Relaxing On The Loo!

[EternalOptimist7]

Just curious to know if this is just a man thing? DH has about 20 mins on the loo as part of his morning routine & he is as regular as clockwork, never constipated. I don’t ever take time to “go” & I sometimes really suffer. Maybe this needs to change!

I am a man and do not spend ages on the toilet. Not something other male members of my family ever did either, or male flatmates at university.

OP is your DH a person who takes time over everything in the morning?

Not particularly. I remember quite a few of my friends saying that their husbands would disappear to the loo for half an hour or so with the newspaper. My Dad would do the same.

Me and my friends discuss this all the time. All of our husbands do it. It's both gross and confusing.. why don't men just wait until their body needs to go and then head to the toilet. And imagine the luxury of having 20 minutes to just sit there. One can dream

The last time me, dh and 2dc stayed with my mum she witnessed the levels of parenting done by both me and dh and how the kids were constantly nagging me /not giving me a minute etc. Her solution "I think you need to start spending more time on the loo, love".

I could have wrote this 😂

I do it, but mostly to get ten minutes peace!

My DH does this. We're lucky to have a big bathroom with a chair in it and I've started doing the same. I don't need half an hour to poo but it's nice to have a break from the kids (4 and 2) especially if I feel like he's taking the mick with it.

Someone on here once called men going to the loo (with their phones) for hours on end "luxury shits".

It's absolutely a thing and they do it to avoid childcare.

I do think men go to the loo in anticipation whereas I go when I actually need to go.

Yep - I hear you. A 20 minute shift every morning. Some days it gives me the rage. Apparently he uses the time to catch up on Twitter