Shower vs Bath

Published on November 9, 2005 By foreverserenity In Misc

I like a nice warm bath. A nice warm bath with lots of bubbles. A nice warm bath with lots of bubbles that smell really good. A nice warm bath with lots of bubbles that smell really, really good! Har, har…let me stop!

No really I do enjoy a nice bath. And especially when I take a nice warm, delicious smelling bath with my other half….well, need I say more?!

However, I really, really, really, LOVE to take showers!

A nice, long, warm, spa-like shower. It gives me time to reflect, invigorates me, revives my tired body and gives me the jump start I need in the mornings!

A spa-shower for me is when I treat myself and pretend I’m at an actual Spa with someone else doing those nice delicious things for me, like a body scrub, facial, getting rid of unwanted body hair, washing my hair, etc.

It’s the place I go when I want to get away from the noise and demands of my kids and my husband. Sometimes I even invite him in with me when I’m feeling playfully frisky!LoL!

I LOVE taking showers because it’s my time to unwind and reflect on my thoughts and the things I need to get done. I also use that time to meditate and to pray. (when you have a four year old who has to be involved in everything you do, then you can question that last part).

Shower vs Bath, for me showers have it! It’s the best thing!

Which do you prefer and why?

Comments (Page 2)

Tova7

on Nov 09, 2005

Oh, shower for me.

No time for baths.

Tova7

on Nov 09, 2005

I'm utilitarian about everything. I think showers on the whole are cleaner, but I don't think you do as good a job cleaning if that makes any sense. The fact that you are soaking your feet and legs and *cough* other stuff I think are pros in the bath column since it helps lift off dead skin and such, but then every time I take a bath I feel filmy and have to shower a bit to get the soap off anyway.

Buwhahahah Baker. I bet you don't sleep naked either.

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dynamaso

on Nov 09, 2005

I'm a shower person, particularly because here we are in a drought and showers don't waste as much water as a bath (provided one doesn't shower for hours on end). Like a lot of people here, I never feel properly clean after a bath.

ParaTed2k

on Nov 09, 2005

I'm not sure if you're pulling my leg or not! I never heard of that!

Oh Forever Serenity, I wish I was pulling your leg (and I equallly wish the RLS wouldn't keep pulling on mine). Imagine an itch deep in your bones that you have no way of scratching... that is the best way I've come up with to decribe what it's like.

My husband has this exact same thing! Don't you run marathons? OR am I thinking about someone else?

He gets RLS so bad the DR had to put him on a low dose of anti-seizure medicine. It's really low dose, and only works sometimes.

I will tell him about the bath thing though....thanks.

Yeah, I'm on Requip for it, but as with your husband, it doesn't work all the time. No, I don't run marathons, in fact I hated every step of every run I had to do when I was a paratrooper. Sometimes in a bad attack though, I feel like a marathon is all that would help. Unfortunatly, exercise offers very little relief.

foreverserenity

on Nov 10, 2005

My husband has this exact same thing! Don't you run marathons? OR am I thinking about someone else?He gets RLS so bad the DR had to put him on a low dose of anti-seizure medicine. It's really low dose, and only works sometimes.I will tell him about the bath thing though....thanks.

Oh..I didn't realise this was an actual ailment.

Oh, shower for me.No time for baths.

Yea, which busy mom does?!

Like a lot of people here, I never feel properly clean after a bath.

It's a consensus!

I understand now from what Tonya (Tova7) wrote! I understand the description too. I sorta have something like that, not to the extent, I'm referring to your description of that itch in your bones. I hurt my left knee as a child and it hasn't really been the same since. I sometimes feel like I could pull off my knee cap and scratch it sometimes from the feeling I get. So I understand. I'm sorry if I sounded too flippant about it!

Sometimes in a bad attack though, I feel like a marathon is all that would help. Unfortunatly, exercise offers very little relief

That's awful Ted.

Trudygolightly

on Nov 12, 2005

MY idea of heaven, among others..., is a shower to wash away the grime of living, then sink into
a tub filled with perfumed oil, or perfumed bubbles, with candles slowly burning and music in
the background.

Morning calls for a quick shower to get the muscles and joints moving again with the sting of
very warm water on the back.

I get very painful thigh spazms, so have cyclobenzephrine on hand for that, and am now
starting to also get the restless leg thing going so this medicine helps me alot.

Spc Nobody Special

on Nov 12, 2005

Hot baths. Hot. Hot. baths....If jazz music, candles, sex, chocolate or dr. pepper are involved, so much the better.

And really, I feel like you get cleaner from a good bath. It lets you soak everywhere. You might have to rinse after, but it's definitely cleaner. When you want to get grease and dirt off of a pot, do you rinse it, or soak it?

And occasionaly, although it's sheer torture, ice cold baths immediately after a particularly long run or race. They suck, but it takes away all that inflammation causing residual soreness that sometimes lingers for a couple of days.

Spc Nobody Special

on Nov 12, 2005

P.S. I'm the marathoner. At least when I'm back in condition. Still working on it.

momijiki

on Nov 13, 2005

I like Japanese style. You shower up first and clean yourself, then settle into the bath for a nice, hot soak. I have a... shower room? Bathtub and shower are in a separate tiled room. Pretty standard for over here. You get a little stool to sit on, scrub off, rinse off, then soak.

If you go to a public bath and do the soak first, you get the most evil glares.

By tub isn't long, but with a slight bend of legs, I fit into the tub and the water goes up to my shoulders if I like. The long shallow tub doesn't do it for me anymore.

I guess I am a combo girl.

ParaTed2k

on Nov 13, 2005

So I understand. I'm sorry if I sounded too flippant about it!

FS, be as flippant as you wanna be! I joke about it all the time! ;~D ((course, I'm the guy who satired my own NDE... so... ;~D )))

uDigItTheMost

on Nov 13, 2005

I love long showers with the water as hot as I can stand it. The other day my GF and I were running late, so I took a shower in 5 minutes. I got out and as I was drying off I ran my hands over my wet hair to slick it back, and my hands was full of suds. I was in such a hurry I forget to wash the shampoo out of my hair. No more quick showers for me.

dharmagrl

on Nov 13, 2005

I take showers in the mornings. I find them invigorating; it wakes me up and gives me a good start on the day.

I take baths at night when I need to relax. There's something about soaking in hot scented water after a long day...I always sleep better after I take a bath.

uDigItTheMost

on Nov 13, 2005

--Shower for me, in and out in ten minutes tops

That's me when I'm in a hurry. My husband can do it in five or less!--

Five minutes or less?? I hope for your sake you're talking about showers, FS

--No really I do enjoy a nice bath. And especially when I take a nice warm, delicious smelling bath with my other half….well, need I say more?!--
--It’s the place I go when I want to get away from the noise and demands of my kids and my husband. Sometimes I even invite him in with me when I’m feeling playfully frisky!LoL!--

I love having sex in the shower, too. And when I'm not by myself and my GF joins me that's even better.

Dr Guy

on Nov 13, 2005

Thinking about (most) american's habits, they seem more akin to the Japanese than Europeans (Cleanliness wise). You should see my wife. I shower once a day, and sometimes she still fusses at me!

InBloom

on Nov 13, 2005

I love baths...wish I could make more time for them...but I try to make showers relaxing as well, and TRY not to take too long.

Oh, some fast Shower facts for you (I read about them somewhere):

Did you know that during the majority of shower time, most men face TOWARD the shower head, while most women face AWAY from it? Don't know why that is...

Also, women do more thinking in the shower than men...most men just wanna complete the task and get out of there!

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