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How much toilet roll do you use?

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EmmaMY · 26/07/2023 03:55

So, we had some friends coming to stay last weekend, a family of 4 with young children(3&5). The have now left but I’m left completely baffled by the amount of toilet roll they went through whilst here.

We have a guest room with its own bathroom that I left 2 full rolls in plus all the other things they might need. (shampoo/conditioner/soap/toothpaste/towels) They arrived Thu afternoon/evening and left Mon mid morning. We spent 1&1/2 days out of the house sightseeing.

They came asking for toilet roll on day 2 and I showed them where they could grab some more and after that they helped themselves. I’ve now been up to tidy up and they left all the inner rolls on the side so can see how many the have used and I just can’t understand how they managed to go through 6 full rolls during their stay! What did they do with it all?

Are we possibly very light users of toilet roll ourselves and this is completely normal? We are also a family of 4 and we would possibly go through 2 or perhaps 3 during that time.

They obviously also used the downstairs toilet, so didn’t head up to the guest toilet for every visit either.

Please help me understand where it all went!

YABU - It’s a completely normal
YANBU - How did they go through it all?

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continentallentil · 26/07/2023 08:38

Peak mumsnet!!

Good thing you didn’t include a photo OP or the PP would have told you where you could tidy it.

Anyway, as another pp says, it’s not that much over average. Maybe they poo more regularly than you guys.

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Would you not tidy up if you’d of been a guest at someone’s house for a few days? I’d always clean hair out the plug holes, check loo for skid marks, take out rubbish and recycling, used towels in for washing. Basic manners surely?

blahblahblah1654 · 29/07/2023 12:33

I'd be sore and skiddy with just 2 bits of loo roll for a poo.

Motnight · 29/07/2023 12:27

Gingerboy22 · 28/07/2023 00:04

Who on earth only uses 2 sheets of paper when they go to the toilet? I use yards. It reminds me of Brazil where the old woman hands you one sheet as you go in to the loo. WTF are you supposed to do with that? 😂

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Buckle up @GiGingerboy22 for the posts blaming you for all drain blockages ever 😬

Tiqtaq · 29/07/2023 11:40

Wow two sheets surely you get your hands dirty with that?!!!

JaninaDuszejko · 28/07/2023 07:12

@Gingerboy22 Two is generous, there's usually a poster on toilet roll threads saying one sheet for a pee and two for a poo. I assume they are taking the piss though (pun deliberate).

Gingerboy22 · 28/07/2023 00:04

ThinWomansBrain · 27/07/2023 22:09

To all the posters that think I'm weird - if a roll of loo paper has 400 sheets, that's approx 200 visits to the loo.
If a who gives a crap loo roll lasts 4 weeks (or a normal one two weeks), that's over seven visits to the loo daily - I'm at work most days, and often out in the evening.
Most of you must be incontinent!

Who on earth only uses 2 sheets of paper when they go to the toilet? I use yards. It reminds me of Brazil where the old woman hands you one sheet as you go in to the loo. WTF are you supposed to do with that? 😂

StrawberryWater · 27/07/2023 22:18

We’re a family of 3. It varies but I have a bowel disorder so sometimes we use a lot when I have a flare up.

ThinWomansBrain · 27/07/2023 22:09

To all the posters that think I'm weird - if a roll of loo paper has 400 sheets, that's approx 200 visits to the loo.
If a who gives a crap loo roll lasts 4 weeks (or a normal one two weeks), that's over seven visits to the loo daily - I'm at work most days, and often out in the evening.
Most of you must be incontinent!

MereDintofPandiculation · 27/07/2023 21:59

Americans on average use just under 24 rolls a year, or one every two weeks. Australians use 88 per year, or a bit more than 1 and a half per week. So either there's a strange difference between Americans and Australians, or someone has their sums wrong.

Taking the abstemious American one toilet roll every two weeks, a family of 4 would use 4 every two weeks, or two a week. So 6 in about half a week is pushing it a bit.

If on the other hand they're more like the profligate Australians, they'd use 6 to 7 a week. So 6 in a long weekend is a lot, but not that bad.

Mum2jenny · 27/07/2023 21:26

I use very little loo roll and never have skid marks. Skid marks are a sign of incompetent wiping ( or a hairy arse).

Tiqtaq · 27/07/2023 21:18

I use LOADS.

And that is why my pants do not have skid marks.

Men, take note.

WoofWoofBeachLife · 27/07/2023 21:14

Ps I do use it for blowing my nose after using a neti pot and I'm doing that twice a day. I just pee a lot 🤣

WoofWoofBeachLife · 27/07/2023 21:13

Not read the full thread but I use a ridiculous amount of loo roll. It's become more apparent because my husband has been away working Monday to Friday and last week I went through 2 if the asda double rolls we had left which equates to 4 rolls, and 6 normal sized rolls of Morrisons own brand. That's from the Sunday night to Friday night 😱

Mum2jenny · 27/07/2023 21:06

Currently use 1 roll per around 5 days for 2 adults, one of whom works from home. And we use it for blowing noses etc

EmmaGrundyForPM · 27/07/2023 07:57

@Moreorlessmentallystable the WGAC rolls last for ages. A box of 48 lasts DH and I about a year. They seem expensive when you first buy them but they last a long time.

The only issue we have is storing them!

Caspianberg · 27/07/2023 06:52

We buy wgac.
I have no idea of usage, but we buy max 3 boxes ( 48 a box) per year, and that includes holiday rental that I put it it (I put in 4 a week, sometimes guests use all, other times there’s some unopened rolls - rented about 12 weeks a year).
Plus we have family visit a few weeks a year and all work from home.

tootiredtospeak · 27/07/2023 06:08

Family of 5 6 to 9 tolls a week

DaisyWaldron · 27/07/2023 06:07

No, 8 months. I just checked, though, and the rolls are bigger than the supermarket ones, so all the WHAC users aren't really a fair comparison. Andrex has around 200 sheets a roll and Who Gives a Crap has 370.

Moreorlessmentallystable · 26/07/2023 22:59

DaisyWaldron · 26/07/2023 07:42

We are a household of 4, and I just checked my Who Gives A Crap order and a box of 48 rolls of lasts us 8 months. Having said that, both children went through vast quantities of loo roll in the first year or two of being able to wipe independently.

Did you mean 8 weeks? No way you are using only 6 rolls a month right?

riotlady · 26/07/2023 19:11

We go through about 4-5 a week of WGAC as a family of 3. DH has IBS, I wee a lot and DD is an “exuberant” user of bog roll 😂I got stressed out by it at one point but life is too short to worry about loo roll so i just make sure we’re stocked up and don’t worry about it

mydogisthebest · 26/07/2023 19:05

Just me and DH. I am home almost every day and DH is home 4 days a week.

We both poo once a day. I wee about 3 or 4 times a day and DH usually the same.

I use 1 sheet per wee and 5 sheets per poo. Not sure how much DH uses but I would think similar amounts as loo roll lasts us such a long time

shellyleppard · 26/07/2023 18:35

I have two teenagers.....who use a LOT of toilet roll. We used to go through a roll every couple of days. I brought some bamboo toilet rolls and its lasting a lot longer!!!! But it does seem excessive for the time they were there

FlameGrilledSquirrel · 26/07/2023 17:47

1 Square per person per week. Why anyone would need more is beyond me.

FinallyHere · 26/07/2023 17:35

DH, IBS, order based on one roll/ day

Me, 'two sheet Charlie' one roll / fortnight.

People are different.

TokyoSushi · 26/07/2023 16:08

Gosh, I didn't realise that we were massive under users, I buy a x12 pack for a family of 4 every month - we never run out!!