Wet clothes... Swimming... Is this a problem for you or not?

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My friend had to gaurd a nude swim, they are populated by middle aged overweight italian males, to make it even worse one had palpitations and passed out.

Wet clothes on me is awkward but not swim suits.

I'm not too bothered by wetness alone but I've never liked the process of changing into dry clothes in a public changing room. I always freak out a little about walking on a slimy or dirty floor. It's so bad that I have to tiptoe and watch my feet wherever I walk. It's weird because I'm not phobic about walking barefoot on a natural dirt surface. It's just the idea of dirt or sliminess from other peoples' feet on a smooth surface that freaks me out. Is this weird?

I also have a big problem with putting socks on when my feet are slightly damp. It feels disgusting to me for some reason. I always have to change into sandals or something while in the changing room and only put my socks back on after my feet are completely dry.

Last edited by marshall on 20 Feb 2009, 8:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

No, it looks like you completely missed the context of my post. Oh well, doesn't matter.

Tell your husband to dry off quicker. When I dry off, I'm quite aggressive with the towel. I usually take a hot shower beforehand as well, which warms me up. Then I dry off before my body has a chance to cool off. The time between when I get out of the pool and get in the shower is torturous but, I just try to go a fast as possible.

Of course, if he has reasons against doing those things, there are lots of physical activities to choose from that aren't swimming.


Marshall,
To avoid the slimy floor, wear some plastic sandals. Yeah, I can't imagine being comfortable walking barefoot on that changing-room floor.

That's what I always do but there's always the part where I have to take off the sandals to change out of my swimming trunks. There's no way to avoid putting my feet on the floor at this point. I sometimes try standing on one foot and taking off one leg at a time but that's really awkward and looks pretty ridiculous. What I really need is two towels, one to place on the floor so I can avoid the slimy feeling and the other to cover up and dry myself off with. But I never think to bring two towels when I swim.

i love swimming. I love immersion in water if i have no clothes on or a bating suit - whic i will put up with. i dry off straight away and then need a second dry towel to sit on. i wear thongs in creeks and waterholes and thongs sit by the edge of the pool

i hate wet clothes.

i cannot STAND the rain on me or my clothing or getting wet when clothed- so when it is raining i do not go out.

I don't mind a wet swimsuit as long as I am outside, and it is extreemly hot. It usually doesn't take long to dry. I do not like wearing a wet swimsuit inside, because it gets very cold very quickly. Especially in the locker room with the cool air circulating around the room with a fan. I do okay in the indoor pool, but as soon as I get out of the pool, I head for the hot shower, or a private sauna room where it is nice and warm. If in the shower, I take my suit off once i warm up, in the shower, and have my clothes nearby to immediatly put on as i dry off. Or I take my time in the sauna because it is nice and warm. other than that, I have gone into the private bathroom(toilet , sink, etc.) small room, and I turn on the hair dryer and warm myself with it and remove my wet suit, quickly dry myself with the hair dryer, and get dressed. It is even worse in the winter time, because I have to go out into the cold afterwards. ick.

I have problems with wet clothing or being wet.

Can't stand my hair being wet or dripping on my back. I hate getting baths and showers for this reason, but of course, I have to, so I tolerate it but it's such a horrible feeling.

When I was younger, every time I got out the bath, instead of drying myself, I'd just grab a towel, wrap it around me and stand there for literally at least 20-30 minutes not moving an inch. I couldn't move. The sensation of water on me was too intolerable, so I discovered that putting a towel around me and not moving helped and that after about half and hour, I was dry enough to get dressed, albeit, still uncomfortably because my hair was still wet, so I'd move slowly and in odd positions trying to avoid my hair dripping on my neck/back or touching my skin.

To this day, I still have problems with being wet, but now I dry myself as quickly as possible, rather than prolong it.

As far as problems with clothing being wet, yes I have sensory issues with that too, especially my sleeves being wet around the edges. I hate the feeling it leaves on my wrists.

I hate being wet! I always try to not shower one day on the weekend. My hubby doesn't get it. I'm starting physical therapy for my back and one of the things the doc wants me to do is start swimming. I actually like swimming, as long as I can just swim back and forth. It's when I get out of the pool or shower that I hate being wet. I also tend to overheat when I get out of a pool or shower, which I think is most of my problem.

Being wet is my biggest sensory issue of all! I cannot STAND being wet, especially getting my face wet. Apparently, the reason I dropped out of swimming lessons when I was a preschooler was because I refused to get my face wet. I also despise swimming for the chlorine. The smell of chlorine makes me gag. I haven't gone swimming since I was 12, and I hope I never have to swim again in my life. It's awful... Wet clothes are the worst. I've made the foolish mistake of riding log flume-type rides at amusement parks and then being miserable for the rest of the day. I also hate getting showers. I don't mind baths, because you don't get your face wet like you do with showers.
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Can deal with a wet swimsuit and occasional shirt. If shirt gets heavy then I take it off.

This is an odd one.

I can swim and then sit and dry in the sun and then swim again and dry again and get dressed.

But if I get wet unexpectedly (step in a deep puddle, caught in a heavy rain, foolishly agree to ride a log-flume, fall in a river), then I don't like it at all.

So it seems to be the availability of changing into dry clothes, rather than actually changing into them, that makes getting wet okay.

I do find drying off and putting on clean clothes (especially socks) to be a very pleasant experience. Bonus if the clothes are warm.

I have a really cool video that I just uploaded to my YouTube Channel which explains how much I love wearing "Wet Clothes", but how I dislike bathing suits such as swimming shorts and love going for a swim in my regular street clothes instead. I explain why I like to wear long pants, like my tracksuit pants while swimming instead of shorts in this video and I even have Go-Pro underwater footages of me doing it.

I have a sensory challenge that I don't like entering pools unless if I have my t-shirt and tracksuit pants on, I even like walking around in my wet clothes too.

Wet clothes are clinging and thus restricting and uncomfortable, but pretty easy to ignore unless cold is the problem. The worst bit with wet is removing swimming trunks down warm, dry legs, but it is brief, and then it all gets better.
The opposite of "wet clothes" are those with a satin lining, which are much easier to don or remove.

Wet clothes suck. I have an issue with accidentally swallowing water in the pool which means I can’t go underwater. I do love swimming though.
Wait this thread is 13 years old lol

^^ Pretty sure that you can learn to not swallow water. Try just standing and squatting or bending over for practice. Underwater is lots of fun. The best hour of my life was with mask and snorkel, on a coral reef. When I had a chance to SCUBA dive, my buddy was surprised I went for the depths right away.