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Personal Hygiene

38 replies

KateandtheGirls · 08/09/2004 15:14

Following on from the Do your children wear clean school uniform every day? thread , I was wondering about what you all do personally.

Do you shower daily?
Do you have clean clothes daily?
If not, do you wear the same clothes on 2 consecutive days?
What about workout gear?
How often do you change your bra?

I shower practically every day. Occasionally on a Sunday I won't if we're not going anywhere, but I feel nasty by the end of the day.
I always wear clean knickers, socks and shirts. Usually my shorts or trousers will be clean, occasionally they'll last for a couple of days. I tend to use a clean bra every 2 to 3 days. If I go to the gym I always wash everything I've worn.

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Northerner · 08/09/2004 15:26

I shower or bathe every day.
If I'm at work I wear a clean shirt ever day, skirt/trouseers aevery other day. Clean underwear every day, except may wear a bra more than once. If I've been to the gym I wear clean vest top each time, but try to get 2 sessions out of my sweat pants.

MeanBean · 08/09/2004 15:33

Shower once in the morning and again if I go running. Usually have a shower just before bed as well. Clean underwear every day, both bra and knickers. Clean running clothes each time. (I bought 'em, I may as well wear 'em.)

MummyToSteven · 08/09/2004 17:46

I shower every day. I would wear the same skirt for a few days, top usually just for one day. I change my knickers every day, bra every few days.

Hulababy · 08/09/2004 17:55

I shower and wash my hair every morning.

I wear the same trousers/skirt for a few days depending on wear going/what doing. If going out to pub, etc. change it that night. Change tops daily mostly, especially if warm weather.

When I used to go to the gym/exercise I used to clean my work out gear after each session.

Change my underwear daily, but not my bra. Unless very warm weather I will wear a bra for about 2 or 3 days at a time.

hmb · 08/09/2004 17:58

Shower daily, often have a bath before I go to bed. Clothes get worn for two days, as I change at about 4 into jeans. Onlt wear them for a day if it is hot and sweaty. Clean knickers daily, bra twice a week, more often if sweaty.

coddychops · 08/09/2004 18:13

Long bath every morning
celean clothes and pjs every day
chang e bra after two days

kalex · 08/09/2004 18:26

Bath or shower every day, even if its a 10 second dunk under the shower, if I bathed the night before.

Clean exercise clothes everytime.

Clean tops every day, jeans maybe 3 times tops.

But with two children the dirty marks just appear, got to work last week to discover a huge dirty mark on my skirt, coz I had carried DS to the car, it had been raining, and he had walked a little and then asked to be carried, was really embarrased . Almost went home at lucnh and changed, but realised that I was probably the only one that noticed it.

The washing my house creates is phenominal

fio2 · 08/09/2004 18:28

I have cold showers once a week, havent washed my hair for months, i hardly ever wash my jeans - the curry stains and red wine spills have grown on me now

you lot are freaks, freaks i tell you

moomina · 08/09/2004 18:29

Shower every day and would love a bath every night but bathroom next to ds's room and makes too much noise. Clean tops every day but jeans usually last a few days. Clean knicks every day but will wear the same bra for a couple of days.

And workout gear....ummmm, what is that exactly?!

lou33 · 08/09/2004 18:33

Fio, that's not true. You told me it was a monthly wipe down with a damp flannel!

fio2 · 08/09/2004 18:37

PMSL LOU

lou33 · 08/09/2004 18:41
Grin
nutcracker · 08/09/2004 18:44

I have a bath every day, have clean knickers and clean top. Usually change bra and trousers every 2-3 days depending on what i want to wear.

Jennisaurus · 08/09/2004 18:47

I shower every morning (and wash my hair). Sometimes I shower at night as well if I feel grubby.
I wear a clean top every day, and change my trousers usually every other day.
I never wear the same clothes 2 days in a row.
I wash my gym stuff after I wear it.
I change my bra every other day!

Phew. I feel quite clean now :)

NomDePlume · 08/09/2004 18:49

I shower every morning (including hair wash and condition), and have a bath every other night (for leg shaving & relaxation purposes).

Clean tops daily but will get a couple of days out of bottoms (toddler mess pending).

Clean pants daily and clean bra every 2/3 days (depending on weather, if hot then every day).

Workout gear ??!!

We also have a laundry mountain .

Lonelymum · 08/09/2004 19:25

I'm not getting into this (have revealed as much of my personal habits as I am prepared to on the other thread). Am amazed what people want to reveal about themselves on the world wide web!

MummyToSteven · 08/09/2004 19:26

lonelymum - you must have missed thread a month or so ago where MNetters were divulging the no. of items of underwear they possessed and their thong preferences

binker · 09/09/2004 12:04

bath every morning, plus wash hair. Clean underwear every day,including bra, and clean top- usually try to get trousers/skirts to last a couple of days but I am always spilling stuff...

discordia · 09/09/2004 12:15

Blimey, some of you must be forever washing either yourselves or your clothes! You should all have water meters and be made to pay for it! For the record, I shower every morning, wash hair every other, clean knickers every day and clean socks if wearing them. Don't wear a bra at home (boobs so tiny it's not worth it) so a bra can go weeks without a wash! Change top when smelly and trousers when dirty. Why else would you wash something? Why would an adult need clean nightwear every night (perhaps I shouldn't ask!

nikcola · 09/09/2004 12:30

bath every day if im going out i will bath in the morning or if not i bath at night, i change my knickers every day , bra every other day . socks everyday, i have trakky bottoms and t shirts that i would never weer out side i only wear when in doors i change them every other day and when i go out i allwys wera clean top but trousers i normally wear twice if not dirty, and i was my hair twice a week or it will fall out (i have very over prossesed hair i.e bleached to oblivion !!!!!!

minger · 09/09/2004 12:55

Name changed because I a little embarrased, I bath about 4/5 times a week, although I have clean knickers on every day, I have been known to wear a bra for a week or so having children my tops do tend to get dirty so wash them when stains appear. I had washing and ironing so grateful if I can wear the same clothes more than once.

Lonelymum · 09/09/2004 13:14

No need to be embarrassed Minger (or to adopt that name). You sound completely normal to me.

MummyToSteven · 09/09/2004 13:22

Minger - i only have a clean tops so often as they get smelly so often! clean knicks and underarms are i think the priority!

blossomhill · 09/09/2004 13:33

I shower daily, wouldn't ever leave the house without a shower. Quite often have a shower in the evening, especially in hot weather.
Change clothes daily, tops always but have been known to wear jeans 2-3 times at the most. Most of them are dirty denim so doesn't matter. Change bra 1-2 days.
Wash hair every 2-3 days as if I wash it too often it goes all dry and hard to style.

janthepan · 09/09/2004 13:44

I shower every day + evening often quite late as I like to feel clean - but in the recent hot weather I get up, have a shower and come out sweating and can't get dry, it's horrible.
I work in a hospital and it's so hot on the wards in the afternoon that I can feel the sweat running down the back of my legs, it got so bad I thought it was early menopause (at 38) and me and my colleagues kept saying "you will tell me if I smell won't you". Sorry a bit off the subject - as to bras every 2 days, but I never replace them, they have holes in and one has the underwire in one cup and not the other..oh dear perhaps I'd better stop there