# How often do you shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541 "2008-12-24T14:39:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541/101 "2008-12-29T16:13:56Z")
I shower maybe once or twice a year. I prefer baths. šŸ˜ƒ Even in the summertime, Iā€™d rather have a nice hot soak than a shower. It has to be pretty darned hot, or no tub available, for me to take a shower. When I worked a Real Job, of course I bathed/showered every day before work. Now that I work at home, it might be every other day or even every third, if I havenā€™t been to the gym. Iā€™m just sitting here working most of the time. I also often wear the same clothes for several days, for the same reason (though underwear gets changed, of course). I do bathe and put on clean clothes before going out in public, natch (if itā€™s more than a quick trip to the store or something). I wash my hair every few days, or again, before going out and about. I also go easy on the soap, and I donā€™t use deodorant. I just wash myself regularly and thatā€™s enough. I agree that Americans tend to be overly hygiene-obsessed. Someone upthread mentioned that his wife wonā€™t give him nookie if heā€™s not freshly showered. Iā€™m sort of the same way; I usually prefer that both of us be freshly clean, but sometimes Mr. S canā€™t keep his hands (and other things) off me even when Iā€™m ā€œless than fresh.ā€ I canā€™t help thinking, ā€œeww, ick,ā€ but I guess itā€™s a pheromones thing or something. Also, his sense of smell is impaired because of allergies, so thatā€™s a factor. Ah well, if heā€™s having fun, so can I! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541/102 "2008-12-29T16:34:37Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > My husband and son call them ā€œboingā€ curls because they can tug on them and they bounce right back into place like a spring. It looks ok when itā€™s well managed, but when one (or a dozen) is sticking right out from the top of your head, itā€™s not exactly a very professional look. How funny - Iā€™ve always called them ā€˜boingā€™ curls too because little kids canā€™t resist pulling one down to see it bounce back. When adults do it I want to belt them. My partner has begged me not to cut them off so Iā€™ve had to struggle to look professional too. I can pull of the clothes easily but my hair still screams ā€˜hippie chickā€™. Luckily I live in a very casual place full of aging hippies so it didnā€™t cause me any work-related problems and I can manage to tie it back well enough to get it out of my face. I wouldnā€™t trade it for straight hair though. Iā€™d feel naked without them bouncing around up there. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541/103 "2008-12-29T17:37:07Z")
This thread is going to keep asking me to post in it, until I do. So, I shower every day. I wear clean underwear every day. I wear clean shirt every day, or if Iā€™ve been particularly inactive - every two days. A pair of trousers can last up to 3 days. I wash my hands a lot too. I hate them feeling greasy and transfering that grease to keyboards/mice etcā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541/104 "2008-12-29T17:54:53Z")
Am I the only one who takes their once daily shower at night? I canā€™t stand getting into bed feeling dirty. I figure I canā€™t get that dirty sleeping, so I am clean in the morning. I have incredibly curly hair as well that I keep short. I find that if I gel it at night, all I have to do in the morning to revive it is wet it down a bit with my hands or a spray bottle and Iā€™m good to go. That also is a great way of going out with out having a sopping wet head (I canā€™t blow dry it or I would be a giant frizz ball, even with a diffuser). I guess it also might have something to do with the fact that I like to hit the snooze button 15 hundred times, by showering at night I can be out the door in around 20 minutes after I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541/105 "2008-12-29T17:59:54Z")
Canā€™t get dirty sleeping?? Then how come I look like Iā€™ve been roughing it in the amazon for two weeks when I get up in the morning? I canā€™t stand _going out and to work_ dirty. In bed nobodyā€™s going to see me (and if they didā€™ Iā€™d shower before bed too) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shower/478541.md?page=5)