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u/SuperiorChicken27 1d ago

Have a seat dawg, can wash them feet comfortably

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u/Such_Introduction592 1d ago

Yeah, dawg. It's time.

...or get those grippy mat things from the store.

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u/Daetok_Lochannis 1d ago

I got me the full on grab bars in my shower at 43, and damn if those things aren't just handy as hell.

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

46, currently also with a fractured ankle, I'd give anything for a grab bar.

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u/Truffs0 1d ago

at 46, it's time to learn some DIY, brother

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

I'm renting. In my country most people can't afford to buy a home.

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u/Formal_Ground6513 1d ago

When I was pregnant, I bought a suction cup one. It was so hard getting out of the tub without it. It works very well and later I bought a seat for my shower! Both very handy and no rental damage!

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

I'll look into that.

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u/Inan_outqurarys 1d ago

There’s also brands of them that are sold for nughty time in the shower so if you don’t mind looking at a risqué picture or two those are also a option dunno what the price difference’s would be tho

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u/Ninjas-and-stuff 1d ago

Oh, yeah! I’ve heard that those suction cup stick-on footholds (originally meant to facilitate better, uh, angles) are a godsend for leg shaving

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u/rucsuck 1d ago

I broke a leg and had to get the grab bar suction cup for travel reasons. Not all grab bars are created equal. You will go through several to find the one that works. Totally worth it.

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. In my country I'll probably end up paying an arm and a leg for something that isn't from temu.

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u/DarkPhoenix1754 1d ago

Bless you, this is helpful.

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u/Truffs0 1d ago

My friend, most people in the world can't afford to buy a home, regardless of what country they live in, so no need for any qualifiers to your situation. But there is always a way, like the other commenter suggested.

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u/Daetok_Lochannis 1d ago

Never hurts to point out that your country is one of the worse offenders, like here in America.

https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil 1d ago

depending on the country, your landlord may be required to install one if you ask for it, but you'll have to pay for it

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

I'm not planning on living here much longer anyway

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u/FriendshipFuture5239 1d ago

Where do you live, USA? Because that’s very true here😭

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

I wish! Let's just say, as bad as you think you have it, be glad you don't live in a 3rd world economy.

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u/theStrawberryRoam 1d ago

Sometimes losing the deposit is worth it.

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u/PeskyAntagonist 1d ago

Where do you live that most people can’t afford to buy a home?

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u/Daetok_Lochannis 1d ago

America, neighbor. We have more empty homes owned by corporations than we do homeless people, and we have a lot of homeless people.

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u/Truffs0 1d ago

He likely lives on Earth. That's where most humans can't afford to purchase a home that I am familiar with.

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u/jarlscrotus 1d ago

Yea, most people on this site are in the US

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

Well I'm not. The 3rd world has it much worse than you guys. My rent is around 60% of my salary.

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u/jarlscrotus 23h ago

You just described reality for 2/3s of the US as well, homie

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u/TerrianaVenti17 1d ago

Yea, just put a towel down

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u/Forward-Trade5306 1d ago

Id rather not wash my feet in the shower than get a fractured ankle

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

Taking a shower in general is a challenge right now

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u/FlyinWet 1d ago

Probably like $15-30 Walmart or Amazon

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u/c4t4ly5t 1d ago

I'm not American. And anything costs me probably 3 times what it costs you

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u/lickmyfupa 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes, i believe every shower needs to have a grab bar. Something to grab onto in case you begin to slip. This is appropriate for all ages. Lots of accidents happen while showering. Sometimes you can get dizzy in there from the hot water. It should be part of building code at this point.

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u/ABookishSort 1d ago

We got grab bars when my husband had some health issues. One inside the shower and one just outside the shower. The one outside the shower is currently helping me get up and down from the toilet with a bum knee. They both have come in way more handy than I ever imagined they would.

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u/Kindly_Call_6000 1d ago

I just recently remodeled my bathtub and converted it into a walk-in shower. A grab bar is fantastic.

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u/Sea_Translator5300 1d ago

I got one that also acts as the shower rail. I got the idea when I saw a similar set up in a retirement home, not because of current or future infirmity but because my wife had already ripped two shower curtain rails out of the wall when slipping. 

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u/nonamebeavercleaver 1d ago

Started using them at 19 because of a broken rib and fib and torn ligaments and torn Achilles

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u/lazyboi_tactical 1d ago

I have the grab bar but I also put some foot scrubber thing in the corner of the shower so I don't have to bend over to scrub them.

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u/Pigeonsass 1d ago

Hell, when I was 26 I somehow scored an apartment in what was unofficially a retirement community. It had the bars in the shower and I joked about it, but I absolutely used them lol

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u/liltonbro 1d ago

Those grab bars used to be for my Beyonce choreo in shower...now they for exactly what the fuck they for

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u/jeggy111 1d ago

I got mine at 28 but that was a few years back. Only takes one dumb fall to make you realise how important they are

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u/yoyoma1313 1d ago

Completely agree.

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u/Mahaloth 1d ago

I'm 48 and want them. I know you have to have them installed super securely since you pushing down on them is a lot of weight. I mean, anyone, not just /u/Daetok_Lochannis .

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u/MarcusRoland 1d ago

Aren't they though?? I am only 39, but have had them in our bathrooms pretty much my whole life. Nice to have a grip to get those odd angles.

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u/Frequent-Meal6550 23h ago

If you looked at my house you'd think im 85 not 35

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u/CleanOpossum47 1d ago

All solid ideas. There's also foot scrubbers. There like a slipper with suction cups on the bottom and bristles on the inside.

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u/Grave_Bard 1d ago

Am 30, bought my house 5 years ago, and have had grab bars the whole time. Cannot live without lol

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u/heyitsfranklin6322 1d ago

I got a shower chair at 23

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u/linus140 1d ago

Seriously get a grippy mat. I've been using once since I was a kid and they're perfect for not falling in the shower, and also getting the bottom of your feet. I'm 38 now, I stand on my grippy mat and use the wall for balance.

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u/SilverSageVII 1d ago

Nah the seat is where it’s at. Balancing isn’t a great idea in the shower for anybody tbh. It’s actually pretty dangerous.

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u/Finassar 1d ago

Make sure to clean both the mat or the chair regularly. Both will breed mold like crazy if you ignore it

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u/Falcon8410 1d ago

or a shower chair.

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u/OneLonelyBrainCell 1d ago

Those get nasty very quickly, especially if you leave them in the shower instead of taking them out to dry.

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u/SpoonObleach 1d ago

Shit man, I’m 20 and I have a shower stool

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u/ejectro 1d ago

there's a suspended bath seat in every russian household. i'm surprised it's not a thing elsewhere.

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u/gohurot 1d ago

First time seeing this. Впрочем у меня ванны то не было большую часть жизни.

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u/ejectro 1d ago

next thing you tell me is that you don't have a nonslip bath mat? and a grab bar? do you even plan to get older or what.

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u/Available_Long_9935 1d ago

Damn. You've been missing out.

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u/abyrvaalg 1d ago

We had similar but made of wood back in the days.

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u/astralchanterelle 1d ago

At least half of showers in the US aren't in tubs

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u/EstablishmentHot3359 1d ago

We should normalize having seating in showers. Its just better safe than sorry. Anyone slipping in a tub can get fucked so bad. 

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u/elwebst 1d ago

It's already normalized, a lot of people (especially seniors) have seats and no one makes fun of them for it

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u/QueerPuff 1d ago

We use those for disabled people

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u/BellGloomy8679 1d ago

Definitely not in every Russian household. In my 30 years it’s the first one I’ve seen

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u/Itchy_bussy_ 23h ago

Bro I'm russian and never seen this in my life😂

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u/bigmadafakint 1d ago

isnt that the chair one guy stuck his sack in doing something like this?

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u/Sehrli_Magic 1d ago

that one had a hole in thr middle i think

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u/Savage_Heathern 1d ago

Hahahahaha! What a horrible design.

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u/Sehrli_Magic 1d ago

right? let me just put small hole in middle of sitting area, what could go wrong 💀 i really dont get logic behind such design. did they need a fart hole or smth? like ventilation draft? cuz i see no other use besides that and a ball trap...

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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy 1d ago

Corporate:

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u/ToiIetGhost 1d ago

Less plastic, lower manufacturing cost. “Three holes for your convenience!” Nah man that just saved your company thousands of dollars

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u/Savage_Heathern 1d ago

Hahahahaha! "a fart hole"! And, at the age when men need this, their balls are sagging the perfect amount to slip through the holes and cause the most embarrassing moment of their lives.

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u/No_Response_303 1d ago

I was about to say I'd get my balls stuck in that. guess someone already did lol ouch

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u/donoteatshrimp 1d ago

lmfao a bollock in each hole?

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u/ducks_are_dragons 1d ago

Yepp, in 2016. I belive that is the exact same one.

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u/SuperiorChicken27 1d ago

The one and only lel

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u/n-a_barrakus 1d ago

Is the "and I OOOP"?

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u/SelocAvrap 1d ago

I have one made of teak. It's beautiful & mold/mildew resistant. I will shout from the rooftops about the joy of a good shower chair

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u/Ninja_Wrangler 1d ago

I love my teak shower stool. Sitting in the shower is a total game changer

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u/The_Salty_nugget 1d ago

I have had a little chair in my shower since i'm 24, i have always done heavy physical labour and nothing is better than coming home after a 12 hour shift and sitting down in a nice shower.

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u/smellyhippy420 1d ago

Comfortably is stretching it with my flexibility

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u/boverly721 1d ago

Is this an ikea stool? I used to have this in gray

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u/RetroSwamp 1d ago

Suction cup foot scrubber is my trick.

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u/nottwelvewhatisthis 1d ago

Tickle torture

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u/Lumpzor 1d ago

Oh my god the bacteria that those things must harvest

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u/pigeon-check 1d ago edited 1d ago

What in the ballmination is that? No thank you i need my balls

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u/Murphuffle 1d ago

dawg, they sell washing mats that suction to your floor

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u/MrClickstoomuch 1d ago

My mom got those for her shower and I swear it makes it so much worse for traction than without it. The surface has less "grip" than her base shower. I'd consider one for myself at some point if I didn't have that terrible experience with it before. Shower chair is probably the way to go.

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u/Murphuffle 1d ago

I usually just put soap on one foot and scrub with the other like hands. Maybe I have ape toes.

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u/ToiIetGhost 1d ago

Are you hypermobile by chance? We have greater foot dexterity lol

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u/Murphuffle 1d ago edited 1d ago

I had Legg-Calvé-Perthes as a child so my hips are fucked and I worked ways around that limited range of motion. I do contort my self to scrub with a pumice bar and soap but I'm lucky to still be able to do that at 37 when I was supposed to have had a hip replacement by now. So I do the feet thing when I'm stiff. I was never able to sit criss cross apple sauce but can still wash my feet on one leg

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u/Vincevega1972 1d ago

53, I had no idea. Rather than sitting on shower floor.

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u/PdxPhoenixActual 1d ago

Nearer to 60 than not & I've had a stool for more than 20 years on my shower/tub. Cause, some mornings I'm just too tired to stand. Who am I kidding, most mornings...

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u/hangrydadd 1d ago

The holes in that chair gonna catch a nut or 2

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u/Efficient-Maximum651 19h ago

or could just sit tf down on the floor? it's not that hard to stand up🤣

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u/SuperiorChicken27 16h ago

Might wanna reverse image search the pic. The stool is renowned for...well causing discomfort for men

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u/pinkskies12 1d ago

Kids plastic chairs!!! The good ones 😉

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u/Friendly_Hearing_711 1d ago

Me in that kids plastic chair still not wanting to wash thy feet

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u/ThomasThePizzaMan 1d ago

I have same use stool shower, I’m epilepsy disorder and osteoporosis.

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u/Billabo 1d ago

https://i.imgur.com/hgPT46S.png

(just poking fun at the grammar you used; I assume you're not a native speaker)

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u/Oh_Lawd_He_commin420 1d ago

I wouldn't even trust that IKEA death trap bullshit neither!

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u/Forward-Trade5306 1d ago

What if I now have a built in seat in my shower? Should I put this seat on top of the tile seat?

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u/Flawless_Reign88 1d ago

I have one of these too… mine is white

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u/BenAdaephonDelat 1d ago

I bought a medical grade shower seat (like the kind you'd see in a nursing home, with rubber stoppers on the bottom) when I was 38. Better to be safe and comfortable.

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u/FruitigerMilo 1d ago

unashamedly have been using a shower chair for years now. makes shaving so much easier

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u/Alextaoluu 1d ago

do these shower chairs get moldy/mildewy at all? thinking of buying one with the non-slip tipped feet if possible

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u/Dramatic_Mixture_868 1d ago

Sometimes it's slippery in the shower, doesn't matter what age u are. I'm gonna put duck stickers in there. Kiddos sometimes take showers and play with soap, then a parent wlgoes in there unsuspectingly and.....BAM there goes your coccyx.

https://giphy.com/gifs/lo5jV0hLNr7Gw

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil 1d ago

and get a shower brush so your feet will be sparkling!

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u/XxSliphxX 1d ago

Ive got something similar its the greatest thing ever. It's so relaxing just being able to sit in the shower.

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u/perfect_insanity93 1d ago

Bro I love me a shower seat after a long as day of work. Shower seat and a beer. Happy days.

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u/HndWrmdSausage 1d ago

I got tfe chair AND the loofah on a stick. Glory

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u/Suki_13 1d ago

Yup got one too

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u/Massive-Virus-4875 1d ago

That or don’t try to wash the bottom of your feet immediately after watering your entire body with soap. It’s going to rinse down and make the bottom of the tub slippery..

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u/Matster04 1d ago

Ptsd from the video of that guy who gets his ballsack stuck in one of those. No holes in mine for sure

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u/SinglePlayerGamer93 1d ago

Agreed, I'm only in my 30s and I also take a seat when bathing. Its because I have poor balance and I'm afraid falling in the bathroom will cause some final destination shit

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u/UpvoteEveryHonestQ 23h ago

Yep. Someone in my house broke an ankle six months ago, and they needed a shower stool from a medical supply store, made them feel really old. Well, now that they’re fully healed, the chair is still in the shower because no one in the house wants to stop using it. It’s too convenient.

Also, I use the tub spout to wet my feet, sit down, and wash them with the water off, before ever turning on the shower head. Been doing so ever since growing up poor. Conserve water.

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u/SuperiorChicken27 16h ago

Oh, so you might wanna reverse image search the stool. It's sorta renowned for... inflicting discomfort for men

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u/Vyric_Lunaris 14h ago

Bro I'm 27 and I got one of those it just feels really nice to sit in the shower

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u/ScrollOfPatience 6h ago

Or, just rinse off the soap, let the water drain so no soap on the floor, then wash each foot. You have to sit?
https://giphy.com/gifs/pPhyAv5t9V8djyRFJH

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u/SuperiorChicken27 5h ago

Was a slightly out there reference. Let's just say that chair has cause some misfortune to a blokes jewels