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 🫢🤣

Who cares . I woudnt be washing my hair more than once every few days cos it’s not good for it. But apart from that who cares

I've just had my second today. Mowing the rough "lawn" for the first time is hot messy work!

Nothing is 'normal', as such

Nothing is 'normal', as such

I think a shower is quicker than a strip wash. Why are the English so afraid of soap and water.

Oh no the floodgates will now be open by people saying it’s perfectly acceptable to shower once a week 🤮 and how they never smell 😂

Crikey! I bath or shower every day and I think that’s normal. I recently had surgery and wasn’t allowed to shower for 3 days to keep the wounds and dressing dry but I still stood at the sink and washed my face, pits and bits every day!

Some people with common skin conditions (eczema etc) are advised to not shower/bathe daily as it makes it worse so it doesn't need to be 'an emergency' leave it in a day or two and just do a 'pits and bits' wash on other days.

I've had eczema since I was a kid and have been hospitalised for it several times. I use aqueous cream in the shower.

I don't do baths though, that really dries your skin out.

If I have been outside sunbathing I will have a quick cool shower to rinse off the sweat and suncream but if not i don't feel the need to do more than my regular shower.

Ridiculous to assume people are not washing between the weekly baths. A luxurious soak is a once a week experience for me but I can't do that every day

Is it? And really not very good for the skin (or environment). I would have thought every other day was more normal

@Fleurdalys - I can assure you that, despite not having a daily shower, I do not smell. And no, I am sure I am not ‘nose blind’ to my smell because I am aware, during the day, of smelling the perfume I am wearing, so I am sure I would smell BO too.

It is really hurtful to see repeated posts saying someone like me must smell.

I didn’t say you must smell?
Some folk do

It is pretty clear that you think people who don’t shower daily are dirty, smelly people, @Fleurdalys.

Once a day in normal weather twice a day in hot weather

I think showering daily, just before going to bed is usually reasonable in the heat because that should help people cool down to sleep.

But excess showering / bathing is a waste of water and water is often in short supply when there are extended hot periods. So in general there's no need to take several showers a day (exception for manual labourers / after vigorous exercise / incontinence etc). Most people can have a strip wash if they need to wash a second time in the day.

As they usually do
Crack on with your own routine

They usually are

The days before a shower. Now showers exist. What a pig, having a bath once a week.

This

Sorry. No matter the weather I shower in the morning and at night before bedtime. I think it is respectful with people I love and work with. Also it is hygienic. A bath/shower once a week?

I shower twice a day on normal days, sometimes even three times. I love showering and feeling clean. I also won't poop if I can't shower after. Lol.

Always once a day here but in hot weather it’s twice