Sharing bath water

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Just that really.
For what it is worth we have a massive roll top bath which takes 15 minutes to fill
I usually offer out to rest of family when I am done.
is that okay or grim?

Why defend stupidity and ignorance?

Different soaps for each family member?! Bonkers.
Have none of you ever shared a lovely lazy hot bath with your partner? Honestly baffled by the germaphobes on MN 🤣 🦠🛁🫧🧼

Ugh. I read something the other day about how you're more likely to get a UTI if you have a bath than a shower: from farting in the bath/not being fully clean etc. This grossed me out, but imagine getting a UTI from someone else's poo particles 🤢

I never have a bath, only showers,because it's more hygienic. There is no way I would want to use another person's dirty bath water. All that sweat, faecal matter, urine, that's grim. I shower to get clean, not to sit in another person's filth. Sorry!

I don't mind sharing with DD and dh given we shower regularly, but I was born in the 60s, and I shared bathwater with my three brothers so it doesn't feel odd. Me and my younger brother would go first together, then my two brothers would go last as they were dirty buggers.

Sharing a catheter? Thats a whole other topic. Ive never had to use one but I wouldnt be sharing that!

Fine for family imo. So long as you’re not a miner or sewage worker or something 😂

DH will pop in after me, I don’t like his bath water as full of black hairs. The Japanese and other places do it properly and clean really thoroughly before getting in the bath and then everyone shares.

What a silly comment. Not dirty enough that we bathe in each others swill.

It's beyond grim.

And not exactly environmentally friendly either as it's a huge amount of water and then second person in needs a shower afterwards too.

If they want to actually be clean.

The idea that baths aren't hygienic has become widespread and I think it's really silly. If you don't have a manual job where you get dirty, and you have a bath or shower most days, you cannot possibly be dirty enough for you to be sitting in your own dirt. Baths are also very good for your circulation and any aches and pains, not to mention relaxation. There's a reason the Romans had their thermal baths! And why many Eastern/Central European countries have bathing traditions.

We have lost sight of the health benefits of hydrotherapy, which I think is a pity.

I will go in the bath after my husband. He has the water hotter than me so is still nice when i get in.
Tmi but We share bodily fluids already so i dont see it as being odd. I wouldn't share water with anyone else ....

Everyone sweats. If you don't use a bidet after using the loo then you will have some residue of faecal matter on you. Having had to share bath water as a child, one of the best things about being an adult in my own home is that I don't share baths. As I said I've only showered for the last 15 years, I can't imagine wanting to sit in another person's filth.

Oh dear 🤣🤣🤣

I am going blind so I am trying out dictation.

I guess the way I say bath water and catheter are too similar 🤣

This might get me into trouble going forward.

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Totally grim. I would never get into a bath after my DH, bits of hair and skin etc. and he's clean and hygienic. Also, surely it would only be lukewarm.
We have shared baths in the past pre kids but that's different!

The only way this is acceptable is young children being bathed together, which I obviously did when my twins were little.

Everyone in our house showers.

Well i grew up sharing bath water.
And as an adult with my own when we had a hot water tank we also shared bath water as it took ages to get more wnough hot water to fill a bath the second time. Now we have a combi boiler so instant hot water so bliss!
But no i think sharing bath water between close family is fine as long as youre not really filthy or use body scrub!!

I am fine with a bath but I wouldn’t be sharing the water with anyone, whether it’s theirs or mine.
Generally if you suffer from a uti then baths are not advisable however as you say, baths are good for aches and pains. I lead such a busy life that this is generally the only reason I will have a bath.

I'm happy to share a bath. Fun times.

But not to take on a tepid one that needs partially emptying and refilling to get back to temperature.

And where I pick up responsibility for post bath cleaning

Yes, but me and the OH will.be in it at the same time 😜

I think it’s grim - my mum made me and my sister share the bath when we were very young. My sis stood up and once did a poo (age 3) when I was sat in the bath with her (age 5), and mum put loo roll on her hand and scooped it out. And then we washed in that water!!! That must’ve been the trigger for me to think never share your bath water!

Doesn’t bother me using water after DW, as long as she hasn’t washed her hair in it, but she won’t use mine

Thing is we all need to think about saving water despite all the rain

Yes likewise

When my DS were young we shared water. I think up until my youngest DS was maybe 12 he was happy to get in water I had been in. Dc now adults and moved out.
I regularly share bath water with my DH now…… don’t see anything wrong with it….. we are often intimate after a bath so body fluids are shared anyhow……also our house hold bills are massive so not paying out even more for 2 baths

There are hygienic ways to do it though. Sharing much water is done out of upbringing and habit, nothing else.

In Africa (at least where I'm from) where water is actually scarce and many people don’t have running showers, you prepare a bucket of warm water and pour it over you. It is actually highly efficient. People don’t share bathwater

But this is MN, so it’s probably seen as a marker of being middle class (and so superior) to share used bathwater. See also shoes on inside; dogs licking plates and bathing infrequently.