Bar soap… do most people rub the bar all over their body or lather in hands or washcloth?

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Anonymous wrote:We only use bar soap. I try to eliminate as much single use plastics and that was a no brainer.

I lather my hands. Kids do the same.

For guests, I provide hotel sized wrapped bars.

Coming back to join the bath cloth discussion. White 50 year old lady.

First, my extended white family calls them facecloths because that (to the best of my knowledge) is the only place they are used by my family). My family uses loofahs on the body. I personally don’t think I would’ve taken a proper shower without loofahing my feet (and the rest, but for some reason the feet always feel more refreshed after a good scrub).

I have stayed in homes that don’t have facecloths and am mystified on how they wash their face (I cringe at the thought of single use face tissues).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH. I use bar soap, including on my butt. I’m pretty sure this is how my parents bathed us, because I remember thinking it weird that my grandma’s house had “wash cloths.”

Exactly. Not sure how else you clean your butt other than using a bar of soap!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my observations - the using of a wash cloth is cultural if not ethnic.

All my black family and friends use wash cloths.

My white friends do not - loofah at best (the women) but most say they don't (I did a casual fun poll during the height of pandemic as it was a group chat topic).

If it matters - washcloths are not re-used. A new washcloth for every shower - and generally speaking two are used - one for face and one for body. They are then tossed in laundry. We keep stack of washcloths in our homes.

My black family and friends are amazed that white people don't do this automatically - and we are grossed out. The topic also brought up the issue of not washing legs/feet and instead letting the "water/soap" from up top do the job.

So - in summary, the true difference between the races are uses of washcloths and seasoning. Also - this is all in fun. Don't get weird.

Yes, this. New wash cloth every shower. I only use one per shower but I use it on my face first and butt last, then hang it to dry then goes in the hamper. Loofahs are nasty. If I don’t have access to a wash cloth I’m fine with just hands once in a while.

Being white though, I do not scrub my legs or arms, except when I exfoliate with a dedicated Salux nylon cloth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We only use bar soap. I try to eliminate as much single use plastics and that was a no brainer.

I lather my hands. Kids do the same.

For guests, I provide hotel sized wrapped bars.

Coming back to join the bath cloth discussion. White 50 year old lady.

First, my extended white family calls them facecloths because that (to the best of my knowledge) is the only place they are used by my family). My family uses loofahs on the body. I personally don’t think I would’ve taken a proper shower without loofahing my feet (and the rest, but for some reason the feet always feel more refreshed after a good scrub).

I have stayed in homes that don’t have facecloths and am mystified on how they wash their face (I cringe at the thought of single use face tissues).

The skin on my face is far too sensitive for a washcloth. I wash my face with my hands.

[Anonymous]

I rinse the soap after I'm done with it and before I use it if someone else used it. No way am I rubbing other people's hairs from the soap onto my washcloth. I only use one washcloth for everything and reuse it. It only has soap on it so doesn't really get dirty and then I rinse it and wring it out well. If you go to the bathroom before you get in the shower, you should already be clean "down there".

Isn't a loofa scratchy on your lady parts and sphincter?

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I'm not even Captain Planet, but I realize single use plastics need to be permanently banned. It is incredibly wasteful. The entire planet is choking to death on plastics. No, just because you recycle plastic either doesn't mean squat, because the vast majority of plastics cannot be recycled and are therefore shredded and microparticles end up in all of our water, or plastics are incinerated and leave toxic residues everywhere. You are not immune to your own pollution. Every human on earth now has detectable levels of compounds often derived from plastics in their bloodstream. Liquid soaps are an extraordinary waste of energy and create horrific amounts of unnecessary waste that is killing the planet. The photos of plastic pollution that show the impact of plastic trash on wildlife are horrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I rinse the soap after I'm done with it and before I use it if someone else used it. No way am I rubbing other people's hairs from the soap onto my washcloth. I only use one washcloth for everything and reuse it. It only has soap on it so doesn't really get dirty and then I rinse it and wring it out well. If you go to the bathroom before you get in the shower, you should already be clean "down there".

Isn't a loofa scratchy on your lady parts and sphincter?

Nah reusing washcloths is nasty.

[Anonymous]

I don’t use soap except to wash/shave my armpits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is becoming an epic/classic DCUM thread.

The turning point was this PP:

"I have a bar of soap I use to clean the other bar of soap."

this is classic!

[Anonymous]

Those of you who aren’t cleaning your butt are nasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who bathes without a cloth? Do you wash your dishes with your bare hands too?

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who bathes without a cloth? Do you wash your dishes with your bare hands too?

Do you have dry egg yolk stuck to your skin?

I wonder though people who use a sponge to wash dishes and never clean that sponge…

sounds like another science fair project idea…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who bathes without a cloth? Do you wash your dishes with your bare hands too?

We don’t use wash cloths- it’s gross. All that bacteria and germs living on that cloth. Probably growing fungus. And then you use it on your face and body? No thanks!

But you get a fresh one each day and wash the dirty ones in hot water and detergent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t use soap except to wash/shave my armpits.

What about your groin and arse?

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, I stick the bar of soap right up my butt. Then I rinse it off. I also use it on my lady parts. DH and I share a bar. No cloths.

who wedges a bar of soap right up their crack? You really should use a cloth to swipe clean all the little bile salts and poop particles that are in the puckering skin of your anus. You really are not getting a perfectly shiny hiney by just wedging a bar of soap into your crack. It’s not a thorough clean job.

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