Daily at the minimum. During the summer, it can be two to three times a day depending on the outside temperature and what I'm doing.
Do you wash?
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I shower every second day. My water is really hard and strips my hair and skin. I break out if I shower more or less than that, it was hard finding a balance, cuz I love being in the water. I also hardly sweat unless it's +35 C and really humid and I'm working at something that requires some effort. But I know what the OP means, it's hard walking in stores and not visibly gagging sometimes.
If I'm somewhere with normal water, I can shower daily, and it only dries out my hair some. For cleanliness sake unless I'm trapped in the middle of nowhere with no water I don't go longer without showering tho.
If I'm somewhere with normal water, I can shower daily, and it only dries out my hair some. For cleanliness sake unless I'm trapped in the middle of nowhere with no water I don't go longer without showering tho.
Yesterday my supervisor had to tell one of our clients that the client needs to do something about her hygiene. Her body odour could literally fill our community room, and being in a small room with her was unbearable. It's an awful thing to have to say to someone but it reached the point where none of the staff could be around her for long.
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Jetfire
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As long as you are not getting really sweaty & dirty...you can just wet a cloth and clean up. Once a day is fine...every other day if you are not getting real sweaty & dirty working outside.
Yeah, people smelling like people isn't something that bothers me.
Painful story: One day, I needed to use my local library's insanely fast internet, in the middle of summer. I'm minding my own buisness when a morbidly fat guy sits down next to me. He stinks - but it's this disgusting sweet smell unique to incredibly fat people, that I've since been told is caused by bacteria trapped in unwashed fatty folds (
) or somesuch. I've encountered a couple of really fat people with this exact same smell. It's hideous.
So I'm sitting there, discreetly holding my nose and trying not to retch. I'd been waiting for my download and I was gonna last out the final 20 mins.
Fatty gets up and walks off...only to return with an electric fan he stole from the reception. He plugs it in next to himself and turns it on - blasting the fucking smell at me full-force! I was almost sick. A few minutes later the librarian walks over and, without a word, unplugs the fan and takes it back. I had to quit and leave - I felt so sick, and had that stink up my nose for hours
) or somesuch. I've encountered a couple of really fat people with this exact same smell. It's hideous.So I'm sitting there, discreetly holding my nose and trying not to retch. I'd been waiting for my download and I was gonna last out the final 20 mins.
Fatty gets up and walks off...only to return with an electric fan he stole from the reception. He plugs it in next to himself and turns it on - blasting the fucking smell at me full-force! I was almost sick. A few minutes later the librarian walks over and, without a word, unplugs the fan and takes it back. I had to quit and leave - I felt so sick, and had that stink up my nose for hours
Always once a day, no matter what. More depending on activity. I'll risk being late to work in order to shower.
I do a lot of outdoor work (job, yard, etc), and HATE having that gritty, dirt on the skin feeling, so showers are mandatory afterward.
I had a biology teacher in highschool who refused to use underarm stuff, be it deoderant or anti-persperant. He wasn't outrageously big, but he had a pretty decent beer belly and sweated quite profusely. He also smoked like a chimney, so you can imagine how he smelled by the end of the day. UGH!!
I do a lot of outdoor work (job, yard, etc), and HATE having that gritty, dirt on the skin feeling, so showers are mandatory afterward.
I had a biology teacher in highschool who refused to use underarm stuff, be it deoderant or anti-persperant. He wasn't outrageously big, but he had a pretty decent beer belly and sweated quite profusely. He also smoked like a chimney, so you can imagine how he smelled by the end of the day. UGH!!
I'd like to add that the reason I didn't say something is that this guy had mental problems. His mental age seemed to be about ten (he was singing into the fan), and had I said something he very probably would have burst out crying and made an even bigger scene. I don't think he should have been out unsupervised.
The whole thing left me with a splitting headache, and utterly furious. As I said, I couldn't lose the smell all day, and kept asking people if they could smell it on me (they couldn't).
It was months ago and just typing this now and remembering it has left me with the taste of bile in the back of my throat.
The whole thing left me with a splitting headache, and utterly furious. As I said, I couldn't lose the smell all day, and kept asking people if they could smell it on me (they couldn't).
It was months ago and just typing this now and remembering it has left me with the taste of bile in the back of my throat.
Painful story: One day, I needed to use my local library's insanely fast internet, in the middle of summer. I'm minding my own buisness when a morbidly fat guy sits down next to me. He stinks - but it's this disgusting sweet smell unique to incredibly fat people, that I've since been told is caused by bacteria trapped in unwashed fatty folds (
So I'm sitting there, discreetly holding my nose and trying not to retch. I'd been waiting for my download and I was gonna last out the final 20 mins.
Fatty gets up and walks off...only to return with an electric fan he stole from the reception. He plugs it in next to himself and turns it on - blasting the fucking smell at me full-force! I was almost sick. A few minutes later the librarian walks over and, without a word, unplugs the fan and takes it back. I had to quit and leave - I felt so sick, and had that stink up my nose for hours
I shower every morning. Never miss it. I cannot function if I haven't showered. I don't care if I have the day off from work.
Sometimes I shower in the evening as well. I'm compulsive about things like this.
Sometimes I shower in the evening as well. I'm compulsive about things like this.
I generally shower in the morning unless
a) I'm going to work out shortly, in which case I wait until after I exercise, or
b) I'm planning on just hanging out at home and I really don't care how I look.
I still wash up and use deodorant even if skip a shower, though. I'm not a total smelly pig.
a) I'm going to work out shortly, in which case I wait until after I exercise, or
b) I'm planning on just hanging out at home and I really don't care how I look.
I still wash up and use deodorant even if skip a shower, though. I'm not a total smelly pig.
I'm paying for the water. I'll waste it as much as I like.
And it's not about germs. It's about feeling gross. When I get home from work, I'm covered in grime and grease from the kitchen at my restaurant, and I like to get that shit off of me before bed. When I wake up, I'm covered in my own bodily juices, which I like to remove before I start my day.
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Jetfire
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You get dirty while you sleep? Once before bed is ok and maybe any time after a work out, yard work...etc...but bathing before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning?
You get dirty while you sleep? Once before bed is ok and maybe any time after a work out, yard work...etc...but bathing before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning?
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Jetfire
Guest
But you are clean when you go to bed...If you wake up feeling gross...??? By all means bath if you feel the need...just don't get the shower at night and shower in the morning. 
I'm clean when I go to bed, but if I spend the whole night sweating IN BED, I'm not gonna wake up clean. Showering in the morning is also just a part of how I wake myself up. If I don't shower in the morning, I spend the whole day feeling really groggy. It's like people who require coffee in the morning in order to function. I need my shower.
