Someone doesn't want someone using their bath water, but the other person wants to, who is in the right?

[AlexanderandPie]

If someone has just had a bath and a family members wants to use the same water, but the person who has had the bath before (their water) doesn't want them to, but the family member who wants to use the water doesn't care it's dirty, do they still get to use it?

Wasted water or not, it's a special kind of weird to want to use someone's dirty bathwater. There could be any multitude of horrors lurking beneath.......Dead skin cells, poo crumbs, pubes, dried blood and bits (if you're on your period,) dried jiz, dried up piss, sweat ...... vommy vommy vom vom!!! 🤢🤮🤮

And if Person 1 isn't comfortable with it, it's incredibly rude and intrusive to force yourself on them. I would just pull the plug.

And as for the people spouting the 'what a load of hysterical nonsense' bollocks. I am entitled to my views, and so is everyone else - so bore off.

And no I HAVE never shared a bath with my other half.

DH will jump in after me. I just soak though. Then he tops up with hot water and has a soak. And sometimes we put the dog last - he doesn't care!

99.9% of the time I have a shower.

The 0.01% of the time I have a bath it's for aches or pains. I never feel clean after a bath, so rinse off.

melamin you cannot catch impetigo from water well, we all did, except the youngest who got the bath first.

at wee being "massively diluted"! That's ok then, I'll bathe in someone's pee because it's diluted.

Anyway I totally agree with person 1, and think her privacy should be respected. My children use the same bath water but they are all under 8 and I add more water in for the oldest who goes last. As soon as she says she's uncomfortable with that, it won't happen anymore. It's not difficult.

@Shedmicehugh1

"Examples are bathing in a dirty bathtub or by using a towel or soap previously used by an infected person."

www.health24.com/Medical/Skin/Overview/Impetigo-20120721

Do you wash your bed sheets every time you have sex?

I’m becoming over invested in people’s bathing/sex habits! Time for bed I think

I literally cant stop smiling at this. Who gives a shit if someone wants to use your dirty bathwater?! if theyre that skanky let them have it.

I once had some guy on facebook message me and ask me to send him some worn tights for £100. I would have as well but facebook banned him before I could send my paypal .

Love all the 'you don't get clean in a bath' and so on replies. Just makes you look uneducated and lacking in common sense.......that dish you've cooked in that's got some burnt on sauce on......you just run that under a tap (shower?) or do you fill it up with water 'to soak' (bath?). You are more likely to be 'cleaner' from a nice soak in a bubble bath where the bubbles are basically soap, and there is natural agitation of the skin from moving about getting in and out, than from smearing a bit of shower gel around and missing bits in the shower. This romanticised vision of some sort of sterile cleaning which takes place in a shower is ridiculous and actually undesirable.

This romanticised vision of some sort of sterile cleaning which takes place in a shower is ridiculous and actually undesirable.

Bit dramatic, no?

Good grief have those of you saying it's gross never swam or been in a jacuzzi?!

A dirty pot will get washed in bubbly washing up water, then rinsed off (fresh running water) to get the excess bubbles off.

Excellent example to show why baths leave you dirty. Surely, you don't just leave the soap suds on?! Even the dishwasher rinses after cleaning.

For impetigo people

Swimming: have you not seen the showers and how busy they get after a swim session? People swim (and get dirty), then WASH OFF the dirty swimming pool water.

Another good example of the need to wash or rinse after a bath.

I think bath water sharing between a couple is completely different. My teenage self is cringing at the thought of anyone else using my bath water after me. Thankfully, it was never an issue for me as we were given privacy and respect especially at such an important time in our development.

Totally with the teenage girl. I have a soak and shave ect and wouldn't want a family member to use my water.

It's pretty gross and invading her privacy.

Nope, I don't rinse stuff after washing up. What a waste of water that would be.

In the swimming pool situation I'm washing off the chemicals.

It was probably the shared towels then. We shared those as well as the bath, and everything in it. And my brother had massive blisters covering half his arm.

Honestly - it’s fine to share water, particularly if you are using too much water, either financially or environmentally. If however teen doesn’t want to share water that’s fine too, but maybe you could remind dteen that Baths use 3-4 times more water than a shower, and to save money on water/gas/electricity she is going to need to either shower, or have a very shallow Bath, and that as Baths tend to take a long time she may need to get out 5 minutes earlier so the whole family has time to wash if you can’t share

Sorry I’ve miss understood but I’m assuming you want to share due to either consumption/time /waste/cost

For impetigo people

Are you seriously telling me that anyone would have a bath in water that has been used by someone else? vom

does it really matter if someone has peed in it? It will have been hugely diluted.

Not sure if I have a much smaller bath than you or a bigger bladder, but it wouldn't be that dilute if it were me.

I’m confused by people showering after a bath! Why not just have a shower?

...because the pages get wet & the wine gets diluted.

A bath is relaxing but I don’t feel clean until I’ve showered off and washed my hair.

I very rarely have a bath these days though.

^patient.co.uk - it says don't share bath water...