I'm not sure I understand the point of bathing...

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  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    Europeans never had showers until they encountered the practice in India.

    I always found that tidbit to be interesting.
  • jobassi
    jobassi Posts: 1 Member
    We converted our tub into a shower only - I can't take a bath if I wanted to! I think showers are quicker so that conserves water as well.
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Damn, ya'll be dirty.
  • CaliforniaBarbie
    CaliforniaBarbie Posts: 346 Member
    I dont use a bath as my primary source to clean myself, but i do love me some bubble baths. i always shower and wash my hair and then take a bubble bath or something like that.
    or cuddle with the honey in a bubble bath :blushing:
  • Yanagibashi
    Yanagibashi Posts: 58 Member
    I like baths. BUT!!!

    I spent a lot of time in Japan so I tend to do it that way. Get wet in the shower. Turn the water off, scrub all the funk off with plenty of soap. Rinse. Then fill the tub with extremely hot water and maybe something to make it smell nice (or epsom salts if you're sore from exercise) and soak until the water gets cold.

    I tend to take baths only when I'm sore from exercise, have a cold or clogged sinuses, it's winter and just that cold or if I need some serious relax time after a stressful day. It happens maybe once every other month.
  • CaliforniaBarbie
    CaliforniaBarbie Posts: 346 Member
    Loving the shower snobbery.

    lol "shower snobbery":glasses:
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    Showers to get clean. Baths to pamper self or relax.
  • celadontea
    celadontea Posts: 335 Member
    Bathing is an art. I love to bathe. It helps your pores open up, too.
  • CaliforniaBarbie
    CaliforniaBarbie Posts: 346 Member
    I like baths. BUT!!!

    I spent a lot of time in Japan so I tend to do it that way. Get wet in the shower. Turn the water off, scrub all the funk off with plenty of soap. Rinse. Then fill the tub with extremely hot water and maybe something to make it smell nice (or epsom salts if you're sore from exercise) and soak until the water gets cold.

    I tend to take baths only when I'm sore from exercise, have a cold or clogged sinuses, it's winter and just that cold or if I need some serious relax time after a stressful day. It happens maybe once every other month.

    when i was in Japan i totally love their sauna spa things, i cant for the life of me remember what they called them, but they were always so relaxing, and i honestly wish we had them here, would be so nice, but bath is the next best thing i guess
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    Europeans never had showers until they encountered the practice in India.

    I always found that tidbit to be interesting.

    Actually, that is fascinating. Never knew that.
  • Zaniejane
    Zaniejane Posts: 329 Member
    I will refrain from answering the question to avoid filthy accusations.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    a bath is more relaxing and a shower is quicker

    I don't actually have a bath, just a shower. And the place I'm planning on moving to doesn't either. I guess baths are being phased out. In terms of getting clean (especially when time's an issue) a shower is better, but you can't relax in it the way you relax in a bath....
  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
    For me, showers are to be clean. Baths are for unwinding, indulging and soaking sore muscles. A bath involves candles, wine, music, bubbles and whatnot.
  • gracielynn1011
    gracielynn1011 Posts: 726 Member
    I shower for cleanliness. I soak in my tub for relaxation. When I use the tub, I soak as long as I like, then shower off afterwards.
  • Miss_Meliss86
    Miss_Meliss86 Posts: 372 Member
    Shower to clean, baths to relax. When I take a bath, I light some candles, put in some bubbles, bring a good book and a glass of wine and chill. :smile:

    The only other time I really take a bath is when I'm sick...for some reason I ALWAYS get the chills when I'm sick, regardless of what I have, so taking a steaming hot bath is the quickest way to warm me up. Although there was one time where my fever was so high that my ex practically dunked me in an ice bath...hated him for it but it brought my temperature down a bit. Still ended up in the hospital though...ugh.

    But yes, baths to relax/when feeling sick!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Er, how dirty are you people?! I bathe frequently -- my water is not filthy when I am done. I don't wash my hair in my bath water and I use wet wipes after using the toilet. I don't have oily skin.

    If I am particularly gross, I shower first. I do not see what the big deal is.

    That's what I'm thinking. It's not as though I'm encrusted with feces before getting in the tub. :laugh:

    Truthfully, I thought this was going to be a parody of exercise calorie threads. "What's the point of exercising if you're just going to eat the calories back" vs. "What's the point of bathing if you're just going to get dirty again."
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I wonder what kind of work many of you do to consider bathing " stewing in my own dirt ". In modern society people are usually not that dirty between daily and often twice daily cleanings.
    Having that said for cleaning purposes I no longer take a bath ( even though I am from a bathing culture ). To save water I only shower now with a water saving shower head. Of course living in a place where there is a constant water shortage and often no water at all, makes that a smart choice.
  • JamericanBoy
    JamericanBoy Posts: 484 Member
    Er, how dirty are you people?! I bathe frequently -- my water is not filthy when I am done. I don't wash my hair in my bath water and I use wet wipes after using the toilet. I don't have oily skin.

    If I am particularly gross, I shower first. I do not see what the big deal is.

    That's what I'm thinking. It's not as though I'm encrusted with feces before getting in the tub. :laugh:

    Truthfully, I thought this was going to be a parody of exercise calorie threads. "What's the point of exercising if you're just going to eat the calories back" vs. "What's the point of bathing if you're just going to get dirty again."

    Right there with you.
  • Izumimon
    Izumimon Posts: 24 Member
    I like baths. BUT!!!

    I spent a lot of time in Japan so I tend to do it that way. Get wet in the shower. Turn the water off, scrub all the funk off with plenty of soap. Rinse. Then fill the tub with extremely hot water and maybe something to make it smell nice (or epsom salts if you're sore from exercise) and soak until the water gets cold.

    I tend to take baths only when I'm sore from exercise, have a cold or clogged sinuses, it's winter and just that cold or if I need some serious relax time after a stressful day. It happens maybe once every other month.

    when i was in Japan i totally love their sauna spa things, i cant for the life of me remember what they called them, but they were always so relaxing, and i honestly wish we had them here, would be so nice, but bath is the next best thing i guess

    Onsen/sento. Love them so much!

    Not an option in my current place, but in my old house I used to fill the tub, then have a quick soap-up-rinse-off in the adjacent stand-up shower before I hopped in. Was pretty close to the way it worked in my apartment in Japan with the exterior cleaning area. :)
  • new_bella
    new_bella Posts: 199 Member
    Showers to get clean. Baths to pamper self or relax.

    This.
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    baths are disgusting, it's like sitting in your own filth! lol, it's one thing with babies they like to play BUT i prefer showers, it doesn't help either I'm too tall for most bath tubs, and a nice hot shower running over my face after a long day is my relaxation!

    my thoughts exactly. I am totally grossed out at the thought of sitting in a bathtub with everything just floating around me. Your dirt and oils swimming around you..eeewwwwww!!! When I had a bad relapse and couldn't stand I got a shower chair. There was no way I was going to sit in a tub.
  • eblakes93
    eblakes93 Posts: 372 Member
    Er, how dirty are you people?! I bathe frequently -- my water is not filthy when I am done. I don't wash my hair in my bath water and I use wet wipes after using the toilet. I don't have oily skin.

    If I am particularly gross, I shower first. I do not see what the big deal is.

    That's what I'm thinking. It's not as though I'm encrusted with feces before getting in the tub. :laugh:

    Truthfully, I thought this was going to be a parody of exercise calorie threads. "What's the point of exercising if you're just going to eat the calories back" vs. "What's the point of bathing if you're just going to get dirty again."

    Right there with you.

    This. I personally prefer showers to wash my hair and because they are quicker, but if I only had baths, I wouldn't really complain. There are people who live their lives all over the planet without ever touching a bar of soap to their bodies. I'm pretty lucky that I get a choice between a bath or a shower.
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    I take a shower every morning, but if I'm not feeling well I'll take an additional bath that evening.

    But seriously, why are you people grossed out at your "filth" floating around you? It was on your body a moment ago. Use soap and it comes off. I usually have to rinse myself off with a shower anyway to get the bubbles off. :bigsmile:
  • YellowSummerRoom
    YellowSummerRoom Posts: 22 Member
    I haven't had a bath in years (heh could be sound really bad without context) because I haven't lived in a place with one since I was a kid. But even if I did, I'd only have one after a shower. I wouldn't say it seems "gross" to me bathing in my own dirt but rather uncomfortable. A part of why taking a bath is so relaxing is the feeling of being refreshed and the warmth etc. If I'm not clean beforehand it doesn't seem right.

    It's heaven though after a shower on a cold night. The next place I move into HAS to have a bath. No exceptions. I love them.
  • stefjc
    stefjc Posts: 484 Member
    I take a shower every morning, but if I'm not feeling well I'll take an additional bath that evening.

    But seriously, why are you people grossed out at your "filth" floating around you? It was on your body a moment ago. Use soap and it comes off. I usually have to rinse myself off with a shower anyway to get the bubbles off. :bigsmile:

    I'm guessing that many are too young ever to have been so poor that the water was heated once a week and everyone shared the same bath water (no one but the rich had showers then). I remember that, if we were lucky, dad would bathe first, deepest and hottest water for him, the working man. Then me and my sister, in together, with a little hot top up. Then mum, with another hot top up.

    The rest of the week we had a cat's lick - small amount of luke warm water and a flannel! And even that was a stretch during the 70s blackouts.

    I have lived with showers as well as baths. I prefer a bath. Our centuries old house has slopey ceilings, so we couldn't have a shower anyway. But I do have a sink shower attachment, for washing my hair.
  • peterplsss
    peterplsss Posts: 169
    I shower and completely clean myself, then plug the drain and put bubbles and fill up a bath. There is nothing at all like soaking in a bubble bath at the end of the day.

    Edit: I also shower/take a bath like 3-4 times a day
  • kandngamma
    kandngamma Posts: 1
    I have a hot tub in my bathroom so after a good shower it's WONDERFUL to sit in the hot tub with a good book, a glass of wine and awesome music! Ahhhhhhh!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Whenever I take a bath, I always shower after.
    ^this. It's not hard.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I like baths. BUT!!!







    when i was in Japan i totally love their sauna spa things, i cant for the life of me remember what they called them, but they were always so relaxing, and i honestly wish we had them here, would be so nice, but bath is the next best thing i guess

    Onsen/sento. Love them so much!

    Not an option in my current place, but in my old house I used to fill the tub, then have a quick soap-up-rinse-off in the adjacent stand-up shower before I hopped in. Was pretty close to the way it worked in my apartment in Japan with the exterior cleaning area. :)

    Actually, if you talk about the bath with the tub and the exterior cleaning area in a home, they are called " Ofuro ". Onsen is the wonderful bathing that developed around hot springs ( which is what Onsen means ) and " sento " is the public bath that many neighborhoods have. When I lived in Japan from '85-'96 they were at least in Tokyo still quite popular and cheap ( something like 400.- yen ), but are now being torn down, because of the real estate value of the land and because more and more people actually have their own ofuro at home.
  • jdm_taco
    jdm_taco Posts: 999 Member
    how filthy are you people that don't want to sit in a bath tub?

    good lord hahahaha!!!!

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