To go home in a wet swimsuit

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My question is, does anyone ever go home straight from the pool and get showered/changed at home instead?

I used to do this from an open air pool in our local village, as did all the other locals as that was the deal.

However, we've relocated and we have a city centre swimming pool/leisure centre and I want to get out of the pool, pull on a dry robe and drive home. Does anyone else do this or am I having one of my moments?

I never bother drying my hair after a swim and shower, I just wrap it in a towelling turban and go home and dry and style it there.

I used to do that after Monday night aquarobics - we were a class of 40 in a changing room with 4 showers

I just stripped off my swimsuit, had a quick rub down, threw on a tracksuit and drove home to wallow in the bath.

I am not alone! I am 10 mins away from the pool by car. Travel there in costume and dry robe. Shower/hair wash after swim then chuck dry robe on (no underwear) and come home. Can’t be faffing with underwear.

I do from the open air pool in the summer.

Indoor pool - cossie off trousers and jumper on In winter, loose dress in summer and dry robe. No undies.

I sea swim 5 times a week, so yes! Strip off your cossie though, it actually chills you to the bone keeping wet gear on.
Winter : towelling robe on, costume off, dryrobe on.
Summer: towelling robe only.

And for the sniffy dry robe posters, we merrily shop and go to a local hotel for a cooked breakfast in ours😆

Never seen or heard of anyone doing this in my life.

How hard is to take your costume off and chuck some jogging bottoms on?

How is it any different?

Really? keeping a wet costume on is same as changing out of it?

I wouldn't because sitting about wet makes my joints hurt. Also breaking down or being in an accident would be worse than normal. I think I'd pull on easy clothes like joggers and go home for the shower.

I used to do it in the summer. I’d wear my trisuit and then cycle home. I sometimes even went for a short run when I got home.

I have no idea why I haven't thought of this. I even own a Dryrobe. I'd go swimming much more frequently if it wasn't for the faff of changing and the way that swimming changing rooms always feel manky even when they're not.

Inspired, and car seats won't get wet if you're damp inside a Dryrobe.

Not a single one of them cares what you think.

Former swim parent here (DD now at Uni). During the various levels of covid restrictions, pool was open but not changing rooms.

Buy a microfibre towel and dry off the excess moisture. In summer, throw on running/yoga gear (so more artificial fibre than cotton). Sit on a towel if you don’t want your car seats to stink of chlorine.

In winter, yes you could wear a dryrobe (but plan what you would do if your car breaks down). DD used to walk home so she wore a beanie and Ugg boots with joggers and hoodie, using a dryrobe only if it was likely to pour down.

I recently started going to and from aquafit in my swimming costume and dry robe, it's been a revelation. I feel liberated when I arrive at the last minute and chuck the robe and crocs in a locker, no need to have a big bag of clothes, towel and toiletries. And I used to hate the inadequate public unisex poolside showers where it is not possible to wash properly (shabby local authority leisure centre). Trying to pull clothes onto a damp body in a humid atmosphere was hard too, especially with winter clothes, and the cubicles were often dirty. So now I get out of the pool, don't even take my costume off (it never feels dripping wet), don the robe and crocs and am getting in my car while others are still queuing for the grotty showers. I put a plastic backed picnic blanket on the driver's seat in case of any leakage, drive 10 mins home, and straight in a lovely hot, private shower where I can wash my hair properly. I'm done a good 20 minutes before I used to even get home. Some of my classmates agree and some are planning to do the same! I do hope the car never breaks down or something happens en route, that's the only risk

You have reminded me of a time in my mid-thirties when the dc were toddlers. I went to a aquafit class which started at 8pm, it was full of mums who had done bath and bed, and rushed to class. So we were exiting at about 8.50/9pm. We just used to put our hair in a turban and stick a bathrobe on, and dash to the car, sod what anyone else thought. Most of us treated it like a spa night once home - deep condition hair, shave bits and bobs, face mask, paint toe nails etc. Good times, with a great group of women all at the same stage of life.

100% yes! Much prefer a shower in my own bathroom and get dressed in peace.

Word for word this. Thank you!

Get a towelling poncho and just chuck that on instead