tigressA Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Seriously, every single guy I have been with has complained about where I set the water temp. while taking a shower. I don't think it's that hot but apparently it's like throwing a pot of boiling water on their backs. What gives?
alphamale Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Seriously, every single guy I have been with has complained about where I set the water temp. while taking a shower. I don't think it's that hot but apparently it's like throwing a pot of boiling water on their backs. What gives? when you're around they probably need a cold shower
somedude81 Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I wonder how hot you are talking about? Also, I'm sure you know that men naturally run hotter than women do. I'm usually fine wearing shorts and a t-shirt at 60 degree weather and and then I see girls with a jacket on and still shivering.
Mrlonelyone Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Yes that is very true. Men have more muscle mass per volume and so don't need as much warmth. It's just the way they are.
persevere Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I, for one, like hot showers. But not so hot that I am sweating when I get out. However, the last few gf's I've had really liked very hot baths. I couldn't join in for 15 minutes after they poured them. It just hurts the family jewels. lol.
alphamale Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 It just hurts the family jewels. lol. yea, hot water is bad for the "boys"
Star Gazer Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Ha! I'm actually like your BFs, TA... The water is always too hot for me. I think I have sensitive skin or something though, as it's either too cold or too hot; I've got a very narrow window of acceptable temperatures!
welikeincrowds Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 Yeah OK, TigressA, I know all about this **** you're trying to pull, because you are not the first woman to do it to me. You act like it's like all lukewarm, rain in the summertime type ****, when really you have it up to like 140 degrees, steam everywhere, can't even see, first degree burn. They say women have lesser pain thresholds and less sensitivity to temperature than men, but I actually just don't know what the deal is with women and wanting to be covered in boiling water.
Star Gazer Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 They say women have lesser pain thresholds... You must mean higher, not lesser.
Stung Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 My experience has usually been the opposite of this, and I am always having to turn the water temperature down somewhat to join my husband (or previously, my exes) in the shower or tub. I don't get cold easily though.
sweetjasmine Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 My experience has usually been the opposite of this, and I am always having to turn the water temperature down somewhat to join my husband (or previously, my exes) in the shower or tub. I don't get cold easily though. Same here. He likes hot water, and it's too much for me. But I do get cold easily. Go figure.
welikeincrowds Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 You must mean higher, not lesser. Yeah, that's what I meant. Women also have lesser tolerance for confused word choice
Ruby Slippers Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I have experienced the same. But then, when I get out of the bath or shower, I'm pink as a lobster. I want the water as hot as I can stand it.
ScreamingTrees Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I think you've just met a string of dudes who really don't care for hot water. Me? I LOVE hot water. I turn the knob until right before it starts to hurt.. (as dirty as that sounds.. LOL) I think that really hot showers aren't very good for your skin.. I keep getting patches of dry skin on my shoulders and my upper arms.. Imagine trying to live with that scandinavian dude that could withstand 100+ degree saunas that would probably give a normal person instant heatstroke.
johan Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 If the air in the house is cool, then I want the shower hot. Not painful hot, but very warm and steamy. And I don't want to get out. I've gotten in the shower with women who make it hot immediately, which I can't really stand. I have to work the temperature up while I'm in there.
Star Gazer Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I have to work the temperature up while I'm in there. I'm the same way...
Eddie Edirol Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I had an ex whos body temp was so high that I couldnt cuddle with her for very long. It was like laying next to a working furnace. So when she showered the insanely hot water was normal to her. It could be your body temp is just alot higher than normal.
Stung Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 My body temp is a little bit higher than normal, and people cuddle up to me for warmth all the time, calling me the human furnace. An acupuncturist told me I have a lot of fire in my chi. I understood it in an opposite way, though, and always figured that was why I rarely got cold but overheated easily. As other posters have stated, I'm good with hot water if I work it up slowly. I still don't enjoy being parboiled, however, and hate jumping into really hot water quickly. I can't usually stay submerged in a hot tub for very long, either. In my experience, extremely hot water is no kinder to the sensitive membranes of ladybits than it is to the family jewels.
persevere Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 I prefer showers where I am too distracted to think about the temp. And no, not the ones where I am in there alone. lol
Author tigressA Posted March 28, 2011 Author Posted March 28, 2011 Interesting responses...I actually didn't know that men tend to run hotter, like somedude said. I'm not sure about my overall body temp. BF and I talked about it a little bit today and he said my temp seems to fluctuate quite a bit--sometimes I feel really warm, other times I feel cool. And often my feet/hands are significantly cooler than the rest of my body. When I take a shower it has to be hot from the start, and as soon as it starts cooling down I have to get out because I can't stand it!
USMCHokie Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 My ex always liked the shower considerably hotter than I did. I am also a gradually-increase-the-temperature-during-the-shower kinda guy.
Nexus One Posted March 28, 2011 Posted March 28, 2011 People have different pain thresholds. I've seen someone once take eggs out of boiling hot water with her bare hands and she thought it was no biggy. I just stood there, flabbergasted. I thought no way did she just pick up those eggs out of that boiling hot water and not feel a thing, but apparently she did. She also eats food that is heated to levels that are just not safe for the average human being. Some people seem to be able to endure that kind of heat.
Author tigressA Posted March 28, 2011 Author Posted March 28, 2011 When BF and I were in the shower today I turned the temp up and he said, "Owww, that's hot!" I said, "Stop being a p*ssy!" Then he turned the cold water way up, got out of the way and said, "Now who's the p*ssy?" while I squealed.
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