Yeah, I think that as long as you have access to a shower and everyone around you is clean and you're all thinking about it and stuff, you can be overcome with the "need" to take a shower every day...but I bet, if you took a long camping trip or got stranded in the woods or something, you wouldn't mind after a couple of days....that's what it was like for me at Bonnaroo....the first day, I felt disgusting and got obsessive and had to wash my hair....but I didn't get to, and after that, I was okay. It's just something you've been told you have to do! King Henry XIII only took two baths during his entire reign...one around the time of his coronation, and another a while before he died...that's like 40 something years! Imagine going through six wives and only bathing twice....you've got to be pretty damn charming. Anyway, it's only in the past century or so that we've become so obsessed with cleanliness. You'll be okay if you're dirty. It builds your immune system! Sure, the Plague wiped out half the people in Europe back in the day, but they hardly dealt with the common cold or all the wimpy sicknesses we get today, because their bodies were used to the germs and dirt and it kept them fairly healthy.... I'm rambling, so I'll go to bed...
sometimes its just really nice to go without showering for a while. Ive never gone for weeks, but it can feel really good to just be in my natural state. I mean, when i start getting greasy and stinky then i shower. (i usually shower every day) and in the summer its harder to go a few days without showering. For lack of a better word i guess being shower-free for a few days can be liberating.
Definitely.....don't think I'm gross...I do shower pretty much every day....but I think I'm kind of happier when I don't have to....liberation is the word!
During the summer, my gf and I will go a week or two without showering or wearing deodorant...we both leave our ampits hairy and the sensual aroma of natural smells is really quite a turn-on!
Haha! I just noticed that three of the people who said they don't shower often are from Ontario. Damn, what is it with you Ontarians and not bathing? -Kate
hehehe... i used to do that. last summer i went on a bit of a mushroom binge and didn't shower for about two weeks... then when i did it felt like i myself was washing down the drain... i really like dirty feet... i never wear shoes when i don't have to. about the 'senusal aroma'... heh heh... my boyfriend smells pretty bad when he doesnt shower daily in the summer heh heh i only assume i'm just about as rank.
I HAVE to shower coz I use gel on my hair hehe so If I dont, i get flakes all over lol and I dont wanna just wet my hair and use gel again ewww
Ive been w/o a shower for like 3 days now. But thast because if I'm just sitting around at home not doing anything I dont shower, no point in it. But if I go somewhere I shower. and I wouldnt go w/o a shower for over a week. If i was out in the woods somewhere I would find a river or creek or something to jump in.
I went to school last year after not showering for three days, and I kinda stunk. I thought it was funny. It's not my problem if I stink, it's the people around me who probably have a problem! haa haa
my goodness you guys! three times a day?? during the summer youre lucky if i take one twice a week, if that. during the school year i usually take one every other day, which is so weird because in the summer its hot and humid and i eat more junk food and youd think id get dirtier and smellier (actually its weird but if i sweat excluding my armpits it kinda brings out the smell of my soap and i smell good!)
What is it with your fucking "Showers"?Have you never been anywhere where they didnn't have american luxurys.No Dow Jones,No Dallas Cowboys,Hot showers?All the plastic frills?Not everybody is from the suburbs in Michigan.Maybe the reason you people hate the "smell" is beceause you hate the basic fucking smell of a human bieng! Hippies?You people make me laugh.Make me sick.
SHUT-THE-FUCK-UP-YOU-NARCISSISTIC-BLEEDING-HEART. 1. Showers are not a luxury they're a necessity. Choosing not to take showers is a choice. 2. The basic fucking smell of humans are armpits and ass? Well, if that's the case then I much rather prefer the smell of deodorant and soap. Besides, armpits and ass is not a basic smell. It's rank. Then don't take showers! Smell like a human being and I guarantee you're going to be a human being but a smelly ass human being without anyone around them. Stop trying to preach, stop trying look down at other people who don't share their views. Oh, and by the way, hippies accept other people's views on life, and accept others lifestyles, so basically you're a contradiction are you not? Persecuting people for not thinking like you? Fascist. It's amazing how some people preach about being a hippy and don't even realize their a contradiction within themselves. A lot of people on this board are genuine, but a few, like yourself are just cliches and contradictions. Hippy, you call yourself? You make me sick.
