Could you take a shower with others after exercise if the shower room looked like this?

[bubble_tea]

Could you take a shower with others after a hardcore exercise if the shower room looked like this?

Or would you rather go home looking like this?

[WhiteSteve]

Another comfort zone question, haha. I played football most of my life, I've done my share of communal showering. Oddly enough though, I avoid my gym's locker room completely, due to the abundance of old dudes' balls. The older and more wrinkly they get, they more comfortable they seem to be😱 And they just chill with one leg up on a bench, just swinging in the breeze, talking about current events and shit. One time I walked around the corner to find a completely naked dude just posted up in the corner reading the newspaper. And not just normally, it was like, cartoonish. Like he was holding the paper up, covering his face and chest, just dick slangin' all over the joint, not holding the paper lower and more comfortably. Like a cartoon picture that's really making the point that someone is reading the paper. Like this, but holding it even higher.
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So ridiculous.

[Entrieton]

So true.

[Bandit74]

Lol your opinions always have the funniest stories

[CHARismatic110]

😂😂😂😂

Ewww

[bubble_tea]

LMAO! yeah, that's what some old guys do in front of saunas too.. between 'relaxation' phases or after their sauna sessions xD In case you're wondering, saunas are unisex.

[bubble_tea]

by the way what you said it right.. I don't have a problem showering with others, but I always feel I get stared at by 50+ yr old women.

[mgalex]

Shower!
no way in hell I'm leaving without a shower after exercise. I've done it a lot in some gyms and don't mind the nudity.

better the 5 minutes of shame in the shower than the minutes of shame because of the smell.

[spuitkaas]

I did it once with a female friend of mine. We were the only people there, but otherwise, I'm not sure. I might be a little prude with these things.
I also don't sweat a lot. My face just gets really red, but that will go away after a while.

[Ivy_Nicole]

I'd definitely go home. My gym showerroom looks like this and I don't like having wet hair when I go home. Also my gym is close, so I only need 10 minutes more in sweat. But if there were good separate showers and a hairdryer I would.

[CHARismatic110]

Yeah, that's a no for me. I'd rather go home soaked head to toe with sweat than get in that shower. I took a shower at the gym one time. I'm much more comfortable in my own house. I like to lounge around in my towel for hours anyway

[Mustachekitteh]

I would just take a swimsuit with me and take a shower in the public place while wearing it, lol.

[Toad-1]

Well you'll clean most of yourself anyways so it's al good lol :P

[bubble_tea]

That's what I did in primary school xD

[Mustachekitteh]

yay thank you for mho ^^

[Niceguyscumlast]

A lot of comments about "old guys and their just letting it hang out wrinkly balls and all". Well as one who is only 55 but is called an "old dude" on here I always drape myself with a large towel. When I'm in a sauna especially if it is unisex.

I don't have any issues being nude but I also understand and respect not everyone shares my same view so I am respectful especially where it comes to being in a sauna with women.

As to this apparent malaise of "old wrinkly balls" not all "old guys have this I have large balls but so far no wrinkles on the sack.

The shower looks clean I would shower no problem and then cover up with the large towel

[bubble_tea]

I guess it's like with all other kind of groups, no matter if it's ethnicity, gender, age or amount of tattooes, piercings or makeup. The only ones standing out that people remember are usually the extreme examples.
However, in my country, you're definitely one of the few who sit around with a large towel around their genitals. Almost everyone drops it in the sauna, young and old.. but it's only guys from older generations who keep the towels off outside of the sauna.

[Niceguyscumlast]

Thank you for the follow up reply I have two daughters and so I think of how I did not want them to see a penis palooza

May I ask which country you reside in?

[bubble_tea]

Switzerland. I was refering to finnish saunas and people sit or lay on their towels like this, because of the 'no sweat on the wood' rule. (NSFW) https://i.stack.imgur.com/OXI4g.jpg

[Niceguyscumlast]

That's a great pic looks very relaxing

[bubble_tea]

Are there finnish saunas in the US? Do you wrap the towel around your body at all times?

[Niceguyscumlast]

No kiddo no unisex in California where I live some guys sit on their towels some guys wrap it around them others just let it hang for all to see

[bubble_tea]

So this is what the least prude states have to offer. Interesting.

[Niceguyscumlast]

Yep sad isn't it people don't get it there is nothing sexual in a Sauna no women legs spread rubbing themselves no men with erections it's about health and purging toxins and relaxing

[bubble_tea]

It'd be funny if that's their only fear and reason to avoid finnish saunas. I'm not afraid of that, I just don't want people to stare at my body, because I'm shy. I also get uncomfortable when people stare at me while I'm clothed. Maybe the fear is irrational too, but that's my experience so far due to looking very different than roughly 98% of the sauna goers.

[Niceguyscumlast]

Why are you different looking? And I don't know anyone myself included that got an erection at a nudist getaway or in a Sauna it's just not arousing it's relaxing

[bubble_tea]

I would like to say race doesn't matter, but I think it does. I'm pretty sure most of the sauna goers have never seen someone of my ethnicity naked except in p*rn , so I think they are curious what 'real women of that ethnicity' look like. I'm not saying anyone would get boners, only that they're curious and look. That's what I'm basically saying when I said those 50+ y/o women are looking at me in the shower. They are curious, maybe angry/jealous? too.

[Niceguyscumlast]

See I don't get that you know what cracks me up is when people especially men think that if a woman is a different ethnicity she is going to taste different when performing oral all women if they keep themselves clean taste the same no matter the race.

And although you may not be blonde and blue eyed your still just a woman when naked the same outward appearance right?

[Starrk]

I'll have no problem with it, but I would need a pair of sandals while taking a shower. there's no way I'm walking on a floor where I know dozens of guys have pissed on prior before me walking in.

Ain't nobody got time for athlete foot or some type of fungus infection.

[Azara]

I just wear a swim suit and shower immediately after working out . Which is usually swimming anyhow so I'm all set:p

That pic is kind of freaky like gass is about to come out instead of water. Too long you can't just exit right away.

[bubble_tea]

yeah, I guess.. it's only one of two where the lighting looked nice, but if I posted the other pic, others would complain the space between the left and right showers is 'too small' xD

[Sour-rose]

ha ha ha... hell no. A shower is where I must be alone or i'll never feel comfortable. I can't hide a knife on me so i just have to hope the odds are in my favor if someone joins me... and attacks me. :c

[mistninja314]

HELL NAW that shit is/would be so fruity. Don't give me that cliched "WE'RE ALL GUYS" BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAN REASON" why I Siad that stuff LOL

I'd go with #2, but I workout from home anyway, when I do decide to workout ^^

[mistninja314]

take out the 2nd " mark*

[kheserthorpe]

I've worked out in gyms that are like that, newer ones tend to have stalls, but traditionally that's how men's showers were - one big communal room.

[bubble_tea]

Did men used to skip the shower because of the one big scary communal room?

[kheserthorpe]

I don't think so. People were actually less paranoid in the past.

Now when I was in high school, again, showers were like that, and almost nobody showered after gym, note this was an all male school so probably again nobody cared how good they smelled, and since very few people showered, it was 'weird'.

I remember being in my teens, started playing squash sometimes with my dad, and his squash clubs would have showers like that, seemed like everyone used it, old guys don't care. I felt a bit awkward but you get over it. That's why the old guys don't care - they've gotten over it.

I work out in a really small gym now, the shower is not 100% private, though usually you're the only one using it. It's whatever.

I remember when I first started going to the gym in my 30's, I realized 'why am i paranoid about my dick showing, when it's fine, and it's my gut i'm actually embarrassed about' lol.

[bubble_tea]

lol this makes it sound like it is the ultimate sign you're one of the 'old guys'.. when you've gotten over the awkwardness of being naked around others and seeing naked bits of others... or like an old dude called it 'having no shame'.

[BelleGirl21]

I always shower at home. People would think I'm weird when I start singing otherwise. Plus I'm a germaphobe and I don't like all the wet bare feet sharing the same places...

[bubble_tea]

Good points!
May I ask, do you also use a handkerchief to act as a barrier between your hands and the door knobs and buttons you touch in public? I've seen a guy do it.

[BelleGirl21]

I don't do the hanker chief thing except sometimes with a paper towel in public restrooms lol.

[bubble_tea]

Oh yeah, that's what I do too.. sometimes xD

[AshBrown]

Hell fuckinn no. I will never shower all naked in a public place.

[AshBrown]

Kind of happy to read the comments of ladies. Good to know there is some shame still left in this world.

[bubble_tea]

yeah, everybody be ashamed of their gift of God, right?

[AshBrown]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or just funny.

[Dandeus]

Go home sweaty. The showers at the gym are for the old men who like to parade around the locker room buck naked.

[Hidden_P]

Always prefer leaving the gym looking like a sweatbag.

When I was at school we had to shower like that. I hated it

[bubble_tea]

It's definitely not as comfortable as in your own shower.

[Hidden_P]

No very true!

[ds84reader]

Looks clean enough. I've played enough sports in my life that communal showers don't really phase me. I prefer a private shower but I'll use what is available.

[akadatank44]

I have to take showers at the gym. Because if I get home I find other things to do and not shower until later which is disgusting. Its not that bad and I know a lot of the guys cuz we work out at the same time.

[TripleAce]

Nahhh because no matter what, even straights guys are looking and its just odd... Maybe IM just not use to it

[dwiller943]

I only shower at home
(or at other people's houses if I sleep over).
And if I did use a public place like that,
I'd likely be in a swimsuit and using it just to rinse off.

[Tokana]

I've showered in places like that before. But there just always seems to be a one dude just ONE dude that decides to stare at me. Even so, I don't know, I'll still use it.

[PiuBelloAmante]

yeah why not?
i dont really care if other guys see my Jr. lol!
hopefully everyone in there is straight and not staring at my dick...

[Hopefuldreamer8]

I would just go home. I go home after hiking in the hot sun and then shower, so I can handle it when it's the gym.

[BertMacklinFBI]

if I know the team well yeah. but I never take showers in a gym or anything like that, its dirty as fuck!

[KrisPW]

Definitely shower, no way am I stinking my car up like that all the way home.

[Izzex3]

Yes?
It's just a shower.
We all have the same parts... Or most anyways.

[bubble_tea]

I'm actually surprised by the girls responses. Aren't they the ones who love to compare their body parts with those of others to determine if theirs are good enough? Isn't it better to compare yourself with the next gym girl than some fitness model from the internet?