It's OK to smell.

[studmuffin]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:

[beowulff]

How's that workin' for ya?

[Larry Mudd]

It's true - showering daily impresses no-one, and people who skip showers generally make a strong impression.

[runner pat]

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:

No.

[Toxgoddess]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:


Um...no. Unwashed stinky guys are not a turn-on.

[johnpost]

it is an all depends.

there are people who feel that mild to moderate body smells are part of that person. you like their smells the same way you like the different tastes of different areas of the body. the same way you like how different parts of their body looks.

there are people who feel that no odor or only artificial odors are acceptable.

i myself like people raw and naturally seasoned.

[LSLGuy]

Smelly or not is (mostly) a cultural preference. As such there's no "right" or "wrong", only "popular" & "not so popular". Right now in the USA, smelly = not so popular.

I don't know where our OP is living, but wherever it is you can either go with the popular choice or suffer the consequences. I doubt you're hip enough to be a trend setter for changing the popular choice.

[lavenderviolet]

Another issue is that some people's sense of smell is more sensitive than others.
I have a great sense of smell and it is very noticeable to me when someone is a bit stinky or when their dental hygiene is less than optimal even if others don't notice.

So even if you don't detect your own odor or think that you smell bad, you could be offending people who are more sensitive to it than you are.
I think that is one reason why it makes sense to err on the side of caution and bathe yourself every day even if YOU don't think you smell.

[RealityChuck]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:Mostly. I never saw the point of a daily shower. I sit down all day and rarely work up a sweat. It was never a problem with other people or in my dating days.

Since most bad body odor is really the smell of the clothes, if you wear clean clothes each day (especially your shirt and underwear), you won't smell.

Women don't get turned on by a smelly guy, but a daily shower is absolutely unnecessary.

[monstro]

Showering daily is not absolutely necessary, in that funk is not going to kill you.

But a whore's bath every other day is not that wasteful or inconveniencing. The benefits of washing your pits and your ass on a regular basis outweigh the hardship of finding a bar of soap and a source of water.

If you don't shower often, then you've got to always wear clean clothes. Not "I just wore this shirt once" clean, but "fresh out of the washer/dryer" clean. Your body may not smell smell, but clothes pick up and hold on to stank easily. And that goes for bed linen and furniture too.

There are a lot of straight-up funky people in the world. Very few of them think they stink or that they smell THAT bad. They are usually wrong.

(Also, one's person idea of "good" stink is another person's "oh, I'm gonna vomit!" It's probably best for everyone to keep unnecessary body odors to a minimum for this reason.)

[Little Nemo]

It probably depends on other factors. I'm sure there are women who would find the aroma of Brad Pitt's perspiration arousing but would think the smell of Wayne Knight's sweat stinks.

[Broomstick]

"Whore's bath?"

I have never heard that before... would you please explain?

Oh, and just wanted to add - stank also depends on things like genetics and diet as well as exercise. Some people can shower less than once a day without building up too much, and I've met people who really did need at least two a day.

[BigT]

"Whore's bath?"

I have never heard that before... would you please explain?


Bathing in a sink with a sponge or cloth, so named for the fact that whores would often not have time to take a full shower between clients, but also would not want to leave bodily fluids from the previous client on them.

A friend told me he also used it in boot camp.

[expectopatronum]

i personally feel disgusting if i skip my daily shower, which is rare. i like to be clean.

[Beware of Doug]

Smelling of physical exertion, if you're buffed, is ok. M or F. (Hear me, ladies?)

Smelling of ass is never ok.

Smelling of anything is not ok unless you're buffed.

[Nostravinci]

Wow, great timing.

Recently (last four months) I've felt the same way as the OP, but even more extremely. I went six weeks (yes, weeks) without showering, then 9 days, then 9 days again, and now I'm up to two weeks. The OP is dead-on when he says females 'like the way a man smells' (that old cliche line), for a number of reasons:

1.) pheremones from male sweat arouse them
2.) women like to feel feminine in contrast to their male counterparts, so him being manly and smelly is good for them
3.) it shows he's accessible and not snooty or metrosexual (those pussies suck)
4.) it means they don't have to worry so much about being clean or anything around him because he's down with the dirty
5.) it means he's probably not easily grossed out, so he's more likely to, say, eat sushi (and not at a japanese restaurant)
6.) it makes them feel superior to the man, which women love to feel
7.) the mommy inside all girls feels affection towards dennis the menace-type rascally, outdoorsy boys
8.) girls like macho guys who can protect them like a caveman, and a dirty guy is closest to that

And I never change my clothes, either.

[Chefguy]

Wow, great timing.

Recently (last four months) I've felt the same way as the OP, but even more extremely. I went six weeks (yes, weeks) without showering, then 9 days, then 9 days again, and now I'm up to two weeks. The OP is dead-on when he says females 'like the way a man smells' (that old cliche line), for a number of reasons:

1.) pheremones from male sweat arouse them
2.) women like to feel feminine in contrast to their male counterparts, so him being manly and smelly is good for them
3.) it shows he's accessible and not snooty or metrosexual (those pussies suck)
4.) it means they don't have to worry so much about being clean or anything around him because he's down with the dirty
5.) it means he's probably not easily grossed out, so he's more likely to, say, eat sushi (and not at a japanese restaurant)
6.) it makes them feel superior to the man, which women love to feel
7.) the mommy inside all girls feels affection towards dennis the menace-type rascally, outdoorsy boys
8.) girls like macho guys who can protect them like a caveman, and a dirty guy is closest to that

And I never change my clothes, either.

Perhaps you should change your username to dickcheese? Just sayin'.

[Beware of Doug]

I'll bet she doesn't like guys who dress sharp, either.

[studmuffin]

Wow, great timing.

Recently (last four months) I've felt the same way as the OP, but even more extremely. I went six weeks (yes, weeks) without showering, then 9 days, then 9 days again, and now I'm up to two weeks. The OP is dead-on when he says females 'like the way a man smells' (that old cliche line), for a number of reasons:

1.) pheremones from male sweat arouse them
2.) women like to feel feminine in contrast to their male counterparts, so him being manly and smelly is good for them
3.) it shows he's accessible and not snooty or metrosexual (those pussies suck)
4.) it means they don't have to worry so much about being clean or anything around him because he's down with the dirty
5.) it means he's probably not easily grossed out, so he's more likely to, say, eat sushi (and not at a japanese restaurant)
6.) it makes them feel superior to the man, which women love to feel
7.) the mommy inside all girls feels affection towards dennis the menace-type rascally, outdoorsy boys
8.) girls like macho guys who can protect them like a caveman, and a dirty guy is closest to that

And I never change my clothes, either.


You're not in Prison are you ?

Good try but being smelly is not gonna put off a determined lifer
looking for some lurve :smack:

[Alessan]

I work from home, and occasionally I don't leave the house all they. I still shower each morning before beginning to work, and every night before I go to sleep. And it's not that I have to - I've gone for a week or more without showering before, when hiking or in the army. I just like being clean.

[Cat Whisperer]

I suppose the women who like a nice, smelly man are probably the kind of women who, well, like a nice, smelly man. It takes all kinds to make the world go round; I'm just glad my husband showers regularly.

I will agree that a daily shower is probably not absolutely required for most office-working folks.

[Tracyfish]

Wow, great timing.

Recently (last four months) I've felt the same way as the OP, but even more extremely. I went six weeks (yes, weeks) without showering, then 9 days, then 9 days again, and now I'm up to two weeks. The OP is dead-on when he says females 'like the way a man smells' (that old cliche line), for a number of reasons:

1.) pheremones from male sweat arouse them
2.) women like to feel feminine in contrast to their male counterparts, so him being manly and smelly is good for them
3.) it shows he's accessible and not snooty or metrosexual (those pussies suck)
4.) it means they don't have to worry so much about being clean or anything around him because he's down with the dirty
5.) it means he's probably not easily grossed out, so he's more likely to, say, eat sushi (and not at a japanese restaurant)
6.) it makes them feel superior to the man, which women love to feel
7.) the mommy inside all girls feels affection towards dennis the menace-type rascally, outdoorsy boys
8.) girls like macho guys who can protect them like a caveman, and a dirty guy is closest to that

And I never change my clothes, either.

I don't even know where to start with this list, so I guess I'll just ask when it became snooty to bathe regularly?

As far as the OP, I don't recall ever being turned off by a guy because he smelled good, but I have been turned off by guys who smelled bad. Some women may be turned on by a man's natural scent, but not all.

That said, when I'm working from home (like I am now), I get into a habit of not showering for days unless I'm leaving the house. I think it bugs me more than my husband. Just makes me feel too grungy to go for two days without showering.

[drewtwo99]

I've been known to skip a shower here and there, but even I can smell how bad I am after 2 or 3 days without a shower... and if I can smell it, that means other people can smell it 10x as bad. Maybe some people really don't smell bad, but EVERYONE who I've met who is proud of "not having to shower all the time" smells awful. Really, really bad.

[Tamerlane]

I won't skip a daily shower simply because I have very oily skin. If I don't shower at least once in, say, a 36 hour period ( I can go more than a single day, but less than two ) I feel gross. Particularly my hair.

It has not a thing to do with other people's sensibilities and everything to do with mine. Women and men will just have to learn to tolerate my lack of virile man-stink. And selfish though it may be, I give not a single crap for the resources thus "wasted" - far as I am concerned they are being put to good use :).

[Alice The Goon]

Sure it's okay to smell. But that doesn't make it attractive to others, and it's also okay for people to avoid those who smell.

As far as women liking men to smell like body odor- no. Some women like the smell of their own man, but that doesn't mean they like the smell of all men who haven't showered.

[Rysdad]

It's OK to smell.

No, no, it's not.

[not what you'd expect]

I admit I've been turned on by a good clean sweat at times, but bathing daily is almost mandatory. Most days, I shower twice. I would not want to be in the same room with someone who had not showered in days, let alone the same bed.

[Nostravinci]

I admit I've been turned on by a good clean sweat at times, but... I would not want to be in the same room with someone who had not showered in days, let alone the same bed.

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!

[Troppus]

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!

Theories should be tested. If you haven't bathed in a few days, Nostravinci, roll on out and flirt with a nice sample size of women, and be sure to include a wide age range. Report back with the response.

(Hint: if a lover we really dig joins us in bed post-shower and breaks a sweat while making sweet, vigorous love... he smells goood. A clean, hard-working sweaty man on a workday: good. A clean, appealing man in the gym after a sweaty work-out: good. But an inexplicably sweaty, smelly, greasy-haired unwashed stranger picking us up in the grocery: not so much. Back off a few feet, wouldja?)

[Kolga]

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!

So much information in two little sentences and an exclamation.

[ZenBeam]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:I'm a guy. I don't want to smell your BO. So no, you're not right.

[CairoCarol]

Another issue is that some people's sense of smell is more sensitive than others.
I have a great sense of smell and it is very noticeable to me when someone is a bit stinky or when their dental hygiene is less than optimal even if others don't notice.

Me too! My sense of smell is extremely sensitive. People, you may not realize it, but: most likely, if you are not an adolescent, you don't exert yourself, and you don't spend any time in the heat, absent some kind of bath or shower you'll begin to stink within 48 hours. If you are a teenager, you exert yourself, and/or you are in hot weather, YOU WILL STINK A LOT VERY SOON.

The absolute worst is when people use lots of deodorant in the belief that this will keep them from getting stinky. If they use an antiperspirant, it probably does slow down the fermentation process a little, but not enough. Instead of smelling of human stank, they end up smelling of human stank unsuccessfully covered up with artificial products. This is truly nauseating.

[The Second Stone]

I do not want to smell you. If I can, that is a reason to avoid being around you. Unless you smell like flowers. Which you don't.

[brittekland]

people who skip showers generally make a strong impression.

What kind of a strong impression that is the question.

Once I commented how my date smelled naturally good and that eventually led to break up due to strong odors.

But then again there's something to us missing out on all kinds of chemical reactions and messaging based on the scent that our caveman ancestors enjoyed. Just imagine the smell... There was a thread about evolutionary reason for itchiness; I thought it might've been as a bath time indicator. Stop scratching frees your hands and mind to do other more productive things?

[Covered_In_Bees!]

It means you have too many ticks and obviously not enough social contacts to pick them off you, therefore you're a loser and cavewomen should avoid you.

[rhubarbarin]

I suppose it's 'okay', but if you stink like a dirty human you make me want to vomit every time I get a whiff, and I will always resent you for it and avoid getting close to you.

One does not have to shower daily in order not to smell dirty/bad/like BO. I know plenty of people who manage this.

Some people do indeed claim to enjoy the 'natural' smell of human beings, encourage their lovers not to wear deodorant, etc. I wish all of you would go live on a commune together so I never had to smell you again.

[scootergirl]

I shower daily mostly because I have a lot of hair and it is a mess in the morning. I have to wet it, so I might as well shower while I'm at it. I think it depends on your level of activity whether you need a daily shower. I prefer to not stink and would want the same from someone I was intimate with.

[brittekland]

Some people do indeed claim to enjoy the 'natural' smell of human beings, encourage their lovers not to wear deodorant, etc. I wish all of you would go live on a commune together so I never had to smell you again.

Or under a rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCFMDLakxaY).

[Ibanez]

No it's not ok to smell unless your on a camping trip.

Taking a shower in the morning is part of my routine. Considering I can smell the funk coming around by mid afternoon. I'm sure my colleagues appreciate the fact I take a shower with soap every morning.

[NoClueBoy]

Who's scruffy looking?

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Just please make sure you wash your clothes really often. Frankly, I find a daily shower the best thing about modern plumbing.

[Andy L]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:

Am I the only person to imagine Rosey Grier crooning "It's okay to smell"

Context http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFuhCfb3Fk

[Mahaloth]

Studmuffin seems like a very poor imitation of our dear lost Dio. Certainly I'm not the only one to notice his odd posts.

[Jackmannii]

Showering daily is a waste of resources, it impresses no-one, a couple of times a week max, anyway, the little ladies get real turned on by a whiffy male oxter.

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:It worked for Rasputin.

Speaking of which, there is a beer called "Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout" which in one set of ratings got a 4.5 out of 5 for smell. Go figure.

[Naxos]

Am I right or am I right ? :dubious:

You are right.

Tens of thousands of years of biological evolution prove you right.

It's the vast sea of ignorant drones that you have to deal with --- the ones that are convinced only what they perceive is true and nothing else.

[Guinastasia]

*gags*

If you wanna stink, go ahead. Just stay away from me. I'll continue taking my daily shower, thank you very much.

[not what you'd expect]

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!

Well, notice I said a good clean sweat. There is a difference between that and lack of showering. I'm sorry I confused you.

[Der Trihs]

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!Sometimes I like spaghetti. Sometimes I'm more in the mood for a hamburger. Does that make me a hypocrite? Should I relentlessly eat nothing but spaghetti in the name of moral integrity?

[Cat Whisperer]

<snip> Should I relentlessly eat nothing but spaghetti in the name of moral integrity?
Probably.

[JessMagic]

I was ten years old before I lived in a house that had a shower. Up until then, I had a bath every week, or when I got muddy.

Not a big deal when you're a kid.

Now I shower every day, often two or three times if I'm swimming or footballing. I don't take long showers though. Waste of time. I reckon people spend too long in the shower.

I once had a girlfriend who showered only every two or three days. She didn't smell bad. I liked it. We were pretty... ermmm... rampant (sorry to use that word).

[anya marie]

I will come right out and admit that I do sometimes skip a day showering. But it's never been more than that and I can't imaging the funk coming from a body that hasn't bathed NOR changed clothes in six weeks. It feels good to be clean.

[kenobi 65]

Bathing in a sink

They must be very little whores, or have excellent balance. ;)

[Guinastasia]

I was ten years old before I lived in a house that had a shower. Up until then, I had a bath every week, or when I got muddy.

Not a big deal when you're a kid.



But even when I was a kid and we didn't have a shower, I still took a bath every night. Or do you mean you didn't even have a regular bath tub either?

My grandmother still doesn't have a shower in her house, just a bathtub.

[Ambivalid]

Even in prison, you shower three times a week.

Bathing once a week is unsanitary.

[Farmer Jane]

YUCK.

I've always been the type to shower every morning. SOMETIMES I shower at night and and set my hair (when it's long) and then take a bath with a shower cap on in the morning...but I don't even understand people who shower at night and then sleep for 8 hours in and wake up and think...oh hey, I already took a shower!

Bleeech. Usually people can tell.

[Mangetout]

Bathing once a week is unsanitary.
Needn't be. washing once a week maybe, but a weekly bath combined with daily washes with flannel and soap and daily changes of clothes needn't be a problem - depending on the lifestyle of the person - obviously physical labour and exposure to lots of dirt is going to require more rigour.

(I bathe/shower at least once a day, with additional washes, BTW, so I'm not defending a personal preference here)

[monstro]

YUCK.

I've always been the type to shower every morning. SOMETIMES I shower at night and and set my hair (when it's long) and then take a bath with a shower cap on in the morning...but I don't even understand people who shower at night and then sleep for 8 hours in and wake up and think...oh hey, I already took a shower!

Bleeech. Usually people can tell.

Hah! I say the same thing about people who shower in the mornings. I can't imagine jumping into bed with the day's crustiness on me.

I think it depends if you're a night sweater. I don't sweat at night so when I wake up, I don't feel grimy or dirty. But I do have excretions during the day. Unless I'm just too exhausted to do anything before falling asleep, all of that grime needs to be washed off before I dare get into bed and mess up my sheets.

As long as some soap and water is touching your body SOME time during the day, I don't think anyone will notice.

[Jenaroph]

Stuff like this is why I call women hypocrites. "I like sweat sometimes... except when I don't." Gah!

Well, notice I said a good clean sweat. There is a difference between that and lack of showering. I'm sorry I confused you.Yeah, not hypocritical. Fresh sweat = OK, Old manky sweat and never changing your clothes = Not OK. Two entirely different things.

"Would you like some birthday cake?"

"Yeah!"

"Here it is, my birthday was nine weeks ago and it's been sitting on the counter ever since. I think the cat's been nibbling on it."

"Uh, no thanks."

"But it's birthday cake! You hypocrite!"

[lieu]

I shower two to three times daily, use anti-perspirant and body powder, brush religiously and use mouthwash before going out and normally wear a modest amount of a subtle, marculine cologne. If I'm going to offend anyone I do my best to make sure it'll be with my personality.

[brittekland]

Hah! I say the same thing about people who shower in the mornings. I can't imagine jumping into bed with the day's crustiness on me.

I think it depends if you're a night sweater. I don't sweat at night so when I wake up, I don't feel grimy or dirty. But I do have excretions during the day. Unless I'm just too exhausted to do anything before falling asleep, all of that grime needs to be washed off before I dare get into bed and mess up my sheets.


We ought have a thread/poll about washing before going to bed. I personally at least brush my teeth, wash my face, and preferably wash my feet (this make a world of difference how comfy I feel in my bed). Ideally a shower but I only take shower before going to bed if I had a long day out or feel I need one.

[nashiitashii]

I don't even know where to start with this list, so I guess I'll just ask when it became snooty to bathe regularly?

As far as the OP, I don't recall ever being turned off by a guy because he smelled good, but I have been turned off by guys who smelled bad. Some women may be turned on by a man's natural scent, but not all.
I'm attracted to the way that some men smell, regardless of bathing habits. Other men don't smell good, so they're not attractive. Attractive men who smell good to me smell better when they're sweating, but not if they've been stewing in their sweat for hours. How do I know this? I used to work out with a group of 10-15 guys, some of whom smelled disgusting as soon as they started to sweat, and some of whom I had to keep my distance lest I be turned on by their manly sweaty smell while trying to learn new skills-- it was a big enough distraction that it'd occasionally impede my progress. It's purely pheromones working at that level, so I can't control which people smell bad to me.

That said, I make an effort to shower regularly, but I have a temperature range for which I put on deodorant; if it's cool enough that I'm not going to sweat, I don't need deodorant. If it's warm enough that I'm really likely to sweat, deodorant is mandatory for me. I don't really sweat unless it gets quite warm, and I don't get smelly unless I'm working out strenuously and/or it's been a few days since I've washed the mandatory parts (the George Carlin standard (http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/46533): see the 5:24 mark) due to illness.
Speaking of which, there is a beer called "Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout" which in one set of ratings got a 4.5 out of 5 for smell. Go figure.
I happen to like Old Rasputin Imperial Stout-- it's got a stronger, malty nose to it, but it's definitely not for those who haven't worked their way up to stronger, more bitter stouts.

[brittekland]

Wasn't there a study that said certain hormonal scent from men's sweat keeps female healthy or something like that?

[Bloodless Turnip]

Getting into bed without showering is just...gross. If you're single then it might be okay, if you're not..it's just gross.

I can't imagine how much someones head must stink after 6 weeks of not bathing.

Gross.

[Enderw24]

Smelling of physical exertion, if you're buffed, is ok. M or F. (Hear me, ladies?)

Smelling of ass is never ok.

Smelling of anything is not ok unless you're buffed.

So I can forgoe a shower so long as my Druid companion continually casts Bear's Endurance upon me?

[overlyverbose]

I married my husband in part for his smell. He smells right to me. Other men do not. So I think that, to some extent, personal smell is underrated. However (big however), he showers every day. Thanks to his genetics, he quickly smells like BO if he doesn't shower and use deodorant on a daily basis. His brother, who does not use deodorant (though showers daily) quickly fills an entire room with his stench. It's absolutely repulsive.

Anecdotally, I've yet to meet a woman who thought it remotely attractive for a man to go without showering for several days. But that's just my circle of friends.

[Guinastasia]

YUCK.

I've always been the type to shower every morning. SOMETIMES I shower at night and and set my hair (when it's long) and then take a bath with a shower cap on in the morning...but I don't even understand people who shower at night and then sleep for 8 hours in and wake up and think...oh hey, I already took a shower!

Bleeech. Usually people can tell.


I always shower at night, because that's when I feel grodiest. I also have more TIME to get ready, and my hair needs to be completely dry to style, and a blow dryer would take up too much time.


It's not like I don't get up and wash my face and brush my teeth and stuff.

[pbbth]

I shower 4-5 times a week. I used to shower daily but my dermatologist told me not to bathe or wash so often because it was damaging my skin so I cut back and I haven't run into any problems. I wear clean clothes and sleep on clean sheets so I don't think skipping a shower every so often is the worst thing in the world as long as you are otherwise pretty clean. Brush your teeth, wear deodorant, and wash your clothes regularly and if you aren't doing some type of physical labor during the day you should be just fine with showering every other day if need be. In my experience people who wear strong perfume or wash their clothes in heavily scented detergent smell way worse than someone who showers every other day.

[Troppus]

Smelling of physical exertion, if you're buffed, is ok. M or F. (Hear me, ladies?)

Smelling of anything is not ok unless you're buffed.

This blanket statement was prompted by what, exactly? I'm not a fan of muscular builds. Not a fan of lean builds, either. In fact, the height and shape of a man I find is so varied I have no "type" to subscribe to. I like the way a clean, sweaty man smells if I find him appealing, which is not restricted to how he looks. At all.

Can any ladies in this thread swear they are attracted to smelly men if they are muscular? Or attracted to all smelly, muscular men? Or attracted to all muscular men, smelly or not?

Wait, didn't we have a recent thread in which most responders claimed to be repulsed by overly muscular men, and quite a few who preferred a softer figure? C'mon, Doug, we women are far more complicated than you give us credit for.

[NoClueBoy]

Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning



Putty. Putty. Putty.

Green Putty - Grutty Peen.

Grarmpitutty - Morning!

Pridsummer - Grorning Utty!

Discovery..... Oh.

Putty?..... Armpit?

Armpit..... Putty.

Not even a particularly

Nice shade of green.


.



..

[drewtwo99]

As a gay man, I will say that sweat from physical exertion is a bit of a turn on, if the guy is attractive. But not days old BO, which is a completely different smell.

I used to work for my dad's roofing company, and some of his employees were in great physical shape and after a hard day's work... well let's just say I was a little uncomfortable sometimes!

[Farmer Jane]

Hah! I say the same thing about people who shower in the mornings. I can't imagine jumping into bed with the day's crustiness on me.

I think it depends if you're a night sweater. I don't sweat at night so when I wake up, I don't feel grimy or dirty. But I do have excretions during the day. Unless I'm just too exhausted to do anything before falling asleep, all of that grime needs to be washed off before I dare get into bed and mess up my sheets.

As long as some soap and water is touching your body SOME time during the day, I don't think anyone will notice.

What's even worse is when people wear the same pjs all week. I change my pjs (and underwear...habit from the days when I had sex, I guess, haha, so I go through 2 a day) every night.

EW to the people who don't wash their sheets often, though.

[Pyper]

What's even worse is when people wear the same pjs all week. I change my pjs (and underwear...habit from the days when I had sex, I guess, haha, so I go through 2 a day) every night.

EW to the people who don't wash their sheets often, though.

I shower at night, and only change my pajamas and sheets once a week. (I do wear fresh underwear every night, though.) What do you imagine is going on in bed, other than sex, that is causing a person to become so disgusting?

[JessMagic]

But even when I was a kid and we didn't have a shower, I still took a bath every night. Or do you mean you didn't even have a regular bath tub either?


No, we had a bath tub. I didn't bathe every night though!

I'm fairly certain that I didn't stink, and that my parents weren't neglecting me, or doing anything out of the ordinary. I dunno, maybe things were a bit different back then. OK, kids shower daily, or even twice daily now. More people have access to showers and central heating now than they did in the 80s.

Think I might be taken to the cleaners (puns - brilliant) on this one....

[Farmer Jane]

I shower at night, and only change my pajamas and sheets once a week. (I do wear fresh underwear every night, though.) What do you imagine is going on in bed, other than sex, that is causing a person to become so disgusting?


Dead skin cells? Crappy hair? Sweat? For most people, there's just a...look about them. It's not nasty per se, but it's not fresh.

At night, I wash my face, brush my teeth, put on clean underwear and pjs and climb into bed. My son sleeps with me (he's six) and we have our own comforters. He sweats more than I do at night, but I've always been a morning shower-er.

[monstro]

Dead skin cells? Crappy hair? Sweat? For most people, there's just a...look about them. It's not nasty per se, but it's not fresh.

At night, I wash my face, brush my teeth, put on clean underwear and pjs and climb into bed. My son sleeps with me (he's six) and we have our own comforters. He sweats more than I do at night, but I've always been a morning shower-er.

So you change your underwear at night and then again in the morning?

That's...interesting.

(My mother allieviates this problem by not wearing underwear at all when she sleeps, and then bathing in the morning. I don't think I would like this, but it makes more sense than changing my underwear after doing nothing for eight hours.)

I also wear the same pjs for a week. Why? Because I take a shower right before I put them on, so I'm at my cleanest. It also makes for a smaller laundry load. If I changed pjs every other day or so, my laundry would quickly fill up.

I really doubt you can tell who's wearing the same pjs day after day and who's not.

[Ambivalid]

I shower at night, and only change my pajamas and sheets once a week. (I do wear fresh underwear every night, though.) What do you imagine is going on in bed, other than sex, that is causing a person to become so disgusting?

Um, dead skin, sebum, skin oil, sweat, saliva and toss in a microscopic bit of fecal matter (just because there seems to be a microscopic amount in damn near everything):eek:

[Farmer Jane]

So you change your underwear at night and then again in the morning?

That's...interesting.

(My mother allieviates this problem by not wearing underwear at all when she sleeps, and then bathing in the morning. I don't think I would like this, but it makes more sense than changing my underwear after doing nothing for eight hours.)

I also wear the same pjs for a week. Why? Because I take a shower right before I put them on, so I'm at my cleanest. It also makes for a smaller laundry load. If I changed pjs every other day or so, my laundry would quickly fill up.

I really doubt you can tell who's wearing the same pjs day after day and who's not.

I just like the feeling of fresh cotton undies. :D It's just like the feeling of, "Mmm, I just brushed my teeth and my face is all tingly from the soap and it's time for bed -- ooops, can't forget some soft cotton against my crotch!")

Or if I'm wearing 'work underwear' (you know, the appropriate kind for some of us, ahem), I change into 'chillax underwear' when I get home. (My son just takes his off. He HATES wearing underwear.)

I guess I don't live on the edge much. :D I change my tank/top every night but will go a few in the same sweat pants. I don't re-use a night shirt without washing, though.

You know what else is awkward? Women who only wear one bra...over and over again.

[Cat Whisperer]

I shower 4-5 times a week. I used to shower daily but my dermatologist told me not to bathe or wash so often because it was damaging my skin so I cut back and I haven't run into any problems. <snip>I live in a very dry place, and I shower about every other day, too. Showering every day makes me feel like my skin is tight as a drum, and itchy as all hell.

[Ambivalid]

I live in a very dry place, and I shower about every other day, too. Showering every day makes me feel like my skin is tight as a drum, and itchy as all hell.

And lotion doesn't help?

[not what you'd expect]

I can't get in bed without a shower. And I have to wash and style my hair in the morning, so I end up taking two showers a day. If I'm not planning to leave the house except for my walk, I'll skip the morning one.

I'm not sure what happened to the little girl I used to be. She hated bathing.

[Broomstick]

And lotion doesn't help?
It's been my experience that not stripping the natural oils out of your skin works better than trying to add sufficient back in the form of lotion. Also, for some people soaps are irritating in and of themselves, so they do better with every other day bathing.

[studmuffin]

I shower two to three times daily, use anti-perspirant and body powder, brush religiously and use mouthwash before going out and normally wear a modest amount of a subtle, marculine cologne. If I'm going to offend anyone I do my best to make sure it'll be with my personality.

3 times a day, how do you find the time, or clean dry towels ?

That's straying into OCD territory now.

Unless you are a Pro Wrestler or work in a Steel Foundry or a Coalmine I can't concieve how you could exude a sweaty smell a matter of hours after showering [ unless you have a horrible skin condition ].

[Broomstick]

I think one of the hardest conversations I had with a former boyfriend was to tell him that one shower a day wasn't working for him. But I must have done it right, because he didn't get mad and he did start taking two. Some unfortunate people do have to wash more frequently than others.

Due to my skin issues I have doctor's orders to NOT bathe daily unless particularly dirty/sweaty. But when I'm doing construction work in the summer I have taken up to three daily because I was that dirty - one before work, if I could run home take one at lunch, then one after work. But on days like that two of them were mostly rinsing the sweat and surface dirt/smell off, with the real scrub the last one of the day.

So really, it's comes down to individual biology, activity, and sometimes diet and weather. There shouldn't be a kneejerk assumption that a person who skips a day is automatically filthy and smelly, but in today's society erring on the side of cleanliness does seem to be the way to go. On the other hand, some folks in this thread sound a little compulsive to me. Shower both before and after sleep? WTF are you doing at night that requires that? (I am aware some menopausal women going through night sweats might actually need a shower on waking, but other than something like that...)

[BrotherCadfael]

NM

[Cat Whisperer]

It's been my experience that not stripping the natural oils out of your skin works better than trying to add sufficient back in the form of lotion. Also, for some people soaps are irritating in and of themselves, so they do better with every other day bathing.
Exactly. I don't want to lotion from head to toe every day when I can just shower every other day and not be itchy.

It almost seems like there are people in this thread who don't believe that you can shower less than daily and not be smelly. Honest to God, I'm not smelly. I'm not the person at work that everyone is whispering about behind their backs because I only shower every other day.

[appleciders]

Unless you are a Pro Wrestler or work in a Steel Foundry or a Coalmine I can't concieve how you could exude a sweaty smell a matter of hours after showering [ unless you have a horrible skin condition ].

Uh, by sweating. I do a job that requires significant physical labor. I shower every morning and by the end of my first shift (normally about 90 minutes) I'm pretty sweaty. If I had to work longer shifts (and I will next year) I would exude an odor, faint but real, by noon. Now, I might or might not shower mid-day; some of my co-workers do and some do not, and some are slightly stinky at work occasionally. No one cares very much; it's a loud, physical, and boisterous work environment, and we all accept that each of us will probably be a little stinky one day*. If I have a very long day, I definitely need a shower when I get home. My T-shirts are good for one day of wearing at work and my jeans rarely last more than three work days. On a day where I don't work and don't sweat, I can go 48 hours between showers without a problem.

I understand that this may not be the case for you, and that some people can simply shower less frequently without a problem. I worked in a relatively physical job with a woman who showered only once or twice a week and I never once noticed a smell, or saw her with greasy hair. I certainly can't do that myself. These things can be quite individual.


*On my first day on the job, a co-worker said about me "He's doing great! If we can just get him to stink a little more, he'll fit right in."

[Ambivalid]

Exactly. I don't want to lotion from head to toe every day when I can just shower every other day and not be itchy.

It almost seems like there are people in this thread who don't believe that you can shower less than daily and not be smelly. Honest to God, I'm not smelly. I'm not the person at work that everyone is whispering about behind their backs because I only shower every other day.

But how do you know they aren't whispering behind your back? It's already been mentioned in this thread that one's own odor may not be as easily noticed by the person themself as it is to other people. Perhaps you are "that smelly one" at work, and this thread will serve as a polite notice taking the place of a possibly rude or otherwise unpleasant experience at work.

[Cat Whisperer]

But how do you know they aren't whispering behind your back? It's already been mentioned in this thread that one's own odor may not be as easily noticed by the person themself as it is to other people. Perhaps you are "that smelly one" at work, and this thread will serve as a polite notice taking the place of a possibly rude or otherwise unpleasant experience at work.
Well, it's possible, of course, but since I don't tend to sweat (I actually have to be careful with this in summer, because I don't sweat enough), I wash my clothes after one or two wearings, I wear deodorant every day, and I shower every other day, I really don't think I'm a noticeably smelly person. Maybe I'll ask in the grocery store tomorrow - "Hey, can you smell me?" :)

[Beware of Doug]

This blanket statement was prompted by what, exactly? [...] I like the way a clean, sweaty man smells if I find him appealing, which is not restricted to how he looks. At all.OK, maybe I'm just taking gender roles a little too literally. (Not like the rest of society doesn't.)

C'mon, Doug, we women are far more complicated than you give us credit for.:rolleyes: Heh. Show me.

[Hyperelastic]

I had to look up "oxter". Gotta remember that one.

Once I spent a week overseas with no deodorant. I forgot mine, and couldn't read the labels in stores to find any. Even though I took the hottest, soapiest showers I could stand, as the week wore on I got riper and ranker. Finally I had to shave my armpits, which held up OK for a workday but then I had the 15-hour flight home. I stunk so bad I probably set off an alarm going through customs. So, no, I cannot go without regular hygiene.

[monstro]

I had to look up "oxter". Gotta remember that one.

Once I spent a week overseas with no deodorant. I forgot mine, and couldn't read the labels in stores to find any. Even though I took the hottest, soapiest showers I could stand, as the week wore on I got riper and ranker. Finally I had to shave my armpits, which held up OK for a workday but then I had the 15-hour flight home. I stunk so bad I probably set off an alarm going through customs. So, no, I cannot go without regular hygiene.

Alright, I gotta ask.

Why would you need to read the labels? You just couldn't look for things that resemble sticks of deodorant?

Or searched out a box of what resembles baking soda? Or baby powder?

[Pyper]

Um, dead skin, sebum, skin oil, sweat, saliva and toss in a microscopic bit of fecal matter (just because there seems to be a microscopic amount in damn near everything):eek:

Yeah, but you accumulate all those things in greater quantities and more while going about your daily activities. I sweat way more in the course of my job than I do asleep in my bed, plus there is dirt, pollutants in the air, normal bathroom use, contact with other people, etc. Then you are putting all of that in your bed! Gross!

[No umlaut for U]

I shower 4-5 times a week. I used to shower daily but my dermatologist told me not to bathe or wash so often because it was damaging my skin so I cut back and I haven't run into any problems. I wear clean clothes and sleep on clean sheets so I don't think skipping a shower every so often is the worst thing in the world as long as you are otherwise pretty clean. Brush your teeth, wear deodorant, and wash your clothes regularly and if you aren't doing some type of physical labor during the day you should be just fine with showering every other day if need be. In my experience people who wear strong perfume or wash their clothes in heavily scented detergent smell way worse than someone who showers every other day.

Same. There's nothing worse than a smoker, or cook, or garlic eater that tries to cover the stink up with perfume. It doesn't seem like the heavy detergent scents are as common as they once were, though.
Really, the key is laundry. No, you can't sneak an extra wearing of jeans. They fit too closely for that. Same for T-shirts and blouses. The only clothing, not counting jackets, that I might squeak out an extra wearing in is a skirt (having worn a slip) or a sweater.
What I find annoying is the person who walks or bikes a long distance into work and performs no subsequent ablutions. Blecch!

[applebetty]

OK, I was typing something and backspaced and ended up out of the box and in the middle of the thread...weird.

As I was saying, I shower before going out of the house or every other day. I have had to go "no-poo" because of dry skin and allergies. I do use a castile soap about every 2 weeks or if I get really grody doing something, otherwise it's just warm water. Co-workers tell me I do not smell, I did ask!

I do not like it when people smell like chemicals or artificial products. While I don't enjoy STANK, I don't at all mind a nice human odor.

Just noticed this is in a "Quick Reply" box, guess I need to go read the stickies again...

[pbbth]

Alright, I gotta ask.

Why would you need to read the labels? You just couldn't look for things that resemble sticks of deodorant?

Or searched out a box of what resembles baking soda? Or baby powder?

Sometimes a language barrier is a bigger problem than you might think. When we were in Finland my husband developed pretty massive heartburn (apparently eating your weight in reindeer and bear will do that to you:rolleyes:) and we were in a tiny, tiny town with no pharmacy. We figured that the grocery store would have Tums or something so we walked across the street with our Finnish dictionary in hand and wandered the aisles for about 30 minutes before we determined that they had no antacids. Apparently in Finland they don't use the word antacid and instead use the word neutralizer or something similar so not one of the 20 some people in the store had any clue what we wanted.

We finally determined that baking soda would be an acceptable substitute until we could catch a bus to town and get to a pharmacy the next day and headed to the baking products aisle to look for baking soda. It was then that we realized that pretty much every single baking product in the known universe is a fine white powder and that Arm & Hammer isn't available there. Well, shit. So we are standing in front of a wall of packages filled with an assortment of baking goods looking up individual words in our dictionary when a kind gentleman offered to help us determine which product was which and guided us to the right shelf. Without that guy we would have ended up buying 15 different products and taste-testing them to try and figure out what was the most likely to be baking soda. I can just see Hyperelastic standing in a hotel room randomly rubbing confectioner's sugar into one armpit and flour into the other to try and figure out if either of them might help him keep his smell under control. :D