A Reddit post detailing a woman’s 26-minute shower has gone viral after she revealed her partner’s reaction to what they perceived as excessive water use. In her post, the woman described a full-body shower routine involving washing, conditioning, and shaving, which led to a heated argument with her partner.
According to the original post, the woman, who has long, thick hair, explained that her lengthy shower was part of her routine every few days. Her partner, she said, reacted strongly to the duration of her shower, accusing her of wasting water. The partner allegedly compared her shower time to the amount of water used while running a sink, though the woman noted she couldn’t hear the sink running over the sound of her shower.
“I added the songs I listened to while in the shower to a playlist, totaling 26 minutes,” she wrote. She further clarified that on regular days, when she showers, she spends less than 10 minutes if she is just washing her body and hair.
The post has garnered over 10,000 reactions, with many Reddit users criticizing the partner’s approach. Comments ranged from disbelief at the partner’s method of “water policing” to confusion over how it was meant to prove a point. One user questioned the logic of wasting water to demonstrate the issue, while others shared their own shower routines, highlighting the varying lengths of time spent based on personal grooming needs.
In the wake of the viral post, Redditors expressed concern about the partner’s approach, suggesting that intentionally wasting water to make a point was counterproductive and questioned whether the partner was fair in their critique of the woman’s shower time.