To reduce the number of showers I have each week

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Let's be honest here. During lockdown probably most of us that worked from home rolled out of bed to their laptop and started the work day (in pjs)

I believe my need for showers daily took a nose dive. Don't get me wrong I went old school and did a daily clean with a flannel and yes still brush my teeth twice a day. I was showering twice a week.

Now back into the swing of things, working face to face (twice a week) I find my routine has stayed the same and the need for daily showers has gone. Obviously if I go work out I will do but I'm talking daily no.

What's other people's experience? Has everyone resumed normal life or are there people out there like me who are now content doing a flannel wash instead of a daily shower????

I am waiting for the gross comments but honestly I don't feel worse for it and my water bill has dropped!

I didn't stop having a shower every morning during lockdown. So it's business as usual here.

Because if a family of four is spending 50p+ per shower per day, that's £2 a day. If everyone has 1 showe a day. Which is around £700 a year showering. Plus soaps etc

Cut it in half, that's £300+ saved just like that.

Which, might be the difference between your kids eating well, or putting on the heating in the winter or being able to afford to drive to work.

I shower twice a day and am aiming to cut back to once a day.

Yes, I would imagine every day after mucking out!
But presumably some of these posters would be showering before and after mucking out.

What that different people have different lifestyles and bodily needs when it comes to whether or not they should shower every day or not?

They won't.

I can't tell you who showered this morning or who showered yesterday morning at work. Absolutely no idea.

But could probably tell if someone hasn't showered for over a week.

When would you get particularly dirty if you're getting up, wearing clean clothes, not leaving the house or exerting yourself and going to bed?

I usually shower every other day before bed, although if I’m not going anywhere or seeing anyone I might leave it another day or so. I definitely don’t feel like I need to shower daily as the norm, in very hot weather or if I’ve been doing something physical I will shower more often but otherwise it’s every other day. I wash my face and hands and brush my teeth twice daily but don’t wash anywhere else inbetween showers either.

Even through lockdowns I had a shower every day and wore proper clothes for WFH. Much more casual than I would have been in work, but never pjs.

When I had Covid DP had to help me into the shower, and stay in the bathroom in case I passed out!

I've reduced to every other day. Cost more than anything. I wfh but always shower if I have a client meeting. I don't smell. If I smell stale sweat on someone I assume they have gone a lot longer than one day or its embedded in their clothes. When I was in my twenties I had several t shirts I couldn't get the smell of sweat out of so they had to be binned. I don't have that problem any more and being the parent of teen boys I definitely haven't gone nose blind!

I personally think it's necessary for everyone, save for illness or disability, to shower or bath once at least once every 24 hrs. My aunt was in the navy and she showered every day for 3 mins and always smelt fresh, so it doesn't have to be a long shower. She said that you just have to make sure you actually wash vigorously, not just stand under the shower head motionless, passively hoping the days grime will wash away by itself. You have to give it some welly! I wash my hair every other day and that takes at least 10 mins though. I did slack off slightly during Covid and showered every other day occasionally but I felt so wretched I have gone back to daily showers now and in very hot weather I shower twice a day.

I can't understand how rubbing a flannel around your body, essentially just wiping grime from one place to another, is easier than a quick shower? You could literally wet yourself, turn water off, soap up, rinse off and be out in about 2 minutes. At least you'd be clean.
A flannel wash should be reserved for those who are bed bound.

Everyone in our house has a bath or shower daily.

@chiffchaffchiff If you think your fanny and bumhole won't start smelling if you leave them unwashed for an extended period of time, well... they're your bits so have them as you wish but don't kid yourself.

As an adult I don’t think I’ve ever left my house without having had a shower first. I just wouldn’t feel right. Even post birth with a massive episiotomy I saw having a shower as a hugely important part of routine and recovery.

i feel like my children very much need a daily bath as well especially at the moment when the combination of dirt plus suncream seems to make them particularly grimey by the end of the day.

You can personally do you want, but you can't personally dictate or pass judgement on what everyone else does! Mad thread 🤣

Because some people can't get in and out of /wash in the shower with out assistance or pain or discomfort etc

I do hope none of you who are so revolted by not being able to shower every day, or even more often, ever get caught up in a natural disaster somewhere. How on earth will you cope if there is no access to hot water (or a working toilet)?

Awesome thanks 👍

A dermatologist told me to stop showering daily. So now I have one every other day generally. I don’t smell. I wear clean underwear. My skin is now much less dry, my scaly shins are no longer scaly, my water bill is lower as is my gas consumption.

Well if the sky falls down and zombies roam the earth or there’s a tsunami I’ll cope for a couple of days without a shower and deep conditioning my hair. If it goes on more than a couple of weeks I presume I’ll have a scrub in the river in between canvassing zombie riddled towns.

However, at the moment that’s not really a massive concern. I mean I like to eat three times a day and I don’t sit glumly wondering how I’d cope if there was a natural disaster and I couldn’t get my Rice Krispies

I shower everyday, 2-3 times if it's hot but they're more to try and cool me down!
I used to be a shower every other day person but I got into cold showering so now it's a habit. I feel gross if I don't have one now.

Bedding is changed once a week in this house. We use a thin sheet as a cover in the summer and May wash that a couple of times if needed.

Well if the sky falls down and zombies roam the earth or there’s a tsunami I’ll cope for a couple of days without a shower and deep conditioning my hair. If it goes on more than a couple of weeks I presume I’ll have a scrub in the river in between canvassing zombie riddled towns.

It's quite obvious you know nothing about natural disasters! And there is no need to be facetious - people suffer in natural disasters all the time, you know very well I wasn't talking about the sky falling down or zombies! I never suggested anyone should sit and worry, but the reality is people holiday abroad and you never know what can happen - and a daily shower will be the least of your worries.

Same here. I think the OP must be child free….

I grew up when you had a bath on a Saturday night whether you needed it or not. We didn't even have a shower.

I showered more during lockdown because we did Joe Wicks every morning. 😁 But I reverted back to my pre-Covid routine of showering every other day. I don't need to shower every day and if I do it too often I get dry skin. It already takes me ages to moisturise after each shower so I'd rather do it every other day. I have a quick wash on the days I don't shower and use a bit of dry shampoo. On hot days or on days I exercise or have sex I certainly have a shower or two, but I can't be arsed to do it every day. I'm also keen on saving water and money so that's a bonus. I smell fab. 😄