General Discussion

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

58. I studied in Europe in college and people in Austria did not bathe more than once per

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 08:54 PM

Jul 2014

week. You could smell it on public transportation. We were told to be respectful of their need to conserve water and to only bathe rarely. Luckily, my host family allowed me to shower almost every day, but others in my program were restricted to very limited bath times. Eventually you got used to it, but I do think we are an overly hygienic nation. I think it is just a matter of what you are accustomed to.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

58 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Today's topic du jour is body odor, I guess - as a gay man, [View all] closeupready Jul 2014 OP

This DU topic really stinks. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #1

Well! Smell you! closeupready Jul 2014 #3

+100 n/t whathehell Jul 2014 #26

Very clever. /nt dballance Jul 2014 #34

I agree that it's a complex pheromone thing. Although I didn't need the mental image of Napoleon Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #2

Right? I'm not quite sure why that's a boast for Napoleon's fans. closeupready Jul 2014 #4

And we need to know this because....? Gman Jul 2014 #5

As a counter-thread to the "I don't need deodorant" thread. closeupready Jul 2014 #6

Well, OK then... Gman Jul 2014 #7

It's an "issue" that has been raised on this discussion board, though.... MADem Jul 2014 #41

I don't think anything on DU is by definition, a need. LanternWaste Jul 2014 #13

I don't know if this is a positive sign or a negative one upaloopa Jul 2014 #8

You'd think "we have our hygiene routines worked out by now" would be Nay Jul 2014 #25

k+r ... TeeYiYi Jul 2014 #9

The other day, I was wondering if, "chewing your meal with your mouth open" FSogol Jul 2014 #10

I don't smell. LWolf Jul 2014 #11

My son was born without a sense of smell. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #14

I told him it will be his superpower some day. " etherealtruth Jul 2014 #15

Yep. LWolf Jul 2014 #17

As someone who laundry_queen Jul 2014 #20

Not to alarm you but that's worrisome. nolabear Jul 2014 #40

I have a very poor sense of smell Skittles Jul 2014 #43

I never understood that whole 'pheromones' thing. Aristus Jul 2014 #12

Me either. laundry_queen Jul 2014 #19

You make your own soap? Codeine Jul 2014 #21

I don't anymore laundry_queen Jul 2014 #23

Thank you for the link!! Codeine Jul 2014 #35

Home-made soaps sound cool! Aristus Jul 2014 #22

They are lovely laundry_queen Jul 2014 #24

Don't know about body odor... whistler162 Jul 2014 #16

isn't body odor kind of a moot point on the Internet? Ken Burch Jul 2014 #18

Not so long ago people didn't bathe much at all. Kingofalldems Jul 2014 #27

That's why smoking was so popular. defacto7 Jul 2014 #32

I must have missed a heck of a thread Peacetrain Jul 2014 #28

I also like the faintly musky smell of a man that I am attracted to. smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #36

True that Peacetrain Jul 2014 #37

Oh, right - like in "Brokeback Mountain" - Gyllenhaal's character closeupready Jul 2014 #38

I think it is pretty primal.. pair bonding Peacetrain Jul 2014 #39

I sleep with my guy's shirts as well.... blueamy66 Jul 2014 #51

I hear you Peacetrain Jul 2014 #55

He works 12 hour shifts.... blueamy66 Jul 2014 #56

I love the smell of my own airpits in the morning. Lint Head Jul 2014 #29

So does this guy :-) troublesome_mind Jul 2014 #44

Italian's such an ugly language... opiate69 Jul 2014 #46

LOLOLOL! Lint Head Jul 2014 #47

I took my bath in March defacto7 Jul 2014 #30

I know someone is going to tell me, oh, so your sh** doesn't stink, lol ... but I need RKP5637 Jul 2014 #31

In the 17th century bathing was thought dangerous defacto7 Jul 2014 #33

Bathing in the wintertime was a no-no for some into the 20th century Hekate Jul 2014 #42

what does a "5 second thrill" entail? we need more details--- snooper2 Jul 2014 #45

I bathe daily Puzzledtraveller Jul 2014 #48

I was the first one to respond on that thread. BKH70041 Jul 2014 #49

Agreed. Someone else here stated, 'are people here really so ignorant closeupready Jul 2014 #54

Preferably unscented deodorants and antiperspirants, though. Blaukraut Jul 2014 #50

Bathing... Catherine Vincent Jul 2014 #52

Does someone on DU get the red out Jul 2014 #53

Yeah but too much "product" is as bad as sweat marions ghost Jul 2014 #57

I studied in Europe in college and people in Austria did not bathe more than once per smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #58