In the morning, you primarily put things on (clothes, makeup, sunscreen, shoes, hair products) while in the evening you primarily take things off; showering is about taking things off and so logically it belongs to the work of the evening.
I've never before felt the need to comment on a post but this is a bridge too far. This is the opinion of a short-haired person and also the opinion of someone habituated to sleeping in the cold embrace of air-conditioning. That's not to say that morning showering is *always* necessary but with long, flowing, beautiful hair (which i have) a morning shower is great luxury if not a necessity when sleeping without air-conditioning (as many apartments in the mountain west compel one to).
Morning and evening showering are tools fit for different jobs. To shower only in the morning would be excessively spartan and austere, while showering exclusively in the evening is decadent and indulgent.
You cannot possibly be asking me to face the world immediately upon waking. I need to stand under a cascade of piping hot water for at least 15 minutes to loosen up and re-inflate the dried-up marshmallow that is my morning brain. As a sop to the pretense of living in a society, I'll also make some desultory use of soap and shampoo.
Also some of us have fine, greasy hair and look like the homeless creature behind the diner in Mulholland Drive if we don't wash our hair every morning.
I am a decadent and spoiled creature, like Baron Harkonnen. Thus I shower both day and night and then throw my wet towels out into the streets for the common folk to squeeze the water from.
Finally, some true logic prevails! How does anyone right minded go to bed dirty from the day? It is utterly revolting. May I add a gentle suggestion, good sir? Bath at night to clean and to relax AND shower in the morning to wake up. Perfect combo. I appreciate this makes me an environmental terrorist, but I stopped drinking almond milk so I’ve decided it balances out.
If anything were to convince me to become a night-showerer, it would be this. But I really don't feel like my eyes are open until I stand under hot water for 10-20 minutes LOL
I feel I have a Frankensteinian approach- I must rinse my feet before climbing into clean sheets, legs if I used bug spray that day, and face. But sopping wet hair must not touch a clean dry pillow case! This is for daytime, with the middle bits (torso etc)
Ok, but it wakes me up! And also it makes my hair decently flat. I'm not willing to run a comb through my hair or put gel on it or whatever, I need my hair care to happen incidentally in the course of another necessary activity.
In the spirt of what Jacob said, I can only assume you live in luxurious planetary destructive climate control conveniently located in Gringolandia. You thought that you were being funny, and the gods to which you were referring weren't Hurakán or Atabey. You get to stink all day long.
“During the day we choose to think our own stupid and venal thoughts; at night we dream so as to experience relief from our own willfulness.” Would love to have this stitched on a decorative pillow. 🌛
I've never before felt the need to comment on a post but this is a bridge too far. This is the opinion of a short-haired person and also the opinion of someone habituated to sleeping in the cold embrace of air-conditioning. That's not to say that morning showering is *always* necessary but with long, flowing, beautiful hair (which i have) a morning shower is great luxury if not a necessity when sleeping without air-conditioning (as many apartments in the mountain west compel one to).
Morning and evening showering are tools fit for different jobs. To shower only in the morning would be excessively spartan and austere, while showering exclusively in the evening is decadent and indulgent.
I used to have long beautiful hair!!!! And I have no air conditioning! What say you now??
Possibly excess of the sanguine humour. Energetic, overactive, heated, etc. But I'm not a doctor so you should really consult a physician.
I think this is what Ishiguro was actually getting at in remains of the day
Putting aside the genuine need to conserve water a la Dune, surely the ideal is to shower in the morning AND at night. A luxury much to be enjoyed.
Especially if you're lucky enough to wake up next to somebody who enjoys getting you sweaty in the morning.
Love to shower before bed. It keeps my bed sheets cleaner and I like to be all fresh for the land of nod.
One word for you my friend: MENOPAUSE.
MENOPAUSE —> Morning Shower.
(And potentially also evening shower, depending on the fervor of the flashes.)
Which, I acknowledge, is not a Meat Suit Condition that affects all humans.
I had menopause when I started HRT! It was no fun
You cannot possibly be asking me to face the world immediately upon waking. I need to stand under a cascade of piping hot water for at least 15 minutes to loosen up and re-inflate the dried-up marshmallow that is my morning brain. As a sop to the pretense of living in a society, I'll also make some desultory use of soap and shampoo.
Also some of us have fine, greasy hair and look like the homeless creature behind the diner in Mulholland Drive if we don't wash our hair every morning.
This is why God created coffee.
And ADHD meds.
My family is made up of 3 night shower-ers and PROUD OF IT
I am a decadent and spoiled creature, like Baron Harkonnen. Thus I shower both day and night and then throw my wet towels out into the streets for the common folk to squeeze the water from.
Finally, some true logic prevails! How does anyone right minded go to bed dirty from the day? It is utterly revolting. May I add a gentle suggestion, good sir? Bath at night to clean and to relax AND shower in the morning to wake up. Perfect combo. I appreciate this makes me an environmental terrorist, but I stopped drinking almond milk so I’ve decided it balances out.
If anything were to convince me to become a night-showerer, it would be this. But I really don't feel like my eyes are open until I stand under hot water for 10-20 minutes LOL
I feel I have a Frankensteinian approach- I must rinse my feet before climbing into clean sheets, legs if I used bug spray that day, and face. But sopping wet hair must not touch a clean dry pillow case! This is for daytime, with the middle bits (torso etc)
Ok, but it wakes me up! And also it makes my hair decently flat. I'm not willing to run a comb through my hair or put gel on it or whatever, I need my hair care to happen incidentally in the course of another necessary activity.
In the spirt of what Jacob said, I can only assume you live in luxurious planetary destructive climate control conveniently located in Gringolandia. You thought that you were being funny, and the gods to which you were referring weren't Hurakán or Atabey. You get to stink all day long.
sadly this assumption is incorrect
Maybe I sweat more at night?
“During the day we choose to think our own stupid and venal thoughts; at night we dream so as to experience relief from our own willfulness.” Would love to have this stitched on a decorative pillow. 🌛
I’ve had to start being a mid-morning showerer due to practising regular yoga and it quite ruins everything I thought I knew about myself.
I could not agree more!