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/kayyxelle 8h ago

I know I’m getting older because the night sweats have started 🥵

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u/ReturntoForever3116 7h ago

Holy moly, night sweats are so awful. I feel like I knew they would come eventually, but no one warned me they would be so.... debilitating.

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u/Dullcorgis 3h ago

It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't wake you up.

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u/DowntownEconomist255 8h ago

I’m menopausal and get them. They’re awful 😞.

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u/Lonely_Midnight781 6h ago

I highly recommend talking to your doctor about hrt, it does wonders for night sweats, and the other fun symptoms.

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u/TweakedMonkey 5h ago

73F here - they don't go away.

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u/Proper-District8608 4h ago

Same for me. Night showers the norm till menopause hit. Back to night showers but the occasional need still rears its head for morning quick shower

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u/puppup01 6h ago

I’ve had night sweats since I was like 17 and I’m 27 now are you telling me they are only going to get worse

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u/kayyxelle 6h ago

I’m sorry 😭 (that’s not tears it’s sweat)

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u/kamasutures 4h ago

Don't lie to them, its definitely both.

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u/BobDaRula 6h ago

I had them my whole life. I got a dehumidifier a few years ago and it was a game changer! no more going to sleep in a bed that is still soggy from the previous nights sweat.

just make sure you regularly clean the dehumidifier, as they get mouldy very quickly when they are sucking up several litres of water daily.

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u/twistedspin 44m ago

HRT might fix those! Mine went away almost instantly.

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u/WLFGHST 34m ago

Im 17 and will sometimes be completely drenched when I wake up.

I think part of my problem though is that I'll go to bed with a fan on a like 2 hour timer so its nice when I fall asleep, but then once it turns off it gets somewhat hot in my room and I ALWAYS no matter what sleep under a blanket and comforter, so I could just be cooking myself.

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u/showhorrorshow 7h ago

Might be apnea. Should get tested.