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

Europeans never had showers until they encountered the practice in India.

I always found that tidbit to be interesting.

Damn, ya'll be dirty.

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.

Showers to get clean. Baths to pamper self or relax.

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

I will refrain from answering the question to avoid filthy accusations.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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!

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.