# Shower Before Bed Or In The Morning
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 12, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677 "2010-02-12T06:54:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/1 "2010-02-12T06:54:50Z")
I am probably in the minority but I take my daily shower BEFORE bed. I guess it comes from growing up in a house with five people and one bathroom. Morning was always only for strictly needed activities in the AM, like shaving, actual bathroom use and brushing teeth.
Everyone in my family showered or bathed the night before.
So what about you all? Before bed? Or after you wake up?
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### Author:  [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/2 "2010-02-12T07:01:52Z")
I’m greasy. I shower in the morning and in the evening before I sleep. If not, my sheets have an oily spot in two days.
It is like a built in lotion gland: I’ve got great skin.
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### Author:  [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/3 "2010-02-12T07:03:09Z")
I’ve always showered in the morning; I can’t wake up properly if I don’t. The girlfriend has to shower at night or she can’t go to sleep.
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### Author:  [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/4 "2010-02-12T07:06:38Z")
I usually shower before bed, but it’s a practical matter for me. I have a large family fighting for the hot water in the mornings, so if I shower late at night I can use all that I want without having anyone rush me.
Back when I had a decent bathroom with a nice tub\* I would often take a long bath in the evenings then a quick shower before work in the morning. Now that I don’t work, I shower just before bed (around 1:00 am…heading up there now) and might take a quick shower in the morning or mid-day if I feel like I should (or more likely if I am freezing cold and want the heat a shower can provide).
\*My current master bathroom has only a shower stall and I hate using the kids’ bathroom because they don’t keep it as clean as I’d like.
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### Author:  [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/5 "2010-02-12T07:18:22Z")
At night. I couldn’t go to bed with a day’s worth of sweat and grime on me.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/6 "2010-02-12T07:43:41Z")
I only shower 2-3 times a week and it’s usually either on a Saturday afternoon before going out or in the morning, if I’m really experiencing a hygiene deficit.
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/7 "2010-02-12T07:52:50Z")
Before bed. I hate going to sleep dirty, and I don’t sweat a lot while asleep.
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### Author:  [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/8 "2010-02-12T07:58:09Z")
In the morning – my hair gets greasy in about 12 hours, so it’s really a necessity. But that’s also the way I’ve always done it.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/9 "2010-02-12T11:56:38Z")
In the morning - blasting myself with scalding water is what wakes me up.
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### Author:  [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/10 "2010-02-12T12:45:15Z")
My hair takes hours to dry and at this time of the year it freezes if I go out in the morning with it wet, so usually I shower after dinner to give it time to dry before bed.
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### Author:  [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/11 "2010-02-12T13:05:45Z")
Evening. In the summertime I can get pretty greasy over the course of an evening’s chores, or even just hanging out. Even in other seasons, I’m often doing something in my workshop - cutting wood/metal, powdercoating, whatever - and I need to clean up before going to bed.
The other reason is that I don’t like getting up early. If I shave/shower in the evening, that’s at least another 15-20 minutes I can sleep later in the morning.
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### Author:  [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/12 "2010-02-12T13:11:01Z")
I went to a boarding school where only the 6th formers were permitted to have morning showers. Having earnt that privilege (admittedly nearly 35 years ago) I maintain that privilege. If I have a afternoon/evening shower due to sporting (or other) activities, I’ll still have my morning shower.
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### Author:  [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/13 "2010-02-12T13:13:56Z")
This is probably begging for a polll, but too late now I suppose.
Morning. Or even afternoon. I try to avoid just before bed because I don’t like going to bed with wet hair. (Wife does whenever, but she uses a hair dryer. I never could get into those myself … )
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/14 "2010-02-12T13:26:44Z")
This is poll-like, so I’m moving it from MPSIMS to IMHO.
twicks, who showers at night because I turn the heat down overnight and it takes an hour or two to heat the house back up again in the morning – getting out of a lovely warm shower into a 60-degree bathroom … no thanks.
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### Author:  [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/15 "2010-02-12T13:31:29Z")
> [@maisoui](#):
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> My hair takes hours to dry and at this time of the year it freezes if I go out in the morning with it wet, so usually I shower after dinner to give it time to dry before bed.
This for me. I have long, thick hair and it takes forever to dry. Also, a nice hot shower helps me relax after a stressful day at work.
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/16 "2010-02-12T13:54:45Z")
I work from home. Therefore there is no need to be all gussied up right away in the morning, so typical shower time for me is between 3 & 5pm - either late enough in the day that I go “I better shower now or I’ll forget!” or I’m getting ready to leave the house to do errands/go to dinner/meet friends.
The only exception is when I motivate myself to workout earlier in the day, I take a shower when I’m done with my workout. But most workouts are in the noon-2pm timeframe, so once again, I’m showering between 3 & 5.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/17 "2010-02-12T14:15:12Z")
I don’t have any sense of smell, so I need to be extra vigilant about matters of hygiene. I take mine in the morning, before I go out among the masses.
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### Author:  [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/18 "2010-02-12T15:04:07Z")
At night. I hate going to bed feeling sticky and grimy. Almost as much as I hate getting up in the morning. I can sleep longer if I don’t have to get up to shower. I like my hair to be dry by the time I leave the house, and have no problem going to bed while it’s wet - it makes the pillow cooler during summer.
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/19 "2010-02-12T15:39:41Z")
In the morning. It helps me wake up and the steam (along with a neti pot) helps combat sinus drainage for me. If I don’t take a shower in the morning, I’ll feel congested for a good portion of the day.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/20 "2010-02-12T15:41:44Z")
Shower in the morning, for multiple reasons. Waking up, of course, and all that, but I also have two feet of hair. It takes about 2 hours for it to dry thoroughly. I hate going to bed with wet hair. I don’t mind going to work with wet hair.
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