Do you wash your hands after a wee in the night?

[Goneforawee]

It’s the middle of the night and you’re up for a wee. (Assume you’ve just dabbed yourself dry with loo roll, no other bodily fluids present!) Do you do a full 30 second soap and water hand wash vs after? A quick water-only rinse, and pat dry? Not wash at all and go straight back to bed? Something else completely?

I’ve often wondered what others do but too afraid to ask in real life 🫢

Are the people who wash their hands and are sickened by those who don't, also getting out of bed straight after sex to wash their hands?

I do.

I don't understand why, if it's perfectly fine not to wash your hands during the night, people then go on to say that they wash them first thing in the morning when they get up, as a demonstration of hygiene. There's absolutely no logic to it!

Very funny thread! I get up multiple times to pee at night, I wash my hands if I'm already fairly awake, I don't if I'm basically sleepwalking. I don't think it matters much though if it's just a quick pee in your en suite!

Absolutely!! But not until I've had a good wipe and cleaned up below deck first.

@Comedycook Erm,(whispers quietly) guilty as charged, I cant cope with desiccated bodily fluids on my hands in the morning 😳

Rinse but no soap…. Sleepy , and don’t want to dry my hands out after having moisturised.
feel guilty but see I’m not alone !

No lights, no flush and no taps. DH is the same.
The cat sleeps on our bed and licks her arse and later licks us. One big happy family!

I always do.

I have a relative who only ever washes his hands after the loo when he thinks no-one will notice, which makes me feel sick as he also splashes wee on the seat and leaves it there 🤮🤮🤮

I wash with soap and water as I’m conditioned to do that and would find it hard to sleep because my brain would be telling me my hands are dirty. Not so thorough at three am as during the day though. Logically it’s crazy as there’s only me living here, so I’m unlikely to pick anything up from myself!

No. I don’t flush the toilet either.

The logic is that after the morning wee they will flush so having touched a germy handle they will want to wash their hands and are not trying to stay asleep.

That’s different- if I was sharing a bathroom with relatives I’d wash every time. I’m basically concerned about other people’s germs. Nobody else uses my en-suite.

"Then when I wee before I get up I wash my hands thoroughly."

And the sheets I hope?

I don’t wash my hands if I have a wee at night.

Reading quickly, I thought you'd said something else there at first 😳🤣😬

No handwashing at night. The sink is in another room but dont think I would rinse my hand even if it was in the same room and I didnt have the light on. If I was sharing a bed I might do it differently.

I know! I am genuinely shocked and MN has made my tolerance for that pretty high. 😂

Nope! Quick wee, quick dab with toilet roll so not actually touching fanjo with bare hands, don’t flush, straight back to bed.

Yes

Haha yes, a half awake hand job because you can't be arsed for a shag. Do you leap out of bed after to wash your hands?

Or when you have an intimate itch in the night? Do you you wash your hands after, or just fuck of back to sleep?

Incidentally, it makes absolutely no difference to hygiene whether you use hot or cold water. Hot water would have to be boiling to kill germs. Germs thrive less in cold than warmer places (although the difference is negligible with regards to clean running water). Warm water doesn't produce more suds either. There's been some good recent scientific studies on this. Clean running water of any temperature and soap are all that are required. Switzerland discourages the use of warm water for environmental reasons.

This has blown my mind

Snort!

I don't wash my hands either. The only thing I've touched is my own toilet paper. Don't think it will kill me or anyone else.

no im half asleep as it is i just go back to bed

people who said no: you are DISGUSTING. absolutely foul.