My sweetie and I shower together on most days. It just makes sense for time and water management – especially since even my quick showers take a long time. I almost never close the bathroom door for any reason, mostly for the cats’ sake because they hate closed doors. The younger one does come between the curtain and liner and watches us shower at times.
I preheat the water full on hot to get the pipes warmed and so the temperature will be stable, then turn it down to a comfortably warm level. I get in, wet my hair (which takes forever), work the shampoo through my hair, then scrub my face with cleanser on a gentle buf-puf while the shampoo soaks in. This is when he gets in the shower, makes it hotter and rinses. Then we switch – while he shampoos his scalp and very short hair and washes his body, I lower the temp, rinse off the shampoo and facial cleanser. I apply the conditioner and clip my hair up, and he scrubs my back while I let the spray beat on my forehead and sinuses to loosen things up, then we switch and he makes the water hotter ad goes under the spray to rinse while I scrub his back. He finishes rinsing while I wash my body with the conditioner still in my hair. Then he gets out and dries off while I rinse off with cooler water; then I wash my delicate genital area with the feminine wash that doesn’t irritate and I rinse that then rinse the conditioner out of my hair.
On days that I shave, I do that while the hair is deep conditioning and pinned up, and I often apply a masque to my face for those extra minutes while I shave, too.