Post by starburst604 on Feb 15, 2018 11:14:29 GMT -5
I’m trying to figure out what someone is doing in the shower for 45 minutes. If I’m not hair washing or shaving, my shower takes 5 minutes tops. I don’t even have enough hot water to last 45 minutes. I need to know what is happening in there?!
My DS went from loving the bath to being a total hosebeast about a month ago. It's miserable to bathe him, but he still gets a damn bath. I just cut his hair shorter and let him scream. That's the natural consequence in my household.
When my H stops bathing daily without reminders, I shame him. It only happens when he's off his regular schedule or depressed (the first often triggers the second). He would also shame me if I didn't. I cannot relate to those new mom memes where it's saying "I haven't showered in 4 days." That would make whatever baby blues or PPD I had worse. I need my shower to feel human. I scrubbed extra hard after reading this thread
I never understood the not showering as a new mom either. And I did have PPD. Put the baby in a bouncer in the bathroom with you and lather up. OR wait for your SO to get home. (I do understand that for some with depression, the showering thing can fall by the way side, but it seems like ALL moms say this. )
I can't decide if this really happens this much, new moms just feel like saying this because it is like a badge showing how much you are doing all day with your baby or they feel they cannot leave the baby in a bouncer or something other safe thing while they hop in the shower.
Thirding that I never got this either, or the whole no time to eat because I have a baby. Bouncer in bathroom, problem solved if H wasn’t around when I wanted to shower. As for eating, as long as I have one hand free I will always find a way!
Post by amandakisser on Feb 15, 2018 11:46:05 GMT -5
When my DD2 was a newborn, she fell asleep to the sound of the shower. I spent a LOT of time in there LOL.
They both enjoy baths now, but my DD1 LOOOOOOOVES taking showers (she is 4). Like, she would take a shower over watching a movie or playing with a new toy most days. I often bring her in there with me at night and shower together because it's sometimes the only 1:1 time we get together (I'll be sad when she's too old to do that anymore). And I just recently started letting her take a bath by herself while I put her little sister to bed, so I'm hoping she always equates hygiene with "freedom"/being a "big kid".
Guys you know what's happening in a 45 minute shower lol. Come on now.
I know, but shouldn't that make him look forward to the shower, not dread it? "Crap, I have GOT to go jerk o-I mean take a shower now. See ya in an hour!"
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
My husband just stands there. I’ll walk in and he’s just standing there lathering the soap. I think he just stands in there and zones out. He wastes so much soap.
Post by fancynewbeesly on Feb 15, 2018 16:48:57 GMT -5
My daughter is 6 and HATES washing her hair/showers. Baths are fine and fun but hates washing hair. In fact the day that her hair fell out due to chemo she thought it was the best thing ever because she didn’t have to wash her hair.
What is someone DOING in the shower for 45 minutes!? (I probably don't want to know.)
I wash and condition my hair every single day, body wash, face wash, shave, in-shower body lotion, and I'm STILL done in like 6 minutes flat.
I could ask my 20 y.o. stepson but then I'd have to see him blush and stammer, lol. Just today I woke up from a nap at 2 and went into the living room...he was in the shower then and didn't come out till 2:50. IDK how long he was in there before I woke up.
It's even more awkward when you're a manager of a male who is older than you... I've had to do that twice and both stick out as some of my most uncomfortable moments on this earth. Do not make me have to have a conversation with you about showering, washing your uniform, and wearing deodorant! You are a grown ass man!
Thankfully, I will likely never have to have this conversation again with a direct report because I no longer work in a service industry.
Omg. Why is it always men? We've never had to have a hygiene discussion with any female employee. We have had to have that talk with at least 4 men that I can think if.
One guy that I was training had breath so bad that when he'd open his mouth to ask a question, I would literally have to turn away b/c I was gagging. That combined with body stank and smoking was horrifying. When he was told (by another male, thank god), he had NO idea. His response: my GF hasn't ever said anything. WTAF? Your GF is probably just as nasty as you are then. At least he cleaned up after that and fortunately wasn't there long before he was terminated.
I dream of a shower stall, so it can be plugged and filled with water and then I can be surrounded by nice hot water and still have it coming out of the shower head.
I do not wash my hair everyday, as it would dry it out, and the only thing that can make me annoyed when I do wash is having to dry it since it is fairly long. I like the warmer months when I can air dry more often.