Do you ever use the bath?

FatherLen · 17-05-2012 09:53AM

if i am ever monumentally hung over i will get into the shower, wash myself to the best of my current abilities and then lay down in the tub until the shower fill the bath. i will then vegetate until i have the energy to move.

pearliefan · 17-05-2012 10:09AM

FatherLen wrote: »

if i am ever monumentally hung over i will get into the shower, wash myself to the best of my current abilities and then lay down in the tub until the shower fill the bath. i will then vegetate until i have the energy to move.

Last time I had a bath was about a year and a half ago after a 3 day binge, with 3 more days to go.... (I was on holiday). That bath may have actually saved me that week. Took about an hour before I had the energy to get out of it and start drinking again.

17-05-2012 10:13AM

don't like baths

Kintarō Hattori · 17-05-2012 10:19AM

Bath only I'm afraid as currently we don't have a shower. That'll come in a few months hopefully.

starlit · 17-05-2012 03:44PM

The odd time but for medical reasons I cannot really use baths so prefer to shower. To totally chill out and relax well bath is ok. I prefer to shower, its easier, quicker, refreshing and gets the job done! Don't use as much water compared to a bath.

FoxT · 17-05-2012 03:49PM

Shower's best for hair & skin.
I use the tub for makin' gin.

Stiffler2 · 17-05-2012 04:51PM

Yeah - dimmer in the jax so it's turned down to a nice yellow darkish light
candles get lit, rose petals put into the bath with lavender bubble bath.

Also have a curry before hand and you can have a bubble bath then.

Nothingbetter2d · 17-05-2012 05:10PM

hmm stewing in your own filth or shower... shower for me... besides my flat has no bath tub

paddyandy · 17-05-2012 10:23PM

I became a Vegetarian years ago so i don't need so much washing and bathing like i used to .

me m · 17-05-2012 10:56PM

thats why we had to bring in the water charge. people wasting good water to sit in their own filth. fair enough some ladies might want some alone time in the tub

Deus Ex Machina · 17-05-2012 11:00PM

I use the bath with great frequency. Tonight I fully intend on running a hot one, complete with scented bubble bath, lighting a few candles, pouring a snifter of Courvoisier and reclining in the warmth as I listen to Miles Davis and watch the mellow candlelight flicker on the marble.

17-05-2012 11:01PM

I use it to hose the dog down every few months.

pragmatic1 · 17-05-2012 11:13PM

Only for medical reasons because it takes too long. Baths rule though. Very relaxing.

iguana · 17-05-2012 11:19PM

I love taking a bath, in my old house the bath was fantastic as the previous owners were a gay couple who clearly enjoyed bathing together as the bath was easily big enough to accommodate two grown men. It was brilliant, I'm a shortarsé so could float in it.

I'm not enjoying them as much now, when you're pregnant you aren't allowed have hot baths and lukewarm ones suck. Especially when your belly sticks up out of the water and gets cold.:( It wouldn't be so bad if it was a normal May but it's just too cold this year to feel chilly in the bath.

stovelid wrote: »

I guess your husband kicking the bucket would qualify as a failed marriage.

The opposite really. The only way a marriage can be guaranteed to have been definitely successful is when one or both partners die and they were still in love. Up until one kicks the bucket there is always a chance of adultery or divorce.

eth0 · 17-05-2012 11:47PM

paddyandy wrote: »

I became a Vegetarian years ago so i don't need so much washing and bathing like i used to .

what in the feck has the one got to do with the other?

kjl · 18-05-2012 12:12AM

sorry, mis post

paddyandy · 18-05-2012 10:27AM

eth0 wrote: »

what in the feck has the one got to do with the other?

Meat eaters smell worse than eaters of vegetables and fruit ........visit any ZOO .

Nothingbetter2d · 18-05-2012 10:28AM

paddyandy wrote: »

I became a Vegetarian years ago so i don't need so much washing and bathing like i used to .

smelly hippy

supernova84 · 18-05-2012 09:05PM

Baths are for whimps!

cynder · 18-05-2012 09:13PM

I love to soak in a red hot bath, with sensual oils and candles lit around the bathroom with the lights out....

18-05-2012 09:21PM

Bath is a requirement for every place we view to rent for me and my boyfriend. He hates showers. Got to admit I love a good bath meself. Might change his tune when water charges are introduced, but at the moment he's singlehandedly draining the Malahide estuary with his daily washes.

He's also a bubble bath expert. Treacle Moon are the best.

FreddysFace · 18-05-2012 09:25PM

As a treat sometimes. Candle, glass of wine & some molten brown bath salts

Amazing

eth0 · 19-05-2012 02:48AM

paddyandy wrote: »

Meat eaters smell worse than eaters of vegetables and fruit ........visit any ZOO .

I never noticed. There are some right smelly vegetarians about the place

Sea Filly · 20-05-2012 10:17AM

I love baths. My boyfriend finds it weird that I only spend 20 minutes in them. That's all I need. So, why bother?

Well, I believe a bath gives a more thorough clean. People always say they dislike baths as you are stewing in your own filth. I don't see it like that at all, the detritus built up would be incredibly dilute in the bath water, and the soap and heat should take care of any bacteria floating around.

I used never take baths, but a few years ago I had to take saline baths daily to aid healing of a wound I had, and grew to love them!

The only downside is that while I feel a bath bodily wash is more thorough than a shower bodily wash, I think bath-washed hair fares worse, as it doesn't get rinsed as well as in the shower.

Do you ever use the bath?

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