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27 Jun 2012, 9:47 pm

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Yep. Sometimes two hours.


How do you get enough hot water for that, and how do you not pass out after so long?

I take long showers, though I've learned to shorten them from 40-50 minutes down to my usual 15-20 (30 for extra long, almost down to 10 for really speedy). I always thought it was a fibromyalgia thing.

She probably lives in a house or apartment with a water heater. I stayed at my sister's ex-husband's apartment and they had one, it was SO f*****g AMAZING. I frivolously cranked up the hot water, washed my hair and just relaxed for 40 minutes. It was the greatest thing ever.



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27 Jun 2012, 9:48 pm

My shortest shower is about 15 minutes. So, yes. :P


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27 Jun 2012, 10:02 pm

MindWithoutWalls wrote:
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Yep. Sometimes two hours.


How do you get enough hot water for that, and how do you not pass out after so long?

I take long showers, though I've learned to shorten them from 40-50 minutes down to my usual 15-20 (30 for extra long, almost down to 10 for really speedy). I always thought it was a fibromyalgia thing.


Sometimes I barely had enough left, and so it was kinda on the cold/warm side.
I didn't pass out because I sat in the corner of the shower thinking.



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27 Jun 2012, 10:03 pm

NeueZiel wrote:
MindWithoutWalls wrote:
Kinme wrote:
Yep. Sometimes two hours.


How do you get enough hot water for that, and how do you not pass out after so long?

I take long showers, though I've learned to shorten them from 40-50 minutes down to my usual 15-20 (30 for extra long, almost down to 10 for really speedy). I always thought it was a fibromyalgia thing.

She probably lives in a house or apartment with a water heater. I stayed at my sister's ex-husband's apartment and they had one, it was SO f***ing AMAZING. I frivolously cranked up the hot water, washed my hair and just relaxed for 40 minutes. It was the greatest thing ever.


I believe that we do. In the place we used to live, it would get cold/warm when I'd stay in there for so long. Now I want to shower...



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27 Jun 2012, 10:07 pm

Don't tell me about it... is it an Aspie thing to do?

I always put music in the shower, so when one song ends and the other begins I sort of wake up, and get out. Otherwise I'm just there until someone complains or I just snap out of it... which can take it's good 20 minutes.


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27 Jun 2012, 10:20 pm

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Don't tell me about it... is it an Aspie thing to do?

I always put music in the shower, so when one song ends and the other begins I sort of wake up, and get out. Otherwise I'm just there until someone complains or I just snap out of it... which can take it's good 20 minutes.


I wonder if it is.

I need one of those shower radios, or a plastic bag for my phone! :D



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27 Jun 2012, 10:47 pm

I never thought of long showers as exclusively aspie but maybe they are, I like long showers also , especially in winter



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27 Jun 2012, 10:57 pm

Yeah, I love me a long shower too! Sadly though, I have a very small hot water heater and so they don't last that long. What I do instead is to shower to clean myself and then fill the tub and sit in the bath for a while.


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27 Jun 2012, 11:03 pm

I love long showers, especially in the winter, and one favorite way for me to relax before going to bed is to take a nice, long bath.



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27 Jun 2012, 11:06 pm

I don't have a shower, but I rather enjoy long baths. I lie in the tub, alone with my thoughts, and stare at the tile wall, studying the patterns the whole time... :D



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27 Jun 2012, 11:07 pm

Love them. Take at least two a day.


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27 Jun 2012, 11:09 pm

Kinme wrote:
Yep. Sometimes two hours.


Two hours?

Wow. I think I sometimes reach the half hour mark, but... wow. Now, baths I can do for several hours. And, I like to shower twice a day.



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28 Jun 2012, 1:45 am

I'm curious why no one has thought about ecology so far. The shorter your showering is the more energy-efficient it is. I'm totally OCD about it, so I consume as little water as I can manage while making sure I'll come out clean at the and of the routine process.

Since I have a flow-through type boiler, I could shower literally endlessly if I wanted to, without running out of hot water, but the very idea makes me cringe...


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28 Jun 2012, 1:53 am

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I'm curious why no one has thought about ecology so far. The shorter your showering is the more energy-efficient it is. I'm totally OCD about it, so I consume as little water as I can manage while making sure I'll come out clean at the and of the routine process.

Since I have a flow-through type boiler, I could shower literally endlessly if I wanted to, without running out of hot water, but the very idea makes me cringe...


I do. I have the lowest flowing shower head on the market (1.5 gal/min, if memory serves). However, my reason for doing it is to cut my water bill as the local utility charges outrageous water rates and has gone up 240% in the span of a year.


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28 Jun 2012, 2:17 am

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I get bored in the shower. Get in, wash and get out.

So do I. I have a particular routine that I use to wash as fast as possible, a little longer when I wash my hair.



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28 Jun 2012, 12:22 pm

We're on a well. If I run the water lightly, the hot water can last to the full length of the showers I used to take. But the heating of the water is what costs - in money and to the environment. Also, I got tired of that much of my day and my energy being taken up, as well as feeling like I was interfering with anyone else wanting to take a shower if my girlfriend was home, if we had guests, or if I visited anyone else. I really felt I had to do something about the situation, so I worked hard until I changed. Another plus is that the well can run dry at the end of the summer in drought years. Shorter showers prevent the inconvenience of having the water run out in the middle of bathing. It's one of the reasons we got a front loading washing machine. It uses way less water.


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