Today, my mom revoked my shower privileges for a week, all because I'm “using too much water.” I'm the kind of person who will smell like garbage after one skipped shower. FML
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Today, my mom yelled at me because even though I shower thoroughly twice a day, I still stink. My mom showers once a week, never wears deodorant, and smells like roses. FML
Today, my mother told me to take a quick shower. When I got out, she told me I took too long, and now I have to pay the utilities bill. My shower was two minutes long. FML
Today, I had to have a discussion with my 54-year-old mother about showering. She thinks it's perfectly OK to shower only once a week. FML
Today, I discovered my new step-dad has a rule about the shower. After three minutes, he turns the water off at the source. I had to beg him to turn it back on whilst covered in shampoo suds, and the only way I could get him to give me another minute was to forfeit my phone for the week. FML
Today, in the middle of a localised drought, and an accompanying hosepipe ban, my mother has decided that she still needs to water her lawn. To balance out the water usage, she's placed a complete ban on the use of our shower until the weather lets up. FML
Today, I confronted my 18-year-old daughter about her excessively lengthy showers. She said she didn't see the big deal, considering the water "comes free with the house." No dear, it doesn't. FML
Today, while applying deodorant, my mom came up behind me slapped the stick out of my hand, and confiscated it, saying, “No one needs deodorant when it’s this cold.” At work, I got so many complaints about my B.O that I was sent home to go take a shower. I shower every single day. FML
Today, I realized why my water bill has gone down so much. My 16 year old daughter now only feels it necessary to shower whenever her boyfriend is going to come over. FML
Today, I got into a screaming match with the mother of my kids. I told her they need to bathe more often. According to her, anything more than once a week is excessive and bad for their skin. My kids play sports and smell like puppies from the pound. She doesn’t care. FML
Today, I found out that my mom uses my incredibly expensive conditioner to wash her two dogs every single weekend. No wonder they smell so good. FML
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Charlie Given 28
Just go take a shower and tell your mother denying you access is a human rights violation and is illegal pretty much everywhere in the world. If you live someplace with child protective services it might be time to give them a call.
SirEnigM0nk 22
The joke's on her if you have to be around her while you wait for the shower to be available. If you are correct, she'll change her mind right quick.
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Charlie Given 28
Just go take a shower and tell your mother denying you access is a human rights violation and is illegal pretty much everywhere in the world. If you live someplace with child protective services it might be time to give them a call.
SirEnigM0nk 22
The joke's on her if you have to be around her while you wait for the shower to be available. If you are correct, she'll change her mind right quick.
FluffythePink 23
I second the suggestion of just subjecting your idiot 'mother' to the smell. Lots of hugs, synthetic materials and jogging on the spot. If she's shorter than you, bonus points for how close to your armpit you can get her face while giving 'loving and apologetic' hugs. Bet her tune changes by hug no. 3... If you are still at school then complaining to the guidance councillor should get her an embarrassing meeting with the school about child abuse. Good luck and have fun.
bigredmonkeybutt 30
It doesn’t take an hour of standing in the shower to get clean.
TomeDr 25
You don’t need to shower to get clean. It’s called a bath.
Nazmazh 18
Denial of basic hygiene is legitimately a human rights violation - Like, the UN has a whole series of statements and policies about that. Though, I suspect the kind of person who would ban someone from showering for a whole week when there is water available doesn't much care about that. I suspect your household is not literally scrounging by for every last drop of water - But even if that dire situation were the case, it's easier to maintain cleanliness than allow it to build up for a whole week, requiring a deeper effort to properly clean, and thus, lots of water. If water use was legitimately a concern, a whole week is still utterly unreasonable - Restricting it to "x minutes per day", or a shower every other day or something like that would be a far more practical solution. So, yeah, it's about the power trip, not the practicality. If you're still a minor child, or a dependent adult with disabilities or something of that nature, report this to someone you trust. If you're an independent adult stuck living at home - You're technically a tenant of your mom (or sub-letter, or what have you, depending on if your family is in a rental or a property they own) - Regardless of if you have a formal rental arrangement or not (unless you have an ownership stake in your residence - Which should mean she has no right to deny you water in a home you own/partly own - I get that the theoretical nature of that isn't always the most straightforward to act on, though) In any case, you have the right to use water in your home for hygiene purposes. Try offering the less extreme restrictions as an alternative, but keep that knowledge in your back pocket if you need to go nuclear, and either way, make preparations to move out as soon as you can.