To sit not hover!

[Molehillmountain]

Had discussion with dsis about this and she is horrified by me! I hadn't even considered hovering!

Depends on where you are. I do both.

I don't have the balance or the thigh muscles to hover

If you are talking about public toilets, definitely hover.

Can't stand hoverers.

it's impossible to hover on a train though

Wipe toilet seat for splashes then sit. Your butt is not going to self implode from some toilet seat germs.

Yes, public loos. Actually, probably all loos. Didn't get into home loos. Maybe she is satisfied with hygiene at home. Surely if anyone was likely yo catch anything, there would be government advice on the issue?

Can't be bothered with hovering. Too risky. It's only my arse, how bad can it be? Not caught anything yet.

Where I lived in Russia however people would stand on the toilet and squat- you'd see little frail old ladies coming out of the toilet and wonder how?

Hovver on public loo's.
Hover at home first thing on a morning when the seat is cold.

I hovered in Africa. But slightly different-there was no seat and the ground was bare earth!

I hate hoverer with a passion! especially the ones who don't wipe the seat clean after.

It's the hoverers who sprinkle the seat!

It's not the germs, just don't like the thought of someone else's urine on my buttocks.

I also use tissues from my bag, never put my bag on the floor, and use antibacterial hand gel instead of touching the taps, and open the door with elbows when possible, and use the gel again after I get outside.

I am aware that this is a little bit OCD!!!

Oh and I never sprinkle! I do check ask hate the thought of leaving a mess!

I've mastered the art of hovering so don't splash.

I remember one toilet I used in Russia. Was a completely peasant village, all toilets hand dug, long drop variety, emptied when they get full. Anyway, went in the dark and squatted- onto the massive pile of frozen shit that no-one had bothered to dig out. That was a bad day.

ilovesanta how much hand gel do you think I would have needed after that?

I'm a hoverer

In my defence, it's not mainly because of fear of germs- its that toilet seats are always bloody freezing!

Has your arse dropped off yet? No? Probably safe not to hover then!

Debka- I would have bathed in bleach for a week!!! I feel traumatised just thinking about it!

I sit. I don't have the necessary co-ordination to clench the hovering muscles and relax the weeing ones at the same time.

If nobody hovered, there'd be no wee on the seat, and therefore no need for hovering in the first place.

I don't hover. My bum fell off back in the summer. That'll teach me

If hovering is really so common as mumsnet suggests (I have no idea) why don't councils etc. simply install squat toilets? solve it for everyone - other than the barefoot...

if its dry, I sit.. I have never yet heard of anyone contracting any disease through their thighs, hips, or cheeks of their arse!.. no other part of my anatomy comes into contact with a loo seat, so it doesnt worry me..

If it is wet, I dry it and then sit down..