AIBU to think showering daily in hot weather is normal?

[TheOpalFox]

I just had a shower as it’s boiling. My friend said I can’t believe you shower a few times a day? Lol she said even when it’s hot I bath once a week 🫢🤣

Get a shower stool?

Daily, yes. A few times a day? Maybe if you exercise before work, and then go swimming after work, but generally, showering 3 or more times a day isn't common. A nurse told my gran older people shouldn't shower daily, washing with a cloth in certain areas was ok, but generally not a full shower for older people.

Going to bed with suncream on is just gross! Does anyone do that? Surely not? I would need to change all the bedding if I went to sleep with suncream on as its so greasy snd sticky and also wouldn’t be able to sleep. Not worth it for the sake of a quick shower before bed.

Why are you so determined to prove me wrong? A kettle of hot water costs me about 10p. Heating the water up for a shower costs around £2 a day (old boiler, can't afford to replace it). Used flannels go in to a wash, which I run a couple of times a week and costs about 20p each time.

I’m not ‘determined to prove you wrong’, I asked you one simple question in one post. Thank you for answering.

shower once every 2-3 days to keep energy bills down its all I can afford

Also, showers don't work for everyone. They can upset sensitive skin, they can prove difficult for people who have sensory issues and there's plenty of women who hate them because you're vulnerable when naked and there's abuse and/or assault issues in their past.

So are these women washing with their clothes on ?

I’ve had 2 showers today because I was hot and sweaty. But once a day is the norm. Once a week is just gross!
Does she look or smell dirty? Surely she must do!

Not always. We're blessed with reasonable clean waterways

Typically, they'll wash in 2 halves. Wash top half and keep lower half clothes on and then switch.

I shower every morning and in particularly hot weather might have a couple more quick hose downs. Proper soapy, scrubby shower first thing, a quick freshen up after work and maybe the same before bed on a really sticky evening.

I do, I don’t mind being a bit dirty if I’m just at home, I shower in the morning if I’m going to be in contact with people, if I’m WFH I might not bother showering, I’d never shower in the evening.

I shower twice a day every day and three time or 4 when really really hot. Today was warm, not hot, ref Surrey

@Fleurdalys - I am looking at a shower seat when/if we redo the bathroom - I can’t see how to make one work now in a small, shared bathroom - but I’m open to suggestions.

In the meantime, though, my point remains that I stay clean and socially acceptable without showering daily. And it is hurtful to see posts saying people like me are dirty, smelly etc.

Ok, that's awful. But it's not normal, which is what the OP's post is about.

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Not everyone has the hair type where they can wash their hair every time they shower. I don’t have an hour to wash and dry mine daily and it would be wrecked. Most black womens hair would be too

strip washes are fine, and some people have to do them. I’ve cared for people and kept them immaculately clean with a strip washes or bed bath. Some people hadn’t showered for a decade or more

someone will backtrack and say oh I didn’t mean disabled people but either you’re saying strip washes are grim or you’re not

Uses less water. Some countries like here in New Zealand we have water shortages so we have to conserve water. Also people who are not on town supply such as farmers.

Also called a whores wash.

Boils can come from within the body anyway and have nothing whatsoever to do with skin hygiene.

Twice a day usually.

Anyone who doesn’t wash at least once per day, can’t you smell yourself or are you just nose blind? The smell of unwashed bodies is quite noticeable and unpleasant.

I shower every morning (unless something untoward happens) and if I’m wearing full body SPF or exercise, I’ll shower in the evening too.

Your satisfaction doesn't mean anything.

It is hard to say what the exact number for anyone is. But over washing damages skin, and actually damages the biome of bacteria that is supposed to be on you and your skin, and can make you less healthy and dirtier in different and worse ways that washing less would.

Of course some will need a lot more, some could go a lot less. And your activity levels and other things will vary this already personal and hard to know for certain numbers.

But it is still a reality that at least some people will be healthier showering at least somewhat less, in multiple different ways.

A strip wash is for when a shower is unavailable. So much faff and you get freezing having a strip wash. It isn’t that people don’t know how, it’s that most prefer to just use the shower as it is quicker and warmer.