There are some dirty broads on MM

[gault]

I'm wondering how you know that someone else's butthole smells after a skipping a shower day. Do you have experience getting all up in other people's assholes? Or have you smelled your own ass after a few days and therefore have some sort of guilt complex about said ass scent?

[emsumm]

I workout every day so I shower every day. My hair sweats a lot. If I miss a workout I might skip a shower. I do not wash my jeans after every wear, but I always wash my hair when I bathe. I also take a bath every night, but that's just for funsies.
I felt the need to weigh in here.

[gault]

Mar 30, 2013 22:59:53 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

I just went and read the MM thread, and the people who keep saying "just use lotion" in response to dry skin issues are making me seriously ragey.

No, lotion doesn't always 'do the trick' and just because you think it works awesomely for you doesn't make that true for everyone

/rant over

In high school, I had particularly dry and flaky skin that would get tight and itch and generally cause me grief.  

One of my good friends (who had oily skin) said to me, "can't you just use...what is it...moisturizer?"

SMASH

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I promise you I do not smell after 3 days. Showering daily is bad for your skins!

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I shower every day I workout. I don't shower on my rest day, and if I happen to have 2 rest days in a row and the 2nd one is on a weekend, I sometimes hit 3 days. I also don't shampoo on yoga/weights days - or if I run at lunch - but even with dry shampoo it's ill if I run and don't do a full wash.

That said, I can't shake the feeling that people on MM are making a calculated choice to be slightly icky for a third day in order to divert the $4.77/month they were spending on water and soap into an IRA. And that I will laugh at all day long.

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Mar 30, 2013 22:59:53 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

I just went and read the MM thread, and the people who keep saying "just use lotion" in response to dry skin issues are making me seriously ragey.

No, lotion doesn't always 'do the trick' and just because you think it works awesomely for you doesn't make that true for everyone

/rant over

Lol, yes. There is a difference between a light dusting of dry skin and an angry "I'm gonna sting the shit out of you and turn into a big red lizard" type of dryness. If I try to put lotion on my especially cracked hands or other dry patches, it fucking hurts. 

[starlily]

Mar 30, 2013 21:16:18 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

what amazes me more is that some people don't smell even without daily showering. how? how do they do this? i am a sweaty, nasty beast and i smell by the end of the day. what are the secrets???

Body chemistry.

I can go 2 days and not stink. My brother and SIL reek after 1/2 a day. It's wonderful they found each other.

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Mar 30, 2013 21:48:40 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Does anybody use flushable wipes?

I've been wondering about them.

And this seems like a good place to ask.

Every time. 

They are glorious. They stay on the back of my toilet, except for when guests come. Then I hide them under my sink because I'm not sure if its taboo or infantile. 

[iamgrace]

I don't care what other people do as long as they don't smell.

I shower pretty much every day, and wash my hair too. My skin is fine, my hair is fine. I feel I need to wash that much because I run almost everyday, and I just don't feel clean if I don't wash my hair. There is maybe one day a week I might not shower.

[vmars]

I shower everyday unless I am sick. I wash my hair everyday - its very thin and looks greasy unwashed. I also shower before going to the beach and when I get home lol.

I wash my jeans after I wear them for an entire day unless I only wear them for a part of the day and they are not dirty (but I am clumsy).

This is my personal standard, if DH doesn't shower for a day it doesn't gross me out. The whole showering before bed is odd...I don't sweat in bed & really not much during the day, so nbd. I also don't work out...so there's that.

I use the wet wipes - don't use them everyday but they do help if your sensitive in that area.

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Mar 31, 2013 8:41:27 GMT -5 @booby said:

the one thing i don't understand out of all of this is why theycalledherkate thinks that people with newborns don't have time to shower. when your baby sleeps 20 hours a day, of course there is time to shower.

Mine did not sleep that long unless I was holding him. I was probably dirty in those days because sleep always beat showers. Also I don't care often people shower, I was just lol at people using efficiency as the excuse not to.

[sherbanator]

I shower after every work out. This equals 6 times a week.

[sherbanator]

Also, I love booty wipes. Kirkland brand is my favorite.

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Mar 30, 2013 19:21:57 GMT -5 mofongo said:

To piggy back, they also did a jean washing poll. Some will wear them 3,4,5 times without washing .

I easily wear jeans 3 times before washing.

[sunshineluv]

Mar 31, 2013 8:41:27 GMT -5 @booby said:

the one thing i don't understand out of all of this is why theycalledherkate thinks that people with newborns don't have time to shower. when your baby sleeps 20 hours a day, of course there is time to shower.

Do you have any kids? I did manage to shower every day when he was a newborn, but it wasn't easy. He slept, a lot, but while being held, and cried out a lot during his sleep. I had no idea what the hell I was doing so every peep freaked me out. I also had bad separation anxiety where I felt really anxious when I wasn't physically touching him (the first few weeks). My point is getting that four minute was a huge accomplishment at my house, haha.

[kcr1972]

Mar 31, 2013 9:33:01 GMT -5 @godawgs said:

Mar 30, 2013 19:21:57 GMT -5 mofongo said:

To piggy back, they also did a jean washing poll. Some will wear them 3,4,5 times without washing .

I easily wear jeans 3 times before washing.

I said asshole. Not shit. Read the post again. Even if someone didn't shower for a week I wouldn't think they would smell like shit.

[cheeseandcrackers]

If people can smell ass on you, chances are you are going longer then 3 days between showers, haha.

[papie]

I don'ts ee the big deal. I sometimes skip a day. I don't think it is gross to shower twice a week, although I prefer showering every day. Unless you work out and sweat like crazy. Or in the summer. But if you didn't sweat, whatever.

Oh and actually I think someone could sponge wash their armpits, vagina, ass and feet every day and then go weeks without showering and it wouldn't even be gross.

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Mar 31, 2013 9:39:27 GMT -5 sunshineluv said:

Mar 31, 2013 8:41:27 GMT -5 @booby said:

the one thing i don't understand out of all of this is why theycalledherkate thinks that people with newborns don't have time to shower. when your baby sleeps 20 hours a day, of course there is time to shower.

Do you have any kids? I did manage to shower every day when he was a newborn, but it wasn't easy. He slept, a lot, but while being held, and cried out a lot during his sleep. I had no idea what the hell I was doing so every peep freaked me out. I also had bad separation anxiety where I felt really anxious when I wasn't physically touching him (the first few weeks). My point is getting that four minute was a huge accomplishment at my house, haha.

Yes.  Also, I have two toddlers and it is a LOT harder to leave them unattended while I shower than it was with 1 newborn.  H's work schedule is crazy and sometimes he is gone the entire day/days at a time.  I shower every 2-3 days unless I run, then I always shower after.  BEFORE kids I showered on the daily, sometimes twice a day.  Kids change shit.

[Jalapeñomel]

So let me get this straight: It's ok to go a couple of days without bathing but if you don't brush your teeth at least twice a day and floss, then you are a digusting human being?  I will never understand you ML. 

[bab]

Mar 31, 2013 10:41:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

This post is STILL GOING ON??

If you have time to still be in this thread, you definitely have time for a shower!

LOL

go bathe!

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Mar 30, 2013 22:36:56 GMT -5 @amoosed said:

You could not shower everyday in the Minnesota winter. Your skin would flake off you entirely. Like a snake.

I'm in MN & shower daily, often twice daily when working out. I just use body oil afterward.

[iamgrace]

If you're blaming your kids for not having time to shower, you're doing it wrong.

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Mar 31, 2013 12:16:07 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

If we skip more than one day it smells like seaweed and summer sausage up in here.

This is alarmingly specific. 

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I want to gather all the "if you don't shower twice a day you are gross" people and drop them into the middle of day four of a four day Widespread Panic outdoor concert series in the middle of August and watch them cry.

[eb777888]

Mar 31, 2013 12:17:04 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

i don't know why i'm SO annoyed by this thread lol, but i keep bringing my ass back in here.

Me too. I'm very curious about the habits of other people and the judgments of habits of other people, apparently.

I also want to get down to Scotty smelling like seaweed and summer sausage if she goes one day without showering.

With the exception of a couple of IL's who never shower, I don't know anyone who smells.

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Mar 31, 2013 14:07:42 GMT -5 lagom said:

Mar 31, 2013 13:51:58 GMT -5 @wonderred said:

I want to gather all the "if you don't shower twice a day you are gross" people and drop them into the middle of day four of a four day Widespread Panic outdoor concert series in the middle of August and watch them cry.

Bonnaroo, anyone?  Or Country Stampede?  Just add the smell of weed/Miller Lite, and no one can smell the awful body odor.  

It's all about the patchouli.

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I haven't read the thread, so forgive me if this was mentioned. But I just need to remind everyone that there was someone here who in the past admitted to not using any soap on her asscrack. That is all. Happy Easter!

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Also, I am strangely lacking in body odor. My feet don't sweat either.

[hokiegirl82]

I once went 10 days without showering when I was 17. My appendix burst on a Sunday morning, and I didn't get admitted to the hospital until the following morning. That was followed with an 8 day stay in the hospital, 4 days in ICU and 4 days in a regular room. I wasn't allowed to shower due to having a line stitched into me near my collar bone so it was easy to take blood. That first shower after 10 days was about 30 minutes long, and I think I washed my hair about 4 times during that shower alone.

I also learned to not take showers for granted after having 2 bunion surgeries in the last 9 months - I only showered every 4-5 days during the month I was off work each time because it was such a pain in the ass to shower - I had to sit on a stool in the shower and keep my foot propped up with a cover over it, plus I wasn't doing anything except sitting on the couch for 4 weeks so I wasn't getting very dirty, but now I definitely enjoy my daily showers more than ever.