How long do you take a bath?

@laydee (12798)
Philippines
March 12, 2009 8:08pm CST
I could say on the average, I take around 30minutes for baths/showers. But if I'm to shave, I'd say around 45minutes. How about you? Does it necessarily mean that the longer you take your baths/showers, the cleaner you are?
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
13 Mar 09
taking a bath - i don't stay long while taking a bath or a shower. fifteen minutes is enough.
Hello laydee. I usually take a bath or shower for fifteen minutes, at most twenty minutes. I don't like to take too long a bath. Besides, I don't think that a longer bath makes you feel cleaner. Instead it is not good for the skin to take a long bath in hot water because it makes the skin feel dry very easily and once a dry skin is felt, it is easy to feel itching on the skin. Enjoy yourself, friend.
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@sameroad (3179)
• United States
13 Mar 09
I take around 25-35 minutes to shower. I don't take baths though as i don't feel clean from them so i only shower. everyone always says i take a super long time in the shower but i don't think i do.. i do take the longest out of everyone in my house but i don't think 25 minutes is that long.. i don't see how they can shower in 5-10 minutes. i wouldn't feel clean if i tried to shower that fast...
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• Australia
18 Mar 09
I don't even bother getting in a bath unless I fully intend to stay in there for hours. I try to keep my showers to under 15 minutes even when shaving or washing my hair. I probably only have a bath a few times a year. I see it as more of an indulgence than a method of getting clean.
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• Australia
20 Mar 09
I don't bathe - I'm British. lol Just kidding! I shower daily. I prefer showers since you're not sitting around in your own filth. ;-)
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
19 Mar 09
That's odd. What do you do to keep yourself clean then?
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
18 Mar 09
30 minutes. My gosh. You must live were water is cheep and abundance. I'm in and out in 3 minutes. I have a few friends who take 5 minute showers, but they turn the water off to soap up and then turn it on again. Once in a while I will take a tub bath and sit there for a long time. I don't do it often because it uses a lot of water.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
19 Mar 09
Wow! 5-minute showers. How do you do that??
• Israel
19 Mar 09
Its easy. I soar up and rinse off. It doesn't take that long.
@K46620 (1986)
• United States
13 Mar 09
Baths? Don't take them. Showers? Well, I used to average about 25 minutes in the shower but this year I am maintaing a 12 minute average. Saving hundreds of gallons of water and lots of time. LOL, this may sound funny to some, but I have the habit of timing my showers. "Worse" yet, I record them in an excel document, so I know the exact average time for 2007, 2008, and 2009! Ok, you can stop laughing.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
16 Mar 09
Wow! 12 minutes shower.. whoah how do you clean yourself up with that few minutes|!
@K46620 (1986)
• United States
16 Mar 09
Well, when you keep up a good speed and don't take any breaks to just relax under the warm water (which is very tempting!) you can get the shower done a lot faster. I also have short hair which is to my advantage :)
• United States
15 Mar 09
My showers average about 7 minutes. I feel every bathroom experience should be an in out process!
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
16 Mar 09
Hmm.. What did you mean when you said 'an in out process'? Whoah, I was shocked to see someone mention showers for 12 minutes, now you can do 7minutes?!?!?!?!
@K46620 (1986)
• United States
16 Mar 09
LOL, sounds like you have the process down very well. My shortest shower ever was 7 min. 25 sec. My brother has taken one in 5.5-6 minutes, but I don't know if he really did a good job, LOL! I guess I'll break the more embarrassing news, My longest shower was over 45 minutes!
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
15 Mar 09
I try to take shorter baths but I find that it is difficult to shorten the time it takes to bathe. I would usually take around thirty minutes to take a bath. Cheers!!
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@snowy22315 (169865)
• United States
15 Mar 09
I usually take abath for about 30 minutes. My showers do not last that long. My showers probably last an average of 15 or 20 minutes. I think there are shorter baths and showers that would be more effective, but I dont know that they are as relaxing as longer showers and baths. For recycling and global warming it is probably better to take fewer or shorter showers and baths.
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@jayguar (273)
• India
18 Mar 09
I spend 10 to 15 min in the shower.
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@melvill (392)
• Philippines
15 Mar 09
Hello there! Usually I took around 20 minutes for bath/showers. I think it not necessarily mean that the longer you take your bath the cleaner you are, it depends on the person. Maybe that person usually took long hours in shower because he/she maybe want to enjoy their bath.
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@ds6413 (2070)
• United States
15 Mar 09
It takes me longer when I wash my hair. I have long hair so I have to take time out to wash.rinse,deep condition and final leave in conditioner. That takes me from the least of 30 minutes up to 1 hour.
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@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
18 Mar 09
It depends. If it is summer hot days I take relatively a long bath than in the winter. It is really pleasant to pour or have cool water showered on you and you feel much fresh. No I do not think that the more time you spend there in the bathroom you get more cleaner.
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@fren45 (894)
• Malaysia
19 Mar 09
Fast 15 min..and normal batch use to be around 45 min more .,.If I fall asleep during a bath.
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18 Mar 09
no i dont think so, the cleaner you are depends on how you wash yourself, showers are more better than baths as yuo dont have to run them and it is quick and easy. 30 mins is average
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
20 Mar 09
Often I take a bath around 20-30 minutes on the average. Though there are times that I am really in a hurry then it would be just around 15 minutes. But this is usually when I late for something like work on an appointment.
@mrdos910 (455)
• United States
13 Mar 09
If I bathe, I usually am in the tub 30-45 minutes because I like lots of bath gel, which in turn causes more bubbles, which in turn takes longer to rinse off and the tub out. If I shower, about 10-15 minutes.
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• United States
13 Mar 09
I took a 2 hour bath today. It was a treat, time to relax and read a good book. No I do not feel cleaner the longer I am in there just more wrinkled.
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• United States
13 Mar 09
If I have to I can be in and out of the shower and dressed in about ten minutes. Of course, I look it. I'm clean but not anywhere close to "wow, does she look good," or "you look nice!" It's more like "well, at least you smell clean!" If you want to see me after two hours of beauty tricks, you wouldn't recognize the 10 minute me if you compared the two. So, if it's just a sweet smell result it's 10 minutes, but if it's "wow, you look great," it's at least two hours. After all it takes time to tape up all that sagging skin around one's face. LOL Just kidding about the skin!
• United States
13 Mar 09
Just an added note: If I use soap and water and rinse, I consider I'm clean - that can take two minutes usually. The rest of the time is just splashing!
13 Mar 09
I spend 15 mins in the shower Mgraham1
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• Australia
13 Mar 09
10minutes. and not necessary mean the longer you take the cleaner you are.
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