# Shower Before Bed Or In The Morning **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/41 "2010-02-12T21:18:58Z")
The morning, always. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/42 "2010-02-12T21:21:01Z")
I’ve gone back and forth over the years, but in the four months since I’ve moved to my current residence, I’ve been exclusively a morning showerer. Generally, I’ve just been too tired/lazy at night by the time I’m going to bed to hop in the shower, even though I generally sleep better after a shower. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/43 "2010-02-13T03:13:54Z")
I’ve always showered in the evening. I hate getting into bed without feeling clean. ---
**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/44 "2010-02-13T05:39:37Z")
I need my morning shower, to avoid looking like a tramp. However if I go swimming or if I feel particularly greasy I have a quick shower at night too. If some action is expected, I do shower before sleeping. But unfortunately I haven’t done that in a long time… ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/45 "2010-02-13T06:54:49Z")
Umm…well, both, really. I don’t really have a set showering schedule. I prefer doing it in the morning because my hair ends up looking better, but if I’m feeling really grody I’ll shower at night. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/46 "2010-02-13T07:04:31Z")
People who shower before bed puzzle me exactly like people who brush their teeth _before_ eating breakfast. …Maybe they are the same 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/47 "2010-02-13T07:55:45Z")
Before bed, because I am very impatient when it comes to grooming, and I do NOT want to wait hours for my hair to dry before I can even wrestle it into submission. Shower in the evening, and if I wait too long and I go to bed with it damp, oh well…it still beats getting up two hours early every day when I could be SLEEPING. \ ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/48 "2010-02-13T10:19:27Z")
I am a big fat sponge. It would seem that no matter how thoroughly I try to dry myself off, my skin retains water very well. So if I shower in the morning and get dressed pretty quickly (which tends to be the norm as AM time is short), I tend to get my undershirts damp by the time I get to work. This also contributes to a very sweaty morning if it is humid at all. Therefore, I try to shower at night before I go to bed. I understand that this doesn’t make me cleaner, as our beds are full of buggies and junk more than I’d like to admit, but it does well in my mind. Also, I can get out of the shower and “air-dry” before I actually hit the bed and watch late night TV. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/49 "2010-02-13T10:25:09Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > 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. Excellent username/post combo! I’ve been going with nights lately, because it’s so relaxing. Back when I could get out of the house more often, I was always a morning showerer because I thought I sweated too much at night. I have to have it really warm to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/50 "2010-02-13T12:06:45Z")
What is this ‘shower’ whereof you speak? 🙂 I like to have a bath in the evening. A nice long soak. And I have a quick bath in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/51 "2010-02-13T13:59:07Z")
Shower in the morning and evening. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_a\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Not\_a\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_a_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/52 "2010-02-13T14:02:25Z")
I got into the habit of showering in the evening when I had hair down to my butt. It’s thick and would take 8+ hours to fully dry. I hate being out and about with wet hair all day, so I’d shower at night so it’d at least be mostly dry when I woke up. After I cut it to shoulder-length I ended up with jobs that got me all grungy. Taking a shower after work was necessary and just felt amazing. I have an office job now, but still prefer showers at night. I’ll take one in the morning if I need it, but I still hate going to work with wet hair. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/53 "2010-02-13T18:14:00Z")
In the morning for me. I sometimes jump in to the shower before bedtime but only because there’s already somebody in there showering. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/54 "2010-02-13T18:18:29Z")
Early evening. I have a TV in my bathroom so I can listen to News Hour while I shower. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/55 "2010-02-13T19:25:15Z")
Since I’ve been a working adult, I shower in the morning… helps wake me up, lets me get my hair styled (if I’m bothering). Before then, back in college, I always showered later in the day, when I was, yanno, actually dirty. Since I work in an office, I’m not terribly grungy at the end of the day. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/56 "2010-02-13T19:43:05Z")
Well, when I lived in Texas, BOTH (and sometimes again during the sweltering day). Nowadays, I sometimes take a BATH at night, just to relax, but ALWAYS shower in the morning. May be a 5 minute shower if I’ve bathed the night before, but I do it, just to feel/smell fresh and wake up. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/57 "2010-02-13T19:55:56Z")
Every morning. If I don’t I feel like shit most of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/58 "2010-02-14T02:05:40Z")
I shower after I get home. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/59 "2010-02-14T02:22:04Z")
It’s gotta be when I wake up. My hair simply does not cooperate after I have slept on it without soap and hot water. I don’t even have a fancy style - I’m a man with shortish hair. [This](http://www.menshairstyles.net/v/celebrity-hair-style/Robert+Pattinson+photos+with+very+short+haircut+looking+very+hot.JPG.html) isn’t a bad approximation of my current haircut (I have a bit more length on top, and my color is dark brown), though of course I’m far more handsome. :rolleyes: kidding, and mine has a lot more gray through it. I blame my mother. I finally got her to admit she went gray in her early 20s, just like I have. But when I wake up, it’s literally going in 17 different directions. A simple combing or brushing does nothing, it will pop right back into a crazy ass bed-head look. Even fully wetting it is insufficient. I need a shower, shampoo, hot water to tame the beast that is my hair. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677/60 "2010-02-14T03:22:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 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. Yeah, this. If I went to bed with wet hair, not only would I be uncomfortable, I’d have to take another shower in the morning to get it looking normal again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-before-bed-or-in-the-morning/528677.md?page=4)