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How often do you shower?

edited January 2015 in Parenting
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How often do you shower? 347 votes

Once a day
51% 178 votes
Every 48-72 hours, depending on how gross I feel/whether I'm fittin' to get laid
42% 148 votes
More than once a day
3% 11 votes
Despite all this new information, I'm still ashamed to answer this question
2% 10 votes

Re: How often do you shower?

  • I become unbearable if I haven't showered by 9am
  • I'm pretty much every other day unless I work out. If I haven't left the house and I'm still in soft pants I usually don't bother. 
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  • I was always an everday kind of girl.  But I have to be honest, with the discovery of the dry shampoo the PTA baths are becoming more frequent on busy mornings.  But if that happens then I have to take a shower when I get home, I can't seem to go more than 36 hrs.

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  • mcbenny said:

    Even if I don't do a full shower/bath everday, I will hit the splits.

    I used a baby wipe yesterday before going to the gym then showered after. 
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  • Hair gets washed every other day. I shower every day or every other. I never go with more than one day in between, and I go in phases. Right now, at 38+ weeks pregnant, I feel so yucky that I'm more in an every day trend.
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  • edited January 2015
    I shower most days...like 5-6 days a week. I only wash my hair every couple weeks, unless I'm working out then it's every week.

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  • I'm starting to figure out that if I shower at night that I can sleep a few extra minutes in the morning

    Granted, I'm rocking the bedhead look this morning.  For the record, I do enjoy a good shower, I just enjoy sleep more.  

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  • Since I'm on this new workout kick (yes, NY resolution and all that), I try to work out on the days that I already plan to shower.


  • I'm pretty much every-other-day, but occasionally will go longer, if I'm not leaving the house for whatever reason.  In the summer it is closer to every day, because it is hot as balls here and I sweat a lot.  When I'm working out a lot I will also shower more often.
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  • Every evening.  I LOVE hot showers and wish that I could spend hours in one....but then I hear a screaming baby or a toddler is trying to come in and take one with me. 

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  • DC2London said:
    Every day sometimes with an additional quick rinse off depending on my work out
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  • bearfootzbearfootz member
    edited January 2015
    I also like to pick imaginary fights with people in my head while taking a shower.  Hello unresolved resentments?!?


    Huh.  I like to blast the radio and pretend I'm performing to thousands of fans.  (can't carry a tune in a bucket but sound pretty darn good with shower acoustics)

    Or if it's a Sunday I'll say some prayers, don't like to actually pray in church in case I get teary eyed.

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  • I follow Buzzfeed and even though I shower every day, I only soap up the 'essential' areas. My skin gets so itchy and dry if I totally lather up.  Hair is limp, so I wash that every day.
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  • mcbenny said:
    Yeah, I hate the "I don't have time to shower" thing too. Like that does not even compute for me.
    I have the time and still don't do it every day. 
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  • I generally shower every day, but I do skip some days occasionally. I really need to stop washing my hair everyday because it gets greasy so fucking fast. 
    I hear you on that.  My hair is normally greasy by the end of the second day, but the longer I go, the less greasy it is.



  • I also think that those of you who live a milder climate, don't quite get what havoc the winter weather wreaks on your skin.

    Hot water dries you out enough and then the freezing temps are essentially exfoliating your skin constantly AND add in the dry air from the heat being on all day. It's a recipe for disaster.  Plus it's actually painful.   

    But of course I change my undergarments everyday, as well as wash the essential areas.

    God, you're so defensive.
    I probably should just move to a warmer climate.
  • FTWR said:
    I also think that those of you who live a milder climate, don't quite get what havoc the winter weather wreaks on your skin.

    Hot water dries you out enough and then the freezing temps are essentially exfoliating your skin constantly AND add in the dry air from the heat being on all day. It's a recipe for disaster.  Plus it's actually painful.   

    But of course I change my undergarments everyday, as well as wash the essential areas.

    God, you're so defensive.
    I probably should just move to a warmer climate.
    Ohio? You should start a thread asking for recommendations on warmer cities...


    Ohio is not warmer.
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  • When I am working I shower/wash hair daily. It gets me going in the morning!

    While on mat leave, it's more like every other day and hair washing maybe 3x per week.

    It's not so much an issue of time as it is peace and quiet. My nap hating baby loses his shit when I attempt to take five minutes for a shower. If I want a relaxing shower I do it before I go to bed once the kids are asleep.
  • How about baths?

    I love a nice bubble bath! I usually sneak off for a bath of the weekends while DH is with the kids. So I probably take 1-2 per week.
  • How about baths?

    Baths require a shower afterwards tho
    exactly! 
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  • bearfootzbearfootz member
    edited January 2015
    I should wash my hair less frequently. How long does it take to get over the greasy adjustment?
    My hair had always gotten greasy if I skipped a washing but I found that the dry shampoo seriously helps prevent the greasiness, plus adds volume so it doesn't look flat. I just use the suave kind but I'm sure there are better ones out there. I also make sure only to comb/brush the ends on day 2 so I'm not spreading the oil - that sounds so gross. Sometimes i hit the roots with the cool setting on the hair dryer too.

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  • edited January 2015
    There's something about the soap holding the dirt so it's not as dirty as you thing. The lipids or something. I'm sure the tub ring speaks differently.

    Eta: this was in a science class.
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  • pobrecita said:

    I'm sitting on MBenny's bench. 


    No one cares about your scaly skin. Do you.

    I too will sit. Scooch over.

    Seriously, this isn't that big of a deal.
  • Showering wakes me up. Plus I smoke so it's a must.
  • I said once but its actually twice now that I'm going to the gym - just a quick rinse in the mornings though.


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  • My shower habits are not static. Winter in Canada: every otherish day, wash hair every 2nd shower. Summer is more or less depending on how often and long I'm in the lake.

    Special occasion washes as needed.

    But I wash my skin down less often now then when I was in my 20s.
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  • My shower habits are not static. Winter in Canada: every otherish day, wash hair every 2nd shower. Summer is more or less depending on how often and long I'm in the lake.

    Special occasion washes as needed.

    But I wash my skin down less often now then when I was in my 20s.
    promised myself I'd retire when I turned gold, and yet here I am
  • Bump May doesn't shower. Pass it on.

    And she goes commando.
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