Bath vs shower

[hawkal]

So on the one hand a shower is quick gets the job done and saves time you could use for other things BUT I find a bath is very therapeutic, it relaxes your muscles and you feel better for it (at least I do). Especially if it's after exercising.

Given the choice would you rather save time by having a shower or feel better and more relaxed after a bath?

[Matthew Shea]

As far as I'm concerned, baths are an occasional luxury. We have a whirlpool bath tub, which is very relaxing, but I like to be able to set time aside for it and fully enjoy it. So basically it's once every month or two for me.

[Akashic_Librarian]

I am Shower supporter. Baths are OK but most people don't have time EVERYDAY to have an hour long bath every night.

[Love]

I love showers. Fast, fast, fast. I imagine the dirt coming off me and swirling down the tub hole. With baths, that dirt just stays there.... and heat intensity decreases with time...

[Lauxa]

I like both. When I am stressed and need a break from the kids, nothing is as relaxing as a hot bath and a book. I especially loved baths when I was pregnant. I like showers better for washing my hair. For either one, I like the water HOT.

[StarFish]

Showers! I get bored in baths and the water gets too cold to quickly (I like my water really hot)

[Beloved]

I like both, a shower to wake me up properly in the morning or a nice relaxing bath in the evening. I try not to do both in one day unless I am really stressed. With the water shortages here I take less baths. And I like water to be hot.

[Minsc]

Cold shower. It'll give you energy instead of relaxing you.
And it's quick, too.

I do it with the coldest water I can get out of the shower and you should be able to also with some practice(start with the middle setting and gradually set it colder during a session, next session start a bit colder and decrease the setting farther, keep going until you're getting down to the coldest and then decrease what you start off with).

Also, the upper body is more sensitive to cold water than the lower body... Try having the water go around your neck and down the front of your torso.

If you need to start off somewhere, start with your arms and legs.

[Jim11]

Originally Posted by Minsc

Cold shower. It'll give you energy instead of relaxing you.
And it's quick, too.

I do it with the coldest water I can get out of the shower and you should be able to also with some practice(start with the middle setting and gradually set it colder during a session, next session start a bit colder and decrease the setting farther, keep going until you're getting down to the coldest and then decrease what you start off with).

Also, the upper body is more sensitive to cold water than the lower body... Try having the water go around your neck and down the front of your torso.

If you need to start off somewhere, start with your arms and legs.

I thought it was a problem when there was no hot water when I was traveling in some parts of mexico and central america. who knew people do this on purpose! The concept makes some sense though.

When I go to bed at night I strip down and put blocks off ice on my body. I find when I wake up in the morning I have more energy.
jk

[chaostheory]

Baths. Preferably with bubbles.

[cdn2wheeler]

I prefer showers, myself. In a bath, either milady or me has to lean against the plumbing...

[Phil Parkinson]

Showers are hygenically better... also they are more conservative on water - saving money and the planets resources.

P x

[Erki]

I like a rain shower.

[finandom]

I never take bath but I shower a lot. hehe

[Gordon]

It depends who with...woohoo

G

[JimOfferman]

I prefer the shower. The tub just takes too long to fill and I don't find a bath more relaxing that a shower really.

I do have this semi-annual ritual where I go sit in the tub, while it's filling up with water. I like the sensation of the slowly rising hot water on my skin... plus it's one of the last remnants of my childhood. Gotta keep that kid alive

[Livgivare]

Originally Posted by Love

I love showers. Fast, fast, fast. I imagine the dirt coming off me and swirling down the tub hole. With baths, that dirt just stays there.... and heat intensity decreases with time...

I am with you in here. But without the fast fast fast stuff, I like probobly too long showers for both my skin and enviroment. I find that a hard shower is good for your sholders too!

Love Leelene

[pumpkin]

Originally Posted by Phil Parkinson

Showers are hygenically better... also they are more conservative on water - saving money and the planets resources.

P x

It's funny, back in elementary school we had this quiz that asked as which was better for the environment and the right answer was that baths were. The reasoning behind it was that when you take a bath you use a limited amount of water and you 'watch' this amount, whereas when you take a shower you don't know how much you're using. I thought it was poor logic back then since some people take short showers. Plus, I always like to finish off with a quick rinse after a bath =p
happy to see that someone sees it my way. also, just wanted to add a memory =)

[Jenny]

Given the choice with no time constraint I love a long hot bath with tons of bubbles. But usually a shower.

[Beloved]

I do have this semi-annual ritual where I go sit in the tub, while it's filling up with water. I like the sensation of the slowly rising hot water on my skin... plus it's one of the last remnants of my childhood. Gotta keep that kid alive

That's funny because the other day as sitting down in a hot bath it took me back to my childhood. I like to get into full hot bath, first the sensation of hot water on my feet and as I'm lowering myself in, on my legs, butt and back.

Bathing also relaxes me so much, to the point of falling asleep in the tub, which in it's self brings back childhood memories of being told by Mum to go bang on the bathroom door to wake my father up.

[Erki]

Just make sure you don't drown.

[Amandaaa]

i like showers.


i only take baths before i go out on dates.

[dennis08]

Shower because its fast.

[Mitalp]

I like showers! I see both being used for diffrent purposes. A bath to relax, and not really clean yourself, because you end up sitting in dirty water. Where as a shower rinses all the dirt off, but isn't always so relaxing.

Mital

[Beloved]

Originally Posted by Erki

Just make sure you don't drown.

Thanks for your concern, bath is too short for me to slip under the water. Last house had a bath longer than I am tall, I had to hook one foot into a metal handle to make sure I didn't slip.

I used to be able to read books in the bath, these days I can only read a page or 2 before I'm too tired to focus on it