# Sex and/in Showers. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880 "2006-10-18T02:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/21 "2006-10-19T07:33:21Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Always? You don’t ever have spontaneous sex? As for me, I haven’t had sex in quite some time, but there was never much of a connection between it and showering, for me or my partners. [/QUOTE] Any spontaneous sex is planned in advance. Seriously, I prefer to make an evening of it and hygiene is important. The shower doesn’t literally have to happen right before but if it’s necessary then it’s always nice to have someone who can scrub my back. ---
**Author:** ![overeasy4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9bd4f/32.png) [@overeasy4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overeasy4)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/22 "2006-10-19T07:44:29Z")
I don’t recall showering before sex, at least, not showering because I knew sex was coming. I shower nightly anyway. After, no. I once had sex in the shower, so thats impossible to answer. I don’t have sex anymore. But I still shower. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/23 "2006-10-19T11:36:21Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] I’ve always been mystified by movie’s portrayal of people who collapse of exhaustion after sex, fall asleep, and remain there until morning. Does _anyone_ do this? [/QUOTE] Yes, several of us already said that we do indeed fall asleep together after sex. It’s not so bad, and I’m a bit of a germ-o-phobe. Let’s face it, after all the sweaty licky kissy stuff you just did together laying in a little vaginal juice and semen isn’t the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/24 "2006-10-19T11:41:00Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Yes, several of us already said that we do indeed fall asleep together after sex. It’s not so bad, and I’m a bit of a germ-o-phobe. Let’s face it, after all the sweaty licky kissy stuff you just did together laying in a little vaginal juice and semen isn’t the end of the world. [/QUOTE] My sentiments exactly! Unless there’s a reason why sex was particularly messy, I don’t get out of bed. If I have to get up anyway to use the bathroom, I usually clean up a bit while I’m in there. But often, both of us just go to sleep. I’ve never woken up “stuck to the sheets”, either. Maybe I’m Teflon coated. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/25 "2006-10-19T11:43:59Z")
I’m a reasonably clean person, but some of you people seem to be neat freaks. We usually wash up beforehand, out of courtesy to eacj other, but spontaneous sex has been known to happen. We invariably clean up afterwards, but (especially if it’s late at night) that rarely involves a full shower. Pepper Mill finds that, after bedroom gymnastics, she invariably has to pee, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/26 "2006-10-19T12:07:45Z")
I like to shower before, when I know sex is on the horizon. I like smelling clean and it’s the perfect time to shave my legs. Afterwards, it depends on how exuberant we were. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/27 "2006-10-19T12:26:06Z")
Showering beforehand is all part of the anticipation, and I think it’s a courtesy to the other person. Afterwards, well it depends on the time of day and the amount of energy involved, and whatever we’re doing afterwards. I always shower in the morning, I hate the idea of going to work all sticky! Last thing at night though, that’s different…that’s for snuggling up and sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/28 "2006-10-19T13:59:31Z")
Falling asleep after sex without at least peeing first is asking for a urinary tract infection for women. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/29 "2006-10-19T18:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Yes, several of us already said that we do indeed fall asleep together after sex. It’s not so bad, and I’m a bit of a germ-o-phobe. Let’s face it, after all the sweaty licky kissy stuff you just did together laying in a little vaginal juice and semen isn’t the end of the world. [/QUOTE] I’m far from a germophobe. But while bodily fluids are fun and exciting in the heat of the moment, I find them much less so in the morning. YMMV, obv. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/30 "2006-10-19T18:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] I’m far from a germophobe. But while bodily fluids are fun and exciting in the heat of the moment, I find them much less so in the morning. YMMV, obv. [/QUOTE] If you didn’t wake up this morning in a dried-up wetspot, you ain’t living your life right. And I didn’t ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880/31 "2006-10-20T02:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] If you didn’t wake up this morning in a dried-up wetspot, you ain’t living your life right. And I didn’t [/QUOTE] The other side of that coin… if you take a shower after then waking up to a warm-wet-one is much more likely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-in-showers/376880.md?page=1)