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How's your personal hygiene?

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    #272
    meeeeh
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Random though, but how did people have sex when it was common not to wash at all or only wash once a year, yet they must have or we all wouldn't be here.

    I actually read an extract about hygiene and sexual habits and so on among farmers in 19th century where I come from. I almost got sick and actually stopped reading. I doubt it was much different in other parts of Europe.


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    #273
    The Moldy Gowl
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    Tipperary Fairy wrote: »
    He would. But I wouldn't let him as I wouldn't be comfortable with it.

    We're both pretty aware of hygiene and there'd be no problems if I had said listen you stink go have a shower. It was my choice. He was fine.

    You must have got drunk off his fermented ball sweat.


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    #274
    D3V!L
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    Shower every morning, full change of clothes and shower after the gym. Bed sheets and stuff like that gets changed frequently, I dont keep track.


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    #275
    [Deleted User]
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    I thought my hygiene was good until I read some of the posts in this thread.

    Usually I shower every day. It depends. Sometimes I'll miss a day. I brush my teeth twice a day. My hair gets washed once and the odd time twice a week. It's very curly and too much washing will strip it of it's oils.
    Em that's it really.


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    #276
    [Deleted User]
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    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    Leave my balls out of this. No one needs to know about my infections

    Please don't say that.





    :pac:


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    #277
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Random though, but how did people have sex when it was common not to wash at all or only wash once a year, yet they must have or we all wouldn't be here.

    Blowjob with a side of cheese.


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    #278
    Mesrine65
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Blowjob with a side of cheese.
    Fellation fromage sounds sexier :pac::pac::pac:


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    #279
    El_Duderino 09
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    OldNotWIse wrote:
    Shower every morning. I know a lot of people who shower at night and not in the morning which is not something I could do - I have to shower in the morning before going to work, I wouldn't feel clean doing it the night before then sleeping and just getting up and changing.

    I work either a fella who does that. He's an educated guy with a great job but there's a honk off him some days. Not BO just a stale smell of bed. I catch the train with him and do what I can to avoid sitting beside him in the mornings.

    There's another fella who I have to avoid on the train but he's just plain smelly and dirty. Unwashed, greasy hair and his coat stiiinks! He usually has some clean and some dirty parts. Clean shirt, smelly greasy hair and stinking jacket.

    Some posters seem a bit OTT but I wish they passed on a few traits to these guys.


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    #280
    Robsweezie
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    Coming close to my yearly shower now...the excitement!


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    #281
    Potential Underachiever
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    Serious bang of Deja Vu off this thread.


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    #282
    Mourinho
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    Potential Underachiever wrote: »
    Serious bang of Deja Vu off this thread.

    The only bang off this thread is severe OCD :p


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    #283
    Potential Underachiever
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    Mourinho wrote: »
    The only bang off this thread is severe OCD :p


    Well, Yeah that too.


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    #284
    stoplooklisten
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    I wash myself with a rag on a stick


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    #285
    Lady is a tramp
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    I shower most days but skip the occasional one. Wash my hair every 2-3 days. Brush my teeth at least twice a day, usually more.

    Bedsheets get changed, I guess maybe every 2 weeks? Fresh towels for every shower. Bathroom handtowels/floor mats get washed maybe twice a week.

    As regards washing clothes, fresh knickers and socks/tights at least once a day. For some reason I don't wash bras as often though - I'd get a few wears between washes. Tops - one wear. Jeans/trousers - two/three wears. Cardigans/hoodies - two/three wears. Skirts hardly ever get washed, for some reason they never seem to get dirty/smelly! PJs, maybe two wears.


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    #286
    La.de.da
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    The Moldy Gowl wrote: »
    You must have got drunk off his fermented ball sweat.

    Extra vinegary.....:p


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    #287
    Dial Hard
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    OldNotWIse wrote:
    I wouldn't share your enthusiasm for the whole single use pyjama thing and am probably guilty of more than a few "quick showers" in place of the scrubbing, rinse, repeat ritual but I do agree with you on the touching of anything in public. People really are disgusting with their bad hygiene and snorting and coughing and not washing hands etc.

    There was a thread (complete with poll) in here a few years back asking if people wash their hands after they go to the loo. It was horrifying.
    saram wrote:
    Brush teeth 3- 4 times a day including after lunch..

    You're potentially looking at severe enamel damage from that. Twice a day is all that's required and never within an hour of eating or drinking. Will post a link tomorrow, on mobile now so can't.

    My sister is OCD about brushing her teeth every time she eats and had to have several veneers last year because her enamel was so damaged as a result.

    My mum is the same and she's going through *extremely* expensive treatment for gum issues at the mo.

    Anyway, on the general topic, I doubt there's anyone here who hasn't skipped the odd shower. The people who absolutely reek aren't washing their clothes or themselves.

    I know plenty of people who sweat like racehorses but never smell anything other than pleasant because they wash themselves and their clothes properly. Fresh sweat doesn't smell.


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    #288
    Dial Hard
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    mariaalice wrote:
    Random though, but how did people have sex when it was common not to wash at all or only wash once a year.

    Because monogamous couples quickly attain a state called homeostasis whereby they essentially become immune to eachother's harmful bacteria.


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    #289
    Esel
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    Potential Underachiever wrote: »
    Serious bang of Deja Vu Phew off this thread.
    FYP

    Q: What do you call it when you go down on someone you have just met for the first time, but you get a strange feeling that you have been there before?










    A: Deja Pheeew ! :D

    Not your ornery onager



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    #290
    intheclouds
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    mariaalice wrote: »
    Random though, but how did people have sex when it was common not to wash at all or only wash once a year, yet they must have or we all wouldn't be here.

    I have wondered how people interacted AT ALL in medieval times what with the lack of washing, same clothes worn for ages, no dental hygiene (course they weren't eating processed food or sugar) etc...

    If one of us time travelled back I'd say the stink would knock you.


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    #291
    Paulownia
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    intheclouds wrote: »
    I have wondered how people interacted AT ALL in medieval times what with the lack of washing, same clothes worn for ages, no dental hygiene (course they weren't eating processed food or sugar) etc...

    If one of us time travelled back I'd say the stink would knock you.

    True but I think the whole thing is rather overdone these days. I went to boarding school in the sixties, we changed our socks twice a week, the rest of our clothes once a week, bathed once a week unless we had a match to play and showered afterwards. I actually don't remember anyone smelling bad. Maybe we all did and were immune to it.


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