Your routine/hygiene?

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Sorry I made another profile for this question:

So, I'm just curious if anyone out there is like me, extremely paranoid about their vagina smelling/looking/whatever to a partner and I'm wondering what/if you do anything special when youre sexually active when someone other than you is going to see it all the time?

I'm currently in a relationship and we havent gotten to that point soon, but I think we may soon. We may also move in together soon so then we would be together 24/7.

As of now I shave & epilate maybe once a month or less often... thats something Ill have to get used to doing all the time.

Also I'll admit sometimes I dont shower everyday so I'll start doing that...
Right now Im really worried if we're 'in the moment' and Im not freshly showered or something, so Im wondering whats your shower-limit for being with someone? As if, if you didnt shower that morning would you excuse yourself to do it? How many hours unshowered do you think you may start to smell? I'm worried I wont smell myself but my partner might, and I wont know.

Also does anyone know how if you wash your hair too often, it actually gets oilier quicker? (its true, your skin is trying to bring back what you washed off even though to you and others its unpleasant (oils, smell)) Could the same thing happen to your vagina? Usually I shower every 2-4 days. But when Im going to be with my partner Im thinking twice a day. Could that mess anything up? Or make me 'dirtier' quicker if Im constantly washing it?

Or does anyone use any feminine wipes? Any suggestions which ones? I'm thinking about buying something like this http://www.drugstore.com/puretouch-feminine-wipes-naturals-flushable-moist-wipes/qxp315929?catid=184078 and marking over the writing on the packets so its not obvious what it is and keeping it in my purse.. Does anyone use wipes like this and have a specific suggestion? I'll probably buy them online rather than in person.


I'm also thinking I may make sure I eat fruit daily... I heard pineapple is good for... the way you may smell/taste there. Anyone have any suggestions there? Is there anything you make sure you eat or make sure you avoid if you know youre going to be sexually active?

basically I think my routine will be, shower twice a day, use feminine wipes before doing anything, and eat fruit like pineapple everyday. Anyone want to share their routine or just things you started doing when you became active? Thanks!

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I shower pretty much daily. I miss a day here and there and if I've been out exercising in the summer and showered before that, I shower again. On average, though, once a day, and that's pretty much because I have curly hair and it looks absolutely ridiculous no matter what I try if I don't just shower and comb it afterward. If I shower more than usual, though, it definitely makes my skin dry.

If it's been, I don't know, 8+ hours since I showered, and I think I'm about to have sex, I clean up with a wet washcloth on my bits. I'm not a fan of wipes because they smell chemical-y to me and I definitely wouldn't want to lick them. That said, even when I've been all, "I'm dirty, it's a bad idea!" I've never had a partner decide to stop heading for oral sex or complain--I've had complaints about smelling/tasting like soap, but never about not having washed recently enough. And personally, I'd rather my partner's genitals tasted slightly sweaty than like soap.

Fruit's good for you and all, but I dunno about including it in your diet for that reason, you know? Not least because I've never heard anyone actually express interest or preference in the matter, even though I know a number of people who've tried it as a science experiment. I'd definitely agree that what people eat can change their taste short-term, if they eat a lot of it. I hate black licorice and going down on someone who's recently consumed a lot of Jager is a really unpleasant experience for me. And definitely, if someone has consumed a lot of garlic (like, a lot a lot--we're talking a whole head here) in a day, they smell/taste vaguely garlicky. But, I mean, people have been having sex for a long time, you know? If it were really that easy to make someone uninterested in having sex with you, we'd have had a lot of trouble propagating the species back in the times when people bathed once-a-year-ish.

As I've never once had someone's genital fluids on my tongue and wished they were sweeter, I don't really understand why "sweet" is supposed to be a positive there. (And I say this as a person who really loves sweets.) Staying hydrated is probably easier and more important for your smell/taste than diligently consuming pineapple all the time.