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AIBU?

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To not wash in the morning?

314 replies

yellowlanterns · 19/08/2017 18:20

I start very early - usually before 7 - and often don't get back till about half nine so I shower then. Then in the morning I just put my uniform on and go. AIBU?

OP posts:
Dustbunny1900 · 20/08/2017 21:15

foxysoxy
I'm a night bather, and I shower before sex and immediately after. Well, my lower half anyways . As I said above, I've had a nasty bout with recurrent UTIs a few years back and got into the habit of peeing and then showering directly after any sexual activity,

Gottagetmoving · 20/08/2017 21:28

If you have an active sex life with your partner then you really need to shower in the evening before bed and in the morning after sex and sleep

You really don't have to shower before sex. (Unless you haven't showered for days and days) I can't believe that most people would. Sex can be spontaneous. It's not a medical procedure.
I would agree it's probably best to shower the morning after sex.

Winebomb · 20/08/2017 21:30

Well haven't read the full thread, but apparently anti perspiration should be applied at night, so to me that equals night shower, roll on, bed wake up and go to work.

However I have terrible night sweats, I am literally a radiator.

So would feel especially grim if I at least didn't wash my back sweat off in the morning..

Fluffyears · 20/08/2017 22:14

00100001 OMG you are right I will ensure I shower in boiling zoflora with a final rinse of bleach going forward!!! I'm so disgusted I believe I should be doing it every half hour as well and use wire wool to scrub with.

00100001 · 20/08/2017 22:22

Make sure you bleach the wire wool before using. And then throw it away after.

peachgreen · 20/08/2017 22:37

I'm a night showerer. couldn't stand getting into bed all dirty. Brr.

BusterGonad · 22/08/2017 18:40

Just catching up on this thread, do people's fanjos really smell after not washing them for one day??? Christ! I must have a self cleaning fanjo as mine doesn't smell after 2 or even 3 days of not washing! 😂

Softkitty2 · 22/08/2017 18:43

U just don't smell it 😂

Softkitty2 · 22/08/2017 18:44

I refuse to believe that a moist area re:vagina and someone who defecates and wipes with toilet paper think that they can go on for days without it smelling.
I refuse to believe it.
🙊👎

Falconhoof1 · 22/08/2017 18:49

I don't wash on the morning either! I use that sure maximum protection antiperspirant at night and smell fab (I hope) all day!

BusterGonad · 22/08/2017 18:51

You can refuse all you want Soft but unless you don't wipe yourself properly or you are literally wearing leather trousers or plastic pants 24/7 there is no reason why your vagina should be emitting huge wiffs! Obviously during your period and if you have excessive discharge then I'd agree.

RallyRoundTheFlagBoys · 22/08/2017 19:12

Everybody's fanjo has a smell (you only have to use the toilet after another woman to smell it)..It's just a matter of how much, and offensive v inoffensive...wether you can smell it yourself is debatable, but the person using the loo after you can!

Dustbunny1900 · 22/08/2017 19:27

Most people don't clean before sex? What about when it comes time for oral? I understand the vagina self cleans (to a certain extent) but after shitting and sweating all through the day?

Circumlocutor · 22/08/2017 20:17

I don't like my sex to be too sanitary. A day's worth of sweat certainly doesn't put me off.

Circumlocutor · 22/08/2017 20:18

I don't think I've ever noticed a toilet smelling of someone's fanny!

orangesegment · 22/08/2017 20:26

I can't believe people are alarmed at the idea of not showering in the morning. Granted I don't know how much these people sweat. I'm a night showerer. Getting into bed clean is the best.

brasty · 22/08/2017 21:05

No a toilet does not smell of someones fanny. How ridiculous. It smells of wee and poo and farts. That is what you are smelling.

Imamouseduh · 22/08/2017 21:18

I shower whatever time of the day I go to the gym. Morning or evening (mostly the latter) but once in a 24 hr period. Except if it's no shower Sunday, obvs.

Catra · 22/08/2017 21:26

I always shower in the morning before leaving the house. Even if I showered the night before, I wouldn't feel clean the next day.

I don't think I've ever noticed a toilet smelling of someone's fanny!
You lucky thing!

Salmotrutta · 22/08/2017 21:36

A competitive showering thread.

How original.

We've never had one of those before.

I love the "I shower twice/three times a day" posters.

It's sooo fucking predictable.

"I couldn't possibly function without at least two showers a day and a twice hourly bed linen change".

Actually, I think they'll find they could function just fine if they had to curtail their showering.

🙄

CaptainHammer · 22/08/2017 21:57

circumlocutor I haven't either!

Mysterian · 22/08/2017 22:12

Pointless washing all the time. Far easier to let all the dirt and grime and animal droppings and grease that naturally build up on the skin accumulate to the point where you can just peel it off.

BusterGonad · 22/08/2017 22:19

I'll not change my washing habits as they suit me fine. No ones complained so far and I'm pretty sure I smell perfectly fine, I reuse towels after one use too and I don't change my bed sheets daily! I must be a real stinker....Grin

Salmotrutta · 22/08/2017 22:58

Careful BusterGonad - you'll be accused (obliquely and in a very passive aggressive style naturally) of being gross, mingling, and ... horror of horrors not fresh if you don't shower twice a day at least.

Wink
Circumlocutor · 22/08/2017 23:00

All crevices must be washed thoroughly using Dettol and a wire brush. On the hour.