(I almost made the title "what do you do in the shower?" but I thought that might invite too many interesting stories 
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Anyway. Perhaps this is a dumb question, and it's likely I've seen Psycho a few too many times, but I thought of this today in the shower (as I sometimes do).
I just haven't been able to help thinking how vulnerable I am in the shower. My apartment has hardwood floors (as do the others in the building, of course), so it is easy to hear footsteps as people walk around in their apartments. I've found that when I'm in the shower with the water running, sometimes it's hard to tell if the footsteps I'm hearing are in MY apartment, or one adjoining. Obviously when I know my partner is at work that's a bit disconcerting! Add to that the fact that our cat is water-and-shower-obsessed--she hates being locked out of the bathroom when someone's in the shower--and the bathroom door doesn't latch well--which means she can shove it open even when we've closed it--and so hearing the bathroom door opening a few inches when, again, I know I'm home alone makes me jump until I see it's only the cat. Then there's the decreased ability to hear noises of someone breaking in with the water running (I don't even sing in the shower when I'm home alone, so there's as little noise as possible). Oh, and the fact that I'm extremely nearsighted and, obviously, don't have my glasses on in the shower doesn't add to confidence either.
So, do you have a strategy for if someone attacks you in the shower or bath? I always wonder what I could use as a defensive weapon... could I bean them with a mostly-full shampoo bottle? Try to slash them with my razor? Not like one can really have a towel-bar holster. Should I start using a straight razor to shave my legs so I have an excuse to have it in the shower?
)Anyway. Perhaps this is a dumb question, and it's likely I've seen Psycho a few too many times, but I thought of this today in the shower (as I sometimes do).
I just haven't been able to help thinking how vulnerable I am in the shower. My apartment has hardwood floors (as do the others in the building, of course), so it is easy to hear footsteps as people walk around in their apartments. I've found that when I'm in the shower with the water running, sometimes it's hard to tell if the footsteps I'm hearing are in MY apartment, or one adjoining. Obviously when I know my partner is at work that's a bit disconcerting! Add to that the fact that our cat is water-and-shower-obsessed--she hates being locked out of the bathroom when someone's in the shower--and the bathroom door doesn't latch well--which means she can shove it open even when we've closed it--and so hearing the bathroom door opening a few inches when, again, I know I'm home alone makes me jump until I see it's only the cat. Then there's the decreased ability to hear noises of someone breaking in with the water running (I don't even sing in the shower when I'm home alone, so there's as little noise as possible). Oh, and the fact that I'm extremely nearsighted and, obviously, don't have my glasses on in the shower doesn't add to confidence either.
So, do you have a strategy for if someone attacks you in the shower or bath? I always wonder what I could use as a defensive weapon... could I bean them with a mostly-full shampoo bottle? Try to slash them with my razor? Not like one can really have a towel-bar holster.
Should I start using a straight razor to shave my legs so I have an excuse to have it in the shower? 
