Having a shower

re feet - If you've got bunions and hammer toes and corns etc as I have some toes are bent and too close and there's a risk of athlete's foot if you don't wash, dry powder regularly.
The joys of old age!

Yes Sarah we had the tin bath which was kept on a hook in the yard. Friday night was bath night. Tin bath in front of the fire. There were 6 of us. Cleanest in first. Until we got to a certain age. I can't remember what we did then!

It’s odd isn’t it? None of my family, parents, DH and children have ever dried between their toes and none of them have had any foot problems. Must be inherited good foot genes.? I do slather my feet with moisturiser every time I put socks and work boots on and my beautician says she’s never seen such smooth feet when I have my nails painted. I also find a thick layer of cream/Vaseline keeps my feet warm in winter. Must be a bit like the goose grease of old!

Can anyone recall, like myself , where on a Monday evening following the weekly clothes wash the still hot water from the gas copper was emptied into a tin bath in the kitchen and starting with the youngest of the family all had a once a week bath.? Father would be the last in the bath and had the task of emptying it. A council house, we were later allocated, with bathroom and on tap hot water was a luxury.

Drying between the toes is easy with a hairdryer. Lateral thinking!

Love the bath hate showers will bathe till I can't get leg over !!! The bath I mean!???

Surely if you all shower or bathe or strip wash every day ....as no doubt we all do....actually washing/scrubbing feet is unnecessary . How filthy can they be.... I’m assuming none of you are navvies or coal miners.

I agree PECS. It is many many years since I had a bath. Had the bathroom converted into wet room twenty five years ago.
I am 95 and havepainful osteoarthritis in both hips and knees.
Don’t feel right if I don’t have a daily shower. Have handles to hang on to and a shower chair. Dry my feet on the thick bath mat. Wash hair under the shower once a week.

I have recently acquired a wonderful loofah brush from TK Maax I don't know how I lived this long without it. Backs do get neglected in the shower I suppose.

annsixty thank you! You have solved a 60+year-old question for me! My granny used to talk about washing 'possible' but I've never been able to find out where it came from!

I prefer a bath to a shower anyday... if only cos of my arthritis as it sometimes helps ease the pain for a while. But six months ago I had to have the bath replaced with a large shower as my husband couldnt get himself into the bath anymore...... so I’m stuck with shower ....he loves it... endless to say I dont. I long for a bath again.

Yes I agree about sitting in dirty, soapy water, going cold and no doubt with dead skin floating on the top .

I remember going to a "rich" friend's house, in my late teens and lo and behold she had a shower, this was in an era of bathrooms with only baths. I have to admit I greatly aspired to having one, even more so than a "BOAC" bag which up to that time had been the item I most coveted.

My first husband came from a hot climate overseas where he told me it was not uncommon to shower twice a day and thought the English were quite dirty, ooooh there's a sweeping statement if ever there was one apropos of some English male friends who he house shared with. However, that was further confirmed to us when we went to Australia and became familiar with the "as clean as a Pommie's bath towel" comment that they were prone to utter

All those who wash in a bath... sitting in dirty, soapy water? Eeeuuww! Much cleaner to shower!

I struggle to get in and out of a bath so my large shower cubicle is a blessing. I struggle with showers in baths when away from home. The last time I had a bath I was on holiday with DD in a hotel with only a hand held shower attachment and no shower curtain or screen. Good thing I didn't lock the bathroom door as I needed her to help me when I couldn't get out!

I hate anything to do with having a shower or bath.. I wash my hair in the laundry tub.. the last time I had a bath was quite a few years ago I had the water very hot and just loved lying in that hot water but then I found it very hard to lift my body up and out as my muscles were so relaxed that I found I could not lift myself out of the bath, eventually after letting the water cool down quite a lot I managed to lift my dead weight body out..

You could actually have problems if you don't dry in between your toes. Dizzyblonde has been lucky.

In spite of two hip replacements which in anticipation I believed would again allow me the luxury of being able to get into, without pain, an 'end of the day' warm bath here I am once again back in the shower. The only advantage is a reduction in my heating and water bills.

Hurrah, Luckygirl, all the things you say. I don’t understand why friends think I am a little ‘odd’ for not liking showers. When I say ‘I bath everyday’ I get ‘what a waste of water’, ‘how do you find the time?’, etc.

Thanks for the explanation, dizzyblonde! I was puzzled as I have to dry between my toes very carefully - they're close set and would stay wet otherwise.

I really hate showers too. As yet I have no problem at all getting in and out of the bath, but dreading it when I do. I always try to book a hotel room with a bath.

I used to love a soak in the bath but haven't had a bath for many years so it's the shower for me. No problem with showering at home but so many hotels have showers over the bath and despite being tall I cant get my leggs over into the bath easily and find it even worse getting out. If we stay ar Premier Inn when visiting England I now ask for a disabled room so there is a wet room instead of a bath with shower over. But why oh why do they put rooms for the disabled at the far end of the corridor from the entrance?Suffering with hip and back problems it was agony walking all that way when we visited last November.

I have a disability shower and chair in shower but still hate it. Fear of falling over. I have a good wash at sink every day.

We have a folding shower sear attached the the wall. Brilliant for using when washing your feet. An absolute life-saver when I broke my right arm in two place and completely smashed my elbow. I am right handed. Throughout the whole of the recovery time I was able to shower everyday without help ( I could not cope with the idea of anyone helping me). Front fastening bras were the other thing that gave me independence.

I hate showers too, and take a bath every other day, evening actually. Wash my hair with the hand shower and rinse off with it after pulling the plug. Other days it's a strip wash.
I do shower in the summer as I don't get shivery like I do in the winter.
I have also found its getting more difficult getting out of the bath lately and am trying to hold back time by practising getting up off the floor.

I hate showers. I never feel properly clean. We live in a new build and the showers were fitted with water restrictors to save on water. My husband is an engineer and very practical and he’s never been able to sort out a decent flow from them. Guests complain about the miserable trickle when they use them. I think he would need to take the walls down to find where the restrictors are. Thank goodness for my bath!