Catherine Nichols

Nov 22, 2021

3 min read

I Don’t Wanna Take a F*cking Bath!

Please stop giving this stupid advice to stressed out people.

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Pretty please just stop already with the trite advice to ‘take a bath’ when one is feeling tired, bored, stressed, had a bad day, derailed their diet, had a fight with a significant other, or any minor or major inconvenience. Enough already!

I Don’t Wanna Take a Bath and…

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