You guys seriously need to bathe at least once a day

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I bathe when I choose

I bathe when sweat gets into my eyes.

That means "every day."

I was raised having at most two baths every week. Besides, in the house where we lived normally, there wasn't even hot water. Every time we had to bathe, we went to a second house about 15 km away.

I was surprised when I began to be told at school and to read in textbooks we should have a shower every day, and it made me a little uncomfortable, but I didn't tell my parents, because I didn't want to offend them.

This grew much worse in my teenage years. My parents considered our habit perfectly good, and there was no way I'd convince them to give me a daily ride to the house where I could have a shower with hot water.

I still remember the shock I felt one day, at school, when I noticed how awful my finger smelled after rubbing the edge around the base of my ear, which naturally hadn't been washed in a few days. It hadn't ever smelled so badly, so I think puberty was helping me smell much worse than I did as a little boy.

I was in a rather posh school, and my classmates soon began to ask me very embarrassing questions about my hygiene habits. I decided to have a cold shower every morning before going to school. Surely enough, my parents declared this behavior to be yet another symptom of my mental illness, and an unacceptable weakness of character for wanting to yield to peer pressure. They told me having a shower every day is one of the many vices of modern life and a luxury, and didn't forget to detail how it was unthinkable in their youth and therefore there's absolutely no reason to change habits now simply to please the fickle demands of society. When I told them I could feel my own body stench, they sarcastically replied I must have dreamed it.

Who on earth do you think you are to tell me what I 'need' to do?

I shower a few times a week typically(unless I am like camping for a week or far too stressed/mentally unstable to keep up on stuff like that) works for me....If I have plans to do something/be out in public I try and make sure I've taken a shower if I haven't for a day or two.

Also though even having taken a shower does not guarantee a state of 'odor free' what if its hot out and you sweat a lot? are you supposed to immediately go home, shower and change or continue what you are doing and do that after? I'd say the latter is more practical.

Anyways its not rude to not shower every day....its rude to knowingly go out smelling bad when you have the option to shower or bathe.

Last time i bathed was over 10 years ago at least, AS or not, i have borderline aquaphobia, washing hands is alright but I almost choke to death when in full body contact with it, like having the room vacuumed of air and suffocating in it. I also vomit when I drink it, I feel my body rejecting whatever form of water I take, however carbonated water seems to bypass that rule. Swimming pools make my lungs all compressed, may be the chlorine or something though.

On another note, cleaning isn't really that important, only if its for first impressions or interviews, but other than that I don't see the importance of it, if you smoke or are constantly around people who smoke, it's kind of a waste of water to clean yourself as you'll end up smelling of smoke anyway.

I just want to point out that this is a necropost that's almost 8 years old, so if you're looking at talking to someone on pages 1-4 of the thread, they're probably long gone by now.

I hate showers, always have, but I love tub baths. I have to take tub baths at least twice a day since a surgery 17 years ago left me needing to wear pull-up diapers. I've had grandparents die in nursing homes and remember the horrible stinch of urine when I used to go visit them, so I'm very conscious as to how I might smell to others.
I usually wash my shoulder length hair every other day under the tub faucet, not the shower head. I also shave every other day, as having facial hair will irritate the hell out of me due to my SPD.
I buy strong deodourants (NEVER unscented) and use them liberally, including a little on the back of my neck and behind my ears in addition to the obvious armpits. I also like to spray on knockoff Polo fragrance (only around $8 at WalMart).

I agree with Inle; I too only shave my legs when I feel like it. Some of us have very fair hair. I can go months without shaving and the hair is still pretty invisible. If my husband can't tell it's there I assume most others cannot as well. And if they could, it's not something worth fretting over; those who would react negatively don't sound like people I'd be interested in.

Likewise with showering, some of us just aren't oily. Showering less frequently is also better for both our skin and our hair, even aside from water conservation. However, being sensitive to how our hygiene impacts others is sooooo important. I used to never brush my teeth but when I said that and people told me that was gross I changed to the standard 2+ a day brushes.

I still don't change my socks though. They're fricking socks, man. Who cares if they can stand up on their own after a month??

About showering, I like to change the shower water into a strong water beam and let it land on my skin. It feels very good!