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15 Mar 2014, 3:19 pm

Before someone says anything yes I do shower and or bathe :P

But yea I hate the feeling of being wet, ESPECIALLY if there is no hot water. I live in a tropical country where almost no house has a water heater, except very new expat housing or high end hotels. Even with the temp rarely dipping below 80F I find unheated water just too cold, showering is a miserable experience in unheated water.

I know my whole life even with a water heater I never liked bathing and would take extremely short showers with hot but not steaming water. I think the feel of water on my skin is just.....cringe inducing especially room temp or cold.

Needless to say I hate swimming.

*I got into the habit of shaving my head so showers would be as quick as possible and drying easy, but I'm a dude so lucky me:P



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15 Mar 2014, 3:33 pm

O am quite the opposite. I like being in the water but I don't like sudden changes in water temperature as it is very startling. If you live in the tropics and need hot water for a shower. Try building a solar water heater. all you need is a hot water tank and about 50ft of black poly hose to coil up on the roof. there is plenty of how to's on the internet.



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15 Mar 2014, 5:18 pm

I don't hate being wet but like for exsample i will like being in the shower but hate the wet feeling after you get out esspecily my hair.


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15 Mar 2014, 5:41 pm

No. I love water. If I could live in it, I would. I could spend hours in the bath, under a shower or in a swimming pool if given the chance. Water is very therapeutic to me. I also have an obsession with really sexy, beautifully smelling shower gels and soaks, so bath time is pleasurable to me. (Except for my lengthy, OCD-like washing routine I can't seem to shake out of!)

I do, however, hate the after feeling when it's really cold, usually in winter. In warmer places it's nice. Wet hair feels horrible too. I also HAAAATE the feeling of sun tan lotion on my skin.



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15 Mar 2014, 5:51 pm

I like the feeling of the water raining on me from the shower head but I don't like being wet.
When I'm wet my fingers (just like everyone else's) prune and it feels really weird to me and I've had sensory overload from it. When I was a kid I hated bath time and the only way I'd go in is if my mom let me wear shorts and a tshirt in the bath. I also don't like how long it takes me to dry and how cold I am when I get out of the shower.



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15 Mar 2014, 6:00 pm

It depends where I am and what I'm wearing.



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16 Mar 2014, 3:50 am

I hate getting in the pool and I hate getting in the shower.

But... once I'm in I don't want to get out.

I usually have to be pulled out of the pool. I'm not a good swimmer because of my dysprxia so I use floaties and end up just happily floating around after everyone else gets out. So my dad usually has to grab me out.

Then sometimes they have a hard time getting me in the shower, but once i'm in I will stay in so long, my dad has to turn off the water and hand me a towel.



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16 Mar 2014, 7:37 am

I like water, but I don't want to immerse myself in it.


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16 Mar 2014, 7:52 am

Getting wet is fine by me if I know what's going on. Like, I go to take a shower and I know what to expect. There won't be random socks flying around trying to eat my feet or something. There'll be water, so I won't be shocked. But when it comes to surprises, like if it suddenly starts raining then yeah, I'd be pretty upset.


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16 Mar 2014, 9:11 am

In can take a while to get my body into a swimming pool because I find getting use to the cold water temperature torture.



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16 Mar 2014, 10:16 am

I find it hard to immerse myself in cold water because I don't like the cold temperature against my body, I didn't like getting out of the water when I was little because of the col air against my body and now I can barely feel it when I got used to it.


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16 Mar 2014, 10:21 am

I have been known to skip the odd shower or two but having said that I can recommend showers for two as a great way to spice up a Sunday morning. I also like jacuzzis as I find them very relaxing.


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16 Mar 2014, 10:36 am

Eccles_the_Mighty wrote:
I can recommend showers for two as a great way to spice up a Sunday morning.


I happened to have done that with my bestie this morning ;)



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17 Mar 2014, 4:13 pm

Wet and cold, hate it. Just wet? No problem. In warmer weather I won't even towel off after a shower or a swim. Just air dry.


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17 Mar 2014, 5:48 pm

I love hot showers but I hate getting out of the shower. It's freezing and being wet without the shower off is very uncomfortable for me. I also hate the feeling of bathtubs.



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17 Mar 2014, 6:05 pm

I like shower's and bath's (provided the tub is long enough for me). I like swimming in lakes, river's and pool's. When I am mostly dry I don't like small parts of me to be wet. I don't mind my hands being wet if I am doing the dishes but I must dry them afterwards. I don't like getting rained on and I don't like my sock's to get wet. If my sock's get wet I have to change them right away.