I'm just going to hang out on Wawa's couch for the duration of this thread.
Oh come on now, I was going to enlist you to out me if I'm a secretly stinky person! It won't work if we're both gross! Vespasia will have to stand alone vouching for me. I'd tag in some of the other people from GTG's but IIRC they all involved walking some distance before we met up and...yeah, no I'm not taking that chance.
I bet you 1234FIF!! is never going to sit next to me at a meal again...
Also this. I pressure wash. Handheld showerheads are a must have in my life. I've had one in every bathroom since I moved out of the dorms in college.
And seriously - are ya'll leaving chunks behind when you wipe? Why are you so caught up on having a dirty asscrack? I shit. I wipe until the TP comes back clean. It's not like there are smears of shit just hanging out waiting till my next shower. Just invisible eww which again, is no different than my hands which have touched god knows what and come clean just fine with soap and hot water.
If anybody is curious I do use a washcloth to clean my little people. They are some grimy little humans though and things get all...everywhere in diapers.
I've seen a lot of people's genitals and butt cracks, and well you'd be surprised....
I'm just going to hang out on Wawa's couch for the duration of this thread.
Oh come on now, I was going to enlist you to out me if I'm a secretly stinky person! It won't work if we're both gross! Vespasia will have to stand alone vouching for me. I'd tag in some of the other people from GTG's but IIRC they all involved walking some distance before we met up and...yeah, no I'm not taking that chance.
I bet you 1234FIF!! is never going to sit next to me at a meal again...
I had been meaning to tell you but I didn't know how...
No, you aren't stinky! Although I don't use a washcloth either so maybe I can't tell over my own funk?
Oh FWIW, I do own washcloths and always make sure they are provided to guests. I just don't use them in the shower myself unless I'm legit grimy and need to SCRUB.
Ditto. It actually never occurred to me that my guests are cleaning their asses with my washcloths.
Right? My MIL must have washcloths when she visits. She's visiting right now. You should see my face right now.
But you're right, a medical professional wouldn't tell you, but you can also gauge people's reactions.
I'd like to think that I think I keep a pretty stone cold poker face as I smell stinky vayjayjay. Even when we do the whiff test when the patient isn't around, still stone cold!
So, if you use a washcloth do you use the same one for several days or a new one each day? Do you always end with your nether bits? For some reason the thought of using a washcloth that has been in my crack to wash my boobs seems way worse to me than using lathered up hands everywhere.
We just never had washcloths growing up. My mom had to buy some for MH when we visited the first time because he WILL NOT shower without one.
I guess I don't get the ew factor of putting one's soapy hand near the same place where, if you wear a tampon or insert a cup, your hand goes anyway. Either way is gross but necessary as a human being with parts. And what's that saying that your mouth has more germs than your ass?
I'd like to think that I think I keep a pretty stone cold poker face as I smell stinky vayjayjay. Even when we do the whiff test when the patient isn't around, still stone cold!
I tried poofs and washcloths for awhile, but keeping them dry and stink free is harder than keeping myself that way. I can't throw the wet one in the laundry, so where does it go to dry until I do? I do usually use one on DS for now. Don't know why. Probably hold over from diapering.
Oh come on now, I was going to enlist you to out me if I'm a secretly stinky person! It won't work if we're both gross! Vespasia will have to stand alone vouching for me. I'd tag in some of the other people from GTG's but IIRC they all involved walking some distance before we met up and...yeah, no I'm not taking that chance.
I bet you 1234FIF!! is never going to sit next to me at a meal again...
I doubt you are stinky. I'm not saying that not using a wash cloth means you are stinky. I just want something with a little....texture to scrub my body. Something to remove the grim I feel on my body after a long day, and the dead skin and sweat from my arm pits. And while I don't leave poop on my butt, I'm just grossed out thinking about trying to rub it clean with my hand (my goodness this is too much). I'm sure you smell perfectly nice
I'm sorry to make you say all that! You are too nice. FWIW I'm pretty confident that I don't smell regularly. Mostly because MH tells me when I stink. Like, I plopped my butt down on the couch after my run last night to nurse the baby and he was all, "UGH EWWW. SHOWER NOW. FEED BABY LATER"
My non cloth using self does appreciate a good exfoliation though. I keep a jar of sugar+salt+coconut oil in my shower for this purpose. I get to be all scrubby and moisturized at the same time. Makes the shower slippery as hell though.
Parking myself over with wawa and @ladydisdain in the dirty hippy camp.
My hands are generally used for a quick soap and rinse, and if I need a deeper scrub (I've been sweating, am legit covered in dirt/grime, or just want a little extra exfoliation, I'll use a loofah for most of my body, and a handheld showerhead is used for spraying down all the delicate areas. I used to use a wash cloth or loofah most of the time, but in the winter even the wash cloth started irritating my skin, so I switched to using my hands. Hands have since become the norm. I never use soap on my vagina, because from everything I understand you're not supposed to, because it harms the balance of bacteria there. So I'll loofah or hand wash over the front my pelvis, and if I really feel I am in need of thorough washing of the labial area (say after my period or sex) then I'll use the showerhead for a thorough rinse.
H and I have had extensive conversations about this, and I've been assured that everything is always clean and lacking in any smell apart from normal healthy vagina smell.
I doubt you are stinky. I'm not saying that not using a wash cloth means you are stinky. I just want something with a little....texture to scrub my body. Something to remove the grim I feel on my body after a long day, and the dead skin and sweat from my arm pits. And while I don't leave poop on my butt, I'm just grossed out thinking about trying to rub it clean with my hand (my goodness this is too much). I'm sure you smell perfectly nice
I'm sorry to make you say all that! You are too nice. FWIW I'm pretty confident that I don't smell regularly. Mostly because MH tells me when I stink. Like, I plopped my butt down on the couch after my run last night to nurse the baby and he was all, "UGH EWWW. SHOWER NOW. FEED BABY LATER"
My non cloth using self does appreciate a good exfoliation though. I keep a jar of sugar+salt+coconut oil in my shower for this purpose. I get to be all scrubby and moisturized at the same time. Makes the shower slippery as hell though.
team no-washcloths here. i use a big loofah-scrubber thing on most of myself and my hand on the rest. and then i wash the hand with the soap.
So, if you use a washcloth do you use the same one for several days or a new one each day? Do you always end with your nether bits? For some reason the thought of using a washcloth that has been in my crack to wash my boobs seems way worse to me than using lathered up hands everywhere.
We just never had washcloths growing up. My mom had to buy some for MH when we visited the first time because he WILL NOT shower without one.
Yes! To me it's worse to reuse the same washcloth that using your hands to wash.
So, if you use a washcloth do you use the same one for several days or a new one each day? Do you always end with your nether bits? For some reason the thought of using a washcloth that has been in my crack to wash my boobs seems way worse to me than using lathered up hands everywhere.
We just never had washcloths growing up. My mom had to buy some for MH when we visited the first time because he WILL NOT shower without one.
New washcloth everyday. Nether bits are the last thing washed before I get out. Wash cloths get washed on hot water with a little bleach. It's ALL clean!
I tried poofs and washcloths for awhile, but keeping them dry and stink free is harder than keeping myself that way. I can't throw the wet one in the laundry, so where does it go to dry until I do? I do usually use one on DS for now. Don't know why. Probably hold over from diapering.
It just hangs on the towel bar and dries. It's not that hard
I tried poofs and washcloths for awhile, but keeping them dry and stink free is harder than keeping myself that way. I can't throw the wet one in the laundry, so where does it go to dry until I do? I do usually use one on DS for now. Don't know why. Probably hold over from diapering.
It just hangs on the towel bar and dries. It's not that hard
No can do in our shower. We had to hang a towel hook bar on the outside, but if it were do drip from there it would go on a ledge, not down a drain. No place inside the shower to hang it. When I used to try in the last place, would forget to remove it before turning the water on to warm up the next time and it would be wet again. Overall, I'm lazy.
It just hangs on the towel bar and dries. It's not that hard
No can do in our shower. We had to hang a towel hook bar on the outside, but if it were do drip from there it would go on a ledge, not down a drain. No place inside the shower to hang it. When I used to try in the last place, would forget to remove it before turning the water on to warm up the next time and it would be wet again. Overall, I'm lazy.
Got it. I've never had a bathroom that didn't have a towel bar either over the toilet for hand towels or on the wall somewhere near the shower, so it's always been super easy to just hang it up and let it dry. Just curious, so where do you hang towels in your bathroom?
Post by Queen Mamadala on Oct 9, 2015 14:09:42 GMT -5
Half white/half black girl and I use a loofah. I just learned last week that H uses his hand. Say what!? I never really thought about it until he mentioned it.
No can do in our shower. We had to hang a towel hook bar on the outside, but if it were do drip from there it would go on a ledge, not down a drain. No place inside the shower to hang it. When I used to try in the last place, would forget to remove it before turning the water on to warm up the next time and it would be wet again. Overall, I'm lazy.
Got it. I've never had a bathroom that didn't have a towel bar either over the toilet for hand towels or on the wall somewhere near the shower, so it's always been super easy to just hang it up and let it dry. Just curious, so where do you hang towels in your bathroom?
Hooks on the outside of the shower. But there is no place to drip dry. Have to go to DSs bath or laundry room for that. It's a weird layout.
Also this. I pressure wash. Handheld showerheads are a must have in my life. I've had one in every bathroom since I moved out of the dorms in college.
And seriously - are ya'll leaving chunks behind when you wipe? Why are you so caught up on having a dirty asscrack? I shit. I wipe until the TP comes back clean. It's not like there are smears of shit just hanging out waiting till my next shower. Just invisible eww which again, is no different than my hands which have touched god knows what and come clean just fine with soap and hot water.
If anybody is curious I do use a washcloth to clean my little people. They are some grimy little humans though and things get all...everywhere in diapers.
I've seen a lot of people's genitals and butt cracks, and well you'd be surprised....
True story. When my Grandma died I had a bunch of cousins in my generation who I don't usually get to see in town for the funeral. The night of the funeral, we decided to go out in one big group to a club in DC. At the time, we had our German nanny living with us, and she agreed to watch the kids while the adults went out. One of my cousins said to me, in all seriousness, that she wasn't sure about our nanny watching her daughter because the fact that the nanny was white meant that she didn't use wash cloths, and the kids needed to bathe before going to bed. I had to assure her that I'd make sure her daughter got a wash cloth.
Another Team White Girl/Washcloth User checking in; grew up with them.
I have washcloths that are specifically for my face and others that are specifically for my body. I don't use it on my body every day, but fairly often--sometimes I just want some gentle exfoliating/scrubbing action. For an extra layer of ridiculousness, I don't use the same side of the cloth on my crack as I do the rest of my body.
No washcloth here. Half white, half Mexican. There is nothing caked on my butt when I get in the shower (or any other time). Hot running water and a good lather applied by hand are absolutely sufficient to clean me. I agree with the sentiment that if you can wash your hands after using the bathroom/changing a diaper/changing a tampon/etc and then feel comfortable eating later, all without using a scrubbing washcloth, there's not really a need to scrub your body with one.
I would also think that there is a difference between how clean you get taking bucket baths and taking a shower where you can lather up and rinse under constantly running water, and that makes more of a difference than using a washcloth. I definitely think using a washcloth would be more effective if you are literally bathing out of a bucket, though.
All that said, I understand that if you grew up using one, it would feel weird not to use one now, and you would feel less clean, etc. But there's no need to imply that those of us who don't use one are stinky people caked in poop, who can never get clean.
Also, I thought you weren't supposed to use soap "down there." At least with the lady bits...irritation and whatnot.
Soap leads to nasty yeast infections for some people. Its not fun at all! No amount of rinsing, scrubbing or power washing can undo the damage that soap does when it messes with the pH levels down there.