Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Well those are some pretty bloody good reasons. I've enjoyed it, though at the moment with an essay due my craving to see the Lego Movie is far greater.

You're a student.

You must see the movie and then stay up until an unsuitable hour writing your essay.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My Granny reckoned an ounce of help is worth a pound of sympathy - sounds like your mate had the right idea!

Can't comment on men getting dressed at gyms and swimming pools, it's rather outside my experience. But in netball changing rooms and gyms, women usually do put on bras and pants under towels or other clothes, IME. And the vast majority of women in swimming pool changing rooms have a shower while still wearing swimming costumes.

I went swimming over festive period.

Not my experience at all, and I don't mind. I have no problems with people getting changed ' properly'. The only thing is, IMO, one needs to have adequate space in which to do so. I don't like getting some ones elbow in my side as they dry them selves, nor have some one bending to put on knickers within a cats whisker while I am putting my shoes and socks on .

PasturesNew

When I used to swim it was individual cubicles with curtains

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I used to swim it was individual cubicles with curtains - and mums would have their boys with them, but "out/loose" and you'd see no end of them trying to peek at the naked ladies in the privacy of their own cubicle. Even in a cubicle I have my towel round me!

I think every one shpuld do what they are comfortable with.


Personally, I have nothing no one else has ( bar lard and scars) and I'm not bothered. I'm not offended by nudity nor embarrassed by my own. I do really hate cramped changing rooms.

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

I think every one shpuld do what they are comfortable with.


Personally, I have nothing no one else has ( bar lard and scars) and I'm not bothered. I'm not offended by nudity nor embarrassed by my own. I do really hate cramped changing rooms.

There is a huge variation in what people are comfortable with, it doesn't bother me in the least but DW can't imagine communal changing rooms.

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Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

I think every one shpuld do what they are comfortable with.


Personally, I have nothing no one else has ( bar lard and scars) and I'm not bothered. I'm not offended by nudity nor embarrassed by my own. I do really hate cramped changing rooms.

I'm with you.

I have no problem or interest in nudity in a changing room. I'm definitely someone who prefers some space when naked.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I think every one shpuld do what they are comfortable with.

Personally, I have nothing no one else has ( bar lard and scars) and I'm not bothered. I'm not offended by nudity nor embarrassed by my own. I do really hate cramped changing rooms.

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I used to swim it was individual cubicles with curtains - and mums would have their boys with them, but "out/loose" and you'd see no end of them trying to peek at the naked ladies in the privacy of their own cubicle. Even in a cubicle I have my towel round me!

Most of the pools round here don't have separate men's and women's changing areas - just a collection of cubicles with doors that lock, including some larger cubicles for use by families. It's a good idea, I think - makes things much easier for an adult taking an opposite sex child swimming.

I don't belong to a gym so don't ever get changed anywhere that's adults only.

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

Most of the pools round here don't have separate men's and women's changing areas - just a collection of cubicles with doors that lock, including some larger cubicles for use by families. It's a good idea, I think - makes things much easier for an adult taking an opposite sex child swimming.

I don't belong to a gym so don't ever get changed anywhere that's adults only.

I really like this idea best, mainly because it would be easier to go swimming with fir. Eg not like the time he got lost and was doing press ups in reception in his swimming trunks while 'waiting for me'. While I was waiting and shivering by the pool. It meant I couldn't get warm swimming as I now swim so slowly ( seriously, when did that happen?) and we had to come home because I was blue .


I really like our sweet little local pool but for the cramped changing room and that it seems so cold.

neverdespairgirl

I'd like that too - Isaac's a bit old to take into a communal women's changing room, but a bit young for me to feel wholly comfortable about sending him into the men's on his own.

lostinrates

DH and last Fridays doctor have been in touch through the week a bit, the guy is a real driving force.

He asked if I was being good about monitoring bp which lead to a conversation that left DH with some embarrassment.

DH: yes, yes, and nothing horrific, bit of something with diastolic..

Dr: oh? What is the diastolic?

DH : ah , well, there are two numbers and the diastolic is the second one

Long silence

Dr: yes. What's the diastolic READING?

DH said he realised as soon as he had committed to the sentence it was wrong, but wondered if the dr was checking DH knew whether he was reading the right figure.

When he was telling me this this morning was while we were checking my bp. I laughed so much my bp went quite high, which made me laugh more.