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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just read an online survey, only 39 % of men had a shower each day ,37% only had two showers a week , this was out of 1000 men asked . This can’t be true , are men really that dirty |
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over a year ago
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?!    "
Dropping you a hint?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?! "
Ok, I won't bother showering then. |
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?! "
To make you feel special... You do feel special when they tell you that right? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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'A long shower every day may not be advisable, as it removes the “good bacteria” from our skin. But you should wash around your genitals and anywhere you sweat a lot. And you should change your underwear every day.'
^^Pretty much what I do^^
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151118-can-you-be-too-clean |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I only wash my hair once a week, why, cos it’s a mentally exhausting task having to dry it and style it afterwards.
I don’t even shower or bath every day either. The 4 days that I work I do but the other days sometimes I just have a personal wash with the flannel. |
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?! "
Yes. I shower every birthday whether I need it or not! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I only wash my hair once a week, why, cos it’s a mentally exhausting task having to dry it and style it afterwards.
I don’t even shower or bath every day either. The 4 days that I work I do but the other days sometimes I just have a personal wash with the flannel. "
Can I be that flannel?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I shower every morning and if I go out on an evening or have had a busy day I shower again.
I met someone regularly off here for a short while and it really pissed me off that he clearly didn’t shower before meets.
I think it’s the height of bad manners not to ensure your body is fresh, clean and you smell nice when things are expected to get intimate |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?!
Dropping you a hint? "
Maybe... they do have to swat the flies away before they can get close to my minge. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?!
Dropping you a hint?
Maybe... they do have to swat the flies away before they can get close to my minge. "
Will you marry me?  |
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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?!
Dropping you a hint?
Maybe... they do have to swat the flies away before they can get close to my minge. "
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We both shower once a day, occasionally twice if it's hot or we've got especially sweaty. Aside from the smell side of things, I feel grim if you don't shower. I'm 35 and so far, my skin is coping just fine.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A man once washed his cock in the sink before we shagged. This actually happened for real.
Not some stranger I met down an alley though. He was my friend. Made me laugh. Proper wtf.  |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing."
My Grandad was brought up in a house with a single  . outside tap. He showered daily right until the end because he remembered feeling yucky as a youngster and never wanted to feel like that again. He used to spend HOURS in the bathroom of a morning!
Isn't it strange how people differ in their response to certain experiences? |
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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago
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"I shower on Birthdays and Christmas Day, so that’s a total of once a year
But on the other days we hose you down and scrub you with the scourer 
Yes. And dip my balls in lemon juice "
If that’s what you deserve |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing."
suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water "
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside."
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer. |
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I got really bad dermatitis and the consultant said it was from showering daily she told me to only shower twice a week! I ignored her but switched to showering every other day and flannel washing on the other days and that worked but I would never dream of going to a meet without a shower first that's just rude |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water "
If that is so then in the span of humans living in houses it is recent.
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer. "
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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Depends what I'm doing or have done that day. Who I'm with and general other factors.
If I've been active or am meeting people/going out socially I will 100% shower. Once or twice that day. Before and after.
If I have been active at home doing stuff around the house I will shower once I'm finished doing things.
If I'm doing SFA at home I may just skip a shower that day.
Everyday however I will be sure to give important areas a routine clean. I'm not a monster! |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside."
It's been the norm for nigh on 50 years now so for even the oldest of people it's not a new "thing" |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
It's been the norm for nigh on 50 years now so for even the oldest of people it's not a new "thing" "
But publicly dissing people who don't shower daily is |
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"Just read an online survey, only 39 % of men had a shower each day ,37% only had two showers a week , this was out of 1000 men asked . This can’t be true , are men really that dirty "
Not everyone has a shower, there's other ways to keep clean.
I don't shower every day but have a strip wash on the days I don't shower. I also enjoy the occasional soak in the bath and shower 2/3 times a day when it's hot or when I'm exercising.
Statistics without data can be very misleading. |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12. "
Same for my mum. That was only because they moved from a small village to a new council house in a town. That would have been in the mid 1960s.
Town and cities got running water long before many rural areas. |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
Same for my mum. That was only because they moved from a small village to a new council house in a town. That would have been in the mid 1960s.
Town and cities got running water long before many rural areas. "
Council houses were the first time loads of people lived in accomodation that resembles the standards we're used to today. Sadly from what I see on the news some social housing is like a slum |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My dermatologist told me off for showering every day. It's not necessary and can cause skin problems by stripping away your natural oils.
I bath every other day and have a wash in between. |
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"My dermatologist told me off for showering every day. It's not necessary and can cause skin problems by stripping away your natural oils.
I bath every other day and have a wash in between. "
Yep it strips your acid mantle.
I do shower daily mostly because it's actually quicker than washing. |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
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"'A long shower every day may not be advisable, as it removes the “good bacteria” from our skin. But you should wash around your genitals and anywhere you sweat a lot. And you should change your underwear every day.'
^^Pretty much what I do^^
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151118-can-you-be-too-clean"
I do agree with this. And in hard water areas it's so drying for the skin. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"'A long shower every day may not be advisable, as it removes the “good bacteria” from our skin. But you should wash around your genitals and anywhere you sweat a lot. And you should change your underwear every day.'
^^Pretty much what I do^^
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151118-can-you-be-too-clean
I do agree with this. And in hard water areas it's so drying for the skin. "
And I live in a very hard water area. |
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"Going from the amount of men who have announced they will have a shower before they meet me, I'm not surprised.
Why announce it like it's a once a year thing?! "
I used to see "I know what soap is" on profiles a lot.
Good boy (occasionally girl or couple), gold star.
Do you know how to use it?
Do you use it regularly? |
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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago
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"Just read an online survey, only 39 % of men had a shower each day ,37% only had two showers a week , this was out of 1000 men asked . This can’t be true , are men really that dirty "
Minimum two showers a day, sometimes three if I exercise in the middle of the day. Weekends I might swap the evening shower for a soak in the bath. |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
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"'A long shower every day may not be advisable, as it removes the “good bacteria” from our skin. But you should wash around your genitals and anywhere you sweat a lot. And you should change your underwear every day.'
^^Pretty much what I do^^
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151118-can-you-be-too-clean
I do agree with this. And in hard water areas it's so drying for the skin.
And I live in a very hard water area."
And of course there's water conservation to consider. Daily bathing/showering is a privilege, and one we may not have for much longer. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don't think it's just men, dirty women around too.. me included. Sometimes I don't shower if I'm having a slob day, if I'm only smelling myself who cares |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My dermatologist told me off for showering every day. It's not necessary and can cause skin problems by stripping away your natural oils.
I bath every other day and have a wash in between.
Yep it strips your acid mantle.
I do shower daily mostly because it's actually quicker than washing."
I used to when I had a shower (moved and still waiting for mine to be fitted properly) but I have so many skin issues that I'm a lot more careful nowadays, especially after being on antibiotics for it more than once. I go through a hell of a lot of moisturiser too |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
Same for my mum. That was only because they moved from a small village to a new council house in a town. That would have been in the mid 1960s.
Town and cities got running water long before many rural areas.
Council houses were the first time loads of people lived in accomodation that resembles the standards we're used to today. Sadly from what I see on the news some social housing is like a slum"
Yes because especially flats most were built as a temporary measure but are still being offered to people 60 or 70 years later. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't think it's just men, dirty women around too.. me included. Sometimes I don't shower if I'm having a slob day, if I'm only smelling myself who cares "
Not showing every day doesn't make someone dirty! |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12. "
I think the house my Grandad bought in 1957 (when he was 26) was his first with an indoor loo, bathroom and hot running water! He was in the army barracks from 1945-1957 and in his childhood home prior to that. He joined up at 14. |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
Same for my mum. That was only because they moved from a small village to a new council house in a town. That would have been in the mid 1960s.
Town and cities got running water long before many rural areas.
Council houses were the first time loads of people lived in accomodation that resembles the standards we're used to today. Sadly from what I see on the news some social housing is like a slum"
In this area it's mainly poor and overcrowded private rentals we have a problem with. |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
I think the house my Grandad bought in 1957 (when he was 26) was his first with an indoor loo, bathroom and hot running water! He was in the army barracks from 1945-1957 and in his childhood home prior to that. He joined up at 14."
I'm not trying to do hot water top trumps here but...
When I was 11 we moved to a house that needed renovating. There was no bathroom but a bath in the kitchen that wasn't plumbed in and had a lid that doubled as a work top. We used to bathe on a Saturday night in a tin bath. I had loads of brothers who wanted a bath too and the water had to be boiled in a kettle on an oil fired Rayburn. those were the days |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
Same for my mum. That was only because they moved from a small village to a new council house in a town. That would have been in the mid 1960s.
Town and cities got running water long before many rural areas.
Council houses were the first time loads of people lived in accomodation that resembles the standards we're used to today. Sadly from what I see on the news some social housing is like a slum
In this area it's mainly poor and overcrowded private rentals we have a problem with."
There are big problems in Hastings |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I must admit, i very rarely just have a wash unless i've been working around the house. I have a shower when i get up in the morning and another shower when i get home from work. I can't understand why anyone would be any different. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can confirm with 3 male's in the house, that they shower daily, sometimes 2x day, and they all have an array of body lotions and potions! "
I have 1 bottle of shower gel for my whole body including hair but my car has a whole box full of cleaning products  |
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By *jl1972Man
over a year ago
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Showering or bathing once a day is necessary of course...if you're doing some sort of exercise or sweaty work then twice.
Three times a day I think is reserved for people slightly neurotic about hygiene, albeit a harmless obsession. |
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Every day
Work requires it,
And it was beat I to me growing up, during football season twice a day after training,
Skin wise I suppose that's not ideal, certain bacteria is needed for healthy skin that gets scrubbed away down the drain,
But Fffk it I'd rather be squeeky clean and DeCheesed every day, |
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"Every day
Work requires it,
And it was beat I to me growing up, during football season twice a day after training,
Skin wise I suppose that's not ideal, certain bacteria is needed for healthy skin that gets scrubbed away down the drain,
But Fffk it I'd rather be squeeky clean and DeCheesed every day, "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can confirm with 3 male's in the house, that they shower daily, sometimes 2x day, and they all have an array of body lotions and potions!
I have 1 bottle of shower gel for my whole body including hair but my car has a whole box full of cleaning products "
My lot have facial scrubs, moisturiser, beard balm AND they have been known to use my facial and body scrubs! Not my beard balm  |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
I think the house my Grandad bought in 1957 (when he was 26) was his first with an indoor loo, bathroom and hot running water! He was in the army barracks from 1945-1957 and in his childhood home prior to that. He joined up at 14.
I'm not trying to do hot water top trumps here but...
When I was 11 we moved to a house that needed renovating. There was no bathroom but a bath in the kitchen that wasn't plumbed in and had a lid that doubled as a work top. We used to bathe on a Saturday night in a tin bath. I had loads of brothers who wanted a bath too and the water had to be boiled in a kettle on an oil fired Rayburn. those were the days "
"When I were a lad......"
My Grandparents house didn't have central heating until after my Grandma died, I was about 25? We had a Parkray fired backburned for the hot water and open fires |
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By *9alMan
over a year ago
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I bath once a week weather I need it or not! without getting into the "you had hole in road you were lucky" thread there are a lot more bathrooms & EnSite showers than there were a few years ago |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I can confirm with 3 male's in the house, that they shower daily, sometimes 2x day, and they all have an array of body lotions and potions!
I have 1 bottle of shower gel for my whole body including hair but my car has a whole box full ofcleaning products
If I'm feeling extra special I might use a moisturiser lol
My lot have facial scrubs, moisturiser, beard balm AND they have been known to use my facial and body scrubs! Not my beard balm "
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
I think the house my Grandad bought in 1957 (when he was 26) was his first with an indoor loo, bathroom and hot running water! He was in the army barracks from 1945-1957 and in his childhood home prior to that. He joined up at 14.
I'm not trying to do hot water top trumps here but...
When I was 11 we moved to a house that needed renovating. There was no bathroom but a bath in the kitchen that wasn't plumbed in and had a lid that doubled as a work top. We used to bathe on a Saturday night in a tin bath. I had loads of brothers who wanted a bath too and the water had to be boiled in a kettle on an oil fired Rayburn. those were the days
"When I were a lad......"
My Grandparents house didn't have central heating until after my Grandma died, I was about 25? We had a Parkray fired backburned for the hot water and open fires "
I didn't have central heating in the house iv just moved out off.
All I had was a plug in radiator. |
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"My dad showers once a week unless he has a hospital appointment then he will shower that day too. I think we forget that inside bathrooms and access to running hot water is a relatively new thing. suppose if you class 1870 to roughly 1915 as recent, that's when pretty much every house in the UK had access to running hot water
That's not true. Many people didn't have hot running water until the 1950s. My Grandad and his family had no indoor tap right until his father died in the early 1970s, the kitchen tap was outside.
My grandparents didn't have an inside toilet until 1970's and no hot running water until the early 60's and they weren't poor so many would have waited longer.
My mother didn't live in a house with an inside toilet, electricity, hot water or a bathroom until she was 12.
I think the house my Grandad bought in 1957 (when he was 26) was his first with an indoor loo, bathroom and hot running water! He was in the army barracks from 1945-1957 and in his childhood home prior to that. He joined up at 14.
I'm not trying to do hot water top trumps here but...
When I was 11 we moved to a house that needed renovating. There was no bathroom but a bath in the kitchen that wasn't plumbed in and had a lid that doubled as a work top. We used to bathe on a Saturday night in a tin bath. I had loads of brothers who wanted a bath too and the water had to be boiled in a kettle on an oil fired Rayburn. those were the days
"When I were a lad......"
My Grandparents house didn't have central heating until after my Grandma died, I was about 25? We had a Parkray fired backburned for the hot water and open fires "
My grandparents didn't have an indoor toilet until the late 80s |
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I shower every day. Twice in a day if there’s a call for it, like it’s been a sweaty humid day, I’ve been running / to the gym, or if I’m about to meet someone |
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