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Letstryagainshallwe · 08/09/2017 17:45

Just wondering how often people bath? If I don't bath for one day I stink!! I don't always have time in the morning before the school run, (don't have a shower) but I will completely reek and it's so embarrassing. Can't understand how people go 2-3 days which is apparently common without bathing?!

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Notreallyarsed · 08/09/2017 17:56

I'm in the shower every morning during the week, weekends I have a bath at night. Hair washed every 3rd day. I'm fat so get very sweaty and self conscious of it which is why I'm a bit paranoid about being clean.

n0ne · 08/09/2017 18:02

I shower every day, might miss the very odd day if I'm feeling lazy and not leaving the house. But that'll be once a month, maybe. Wash my hair 1-2 times a week (very curly, tends to dryness, doesn't need it more than that). An actual bath? Maybe twice a month. Generally in with DD(4). Very rarely do I get a bath to myself.

InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 08/09/2017 18:02

When you say you 'completely reek' after not bathing for one day- what do you mean? If you mean BO, then that varies enormously from person to person. I hardly sweat for example, my sister sweats loads. If you mean fanjo area, then you have a problem! That shouldn't stink too much after a few hours! Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 08/09/2017 18:03

Night Long soak...Have to wash my hair every night.
Morning.Quick bath literally in and out.

Letstryagainshallwe · 08/09/2017 18:04

Just to add I bath daily but sometimes it has to be after the school run which I hate as like I said I smell very bad if I don't bath that's why I don't get how people go days.

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FeedMyFaceWithBattenberg · 08/09/2017 18:05

Shower every three days.
Bath once or twice a week.

Letstryagainshallwe · 08/09/2017 18:05

Yeh b.o but I think I have a problem with it as I smell even if I use deodorant.

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EllenRipley · 08/09/2017 18:06

@Crowdie 😂

Batteriesallgone · 08/09/2017 18:07

I'm with FallingOrbit Smile

PassiveAgressiveQueen · 08/09/2017 18:07

Do you mean bath or shower, or just bath?

As i bath about once every six months, i shower from twice a day to every other day depending.

If you stink if you miss a single wash that is a problem. Wear more natural fibres i stink if i wear long sleeved artificial fibre tops. Use a flannel to give your pits a good rub as well as soap. Boil wash the flannels every week to stop them getting germ infested.

Medeci · 08/09/2017 18:09

Every couple of weeks, but only when its cold and I want to warm up. Hate the thought of baths in summer.

Allyg1185 · 08/09/2017 18:10

We all shower once a day. I get bored lying in a bath. Ds either baths or showers everyday depending on how much time we have

Letstryagainshallwe · 08/09/2017 18:11

Bath or shower. Apparently it's common to not do either for 2-3 days. Was wondering how people get away with it without smelling.

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Ecureuil · 08/09/2017 18:11

Bath about every 6 months. Shower every day as it wakes me up. I don't stink without one though.

Kronutpearl · 08/09/2017 18:13

I never bathe.

I shower every day. I daresay I wouldn't stink if I didn't but I wouldn't feel clean.

cheesypastatonight · 08/09/2017 18:14

I bath or shower every other day. I don't even need it them as I am completely non smelly! I don't sweat and don't get BO unless it's very hot but then only mildly. I always wear deodorant and feel dirty if I don't bath or shower but I honestly don't need it.

WeAllHaveWings · 08/09/2017 18:14

Everyone is different. I shower every morning as I need it to wake me up, feel refreshed and I suspect I'd stink without one. My mum sometimes only showers every 2-3 days and all her life she has never worn any deodorant or antiperspirant and I have never been aware of any body odour from her.

Cailleach666 · 08/09/2017 18:14

As a child hot water was scarce.
From a young age we were taught how to do a full body wash with a flannel, soap and a sinkful of water, including face and neck, armpits, fanjo and feet. Without getting a drop of water on the floor.

I still do it instead of a shower sometimes.

elQuintoConyo · 08/09/2017 18:15

Shower every morning after breakfast and wash my hair.

I might shower again later if:
Done exercise
Been to the pool
Been to the beach
Had a particularly rigorous session of How's Your Father Grin

I last had a bath 6 years ago. Hated it. Sitting in my own sweaty skinflakes Envy (pukey face)

RonSwansonsMoustache · 08/09/2017 18:18

I shower everyday.

InSpaceNooneCanHearYouScream · 08/09/2017 18:25

Well then it sounds like you're just unlucky with the BO. You you sweat loads or is it just smell? Might be worth seeing GP in case you have hyperhidrosis or something which could be treated.

KimchiLaLa · 08/09/2017 18:26

Shower daily and if I go to the gym I shower after that too.

MiddlingMum · 08/09/2017 18:36

Having a bath is such a faff that I have one about every three or four years. Daily shower though.

ThreeSangriasFloor · 08/09/2017 18:38

Shower every morning.
Shower or bath every night.

I couldn't not.

Allwashedup · 08/09/2017 18:38

Shower once or twice a day, rarely have a bath unless in a hotel.

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