Using the same clothes 2 days in a row is it really a DON'T in Thailand?

crazyguyinthailand · January 21, 2014

Hi. I'm using the same clothes 2 day if they don't look dirty or smells bad. I'm not doing any work now, just waking up late and walking around. of course I sweat like any other person but I'm not doing any heavy activity that would make me sweat extra. also this period in Bangkok with a cool winds and its not so hot. I'm taking at least 4 showers a day.

I can understand it if you wake up early and go to work comes home all tired and sweaty.

an argument against me is: This is no Northern Europe. This is Thailand with tropical weather and you sweat more here then back home in Europe.

I just don't think its necessarily to go to laundry every 3 days even though my gf does the laundry. every 6-7 days is OK. I'm raising this question to see if its really a DON'T. anyway I'm using lotions for men, par-fume and all that. many women think I have good skin so, its no that I don't take care of myself ooo3.bmp

Upnotover · January 21, 2014

Who is it telling you not to do this? I never heard this being a rule here.

noikrit · January 21, 2014

You can get 4 days out of ya Jocks / Undies if you know the inside out / rotation method .....

Shurup · January 21, 2014

People who stink, don't know they stink because their receptors are used to the smell.

I'm not saying you stink but you might and not realizing it.

Dosing a stinky body with lotions and deodorants only making matters worse.

It's beyond me why you'd go into troubles of taking 4 showers per day but not changing your clothes once a day?

bemate4u · January 21, 2014

It is not about where you are. We are all have different thinking.

My dad is wearing the same clothes for a few day and that is the way he is.

My mum and I would not wear the same clothes for two days, we would change it.

I think the way woman and man think are different. Just live with it. :-)

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seajae · January 21, 2014

I wear old clothes around the house etc but will change to go out anywhere and if I only wear those dress clothes for an hour or so of a night will wear them again next time as long as they are clean(not creased up either), just get your missus to tell you if they smell to be safe .

Edited January 21, 2014 by seajae

Shurup · January 21, 2014

I can wear my shorts/jeans jacket (when I wear one) for 3-4 days, but any closes like shirts, underwear, socks, that have a direct contact with a body, only one day, again, you may not realize they stink, but others may. Like seajae suggested, ask your missus to check.

i claudius · January 21, 2014

You can get 4 days out of ya Jocks / Undies if you know the inside out / rotation method .....

I have heard that there is a way of getting 5 days but have never found out how yet ,it may just be a legend.

noikrit · January 21, 2014

You can get 4 days out of ya Jocks / Undies if you know the inside out / rotation method ..... alt=coffee1.gif pagespeed_url_hash=2220208811 width=32 height=24>

I have heard that there is a way of getting 5 days but have never found out how yet ,it may just be a legend. alt=whistling.gif pagespeed_url_hash=3700464609 width=19 height=18>

The 5th day maybe a Free Ball day while there getting washed ....

eldragon · January 21, 2014

What really qualifies as a "Don't" around here anyway? I mean, look at the behavior of some of our fellow foreigners get away with on a daily basis...

Anyway, I'm told body odor and general hygiene issues are among the negative stereotypes Thais maintain about foreigners. So if you're really concerned about your image here, then you might want to change things up a bit. Doesn't mean you have to wash your clothes every day. You can always have a Monday/Thursday set, a Tuesday/Friday set, and a Wednesday/Saturday set. And on Sundays, wear your cleanest dirty shirt.

unanimosity · January 21, 2014

You can get 4 days out of ya Jocks / Undies if you know the inside out / rotation method .....

Holy crap, can read no more. What a bunch of neanderthals.

ukrules · January 21, 2014

I often have a shower every week whether I need one or not

Prbkk · January 21, 2014

What really qualifies as a "Don't" around here anyway? I mean, look at the behavior of some of our fellow foreigners get away with on a daily basis...Anyway, I'm told body odor and general hygiene issues are among the negative stereotypes Thais maintain about foreigners. So if you're really concerned about your image here, then you might want to change things up a bit. Doesn't mean you have to wash your clothes every day. You can always have a Monday/Thursday set, a Tuesday/Friday set, and a Wednesday/Saturday set. And on Sundays, wear your cleanest dirty shirt.

So said Kris Kristofferson.....and Johnny Cash

Edited January 21, 2014 by Prbkk

David48 · January 21, 2014

In these clothes you wear for 2 days ... do you also sleep in them?

Some guys wear a polo/T-Shirt to bed, then continue to wear it during the day.

Crossy · January 21, 2014

Being a sweaty b'stard in an (at least sometimes) outdoor job, I mostly manage two days out of a pair of chinos (unless it's really dusty / muddy), everything else fresh every day.

Jingthing · January 21, 2014

Just do the sniff test, y'all. It's not about the time, it's about the STINK.

NancyL · January 21, 2014

What's the point of showering if you're not going to put on clean clothes? Oh wait -- I didn't mean to say that you shouldn't be showering so often. That's good -- at least twice daily here seems to be the norm -- but if you're going to make the effort to shower, is it really that difficult to put on clean clothes after the shower?

Each year, the European Film Festival plays for a week here in Chiang Mai. You practically need a gas mask to enter the theater for the evening shows, back when they showed them at the old Kad Suan Kaew theater, because the place was packed to the rafters with smelly Europeans. Finally they got wise and stopped letting the overflow crowd sit on the floor in the aisles or on the floor in the back of the theater. It did cut down on the odor somewhat, but I've never noticed an aroma in a cinema packed with a Thai audience.

Tells you something, doesn't it?

lemel · January 21, 2014

I would not wear the same clothes longer than a day, no exceptions, sometimes I change my clothes 2 or 3 times per day depending on what im doing but never longer than a day. Can not understand why you would not change!!! but thats me, dont like smelly **%#@...you may not notice it but someone will.

bgrassboy · January 21, 2014

Jeans ok for a few days as long as they aren't dirty. Shirts on the other hand, after a few hours if I sweat a lot time to change! Means maybe two shirts a day!

gchurch259 · January 21, 2014

There two ways to look at this. First, Thailand has a different color for each day, so I bought seven shirts each with a color for the day and that is how I dress. That way it eases decisions on shirts. I wear each shirts two times unless I spill something. That gives you a week in between for the shirt to air out. My wife too cleans my shirts.

Second, If someone does not feed you, house you, pay your bills, or loves you, then tell them to go to hell if they do not like what and how you dress !!

Enough or do you want to know in which direction the Earth turns ??

smileplur · January 21, 2014

If going out, I don't wear the same "clothes" for more than one day. As another poster said, I will wear the same shorts for 4-5 days. That being said, I don't wear them to work where I must dress formally. I am awake at home wearing those shorts for 2 hours a day. My undershirt from my dress shirt works for my top. That's just fine for the neighborhood. If I am going out, I make an effort to change them. My ms gets pissed off if I don't. She's embarrasee to be seen in the same clothes 2 days in a row. She currently isn't working, so I guess she has to change them once a day!

wym · January 21, 2014

No "rule" about this topic other than "don't emit any body odors where others can smell them".

The Thais I've lived with put ALL their clothes in the wash when they have a shower, and most of them are washing by hand in a tub, so that tells you what they think.

The mother of my children was doing this with jeans, outer sweaters etc even in a very cold climate, I had to specifically nag her about this, telling her it was unneccessarily wearing out the kids' clothes too fast.

Thais are used to having very cheap clothes, not unusual for a girl to acquire enough clothes that she doesn't have to wear the same thing twice in a month.

Just buy some more clothes dude they're cheap here!

AloisAmrein · January 21, 2014

It largely depends on the weather. Recently it was 7 degrees in the morning in Chiang Mai. Nothing of tropical climate. No need to change clothes every day. And when you look like a lot of Thais walk around in dirty clothes, mostly younger men, but even some women, then you don't have to be concerned wearing the same clothes 2 days or more. By the way: Vietnamese people look much more tidy then Thais and care much more about it.

iancnx · January 21, 2014

Please..... The quality of threads are getting worse and worse .... This one stinks!