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Do you take baths. Do you even have a bath?

JupiterKid

It seems that over the past decade everyone is ripping out their baths and replacing them with big showers with drencher heads. Whilst that is all fine and dandy, do you not miss the occasional bath in which to de-stress and soak those aches and tensions away?

I have a bath with a shower unit and I just could never get rid of the bath, as although I dont use it very often it is nice to have as an option to have a nice soak now and then

Yes: you've guessed it. After getting into a painful and very awkward move in yoga this evening, I just had a delightful 30 mins relaxing in a hot bath.

So, do you have a bath and do you use it? If you don't, do you miss it?

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LirW

It seems it's really a Marmite thing. Some love the soak, some really don't, I know I'm certainly not a big fan of it.
It also bothers me that a lot of places have only small tubs where you can't soak properly in it but have to get in this awkward position to somehow fit into it.

Postgrad10

Have a bath with a shower hose attachment. Miss the shower though, faster and more water efficient.

branie2

Yes I do.

[Deleted User]

We have a really big fancy looking bath in the main bathroom. I never really used it until about 3 weeks ago when I thought.. feck it I'll have a bath. Ah it was lovely. So relaxing, I thought I should do this more often and actually went out and bought a fancy soak.

Then a few days later I saw a MASSIVE spider climbing around a shelving unit in there. Sent my OH in to deal with it but he couldn't find him. "Probably went behind the bath" he said. Well you can burn it to the ground now. I'll be sticking to my en suite shower.

corner of hells

Shenshen wrote: »

We just had to re-do our bathroom (we had a leak), and I insisted on having a bathtub again.

I don't use it very often, maybe once a month, but it's just such an indulgent pleasure to take a bath, I wouldn't want to be without.

Also, I had a bike accident earlier this year and ended up with quite a lot of bruises and a sprained shoulder. Not sure how well I would have done without being able to take baths to relieve the pain.

Please tell me you had the bike accident in the bath , it'll take the thread to a whole new level

valoren

Have a bath but any time I ever used one with hot water I could feel my blood pressure going through the roof. I could never sleep after it either.

Every now and then I might take a 20 minute cold bath. Icy cold water, the colder the better.
Take cold showers as is so it's not a shock.

pekitivey

I love to listen to audio books and sometimes find it hard to find the time to do so. A bath is the perfect excuse for me to take some personal time and listen to a nice audio book

Dial Hard

I LOVE the bath. Have one every weekend. Candles lit, glass of wine, good book - bliss. I can easily spend two hours in there.

sugarman wrote: »

Rarely, I generally dont enjoy sitting in my own filth.

I never understood this argument. How dirty are people letting themselves get in the first place??? Anyone who showers daily isn't going to be anywhere approaching the point where they'd end up "sitting in their own filth". Besides, I can't speak for anyone else but I always finish my baths with an all-over wash followed by a rinse with the shower head.

Such a strange thing to say.

topper75

They are excellent once in a while. I would never take out the bath. It is not a bathroom without one.

Your body loosens out and relaxes and then that transfers to you rmental state. You feel great.

Alcohol may provide this, but at a hangover cost!

If you are into sport at any level, it really helps with staying conditioned and fresh between hard sessions.

Wheres Me Jumper?

I usually shower 3 or 4 times per week, but there's nothing nicer than a good hot bath on a cold winter's evening while enjoying a glass of red wine and listening to some good music. Aaaaah!

Ciaran_B

The house I've been living in for 4 and a half years has a big bath but I've never taken one. Maybe when the winter comes in I'll have one.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Occasionally I'll have an epsom salt bath if my muscles are sore. I usually stick a movie on my tablet and have it sitting beside the bath and watch that while in the bath

pekitivey

When I was younger my mother would put a few drops of tee tree oil in our once weekly baths. and myself and the brothers were the only people in the school to never get head lice when there was an outbreak. she swore by the stuff

Boom_Bap

pekitivey wrote: »

When I was younger my mother would put a few drops of tee tree oil in our once weekly baths. and myself and the brothers were the only people in the school to never get head lice when there was an outbreak. she swore by the stuff

There's shampoo for kids that include it now to try stop outbreaks.

We got our bathroom done recently and had to keep the bath. It's rarely used but comes in handy from time to time.
It's mostly used to clean my paint brushes though ha!

Alun

Would never get rid of the bath. I'm getting on a bit in years and the body needs the occasional long soak with some body soak salts to ease away the aches and pains.

Shenshen

corner of hells wrote: »

Please tell me you had the bike accident in the bath , it'll take the thread to a whole new level

I wish I had the imagination to tell you a big story now about my bike in the bath.

But unfortunately, it was just me cycling down a hill around a corner and meeting an SUV head-on as it was overtaking a pedestrian.

freshpopcorn

Yes and Yes.
I go on phases of having baths especially in the Winter.
I would never get rid of the bath because I know people who did and they ended getting them back in again.
It's something I find relaxing.
In the past I've had a skin condition and taking a bath is meant to helpful for it if it flares up again.

Digs

Yes when I’m pregnant I love Epsom salt baths, life saver in the last few weeks. Only 2/3 weeks left on that road though. It also buys me half an hour sanity bathing the kids together. Otherwise I never tend to and we’ve been in this house 8 years and I don’t think my husband has ever had one!!

Once the kids are a certain age I can see us redoing the bathroom and ripping out the bath in favour of a spacier shower!

cbyrd

sugarman wrote: »

Rarely, I generally dont enjoy sitting in my own filth.

If I'm sick or aching and need to relax i'll have one followed by a shower.

Lol how dirty are you? If you're manky should you not shower first??

I have a bath and love it, although I'm usually too tired to use it often, there's nothing like a hot Epsom bath when your aching.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

I like baths but don’t get the reading-in-the-bath thing. To keep the pages dry, you need to elevate your arms which is anti-relaxing.

fyfe79

Our house is a 1970’s 3 bed semi and the bathroom is tiny. We’re planning a renovation and the wife wants to remove the bath altogether. Suits me as I don’t think I’ve ever used it in 12 years, but she uses it the odd time and the kids have their regular baths every second night or so. She’s willing to remove it though to create at least some space in there.
Is it much of an ordeal getting a 3 year old (the youngest) to switch to showers after having baths all her life? Last thing I want to be doing is putting back in a bath because the females all miss it!

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Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I like baths but don’t get the reading-in-the-bath thing. To keep the pages dry, you need to elevate your arms which is anti-relaxing.

I used to have a little bathtop book holder, you still had to reach up and change page but Id leave one hand out so I could do that.

I love baths. Ive never even used the shower in our house. Mostly I shower in the gym or work but at the weekends I always take baths.

[Deleted User]

Would have a bath fairly rarely, ever since getting a decent shower installed in the house.

But still find them very relaxing. Have to renovate the bathroom in the house (we've two bathrooms, one with a bath that's in need of refurb, and the other which doesn't have a bath) and I'm unsure whether or not to keep the bath. It rarely gets used, but i do enjoy them for the once in a blue moon they get used..

BlazingSaddler

I love a bath in the winter at least once a week, gives me an hours peace from the wife and kids and really relaxes me before bed also helping me sleep better. I wouldn’t be without the bath. Have also been known to drop a book in after nodding off whilst reading, and recently my phone which wasn’t too clever in hindsight

Steve F

Couldn't get rid of ours,after all, where would all the spiders meet?

Edward M

....... wrote: »

I used to have a little bathtop book holder, you still had to reach up and change page but Id leave one hand out so I could do that.

I love baths. Ive never even used the shower in our house. Mostly I shower in the gym or work but at the weekends I always take baths.

What would you do with the other hand?

jim o doom

Own one, generally only use it about once a year when my body is aching from training / general abuse.

Load of epsom salts and/or bubble bath, some nice music, glass of brandy / whiskey. Nice.

Ray Palmer

The house we bought had the bath taken out and a bidet added. The shower was absolutely useless so was the bidet as there was very little water pressure.
Put in a new bathroom following YouTube videos. Put in a P shaped bath so it had a proper shower space and a bath. Wife injured her back and so grateful we have a bath.
That is when you realise how important they can be. Same with hand rails on stairs. Seem unnecessary but a minor injury and you suddenly realise. A serious injury and you can really suffer for some fashion choices

Graces7

Zorya wrote: »

I have a bath about once a week. Plus showers of course. I use Epsom salts for non medical reasons, just because they are good for you, and make you feel great. My baths are quite fast, as I need the water to be really hot, and as soon as it starts to cool, I get out. Baths are one of life's treats. I lived for more than 15 years in various places with no electricity or running water and always swore one day I would have a bath at my disposal. Love my bath.

Yearn! The only real nightly pain relief that worked for me was a deep hot bath and I miss it.Beat codeine everytime..Hate hot rain...here I have neither bath nor showers and even when a rental had a shower I never used it... big bowl of hot water is grand

miezekatze

We ripped out the bathtub when we bought our house as our bathroom is really small and it just felt really cramped with the big bathtub in there taking up like half the room. I'm glad we did it, the room works better now and I'd hate having to climb into a tub every day to have a shower. I do like a bath during the winter though and I miss having a tub in the house.