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Randy D

Showering with cold water. Do you prefer cold showers, need them, take them or leave them, tolerate them, avoid them, which?

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Posted - June 14, 2017
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  • 6124
    I only like cold showers when the weather is incredibly hot.  I take them when I am forced to.  For example, when my water heater is broken or, I don't have access to a sexual partner and I am having trouble focusing on anything else.  


    Sadly, the latter is pretty much a constant. :-(
      June 14, 2017 9:39 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Umm the partner....didn't get that part...Harry;))
      June 14, 2017 8:14 PM MDT
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  • 10993
    I would rather not shower at all than to take a cold shower. However, I recommend that you make a habit of taking cold showers.
      June 14, 2017 9:50 AM MDT
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  • 44600
    Shower?...I don't need no stinking shower.
      June 14, 2017 10:06 AM MDT
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  • 29
    I don't care how hot it is if that shower isn't at least 100 degrees I will not get in it! End of story. 
      June 14, 2017 10:09 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    I take a cold shower after Ive been in the sauna at the gym. 
      June 14, 2017 10:13 AM MDT
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  • i'm not into a cold shower. i don't like to be naked and cold. i will take a tepid shower and then air-dry, if i'm overheated at home.

    i do like diving into cool (not cold) water, on a hot day, under the sun... where i can warm up quick, and not be totally naked.
      June 14, 2017 3:16 PM MDT
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  • 16762
    Not even when it's over 100 degrees outside. Hot showers all year round, cooling to lukewarm in summer. Cold water doesn't get you clean.
      June 14, 2017 4:18 PM MDT
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  • 682
    reference?
      June 14, 2017 5:03 PM MDT
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  • 16762
    Personal experience with hard water. It's tough getting the soap to lather properly with hot water, with cold it's almost impossible.
      June 14, 2017 11:59 PM MDT
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  • 682
    Use plastic loofah types things. I literally use a bar of soap that lasts me for six months or so.
      June 15, 2017 11:47 AM MDT
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  • I always turn my water to cold for last few minutes of a shower. It's good for your skin and hair. First I like it hot though.
      June 14, 2017 6:16 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Yes Jamie, especially while washing hair never use hot water though it is very tempting;))
      June 14, 2017 8:15 PM MDT
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  • Aye :) Agreed :)
      June 14, 2017 8:19 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    You know Jamie there are even you tube videos on how to wash hair....;))
      June 14, 2017 8:24 PM MDT
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  • Yes :) have you tried conditioning your hair first then washing it? It makes a huge difference... I've been doing it backwards for years ... I think most people do. 
      June 14, 2017 8:27 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    In the Summer (already now) the cold water is warm so my showers use no hot water.   One Summer I just turned off the water heater for the whole season.  I'm going  to turn off the breaker again in a couple of weeks for the Summer.  I will be gone half the season anyway.  My dishwasher heats its water so any other hot water I need in the kitchen I get from the electric kettle.
      June 14, 2017 7:25 PM MDT
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  • 34239
    Hot showers all year. No cold ever.
      June 14, 2017 8:04 PM MDT
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  • Cold showers are a form of torture for me. 
      June 14, 2017 9:42 PM MDT
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    Thank you, that's good to know; I'll keep it in mind. 

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      June 14, 2017 9:46 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    i dont shower in cold water, i hate cold showers
      June 15, 2017 3:30 PM MDT
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