the showering debate!

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BZeto

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People who only shower in the morning.. I dont know how you can sleep with all that filth that's accumulated on your skin throughout the day.
 

Ns1

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Originally posted by: legoman666
every morning without fail and sometimes in the evening too if I was particularly sweaty that day or it was hot.

 

Dirigible

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Originally posted by: jagec
I shower every day, but unless you exercise (unlikely in this country), you're really not that dirty. 2-3 days is OK in that case...I don't do it, but I don't care if others do.

Question: If she hadn't told you that she doesn't shower every day, would you have known?

jagec, you are an intelligent poster.

I shower every day. But it wouldn't bother me if someone else didn't, and I don't think daily showers are necessary, as long as that non-daily showerer doesn't stink.
 

coldmeat

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I feel like I need to take a shower if I'm going to be doing anything other than sitting around on my ass at home. Especially because my hair looks absolutely ridiculous if I don't shower.
 

UberNeuman

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You could always go the George Carlin route of bathing: Cover The Big Three - Asshole, Teeth and Crotch - and to save time, use the same brush on all three...:laugh:
 

Nitemare

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Will do it once in the morning and again in the evening if I worked out or did something outside.
 

irishScott

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Depends on my schedule. Sleep > showers.

I take 1 a day on average, every 2 (or sometimes 3) days if I'm in a severe time crunch.
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Farang
Who the hell showers twice daily? You guys are clean freaks.

Once a day, most of the time.

I always shower in the morning before work... I just can't wake up and get ready for my day without starting off with a scalding hot shower (though I'll skip it sometimes on the weekends if I'm not leaving my house).

during the summer, I'll shower twice a day since I end up sweating a pretty decent amount and I don't like the idea of sleeping in a pool of my own dried up sweat for 8 hours.
 

Number1

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Originally posted by: GiggleGirl
REVEAL YOURSELF 5-7 DAY SHOWERER!!!!!

GROSSSSSS. LOL

It was me.

Something smells funny in here.

Seriously. once a day normaly, sometime twice a day, sometime after 2 or 3 days. It all depend what I am doing.
 

moparacer

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First thing I do as soon as I get home from work...

Even on the weekends when there is no work I cant bring myself to skip a night.

Nothing worse then going to bed and sliding under the nice clean sheets with a dirty azz lol...
 

grrl

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Originally posted by: Farang
Who the hell showers twice daily? You guys are clean freaks.

Once a day, most of the time.

In summer and/or if you exercise or do manual labor.
 

xeemzor

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The only time I didn't shower consecutive days in recent memory was when I had appointments from basically all of last Thursday to Saturday. My days consisted of going to bed at 2 and waking up at 7 for about 3 days straight. Other than that, I always shower nightly.
 

DrVos

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Originally posted by: Farang
Who the hell showers twice daily? You guys are clean freaks.

Once a day, most of the time.

I bike to work most days of the week, so I have to shower twice. Once in the office after I ride in and once in the evening after I get home.

I'd venture to guess that there are tons of people that will shower once in the morning to wake up and again in the evening after they work out...
 

Farang

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Originally posted by: DrVos
Originally posted by: Farang
Who the hell showers twice daily? You guys are clean freaks.

Once a day, most of the time.

I bike to work most days of the week, so I have to shower twice. Once in the office after I ride in and once in the evening after I get home.

I'd venture to guess that there are tons of people that will shower once in the morning to wake up and again in the evening after they work out...

I don't work out.. I don't think I've exercised for the sake of exercising for years.. so maybe that is why I don't understand.
 

GiggleGirl

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
its rare for a girl to be that dirty.

but i also said for a guy.... would your opinion on how many days to let pass before showering be different if the person in question was male...

to someone else, jagec or something like that, its not about whether or not i can start to smell her. its the fact that shes ok with not cleansing her body of the everyday grime and bacteria that everyone encounters on normal a basis....

if my boyfriend decided he only wanted to shower every other day, i would definitely not like it. having to climb into bed with a person who hasnt bathed in 2 or 3 days sounds disgusting.... im not licking the cheese off your sac! go take a shower!!!
 

natto fire

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Well, I can't say that this poll surprises me as I used to be in the majority. Now that I live in the desert, I have begun to realize how precious water is, and I only work (with the public) 4 days a week. I make sure I have no offensive odor when I do work, but at the same time showering every day does seem like a waste of water to me.
 

Farang

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Originally posted by: GiggleGirl
im not licking the cheese off your sac!

Although it may have not been on your list of things to do, you will never, now, be able to run for President.
 

Captante

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Occasionally I'll skip a day, but normally I shower every morning.

And its nasty to regularly skip showers regardless of gender.
 

lyssword

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I'd say it depends on many things like how much sweat you generated. If it's a hot stressful day and you've worked out for 30+ mins, no questions about it. But if you sit in a cool-relaxed environment then just every other day. Oh, and there are millions of bacterria anyways. If you shower too often (lets say 3 times a day lol) you can imbalance the the bacteria % (there is good bacteria and bad too) and that means only the toughest meanest bacteria survives. You should research more about bacteria, there is actually pounds of it in your stomach too, but it's the good kind of gut bacteria that helps digestion. Not all bacteria is the same.

On the other hand washing hands and face often is a good idea as that's the place where most of foreign bacteria comes from.