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Do you fold or scrunch toilet roll when wiping?

42 replies

Soubriquet · 01/08/2026 21:39

I read a study once that when it comes to toilet roll, men tend to fold theirs to wipe where women tend to scrunch.

So are you a folder or a scruncher, male or female?

I’m a woman and I scrunch

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Trumptontown · 01/08/2026 21:42

Fold!

PassMeTheCookies · 01/08/2026 21:43

Scrunch?! Like screw it up?! How on earth do people make sure there’s enough layers between fingers and bum to avoid a finger dip?

I’m a folder. I didn’t know scrunching was an option 😂

minipie · 01/08/2026 21:44

Fold, if you must know

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DaisyChain505 · 01/08/2026 21:44

Why would you scrunch the toilet roll?! This makes no sense.

Pixiedust49 · 01/08/2026 21:45

Never thought of this before but I guess I scrunch!

Meadowflower2023 · 01/08/2026 21:45

I use loads and scrunch. DH uses way less and folds. It’s not a concept I can consider… at all… ever!

UnintentionallyFabulous · 01/08/2026 21:46

I’m a female folder.
I don’t get scrunches.

Thelondonone · 01/08/2026 21:46

Fold, I’m not an animal… but still use quite a bit.

ShakyBake · 01/08/2026 21:50

I studied Chinese origami at Cambridge and use nothing less then a swan

Changeaboutnow · 01/08/2026 21:52

In my childhood and adolescence i was never taught about hygiene and how to do basic self care things. So I was pretty ignorant about a lot of things and I used to scrunch the toilet paper- and use absolutely loads of it.
When i left home in my early twenties i educated myself on a lot of personal self care routines and I became a folder.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 01/08/2026 21:53

Fold.

But as a support worker I’ve seen A LOT of people screw into a tiny ball and just dab at themselves.

And there’s a generation of older ladies whom however much toilet paper you give them will divide it into two piles, use one and put the other one back on the toilet roll holder.

ShesRunningOutTheDoor · 01/08/2026 21:53

Fold

RaininSummer · 01/08/2026 21:55

This thread appears an awful lot on here.

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 01/08/2026 21:56

RaininSummer · 01/08/2026 21:55

This thread appears an awful lot on here.

Thinking same as in same title.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 01/08/2026 21:59

ShakyBake · 01/08/2026 21:50

I studied Chinese origami at Cambridge and use nothing less then a swan

I can make a rabbit…

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 01/08/2026 22:16

Toilet paper? What will they think of next?

We have a communal xylospongium (sponge on a stick). It worked for hundreds of years for the Romans so why change it now? (We do, of course, change the sponge when necessary.)

We have found that those sponge scourers to be particularly robust and long lasting.👍

Persephonia1966 · 01/08/2026 22:20

Waiting for the people with bidets to show up and tell everyone they are disgusting for only using paper.

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 01/08/2026 22:23

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 01/08/2026 22:16

Toilet paper? What will they think of next?

We have a communal xylospongium (sponge on a stick). It worked for hundreds of years for the Romans so why change it now? (We do, of course, change the sponge when necessary.)

We have found that those sponge scourers to be particularly robust and long lasting.👍

Tsk but an amature ..brillo pad is what you want.

Stelladid · 01/08/2026 22:25

This is one of an increasing numbers of weird questions asked on mumsnet recently 🤷‍♀️

LadyBeatriceBeaHiggins · 01/08/2026 22:52

scruncher but wet wipes for a fresher feel

LadyBeatriceBeaHiggins · 01/08/2026 22:52

Stelladid · 01/08/2026 22:25

This is one of an increasing numbers of weird questions asked on mumsnet recently 🤷‍♀️

you should have been on mumsnet when they had the infamous penis beaker thread

Stelladid · 02/08/2026 11:41

LadyBeatriceBeaHiggins · 01/08/2026 22:52

you should have been on mumsnet when they had the infamous penis beaker thread

I was, but that was genuinely hilarious. This one is just. . . . . . WTF? 🙄

Preworkouttingle · 02/08/2026 11:43

Fold and I use Wype because if you use just dry paper, your arse is rank with dry shit 🤢

truepenguin · 02/08/2026 11:45

Loo brush. Wipe and exfoliate at the same time.

(Come on. Do better.)

RobinHumphries · 02/08/2026 16:57

Female folder

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