People , there is NO EXCUSE for not showering daily ,

[UndertheOcean]

unless you are homeless ...

Sigh , there is no tactful way of bringing this to the attention of a friend.

[madinmaryland]

1. FU! What if my power has been out for three days..

:shakeshead:

[Fran Kubelik]

2. Daily?

This is why Europeans laugh at us and our fetishes.

[JVS]

10. Wait until you're riding in the bus in the seat next to the old bavarian with lederhosen, slicked...

hair, and the aroma of rotting cabbage and korn schnapps wafting from him.

[Fran Kubelik]

33. I've lived in Europe, I know that they can take it to the extreme

But demanding that someone shower every day, as if that's some accepted norm that only a deviant would ignore seems a bit extreme.

[Jamastiene]

3. Uhm, I hope bubble baths count, because

I take those as often as I can afford it. Showers are ok and all, but not nearly as good as bubble baths in baby bath with lavender and chamomile. :shrug:

[KayLaw]

14. I'm with you.

When you lie in a tub water gets here, there, and everywhere.

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. shower if'n you stink

personally my geriatric skin can not tolerate daily showering

to drying

[UndertheOcean]

5. we all stink if we don't shower daily , especially in southern states

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. That is not necessarily true.

If you use the right kind of hygiene products, you can get away with skipping a day.
Duckie

[Mad_Dem_X]

18. I shower every other day

and that's when I wash my hair, too. If I did it every day, my hair and my skin would be too dry. I do wash my face every day.

[emilyg]

41. Shower instead.

[Book Lover]

17. All?

Sorry if that's the case for you, but simply, no.

[KitchenWitch]

46. Not true.

[badgerpup]

30. Dr Bronner's castile soap...

...is really nice for sensitive skin.
I likes it for those days when it's so hot you have to shower 3 times because it's so hot and muggy you feel icky...
can't get through the summer without the peppermint soap.
The lavender is nice for winter, and if you mix them together it's heavenly.

Used to use the almond for my ex-sig other to give him a shave...he had really sensitive skin and shaving cream irritated him, but this gave him a really good shave and he liked the almond scent.

Only thing is that it doesn't have the long-lasting deodorant effect of a lot of commercial soaps...and that's not really 'bad'.

[Orsino]

6. One excuse is the ability to get away with it.

Only some people develop sufficient funk to make daily bathing a necessity, and you may never know whether a given individual does.

There's no excuse for neglecting the minimum possible hygiene to avoid offense.

[NJmaverick]

8. There may not be an excuse, but what would be the reason?

[azmouse]

9. I shower every other day

and the others days just wash up by the sink.
I'm trying to save water.

[LeftyFingerPop]

11. I only shower on my birthday...

on the "even" years.

[Jamastiene]

16. That reminds me of a joke my grandmother once told me.

Here is how it went:
There was this coworker at a mill here where I live. She smelled atrocious. No one knew what to do, so they got the supervisor to have a talk with her in his office. He sent her home with a bar of soap.

She came back to work the next day and still smelled atrocious. So, the supervisor had another talk with her in his office. He asked her if she had used the bar of soap and washed herself.

She said, "Yes, I washed as high as possible and as low as possible." The supervisor looked at her and thought for a moment. Finally, he said, "Well then, maybe you need to go home and wash possible."

:P

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. Ha! Nice one!

:rofl:

[Skittles]

36. I WILL KICK YOUR ASS

YOU FILTHY BASTID :7

[unsavedtrash]

12. and splashing on Patchouli does not equal taking a bath.

Really.

[badgerpup]

31. but ...

if you use just a little patchouli oil after a bath...then when you start sweating a bit, the effect is very arresting...
and I mean in a turn your head so fast you get a crick in your neck good way.

Remember that SNL skit with Gilda Radner advertising that perfume called Hey...YOU!?
Kinda like that, only not quite so pronounced...:evilgrin:

[unsavedtrash]

42. I do remember

and you are SO right about getting the crick.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. i dont shower daily. i use deodorant and drink a lot of water and smell delightful

water is a limited resource and i respect that more than i do social mores

[terrya]

15. I'm not diligent about showering daily during winter.

Hell, if it's the weekend, and -10 at night and I'm not going out...what's the point of showering? :shrug:

[skygazer]

19. Nonsense

[Orrex]

26. Au contraire; the problem is too much scents

:evilgrin:

[bigwillq]

21. Sometimes I don't shower every day

if I have a day off from work and I know I am not going anywhere I usually don't shower.

[benny05]

22. I am like Bigwillq

And sometimes, I only take a quick bath too. Luckily, my hair only needs shampooing no more than 3 times a week.

I don't believe in daily showers because they use so much water. But I do think it's important to wash hands frequently.

[fudge stripe cookays]

40. Yep, me too.

If there's going to be housework involved, and I'm just going to get oogy and sweaty, what's the point? And usually by the time I'm done, I'm fucking exhausted.

Tonight, I'm very proud of myself. I cleaned house all day, and still had enough energy for a hot thyme-scented bubble bath with a Bailey's on the Rocks and a Scott and Zelda bio.

Yay me!

[Runcible Spoon]

23. I shower on the days I work out, go riding, or sweat for some other reason, 4-5 times a week

every day is bad for my hair and skin.

There are ways to tell your friend. "Dude you STINK" works pretty well on my rugby buddies.

[Lucian]

24. I shower every day...

sometimes twice a day.

I can't stand not taking a shower at least once a day.

[billyskank]

25. I don't have a shower. Is that an excuse? I think it is.

So I take a bucket daily instead. Twice daily, usually.

[skooooo]

32. at least take a sponge bath and wash up....

if ya don't have a shower

[Crabby Appleton]

27. Sometimes there is an excuse

if you're staying at the Bates Motel

[littlebit]

28. I try to take one everyday but

I live in a truck and have to shower at truck stops. Sometimes I have to skip a day if I am not near one.

[AlCzervik]

29. i do shower everyday but i only wash my hair every other day or else it gets really dry.

[DarkTirade]

34. Um... not everyone has 24/7 access to a shower.

[Skittles]

35. WHY BE TACTFUL

TELL HIM HE FUCKING STINKS AND HAND HIM A BAR OF SOAP

[Left Is Write]

37. Sure there is. Not everyone needs a daily shower.

Dry skin and dry hair are two good reasons to go every other day instead of every day.

Some people get "ripe" 8 hours after a shower. Some people take two days to reach that point.

If your friend is unwashed and smelly, that doesn't equate to everyone needing a daily shower. All it means is that your friend could use a shower.

[mokawanis]

38. Much too time consuming

I shower 4 or 5 times a week and feel put upon doing it that much. I'm struggling mighty not to feel bad about that right now, damnit. :(

[Critters2]

48. On days I do shower, I do it after work. I am NOT a morning person,

and CANNOT get organized well enough to take a shower every morning. Imagine if I lived more than 30 seconds from my office!

[triguy46]

39. Just once? Two is my average....

and sometimes in summer up to 5 if I've been out in the fields.

[GreenPartyVoter]

43. I bathe every other day. If I am stinky, I can spot wash. And I wear my clothes more than

once too, so there.

[Fire Walk With Me]

44. Sure there is.

Ladies, come and get it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

45. plenty of damn good reasons...

bedridden.
casts on limbs.
too weak.
fucking dying!
don't want to.
don't need to.

I could go on but, you get the pic, I'm sure.

You need to man up and talk to your friend about HIS issues.

[Critters2]

47. I used to shower every day. I ended up with some real skin problems

and cradle-cap. Had to start using a medicated shampoo that smelled awful and turned my hair to straw. Now I shower every other day, with a sponge-bath and baby powder on the in-between-days. I'm pretty sure I don't stink.

[baldguy]

49. It's Sunday, And i wasn't planning on going anywhere or seeong anyone.

Why should I shower?