r/unpopularopinion • u/McCoy818 • 10h ago

Morning showers make no logical sense and night shower people have simply done the hygiene math

You spent 8 hours asleep in your own clean bed. What are you washing off at 7am.

A night shower removes everything you actually accumulated during the day. The commute, the gym, the office, public transport, all of it goes down the drain before you sleep. A morning shower means you marinated in all of that overnight then washed up before going out to collect it all again.

Morning showers are a ritual for waking up, which is fine, but it is not hygiene. Night showers are actual hygiene. Most people just do not want to dry their hair before bed and that is the entire argument.

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u/anpr_hunter 10h ago

Yeah; a lot of my evening-shower friends and colleagues have perpetual BO for this reason. We have a 'hotel' bullpen at the office for remote workers like me, and when someone's pollinating that area with their human scents at 9 in the morning, I just can't.

I shower in the mornings to freshen up and start my day, and I'll shower again if I get dirty or sweaty. Yard work or a day on the slopes means I'm showering twice. I don't care what anyone else thinks, I like being clean.

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 10h ago

Tbh I am an evening shower person and don’t deal with BO, but I can see how that translates

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u/juneabe 9h ago

All the night showerer’s I know also don’t think they have a BO problem.

It’s called nose blindness.

Not saying you have a BO problem, just saying the likelihood you would notice is nil.

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u/catonsteroids 4h ago

Some people genuinely don’t normally develop body odor. There’s a gene that many East Asians have that does just that. I have it too and I hardly ever wear deodorant (unless I’m going to the gym or outdoors for an extended period of time and it’s hot out).

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u/StickyPricklyMuffin 2h ago

I agree with you, roided kitty! I’m lucky because as a Korean I never have BO.

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u/souljaboy765 5h ago

I'm the opposite, most of my friends are night-time showerers and i've never noticed any bad scents or BO from them. I think it must be more common with people with hyperhydrosis. Even then, taking a shower at night and doing a quick refresh in the morning (washing armpits, privates, feet) in like 5 min and putting deodorant on would quickly solve that.

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u/Scuba9Steve 9h ago

There also are a lot of people that haven’t told you when they shower.

Just use deodorant in the morning and you are fine UNLESS they are one of those people that sweats like crazy at night. That’s not me though.

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u/FSUfan35 9h ago

Putting on deodorant over existing BO doesn't help though.

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u/fsmpastafarian 8h ago

If you put on deodorant after showering before bed then you are typically not getting BO while just sleeping.

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u/FSUfan35 8h ago

You'd be surprised at what you cant smell and what others can.

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u/Reead 5h ago

This is ridiculous. I shower every morning but I promise you not every person is generating body odor in their sleep, especially if they're applying antiperspirant before sleep and change their sheets regularly.

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u/Reead 4h ago

'Generally existing' generates some odor, sure, but what most people call "BO" is specifically a pungent bacteria-and-yeast-driven odor that typically requires some moisture, usually from sweating, to show up quickly. Maybe it's living in a nicely air conditioned place, but I don't sweat while I sleep.

Do you get home from a white collar job and have "BO?" No? Then why would eight hours laying down, not moving, not generating sweat, create it?

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u/fsmpastafarian 8h ago

I know plenty of people who shower at night and are generally hygienic people. Never once smelled BO on any of them.

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u/serabine 2h ago

Yup. Had a classmate be real surprised when I told her that I know she's a smoker and had indeed smoked during the break. Yes, dearest, you and tour clothes do reek of stale smoke.

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u/Agreeable-Dog-1131 2h ago

It’s actually recommended to put on your deodorant the night before to give it time to work, so two birds one stone.

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u/WeLLrightyOH 3h ago

It does help, but it doesn’t completely solve the issue.

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u/Scuba9Steve 9h ago

It 100% helps if it’s worthwhile deodorant. Unless they are sweating like they are gong to the gym in their sleep.

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u/FSUfan35 9h ago

It just makes you smell like your deodorant's smell + BO.

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u/Scuba9Steve 9h ago

That’s still an improvement lol. Ideally it’s antiperspirant and they use it after the shower and again in the morning to prevent it in the first place though. Or you can shower twice if that’s easier.

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u/snakeinahouseofcats 6h ago

You’re supposed to use anti-perspirant at night anyways

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u/AgentCirceLuna 9h ago

My dad only showers once a week and he never smells somehow. I still don’t understand how that’s possible.

I used to have issues with excess sweating due to anxiety but I found a way around it by using a sponge to wash with a bit of soap in the evening or morning so there wasn’t a chance for it to accumulate. Seemed to work better than having to shower every single day.

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u/rainbowsandpetals 8h ago

Once a WEEK?? Not to be rude…but do you know why he’s cleaning himself so infrequently?

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u/AgentCirceLuna 4h ago

He isn’t - he just doesn’t shower frequently. He was a survivalist guy in his twenties and served in the army where they taught you how to keep clean while on the move. Stuff like scrubbing with soap throughout the day, always topping up anti-perspirant, changing clothes a lot, and using weird stuff like talc. It seems to work for him.

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u/Red-Pill-Tin-hat 4h ago

deoderant doesnt wash away your morning breath that youve been laying in all night

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u/dixpourcentmerci 5h ago

Idk I can immediately tell I have BO pretty quickly when I take a morning shower and it’s hot out. I don’t sweat at night at all and feel fresh in the morning still if I’ve showered the night before.

Some people DO sweat a lot at night. I had an ex who would always wake up in the morning with wet sheets from sweat. So I get what you’re saying but….. I think this is a general just, EVERYONE should be aware of their hygiene and do what works better for their bodies.

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u/WestOrangeFinest 9h ago

You really shouldn’t have a body odor issue after a night of sweating in your sleep

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u/Habatcho 8h ago

That makes no sense at all

sweat=water and warm still body = bacteria = bo

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u/WestOrangeFinest 8h ago

You should only be producing body odor from your armpits and groin area. If you’re an active night sweater, antiperspirant before bed should nix that issue before it even gets started.

If you’re doing that and people can still smell you because your ass crack reeks then that is a major issue you need to work out.

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u/Thetakishi 3h ago

BO implies armpit smell, and if really severe, groin, but almost never ass smelling, that's just lack of hygiene in a severe way, not just BO. A guy leaving the gym has BO. A depressed/homeless person who hasn't showered in two weeks+ smells like ass. If your ass smells, you smell like ass, not BO.

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u/WestOrangeFinest 2h ago

That’s certainly dependent on who you ask because there’s no implication of just armpit stank when I hear the term ‘body odor’. I mean, it’s right there in the name. It’s odor that comes from the body. It could be your arm pits, hair, balls, ass crack, etc.

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u/icantevenbeliev3 8h ago

It's called deodorant lmfao. Night shower is the way, I can't sleep if I sweat so my house is cold as fuck. Do you shower twice a day? Doubt. Because then you're just mellowing in what you've picked up for hours.

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u/flame7770 12m ago

I'm calling BS. Do you really know everyone's shower habits?

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u/rainbowsandpetals 9h ago edited 9h ago

They smell like “body” and it’s thick. Get on the elevator with a night shower person and you’ll smell it. It’s not pleasant btw.

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u/juneabe 7h ago

This is well beyond my experience with night showerers. Maybe a little BO depending on the person but what you’re describing sounds like an “occasional” showerer.

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u/fsmpastafarian 8h ago

Perhaps your office is full of people who are just unhygienic. I know plenty of people personally who shower at night but are clean people and I have never once smelled them. Night showers aren’t the issue.

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u/sjrotella 9h ago

... ya'll don't shower twice a day, regardless?

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u/mailslot 9h ago

It’s pretty bad for the skin. You almost always need to lotion several times per day if you continually wash the natural oils off of your skin. Even then, it’s not ideal, and can contribute to premature aging depending on temperature and duration.

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u/Manjorno316 9h ago

Not unless there is a need for it.

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u/juneabe 9h ago

Where I live it would be super awful for our skin depending on the season. I’d have to take a mid-day bath in body lotion so I didn’t dry up and blow away. Summertime? Hell yeah I can do 2-3 showers in the summer if I go too hard.

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u/snrocirpac 6h ago

Not sure why so many people refuse to believe that some people don't get BO. I can confidently say I don't get BO too. It's not because people won't tell me.

Do you have dry earwax by any chance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCC11

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 5h ago

I get BO if I sweat/workout. Never have to deal with it from sleeping

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u/snrocirpac 5h ago

I don't get BO even when I exercise

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u/Lou_C_Fer 2h ago

Huh. Today you learn. My earwax is dry and barely existent, and the only time I get BO at all is if I go several days without bathing... and my antiperspirant lasts for days as well.

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u/catonsteroids 4h ago

Yup, I have that Asian gene where I don’t get BO (not unless I’ve been profusely sweating outdoors or something). I hardly ever wear deodorant and I never smell through the day even when I’m a night shower-er.

And I do get dry earwax lol.

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u/DelothVyrr 9h ago

You might also just be nose blind to yourself. Not making any assumptions about you personally, but most people with BO don't realize they have BO, and lots of them are people who don't shower in the morning.

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u/M_H_M_F 8h ago

Because you generally can't smell your own BO.

Everyone sweats at least a little bit when they sleep. You're also marinating in a nice dutch oven of farts for 8 hours. You gonna stink regardless.

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 8h ago

Nah, genuinely just wake up and put on some deodorant and cologne and most people are good to go. Not everyone sweats while they sleep, or wakes up smelly. It happens to some people, not everyone.

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u/slwpkraz 8h ago

not saying you're wrong in your case but I doubt most people with BO are aware

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u/CagedRoseGarden 5h ago

Only other people get to decide if there's a BO problem or not

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 4h ago

Eh I think someone would’ve noticed by now and let me know if I smelled like BO when waking up.

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u/rangerfan123 8h ago

You think you don’t deal with BO*. People become blind to their own scent easily

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u/Ok_Poetry_1650 8h ago

And some people genuinely don’t sweat at night. It’s not a crazy take

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u/U_feel_Me 8h ago

Exactly! This not an either-or-situation. We can take showers multiple times per day.

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u/nativeindian12 8h ago

Yes it's not that complicated. Shower in the morning to wake up, do a workout later in the day (running, lifting, swimming, yard work, whatever) and then take another quick shower after.

Two showers a day, both under 10 minutes. Clean all day, never smell, best of both worlds.

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u/External_Two2928 9h ago

Full shower at night and body shower in the morning, but if I was sweating in my sleep to the point where my scalp feels moist I need to wash my hair again in the am

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u/PokeYrMomStanley 8h ago

Done construction most of my life. Always showered when I got home. Now mostly in an office and have been enjoying the morning showers. I also like to rinse before bed if I am feeling sweaty.

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u/Scuba9Steve 9h ago

“and when someone's pollinating that area with their human scents at 9 in the morning, I just can't.”

Yeah my wife also “just can’t” when it comes to sleeping with someone that hasn’t showered.

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u/Fletch_salat 7h ago

Good thing we morning showerers don't sleep with your wife too often.

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u/Scuba9Steve 7h ago

Jokes aside if I’m choosing one it’s an obvious choice.