Soaking in the bath

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I read on a thread here someone who said that maybe instead of having people in her home she sometimes wanted to soak in the bath for a couple of hours and it got me wondering…
I assume most people wouldn’t be able to stay in a bath for that amount of time but even half an hour to me in a bath is unthinkably long. maybe 10 minutes tops for me (yes I know that’s probably considered a waste of water but I’m curious)

AIBU or do people actually soak in the bath for ages?

Easily an hour to an hour and a half.

I am typing this from the bath, actually. Quick browse of Mumsnet then onto my book. Bliss.

i take showers i cant be deal with baths i like to get in good scrub back out get on with things .

Exactly the same.

2 hours minimum every evening (shower in the morning). I listen to audiobooks, fall asleep, scroll through my phone, make phone calls. It’s where I do my catching up with friends on the phone. Bliss.

My idea of a ‘good soak’ is about 20 minutes. Any longer than that and the water gets tepid and it feels so wasteful endlessly refilling it!

Hours and hours

How do you all manage to read in the bath? I always manage to get drops or condensation on the pages and then it gets me all stressed 🤨

And I’m always worried about peepers spying on me on my camera if I watch a tv series (I’ve read too many articles on it to fully relax now)

I have to find a really good podcast but because I have nothing to visually fix on I get bored so can only last 20-30 minutes. Either that or I find a dirty mark that annoys me so much that I either have to clean it or get out of the bath completely

I have a quick bath everyday to wash but on a Saturday I like to get bubble bath and muscle soak oils and wallow like a hippo lol

I like my baths. An everyday bath takes me usually about half and hour. If I am soaking in a salt bath, its ment to take an hour and that is usually a bit more than I would like. It would propably make a difference if I had a long enough bathtub to fit myself properly in.

I am currently soaking in the bath scrolling through mumsnet, and I'll probably stay like this for the next 30-45 mins. I suffer with back pain and I've not long had baby no.3 so by about 7pm every evening I'm dying for my bath 😅

Half hour max, I then get out dry myself and lay on my bed with a book for an hour. All warm snd snug.

I used to take 2-hour baths. I'd put a pile of quarter-cut sandwiches and a big mug of tea, and a copy of Private Eye. Sometimes even the phone. Big toe kept the hot topped up!

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I'm currently replying from my nightly soak in the bath. I take my phone or a book, sometimes I have a candle too. I'm a 30 to 40 minute kinda girl though. I get a bit bored any longer than that.

I hate baths, so boring. I don't think I've had one in 10 years. I prefer to crochet and Netflix.

When I was pregnant I spent 2hrs every evening in the bath. Firstly because I had a very physical job that had me on my feet 10hrs a day. Secondly because I had pelvic girdle pain and lastly because it was nice to just chill out and have me time.

I could in my old bath but not where I am now. I could float in the other bath - but. It in this one.

I can spend hours in the bath with some lit candles and a good book. I've eaten dinner in the bath, never pissed in one though, that's crossing a line 🤢

I have probably had two baths in the past ten years. I had almost forgotten that they're a thing people do. Genuinely. I might try one.

Since I was a teen, my favourite thing in the evening has been a 2+ hour bath.
The hotter the better!
I take my book/phone and some snacks, maybe a glass of wine and some candles.
(I wee before & after! 🤣)
I've never fallen asleep though!

I can do an hour - I have a bath most days, I hate the shower.

It's my happy place too, I could quite happily spend hours and hours in it

I love a bath, candles, wine, facemask, snacks, phone, book, body scrub....but never EVER piss 🤢

Fucking grim

Pre kids I enjoyed a good soak and a book.
Kids all grown now and current bath is quite big ( 70's style corner bath) so never fill it too deep though still nice.
So mostly showers.
At some point we intend to up date the bath room and I hope to install a claw bath or a free standing bath, one that I can filled right up almost to the top have a proper soak.

I spent 1 hour 40 mins in the bath tonight! It was lovely - warm, relaxed, dark, gentle music playing. I'll sleep well tonight I'm sure after that wind down.

I can definitely lie in the bath for an hour or more - I just never get the chance! I like to take in a book and just totally relax.