Do you tolerate poor personal hygiene?

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

Personally, low personal hygiene is one of the things I have zero tolerance on. I do my best to be always clean and orderly and shower daily, and sometimes multiple times a day.

I think it's not unreasonable for me to expect the same from others - it's not only a form of respect for the people around us, but also for themselves. Also, it's not only a matter of decorum, but also of health - I always do my best to make sure that proper facilities are available for washing face and hands before and after a meal (really important); and shower if we are going to share a pool, a Jacuzzi or a sauna (extremely important). Goes without saying that I consider this mandatory before and after intimacy.

What about you?

[Screenwriter]

The only reason to shower or bathe more than once a day is when someone has exercised or used pool facilities, or has been doing indoor or outdoor work and becomes dirty and sweaty.

I think most people wash their hands before meals. I've never heard of washing your face before meals. I only wash my hands after a meal if I've been handling sticky or messy food. If a fork and knife are the only things touching the food, there's no need to wash hands afterward.

I wash my face and apply creams before bed, as the face collects dirt being exposed all day. I use an astringent to clean my face if it feels grungy whenever I feel the need.

I would always bathe before being intimate. Afterward, a quick wash-up is all that's needed if you're sleeping or staying together. You don't want to ruin the mood by leaving your partner to bathe or shower immediately afterward.

If you're at a friend's house and you're there to use the pool or jacuzzi, as long as you've bathed that day, there's no need to do a "public pool shower" as people do for health clubs. You're at no risk of contracting an illness at a personal friend's pool. If it's merely a pool party at someone's you don't know, you might want to shower afterward because you don't know how clean the owner keeps their pool.

However, I've never once worried about using a pool or jacuzzi in a semi-private situation, or felt the need to clean up afterward.

It sounds to me that you're overly concerned about cleanliness when it's unnecessary.

I don't know what's caused this concern, but maybe you have an OCD issue that's going on that compensates for something else awry in your life. If you have a therapist, I'd talk to them about this.

[DaisyM23]

personal hygiene is a must, especially after covid i've become more conscious of germs and stuff so i don't like shoes inside unless it's a shoes household, no outside clothes and definitely no shoes on your bed, washing your hands after the toilet and before cooking/eating

i personally don't shower multiple times a day but that's personal preference and time saving - my family and i have always been pretty clean and more so after covid so it was such a shock when i became friends with someone who constantly lays around in bed in outside clothes WITH shoes on and walks around barefoot in households where shoes are worn around

[Screenwriter]

Feet are easily cleaned if you walk around barefoot in a house where shoes are worn inside. Just as floors are easily cleaned. In summer I walk around barefoot on my wood floors because they feel cool. I sweep them daily and do a good scrub regularly to keep the dirt and dust at bay. But, feet can be washed off.

Also nothing wrong with wearing outside clothes and sitting/ lounging on a made-up bed. I'd forego allowing shoed feet on covers, however.

[Screenwriter]

Well, nothing wrong unless the clothes are physically dirty from garden, home repair or maintenance work. Then it's a no-go...

[MCheetah]

No sir! That's why I buy the expensive-as-f*ck $8 to $10 Mitchum deodorant, instead of some cheap store-brand sh*t. (It costs even more to ship it over here to Korea from the US.)

I love my morning showers. (Well, more like 12noon showers; I'm not a morning person.)

Also, I'm overweight; people are VERY quick to judge overweight people and just assume they're going to have poor hygiene, which is some ol' bullsh*t!

[Mia-Wallace]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ot7d7DQ_iSU

"No sir!" 🤣

[OlderAndWiser]

remember meeting a girl in person who had found online. We had talked on the phone a few times and I was excited to meet her, but when we finally met in person. . . she had AWFUL oral hygiene. She had not been to a dentist in years and she had yellow plaque around every tooth. The idea of kissing her made me feel sick! There was no second date for her.

Yes, hygiene is extremely important to me.

[Clairebear799]

I’m not mean to people. But I don’t like being around them. If they look poor or that they can’t help it. That’s one thing.


But if they just are inconsiderate of those around them it’s another.


But I have days too where I probably stink. But it’s not all the time

[Sour-rose]

Hell no. A few days, fine, as long you are litterly not making me wonder if you know how to bathe at all. People may see me wearing a mask and wonder "ugh, another covid nut. Covid is over, just drop your mask already!" Bish, it ain't for covid. It's because people knowingly smell like they haven't took a bath in 4 years and smell horrendous.

[Screenwriter]

Yep, you can fudge on a full bath or shower if you simply do a basin wash-off of underarms and pertinent parts and change into fresh clothes and powder yourself. This isn't a best-case scenario, but will not require ANYONE TO HAVE TO WEAR A COVID MASK IN YOUR PRESENCE!!! A no-stink option!!!

[Googlemyahoo]

I work with a fat guy who makes this annoying sigh groan noise all day anytime he does anything. I’m like 15 years older then the lazy prick. He smokes & stinks like tobacco & by lunchtime his body odour is horrible.

I tell him to his face he stinks and stop making that stupid noise.

[Alliegal]

I’m fat but clean

[es20490446e]

I personally think that soap makes you very clean for the moment. But long term is counterproductive for hygiene, as it removes the shield against bacteria: your body oils.

Your body oil acidifies your skin, making it difficult for bacteria to grow.

Hence I shower daily, but always only with water.

[es20490446e]

I also believe that probably the most important part of your hygiene is brushing your teeth, while using dental flush.

Just followed by cleaning your ass with water too after pooping.

[AngryCarl]

That won't make you clean, it just gets you wet. Which also removes your body oils by the way.

[es20490446e]

@AngryCarl No, because oil is hydrophobe. As we studied in materials engineering.

You will be somehow less clean, but it will be harder to bacteria to adhere and survive.

[TrueConfection]

It depends. A man with a little dirt on his face and hands from working is sexy. Of course, I want my guy showered before intimacy. Oral hygiene is always a must.

[Mia-Wallace]

Poor personal hygene can be a sign of psychomotor slowing. It shows a lot about a person's mental health.

[TacosRAwesome]

I won't judge someone If they skip a shower once in a while especially in winter but I won't deal with someone who smells like a zombie.

[Andres77]

Poor hygiene? No. That's gross. But if she just got done with the gym or was in a rush and forgot to put on deodorant I'm not going to shame her for it. Everyone sweats. It's just natural. Plus there are lots of pheromones in sweat.

[es20490446e]

Actually there are two types of sweat, that smell differently.

There's the sweat that cools you down, and the sweat that signals sexual interest.

If you don't use deodorant you can clearly perceive the second in your armpits after orgasm. Instead of salty it smells more alcoholic.

[Andres77]

@es20490446e one of my favorite flavors

[es20490446e]

[MendaciousMarxist]

No, it is the one thing I will absolutely not tolerate in any situation from ANYONE! dates nasty

[melanieeeB]

Not a second! I'm a pretty clean person myself and I don't talk to people that I see as poor hygienic

[Guy13]

I don't... I can't. I don't mean do not sweat in gym but do clean-up sometime soon thereafter. GO to the dentist too !!!

[curiousaboutthis]

Nope, gross. Personal hygiene is extremely important to me.

[Jamie05rhs]

If someone has poor hygiene, it probably means they have problems in their life.

[Anonymous]

Not from my fella. My rule is either you take a shower or there's no sex. Boys will be boys after all.

[Downhill20]

No. Personal hygiene is important. It shows self-care.

[blondfrog]

IIf the person was poor in terms of income then yes I would tolerate it otherwise there is no excuse.

[SlavicThor]

I don't tolerate it. Hygiene is important for me I will call people out on it if I know them on a mutual level

[Summeroflove]

If someone doesn’t seem they can help it. It is what it is.


I have days where I smell. But some people don’t care whose around them

[AngryCarl]

I don't just tolerate it, I promote it. Especially during winter when the extra layer of grime keeps me warm.

[es20490446e]

I use a jacket.

[Date_a_Snob]

Me ex joked that I spent more time in the bathroom than she did