiculous.

Normally we shower, but sometimes after a busy day DP and I will have a bath together as a way to unwind. It's more about being close than getting clean. In fact it often leads to getting dirty again :)

I have never shared a bath with anyone - man, woman or child- and can't imagine any thing more annoying! Those of you who share with DPs- how the hell do you both fit in unless you have an outsize bath?