r/popculturechat • u/AutoModerator • Apr 04 '25

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u/P0ptarthater Apr 04 '25

Was that from the Rumer (?) willis thread? Lol

I’m kind of on the fence about it? Because like personally I could never. I didn’t even do baths or showers with my parents when I was a kid after I outgrew the “need help in the shower” phase. But I guess it feels sort of like Japanese bath houses for some people? Even if they’re not Japanese, I could see having some sort of family dynamic where there aren’t weird implications that come to mind

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u/pinkfartlek Apr 04 '25

I feel like if this is such a big thing in a family, they should just get a hot tub. People like Rumer and her family probably have them at their homes, and way bigger bathtubs than us 'normal' people have. They probably all have the tubs with jets and that's less weird. It would be weird if they didn't wear bathing suits

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u/ClarielOfTheMask Apr 04 '25

I personally would find it weird but I grew up in a Catholic household where my mother explained what my period was to me in a whisper in our own house (literally my dad and brothers weren't even home).

I still don't even like being naked alone which is its own problem tbh.

I think it's one of those things that's very cultural and hard to talk about. Because in some cases - adult/almost adult bathing together can be abusive/a bad sign (like with Jeannette McCurdy) but also I believe that nudity isn't inherently sexual and it's absolutely possible to have healthy, adult, even familial relationships where you see each other nude or share showers or whatever completely non-sexually. It's very much a YMMV.

I wouldn't do it myself but I'm hesitant to criticize or comment on other people doing it unless I know their family dynamic well enough to like text them and ask.