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Toilet paper! How much will last you a month?

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Boxingshibes · 11/11/2025 23:12

I do a big shop at the beginning of the month. This includes what toilet paper is think we will need.
It's the 11th so about half way through the month.
I've been buying ever increasing amounts of toilet paper.
Last month 31st October I bought 2×24 rolls. We have 3 toilets. I downstairs. An ensuite and a bathroom. Neither me or dh go into the bathroom.

It is solely used by 2 teenagers dds.
They have 2 rolls out of 24 left!!
I have about 16
WTF are they doing with it?? Eating it??
Ffs
Ainbu to think 2 people can use 24 toilet rolls or less in 1 month?
Aibu they are teenagers and use more?

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DanglingMod · 12/11/2025 20:27

1 Who Gives a Crap box of 48 bamboo rolls lasts 8-9 months.
3 bathrooms and 4 adults, 2 of whom are at home a lot.

Am flabbergasted by some of these answers!

BoarBrush · 12/11/2025 20:21

At least one bordering on two rolls a day here, often more if me and the older two dds have our periods at the same time. Dh has a stoma bag though and uses quite a lot to mop up his bag opening etc, though tbf, he used a bloody lot even pre colitis.

AllTheOtherCats · 12/11/2025 19:56

I buy the Andrex extra large rolls and get through one in two days. Just me. I use the toilet a lot and also WFH two or three days a week which increases usage.

itbemay1 · 12/11/2025 19:45

We use 9 a week x4 adults

PractisingMyTelekenipsis · 12/11/2025 15:23

We seem to get through a roll a day between 3 adults.
But like a PP I have a sensitive bladder so wee a lot. Heavy periods. And dodgy bowels.

GardensBooksTea · 12/11/2025 15:20

3-4 a week, two adults (both WFH full time) and one 10 yr old, plus quite frequent overnight visits from the in-laws

ihaterain2024 · 12/11/2025 14:30

If i am home all day i can easily use one roll a day

Buscobel · 12/11/2025 12:13

I think about 4 a week, but there’s only two of us. The rolls are smaller and thinner than they were though, so probably more some weeks. I like to have a spare pack in the house.

LLJETO · 12/11/2025 08:06

We use just under a (well, 3/4 of one) double roll a day. 3 of us in the house but I’m in all day and have an overactive bladder and ibs!

flirtygirl · 12/11/2025 08:01

We use 16-24 per week, the higher amount is on period weeks, we are 3 females. 1 has ibs.

My nephew aged 30 uses 1.5 a day, causes my mum to talk about it every time I see her.

So we use 16 per week for 3 people and he uses 10-11 per week for 1 person, I can see her point now.

ravenclaworslytherin · 12/11/2025 07:55

One box of 48 bamboo rolls ever 4 months for a family of 5. No teenagers. I do have a 5 year old son who thinks you need to use a whole roll at a time and a 3 year old daughter who wants to be an andrex puppy and trails it round the house though

mamagogo1 · 12/11/2025 07:51

I buy a 24 pack every 5 weeks or so for 2 people, I think that’s a lot! Our consumption is way up since dh retired so I know exactly who uses lots!

Tillygan60 · 12/11/2025 07:49

Just buy the cheaper stuff for them....

ScaryM0nster · 12/11/2025 07:48

weericky · 12/11/2025 06:55

2 squares, folded, to wipe poo?

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Yes….

Nsky62 · 12/11/2025 07:47

GiantTeddyIsTired · 12/11/2025 07:05

I get the Who Gives a Crap boxes, and one box lasts me (and 2 teen DSes) nearly 6 months - ie I generally have to order just before the scheduled order.

BUT, the rolls are long. When I bought supermarket toilet roll we went through way more rolls. (and as an aside, they're a lot less fuzzy, so there's less dust and fluff in the bathrooms now that I've switched - I very much prefer it)

So it's hard to respond - what are you buying? The quilted Aloe Vera stuff, the middle of the road, double rolls, the cheapy? They all last vastly different amounts of time anyway.

Having said that, I was told off when I was a teen for using too much toilet paper all the time.. I don't like the idea of wee soaking through to my hands so I'd use a wad.

About two rolls a week just me

Timemyluckchanged · 12/11/2025 07:44

3 adults 1 teen here and we use 24 rolls a month. We have a bamboo roll subscription (48 every 2 months) and it’s been a revelation. It seemed expensive at first but in fact it lasts longer than the stuff from the supermarket, leaves so much less dust in the bathrooms and seems to be kinder to my menopausal nether regions.

muddyford · 12/11/2025 07:41

I buy the double length rolls in either Tesco or Sainsbury's. One roll lasts me around a week or a bit longer. But I have around three bowel sessions a day, so...

IdentifyingAsAWoollyMammoth · 12/11/2025 07:37

I hear you. It was something that shocked me when I moved in with my partner. When I lived alone, a 4-pack would last me at least 6 weeks. I often joke to my other half that she eats the stuff as we go through a 12-pack in a little over a fortnight.

annoyingfeet · 12/11/2025 07:12

Live alone. A loo roll lasts about a week, a day less when WFH.

Always buy 24 rolls as more economical than 9

GiantTeddyIsTired · 12/11/2025 07:05

I get the Who Gives a Crap boxes, and one box lasts me (and 2 teen DSes) nearly 6 months - ie I generally have to order just before the scheduled order.

BUT, the rolls are long. When I bought supermarket toilet roll we went through way more rolls. (and as an aside, they're a lot less fuzzy, so there's less dust and fluff in the bathrooms now that I've switched - I very much prefer it)

So it's hard to respond - what are you buying? The quilted Aloe Vera stuff, the middle of the road, double rolls, the cheapy? They all last vastly different amounts of time anyway.

Having said that, I was told off when I was a teen for using too much toilet paper all the time.. I don't like the idea of wee soaking through to my hands so I'd use a wad.

Hercisback1 · 12/11/2025 06:56

weericky · 12/11/2025 06:55

2 squares, folded, to wipe poo?

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Yes so four layers, why do you need more? I'd strive to get more between the cheeks.

weericky · 12/11/2025 06:55

ScaryM0nster · 12/11/2025 06:43

What on earth do you do with it?

Transcript of current speech from teaching pre school child:
After each toilet use, tear off two squares, fold them over. Wipe. Repeat as required. Generally three times is sufficient for most things. If it’s extra sticky then keep going until clean. If it’s that sticky, then your tummy isn’t quite right.

For average person: About three hours between wees, and a bowel movement a day. Thats 30 sheets a day. 200 sheets on a standard roll. One roll should last a person about a week.

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2 squares, folded, to wipe poo?

Hercisback1 · 12/11/2025 06:54

HeavyOnMyHeart · 12/11/2025 00:39

OK this entire post has me baffled. How can people use four a month or similar?? Me and one DC use pretty much one a day between the two of us!! Do people just not poop often or something? I'm genuinely so surprised at people using so little!

One per day on what? How often do you poo? You need 10 sheets max for a poo unless it's a particularly bad one.

Hercisback1 · 12/11/2025 06:53

How are you using so much?

Family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 primary kids. We use 12 every 2 months.

Statsquestion1 · 12/11/2025 06:47

2 adults and 2dc (one of which is a12yr old DD). I bought 24 on 25oct and we have 10 left. We have 2 en-suites (one for us and one for dd), main bathroom and downstairs loo.

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