Does anyone miss hairdryers in the bathroom? :)

Call me a creature of habit, and I am coping, but I do miss being able to dry my hair in the bathroom.  It's easy, comfortable and familiar.  Having a vanity in the bedroom is nice but...  I'm just a simple gal at heart.   

I find the cord on my hairdryer here to be about 3 times as long as the one in the US. There's a plug in the hallway outside the bathroom and I can easily reach the mirror in there. In fact, when I was at home, I felt stiffled by the shortness of my hairdryer cord! I couldn't walk around and do other things at the same time! 

YES!  That's why when we laid our laminate down I made sure DH laid a long extension cable along the trim edging so that I can plug my hairdryer into it and use it in the bathroom.  I find it actually quite rude to be forced to dry one's hair in the bedroom as most do, especially if there is another person still asleep in the bed!  As Paul has said in some other threads it's actually not strictly against code not to have an outlet in the bathroom just highly discouraged. I think we might put one while we live here. 

That's why when we laid our laminate down I made sure DH laid a long extension cable along the trim edging

That's not really to be recommended, as flexible cords aren't intended to be installed as hidden permanent wiring.  Obviously it depends very much upon exactly how it's fitted, but cords run under mats, tucked under edging strips, behind trim and so on can deteriorate through rubbing and chafing. 

I don't use a hair dryer but I miss having an outlet to keep my toothbrush plugged in.

I didn't have anywhere in the US to plug anything in in the bathroom either, so I'm fine with it. You'll get used to it. I actually prefer to do my hair sitting in front of the dressing table in my bedroom.

I don't like drying my hair right after I've got out of the shower anyway. It ruins my hair. I'd rather do other stuff first and then blow dry it in the living room when it's not sopping wet as much and where I can sit and be comfortable.

It's probably my biggest dislike about living here. I've always washed my hair, walked around with it in a towel for a bit, then gone back in the bathroom after the humidity was gone and dried it.

Now I have to climb on the bed and sit in front of Adam's pillows hoping the cord doesn't knock anything that's on his side table.

When I get up early to go to London, I have to dry my hair in the kitchen while people outside watch.

I don't like drying my hair right after I've got out of the shower anyway. It ruins my hair. I'd rather do other stuff first and then blow dry it in the living room when it's not sopping wet

Me too. It's better for your hair and faster if you don't dry it right away. I've got a mirror in my bedroom that works fine. Though I wouldn't mind being able to plug my straighteners in in the bathroom as there are a couple of mirrors there and I'd be able to see the back of my head.... All in all though the bathroom plug thing has never really bothered me that much.

It's probably my biggest dislike about living here. I've always washed my hair, walked around with it in a towel for a bit, then gone back in the bathroom after the humidity was gone and dried it.

Now I have to climb on the bed and sit in front of Adam's pillows hoping the cord doesn't knock anything that's on his side table.

When I get up early to go to London, I have to dry my hair in the kitchen while people outside watch.

You need to take some control of your life.   Change the furniture, buy curtains.  Do what it takes so that you can dry your hair in comfort without crawling over things or knocking things off the table.

My opinion on hair dryers in the bathroom is that as a mother of teenage girls I am glad they have to get out of the bathroom to dry their hair.  They spend enough time in there as it is.

Me too. It's better for your hair and faster if you don't dry it right away.

I didn't know it was better for your hair!! Is it really!!? I usually wait a while because it's quicker, so this is just an added bonus! Thanks! 

I didn't know it was better for your hair!! Is it really!!? I usually wait a while because it's quicker, so this is just an added bonus! Thanks! 

Hee! Happy to help!  It's just that it dries faster if it's not sopping wet and so you're not aiming hot, dry air at it for as long. It also has something to do with molecules I think - you're never supposed to straighten damp hair either! My Marcus taught me that 

I find it actually quite rude to be forced to dry one's hair in the bedroom as most do, especially if there is another person still asleep in the bed! 

But another view on that....hogging the bathroom whilst drying your hair when someone else waiting to get in!
My ex used to use an extension and everything she was using was on the toilet lid which was down.
My OH is making her first visit on Monday (she's been to UK before) and she's ok with the fact there is a mirror and nearby socket in the bedroom (I didn't think to mention it until I read about it on here....just one of those things), so I'll let her use bathroom first and then whilst she'd drying her hair etc I can then use the bathroom!

Freaked me out when I saw a hairdryer placed right next to the sink when I was over there....the normal light switches are bad enough!

But another view on that....hogging the bathroom whilst drying your hair when someone else waiting to get in!

Yes!! That's our biggest problem - trying to get ready at the same time with one bathroom!! It's VERY rare that one of us is sleeping while the other is up and about. And I don't wash my hair every day anyway, so if dh is working a shift that lets him have a little lie in I tend to just quickly get ready without washing my hair....

I thought it was odd at first when my BF told me there was no outlet in the bathroom, I thought he was just teasing me. But it doesn't bother me at all when I'm there. I spend enough time taking up the bathroom with showering, so it's probably better I get out to dry and style my hair. I don't dry my hair in the bathroom at home either, so it's no different really.