I haven't showered since Friday! What's the longest you go without showering?

@TheHorse (218828)
Walnut Creek, California
August 14, 2017 11:22am CST
The only time this usually happens is when I got to Montana to spend time at the cabin. I kind of enjoy being stinky, as it celebrates the fact that I'm working on some project, rebuilding my bridge across the creek or mending our fence. But this time, it was due to softball. I was in two tournaments, and knew I'd be getting all sweaty anyway. But I'm kind of cheating here. After Saturday softball, I took a swim in the pool before our evening music gig. And after Sunday softball, I took a swim before heading out to a post-season party at a teammate's house. So I actually smell like a Spring rose right now as I sip my second cup of coffee. But I'll shower anyway before heading into work. What's the longest you go without showering or bathing?
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@GooglePlus (3831)
14 Aug 17
Hi, It happened to be 36 hours the most. It was my first night shift when didn't went well. So after coming back home I didn't went for shower. And next same day I did night shift again. logically I didn't had shower for 36 hours. Looks like @daddyevil @topffer @vandana7 @jlyn10 @purplealabaster didn't noticed Well I am interested in knowing it
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@vandana7 (100282)
• India
14 Aug 17
Gosh..you stink..yuck.........................................................................................do not come within a radius of 10 kms from me.......myLot court order.
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@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
16 Aug 17
I was wondering where the smell came from. Now I know it's from you.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
I'm off to work, so I'm going to hit the shower now. Probably nobody would notice if I didn't, though.
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• United States
14 Aug 17
Probably around 5 days when we were homeless, but the good thing was, at least we were by the beach, but salt water dries out the skin so much, not good. I smelled like seaweed. Today I shower everyday, maybe even twice a day.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
Near the beach sounds like a decent place to be homeless, though. I used to swim in the ocean when I lived in Santa Barbara.
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• United States
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse Yes it was okay in some instances.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
@TiarasOceanView I enjoyed the feeling of being all salt and crunchy. But I had the option of showering it off when I got home.
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@celticeagle (166912)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Aug 17
I think the longest I have gone is four days. That is when I was on a camping trip. I did get into the river and so I think I was fine.
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@celticeagle (166912)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Aug 17
@TheHorse .....I don't know that I would in a public pool but the ocean or lake would be nice.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
Yeah, I feel "cleansed" when I go swimming, whether it be in a pool, a river/lake, or the ocean.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
@celticeagle What's wrong with a public pool?
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• United States
15 Aug 17
I shower everyday! May not be my hair everyday though But the pool helped ya
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• United States
17 Aug 17
@TheHorse The pool is nice :) I wish I had access to a pool. The ones at the gym is too strong for chlorine!
@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Aug 17
Yeah, I love having the pool here. I was about to jump in when I got call from a band mate reminding me we had practice tonight. Tomorrow, I will hit the pool.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Aug 17
The longest was when we were living in a tent, I went 5 or 6 days. Now I shower every other day.
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse We lived in a tent for 3 months, in Virginia during the winter. It was awful, much different feeling than camping for fun thats for sure.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
When I go camping I generally don't shower, even if showers are available. For how long were you in a tent?
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
@LovingMyBabies I'm quite sure that it was. How did you stay warm at night?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
15 Aug 17
Let's see.......August 6th. I'm afraid if I take a shower and step on the scale, I'll find I've lost more weight. It's bad enough I could lose weight by sloughing off skin cells @TheHorse . Just kidding. But as kids, because we lived in the toolies, we had baths once per week in an outdoor tub of water. With 6 kids, it was 2 kids per tub of water.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Aug 17
The humanity! Was it fun?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
17 Aug 17
@TheHorse Nope because as the oldest, I was the one to haul the water from the well to the stove to be heated; carried it out to the tub; then had to dump the tub after the first 2 kids and then start all over again. It was the worst during winter time in Iowa. Trust me, you were in and out of that tub pretty quick. It's amazing none of us ever got pneumonia.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
15 Aug 17
I would love to swim in the pool and it has been a very long time since i've done that. It is quite relaxing to go with swimming on the beach also. But anyways the longest time i have not taken a bath is about one day. Nothing more than that because of the hot weather here i could not endure not taking a bath. The reason because i was too busy and got too tired already when i have the time to take a bath. So what i did was i just lay myself on the bed and sleep throughout the night and the early morning i took a shower immediately. And it was such a relief to finally had a shower and get rid of the smell and dirt off my body. I try my best to take my shower everyday even if i was tired there were times i can not anymore have the strength to have a shower when i'm already so tired.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
I'm too pooped to hop in the shower in the evenings. I use it to get me "fired up" in the mornings.
@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
16 Aug 17
I do it everyday. I'm a clean person.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Aug 17
I am swine. But I generally do it every day too.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
14 Aug 17
The longest, a couple of days when I was in bed sick, I had to wait until the fever went down.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse When I have a minor cold, I shower anyway, last February I had to stay in bed two days, I was very sick.
@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
Got it. I think I've done the same. If I have a minor cold, but am still going to work, then I shower.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
14 Aug 17
for me about a couple of day.Playing tennis and working during the week a must for me. Not every day.For they told me not too much showering because of my dryness on my skin.How water makes it very dry
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse the hot water.He told me 15 minutes and no longer in showering.
@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
Ah, interesting. So too much showering makes you skin drier?
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Aug 17
24 hours is my limit. I love good hot showers every day and sometimes two.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Aug 17
I rarely do two. But I love a good hot shower as well.
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
14 Aug 17
Is that your bridge in the picture? We need a bridge over our mini wetlands (swamp). Pallets just rot too fast!
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
Yep, I built that from scratch. Didn't even use a chain saw. It's made from smaller Doug fir that were over-crowded. Hoping to oil up my old hand saw in a week. I imagine some cross-pieces need replacement.
@paigea (36317)
• Canada
15 Aug 17
@TheHorse looks great
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Aug 17
I went 6 days when Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf, we went down to help and there was no water at one place, we moved up the beach to P.C. Florida and I got to bathe there. I felt so filthy! Now I bathe daily, if I do skip its only one day but I still take a "ho" bath with a wash cloth and soap, then change clothes and underwear. Even camping I will wash off and change clothes.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
Up in Montana I sometimes give myself a "sponge bath" in the (chilly) creek at the spring.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Aug 17
@TheHorse Cold baths?! Warm the water by fire and then its nicer
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug 17
I work in a kitchen...it is hot Even after the first few hours in a split shift I shower as I feel sticky and greasy If I have 2 days off in a row I may skip a shower the first day but that's about it. I generally shower once or twice a day and some days 3 times.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
I probably would if I worked in a kitchen too. Do you catch kitchen smells on you at random times during the day? Sometimes I catch poopy, peanut buttery kid smells on me if I've been working at my friend's preschool.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug 17
@TheHorse smell is a weird thing. My first job 24 years ago was in a kitchen of a very well known hotel. After being off for a couple of days I come back and the smell takes me back to when I was a kid!!...I don't notice it on a daily basis just after a bit of time off. I have 7 pairs of work trousers and 30 t-shirts...the smell doesn't attach to me as I do change clothes pretty much every day and sometimes twice per day. Totally off topic but I find smells and music to be like a time machine...I smell a certain thing and immediately I'm back 20 years...same with certain songs
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
15 Aug 17
I might skip a day. I do not like it as I feel the sweat on my back, etc. If I get to swim and rinse off it is okay.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
Yep, a swim cures all.
@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Aug 17
Oh, probably a couple days - especially when I had a newborn and was just exhausted out of my mind (better to sleep than shower ). I can probably stand it if I had to go longer . . . but after a while I'm sure I'd get that itchy feeling.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
I don't like "that crusty feeling"...
@LeaPea2417 (37353)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Aug 17
Once I remember, it was 3 days without showering. But, then I was on a camping trip.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Aug 17
That's when I like to get dirty and stinky as possible.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Aug 17
I try to shower everyday. I won't skip more than a day.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug 17
I usually don't either. Except on weekends sometimes.
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@MoonMaa (571)
• United States
14 Aug 17
If I have to wash my hair during the week. That'll be 2 showers a week. I used to shower every single day. Now, usually it's once a week. However, if I feel I need to take a shower I will take one. I can't be stinky. I wash up everyday though.
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
When I have to do "official" things, like teach a class or go to work, I don't feel "fully awake" until I've showered. But I let it slide sometimes on weekends.
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@dollaboy (6048)
14 Aug 17
A few hours at max haha
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@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug 17
Oh, you hop in the shower a few times a day? Here I go...
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