# Anyone else dry off IN the shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616 "2013-05-06T14:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/41 "2013-05-06T21:31:07Z")
I’m an in shower dryer. Ms Hook isn’t. I kink of like that the shower stall feels warm. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/42 "2013-05-07T00:49:34Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I do too, but before drying off I squeegee most of the water off. I just sort of run my hands along my body to get off the “loose” drops, then open the curtain, grab my towel and do the rest while standing in tub. This, I do. But then I step out of the shower to use the towel. I’ve never used the towel inside the shower/tub. Never. And, yeah, the tile floor gets a little wet. It evaporates pretty quickly. > [@](#): > > The only downside to the squeegee method is that sometimes I’ll inadvertently catch the side of my nut with a fingertip, right on the bottom where the epididymis meets it- holy fuck, the pain. Hoykawow! That’s never happened to me. I’ll take your experience as a warning! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/43 "2013-05-07T02:08:24Z")
I dry off in the shower and so does the Fella. Now, if we could only get the boys to do the same. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/44 "2013-05-07T02:11:40Z")
My husband does to avoid the shedding of man fur all over my bathroom floor; he can rinse the fur down the drain if he dries off in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/45 "2013-05-07T02:17:27Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Doesn’t everyone do this? Not my wife. Judging by the appearance of Lake Ontario on the bathroom floor every time she has a shower, I can only surmise that she throws the curtain, wide, leaps out of the shower, shakes herself off like a basset hound, and then turns the shower off before reaching for the two towels she’ll leave saturated on the floor. I’m on the other end of the spectrum; I slap the excess water off my body before I open the curtain, reach for the towel, towel off in the tub and get out with nary a drip. I don’t understand why bathmats are a thing; they are unnecessary and get nasty in short order. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/46 "2013-05-07T02:34:05Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > I can only surmise that she throws the curtain, wide, leaps out of the shower, shakes herself off like a basset hound, and then turns the shower off before reaching for the two towels she’ll leave saturated on the floor. This is me. 🆒 Truthfully, I am a quick showerer, and my husband takes longer ones. When I’m all rinsed, I have to jump out while the shower is still going. If he complains about water on the floor, I guess I’ll just have to stop showering with him. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/47 "2013-05-07T03:58:48Z")
I do most of my drying off in the shower, so that I leave a few drips on the bathmat as possible. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/48 "2013-05-07T04:03:14Z")
I dry off in the shower (or tub), and, as is apparently the norm, am married to someone who steps out dripping wet and leaves the mat soaked. And because three of our four family members use the same shower, if we all did that, the mat would never have time to dry out. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/49 "2013-05-07T04:14:45Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Yes, like my husband who steps out to dry, and drips on the mat and then forgets to pick the mat up and hang it to dry. Drives me nuts. > > I’m an in-shower dryer. Dear Mr Saje. On behalf of the universe at large, formerly referred to as the internet, you have been served notice that dripping all over the floor is really annoying and unnecessary. Please refrain from future offenses and take your wife out to a really nice restaurant as compensation. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/50 "2013-05-07T05:00:45Z")
I dry off in the shower for warmth and to avoid a mess. A housemate in college always left the bathroom _covered_ in water - all over the floor, sink, toilet. It was like he didn’t even dry off and went about his morning bathroom routine soaking wet, flinging water all over the damn place. The five of us were constantly trying to convince him to dry off in the shower like a normal civilized human being but he never changed. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/51 "2013-05-07T05:04:30Z")
Oops, double post. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/52 "2013-05-07T05:14:05Z")
Yes definitely. I always dry off almost completely before stepping out of the shower. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/53 "2013-05-07T10:47:07Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Dear Mr Saje. On behalf of the universe at large, formerly referred to as the internet, you have been served notice that dripping all over the floor is really annoying and unnecessary. Please refrain from future offenses and take your wife out to a really nice restaurant as compensation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/54 "2013-05-07T10:52:56Z")
Of course I dry off as much as possible before stepping out. It is extremely annoying to step in a wet spot in the bathroom left by someone who did all the drying outside. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/55 "2013-05-07T12:14:52Z")
> [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](#): > > What else would you do? Just drip all over the floor? Like an animal? Yes, I run into the living room and shake off like a dog. Towels? How effete. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/56 "2013-05-07T12:58:32Z")
Woo hoo! Not only am I not alone, it looks like I’m in the vast majority! I told this to hubby, and he muttered about ‘sampling bias.’ Hrrmph. And then he offered up two reasons why his way is better. 1. His method clears the shower faster for someone else to use it. Encouraged in settings like gyms and military bases and such, I guess. Not such a big deal in a house with two people and 2 1/2 bathrooms. 2. It justifies the existence of shower mats. Yeah, I don’t think he was serious about the second one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/57 "2013-05-07T13:08:10Z")
The OP is right. But we have a shower door and a narrow shower stall. Drying that way causes my elbows to strike it repeatedly. Its sort of like… _dry-dry __Thwaack!__ rattle-rattle_ _dry-dry __Thwaack!__ rattle-rattle_ _dry-dry __Thwaack!__ rattle-rattle_ This cues calls of, “What the Hell are you doing up there? You’re shaking the whole damn house!” :rolleyes: Its embarrassing, but I use 2 towels. One for the floor & one for… umm… me… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/58 "2013-05-07T13:16:23Z")
I don’t dry off in the shower because after I’ve finished my shower, there’s water on the bottom of the bathtub, and I wouldn’t want to get the towel wet by accidentally trailing it in the water. I get out of the shower, step out onto the towel I’ve put on the bathroom floor, and then dry off. Never really thought about it before. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/59 "2013-05-07T13:56:32Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t dry off in the shower because after I’ve finished my shower, there’s water on the bottom of the bathtub, and I wouldn’t want to get the towel wet by accidentally trailing it in the water. I get out of the shower, step out onto the towel I’ve put on the bathroom floor, and then dry off. > > Never really thought about it before. Yep, same for me. All you in-shower driers are weird! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616/60 "2013-05-07T14:13:05Z")
I have a stall shower (no tub), so it’s difficult to dry off completely in the shower. But I’ll dry everything from the waist up while in the shower, and then step out to do the rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dry-off-in-the-shower/657616.md?page=4)