So this is a sort of embarrassing question and I feel stupid for even asking it. I tried to google information but I had no luck so I thought I would come back and visit my old friends and YN and see if yall had any advice.

I went to my college Orientation this past Monday and Tuesday and there was still one question left unanswered - in fact, I am more concerned about this situation now.

In college, when going to the shower, what is it you wear? Do you wear just a robe back and forth? Do you wear clothes there and a robe on the way back? Do you wear clothes both ways or even clothes and a robe?

The reason I am asking is because, where I stayed at Orientation, there was nowhere to put dry clothes near the shower. There was hook upon which to hang a towel and a robe but nowhere to put dry clothes. Furthermore, it was hard to change into dry clothes in the shower.

So which is appropiate? What do most students do?

I know this is silly but I'm concerned when it comes to anything involving nakedness, especially around people I don't even know.

Better than seeing everyone walking around naked, eh?

Well at my college I wear clothes to the bathroom, and a towel and undergarments back from the bathroom. You just get used to seeing everyone on your floor in towels or robes and you think nothing of it and noone will think anything of you doing it either.

this concludes DORM LIFE 101

It's not the other teams you want to insult. It's the other bands. They are much more violent, afterall.

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what the hell would you sing to when your team made a touchdown? Huh? Tell me that one.

Halftime is totallllllllyyyyyyyy for the band. Concession nachos are disgusting anyway.

nothing, like in all true sporting events we would simply continue insulting the other team, insults that might actually be heard with out a "band" and just because you concession nachos suck doesn't mean you have to be jealous

You are so full of baloney.

If it weren't were us, what the hell would you sing to when your team made a touchdown? Huh? Tell me that one.

Halftime is totallllllllyyyyyyyy for the band. Concession nachos are disgusting anyway.

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I could not imagine marching in that godforsaken color.

silly band geek, it's not like any one pays attention any way. Half time is for restroom and nacho runs not music. Bands, like cheerleaders are merely useless (cheerleaders more so then the band, bands are at least competent) accesories to the important part of the event which is someone (preferably the opposing team) getting stomped mentally, spiritually and most important, physically.



Just messin with ya hun

I always buy cheap stuff if I can help it.

You see, amp, here there is a rivalry between NC STATE and Univ OF NC....and I hate Carolina with every fiber of my being and the color baby blue disgusts me because of them and I didn't even apply even though it is probably the best liberal arts oriented school in the state because I could not imagine marching in that godforsaken color.

*takes deep breath*

I'm done ranting now, I think.

Adding to the flip flop thing:

Buy a cheap pair on clearance, like at Target or Walmart. That way, you don't spend a lot of money to make something gross.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO, amp! NOT gross tarheels. Wolfpack, baby, all the way. I am not going to UNC. GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!

lmao... like I pay attention to NC schools? If it ain't USNA Mids, UW Badgers or UA Anchorage it don't matter

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Originally posted by ampmaster:
and good for you on NC Carolina, go tar heels!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO, amp! NOT gross tarheels. Wolfpack, baby, all the way. I am not going to UNC. GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!

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Although I didn't think buying a separate pair from the ones I already own though that makes more sense.

make sure your "disgusting" (and they will be) are a bright, ugly color (neon orange is good) to make sure you can'y mix them up

and good for you on NC Carolina, go tar heels!

Okay, I figured a bathrobe was the best solution. I just didn't know how appropiate it was or if I would get funny looks if I walked to and from in a robe. I probably should've assumed that diversity in regards to the bathroom was as great as at the college.

And I've heard the flip flops tip numerous times. Although I didn't think buying a separate pair from the ones I already own though that makes more sense. I don't want my "wear all the time" flips to be confused with gross shower ones.

I ended up going to N.C. State. I got into App and UGA but was rejected from Harvard and Cornell. Obviously, my ego was heavily bruised but then I made it into the honors program at State which is the best you can do academically speaking so that made it a little better.

thirded the bathrobe suggestion

also make sure you get a pair of cheap flip flops to be your "shower" flip flops, wear them for nothing else and keep them on the entire time your in the shower area, trust me at the end of the year when you see how nasty those flip flops are you'll thank me.

Invest in a bathrobe. It's multi-functional.

I undressed in my room, and just wore my bathrobe and carried a towel, took off the bathrobe in the shower (before I turned on water), and after my shower, put the bathrobe back on in the shower. I had floormates who would step in and out of the shower completely naked, and others who would bring their clothes and change in the stalls, so it's mainly a matter of preference and how comfortable you feel.

I'd recommend changing in your room, though, because you can lock the door and people don't get mad at you for taking over the bathroom stall.

Also, if you want to have the shower area to yourself, take a shower after midnight. My experience was there were less than 5 of us crazy enough to do it, so chances of the bathroom to yourself was very good.

And just because I'm curious-- what college did you end up choosing?

I don't live on campus, but I've spent a few nights there.

In the dorms my friend lives in, they have chairs next to the showers to put stuff on, so a majority of the people just brought their clean clothes to the shower to change into...but people really do everything and anything, including just walking back and forth in a towel.

If you are uncomfortable just walking around in a bathrobe, you could always get a little bag to keep your clothes (or at least a pair of underwear) in and hang that on one of the hooks under your towel.

Bottom line: it's really up to you and what you feel most comfortable doing.

I had the same problem when I went to WVU and had to use public showers. The solution is a simple bathrobe.

Bathrobe in with a towel, dry off afterwards and bathrobe out back to the room. That way you don't have to dress or undress with possibly other people in the room, if uncomfortable with it. I know I was. It's a pretty easy solution.