It's shower time baby!

[Bombadil]

An ex-girlfriend used to only shower at night, her point was she didn't see the point in going to bed awash with the filth of the day, being clean and getting into a clean bed meant you weren't particularly sweaty or smelly in the morning, and she was Asian so even less so, and that it was logical to shower at night not the morning.

Given Covid-19, I've kind of adopted this since I don't leave the house as much and, when I do, I'm wearing shorts and a t-shirt and deodorant will do.

So when do you shower, do you think it's logical and would you consider changing to night instead of morning, or do you do both?

Similarly, apropos of nothing, I heard French men wash their hands before peeing, because given what you've been touching all day it's probably more hygienic.

However.. this is for any shower habits, tips and tricks..

[Des-Bal]

Hot shower in the morning to bootstrap consciousness, cold shower after the gym in the evening to step down work protocol.

[Farnhamia]

I can't see it for me, I have long-ish hair and I won't go to bed with wet hair (I don't like hair dryers). I rarely come downstairs in the morning without washing up, brushing my teeth, etc.

[Cannot think of a name]

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank. Plus, I’m gross when I sleep so I might have drool or some other grossness and crust from the evening, I need to rinse all that shit off and create the illusion I’m not a gross blob. At least give people in the firs four hours of interaction the belief that I’m clean and hygienic.

Despite my advancing years I still go, “Crap, forgot to wash my noggin” and I feel like washing my face and head last (I have eliminated hair on top because they were a bunch of quitters) is borderline gross because I’ve already washed out my nooks and crannies. But soap either cleans or it doesn’t, I guess.

[Farnhamia]

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank. Plus, I’m gross when I sleep so I might have drool or some other grossness and crust from the evening, I need to rinse all that shit off and create the illusion I’m not a gross blob. At least give people in the firs four hours of interaction the belief that I’m clean and hygienic.

Despite my advancing years I still go, “Crap, forgot to wash my noggin” and I feel like washing my face and head (I have eliminated hair on top because they were a bunch of quitters) is borderline gross because I’ve already washed out my nooks and crannies. But soap either cleans or it doesn’t, I guess.

*slowly backs away*

[Cannot think of a name]

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank. Plus, I’m gross when I sleep so I might have drool or some other grossness and crust from the evening, I need to rinse all that shit off and create the illusion I’m not a gross blob. At least give people in the firs four hours of interaction the belief that I’m clean and hygienic.

Despite my advancing years I still go, “Crap, forgot to wash my noggin” and I feel like washing my face and head (I have eliminated hair on top because they were a bunch of quitters) is borderline gross because I’ve already washed out my nooks and crannies. But soap either cleans or it doesn’t, I guess.

*slowly backs away*

C’mere ya big galoot, let’s cuddle...

EDIT: Ha ha, testament to me never paying attention to who is who, I thought this was someone else but now I realize it’s not. I’m leaving it.

[Cirrus Azale]

I shower every other day, only at night.

[Valentine Z]

I have, in no particular order:

- Showered early in the morning (6-8 AM) every weekday back when I am in pre-University school.
- Showered in the evening (5-7 PM).
- Showered in some ungodly hour (1-4 AM).
- Not showering for 1-2 days.
- Not showering for 6 days (I was out in the middle of a forest for an army training). It is awful, trust me. VERY awful.
- Showered 2-3 times / day for special occasions.

So... I tend to get lazy with showering, BUT when I have to or managed to, my average showers are 20-30 mins, i.e. don't want to go out.

[Bombadil]

I can't see it for me, I have long-ish hair and I won't go to bed with wet hair (I don't like hair dryers). I rarely come downstairs in the morning without washing up, brushing my teeth, etc.

I'll wash my face and brush my teeth certainly, just dropped the shower.. my hair is quite fine and people do remark on how miraculously quickly it dries so it's not an issue.

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank. Plus, I’m gross when I sleep so I might have drool or some other grossness and crust from the evening, I need to rinse all that shit off and create the illusion I’m not a gross blob. At least give people in the firs four hours of interaction the belief that I’m clean and hygienic.

Despite my advancing years I still go, “Crap, forgot to wash my noggin” and I feel like washing my face and head (I have eliminated hair on top because they were a bunch of quitters) is borderline gross because I’ve already washed out my nooks and crannies. But soap either cleans or it doesn’t, I guess.

However that's the same for all day so a shower at night seems reasonable, I'm sure there'd be greater volumes of ball skank in the day than at night.

[Cannot think of a name]

I can't see it for me, I have long-ish hair and I won't go to bed with wet hair (I don't like hair dryers). I rarely come downstairs in the morning without washing up, brushing my teeth, etc.

I'll wash my face and brush my teeth certainly, just dropped the shower.. my hair is quite fine and people do remark on how miraculously quickly it dries so it's not an issue.

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank. Plus, I’m gross when I sleep so I might have drool or some other grossness and crust from the evening, I need to rinse all that shit off and create the illusion I’m not a gross blob. At least give people in the firs four hours of interaction the belief that I’m clean and hygienic.

Despite my advancing years I still go, “Crap, forgot to wash my noggin” and I feel like washing my face and head (I have eliminated hair on top because they were a bunch of quitters) is borderline gross because I’ve already washed out my nooks and crannies. But soap either cleans or it doesn’t, I guess.

However that's the same for all day so a shower at night seems reasonable, I'm sure there'd be greater volumes of ball skank in the day than at night.

Yeah, but I’m single (clearly) so it’s just me and my ball stank. I can deal with my own grossness, I just don’t want to impose it on others.

[Cirrus Azale]

So... I tend to get lazy with showering, BUT when I have to or managed to, my average showers are 20-30 mins, i.e. don't want to go out.

I stay in for 1 hour! HA!

[HUElavia]

I tend to shower in the early afternoon, something that I developed recently from when I'd return from work in the morning at my university, especially when I'd pass by some areas where students smell bad and the stench would get on me a bit. Even with this pandemic, I still consistently take my shower at that time, even though I work from home during the morning.

Also, taking it at that hour allows me to relax after tense days with my job.

[Cannot think of a name]

So... I tend to get lazy with showering, BUT when I have to or managed to, my average showers are 20-30 mins, i.e. don't want to go out.

I stay in for 1 hour! HA!

Ah that’s the dream, but I live in California where you brag your civic duty by how fast you shower.

[Bombadil]

- Not showering for 6 days (I was out in the middle of a forest for an army training). It is awful, trust me. VERY awful.

I rode a horse around Mongolia for a week or so.. you're not allowed to use soap in rivers in Mongolia, and they were pretty damn cold regardless. So it was essentially a week of sitting on a horse all day, living in tents, eating lamb gristle stew most nights, drinking vodka and not washing.. I swear to god I was probably being tracked as a radioactive danger.

On the way back to Ulaan Bator I was dreaming of a bath, I got to the hotel, which touted itself as 6*, turned on the tap to see muddy water come out and then the electricity went.

It was a low point.

[Farnhamia]

- Not showering for 6 days (I was out in the middle of a forest for an army training). It is awful, trust me. VERY awful.

I rode a horse around Mongolia for a week or so.. you're not allowed to use soap in rivers in Mongolia, and they were pretty damn cold regardless. So it was essentially a week of sitting on a horse all day, living in tents, eating lamb gristle stew most nights, drinking vodka and not washing.. I swear to god I was probably being tracked as a radioactive danger.

On the way back to Ulaan Bator I was dreaming of a bath, I got to the hotel, which touted itself as 6*, turned on the tap to see muddy water come out and then the electricity went.

It was a low point.

Muddy water is an exfoliant.

[Bombadil]

I rode a horse around Mongolia for a week or so.. you're not allowed to use soap in rivers in Mongolia, and they were pretty damn cold regardless. So it was essentially a week of sitting on a horse all day, living in tents, eating lamb gristle stew most nights, drinking vodka and not washing.. I swear to god I was probably being tracked as a radioactive danger.

On the way back to Ulaan Bator I was dreaming of a bath, I got to the hotel, which touted itself as 6*, turned on the tap to see muddy water come out and then the electricity went.

It was a low point.

Muddy water is an exfoliant.

It would have to cut through the inches of general grease and grime before it could even start exfoliating..

[Cybus1]

I shower or bathe at night. The only time I shower before then is if I’ve been up all night and need to force myself to stay awake for a class, or if I get particularly messy or sweaty for some reason and want to wash up. Or if I’m in my dorm and have a kidney stone and no other pain relief option.
Or after getting out of the pool, to wash off the chlorine, obviously.
To clean myself I prefer showers, but generally I prefer a nice long soak in the bathtub.
And if I’ve got a kidney stone and my pain meds (allergic to morphine so I take various hydrocodone products that, frustratingly, wear off before I’m allowed to take another one) wear off before I can take more, a hot bath sort of helps relieve the pain (until it gets unbearable and I have to to the ER for that sweet sweet pain-stopping, haze-inducing Duladid IV drip).
Showers suck for that, because I have to stand (or awkwardly sit against the shower wall and get sprayed) and the water doesn’t numb or reduce pain in the area as effectively..or at least it doesn’t feel like it (though it seems like the more focused stream of very hot water would better numb the area?).

[Glorious Hong Kong]

Who the hell has time to shower in the morning when they're groggy and half-awake and have to rush to work immediately afterward?

I always shower in the evening and shave at night when the day is spent, I'm much more alert, and there's plenty more time to spare.

[Free Las Pinas]

Speaking as a Filipino student.

Back when I had a functional schedule and went to traditional school, I had hot showers in the morning, which helped wake me up and eat breakfast faster. I also just like the feeling of being clean and smelling good. After school, which usually ends at 3pm or 5pm, if there's was some sort of meeting, I'd go home and take another shower.

Then, school closed due to the pandemic, so I had to stay home. It was summertime when quarantine begun, so I continued to take showers twice a day, since it was THAT hot. Now that it's no longer summer, I pretty much just take a shower at ~10am, and if I don't, I make my night shower earlier at about ~5pm.

Edit: Also because balls stinky.

[Heloin]

In the morning when I have long hair because I don't need to go to bed felling like I'm turning my pillow into a fungal garden. When it's short I'll do it at night cause I can dry it in time to sleep. Honestly though whenever is the answer for most days.

[Postauthoritarian America]

Having two dogs I shower at night, mornings are for kibbles breakfast and morningtime walks. Lately, and since I no longer have to worry about offending any workplace colleagues, I have been increasingly hydrophobic; I don't particularly like to drink water or shower in water (still washing my hands tho). At least once every other day though. So far. Save water -- shower with a friend.

[Thermodolia]

I tend to shower at night cause it gets rid of all the dirt of the day.

Though sometimes I will shower in the morning.

Also showering at night is better cause I can stay in the shower longer than if I shower in the morning.

[Geneviev]

I usually shower in the morning, because it wakes me up. The one problem is that my hair never seems to be dry in school, but at least I'm awake then.

[New haven america]

Whenever I feel is convenient and once every other day or so because showers can cause higher chances for breakouts and I don't have the luxury of clear enough skin to fuck around with those chances

[Borderlands of Rojava]

I’m going to get gross right off the bat and say in the morning because showing is aaaaallllll about ball stank, and after a night of hanging out in my shorts or whatever, balls accrue stank.

this shit made me shriek with laughter. I was not expecting this on NS.