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AIBU?

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to feel too embarrassed to use any toilet but my own

48 replies

tevion · 12/07/2012 00:27

I hate it and will certainly not do a number 2 at all except on my own toilet.
I will also deliberatley flush the toilet before I have finished so that people can,t listen to me going.
Anyone else as mad as me.

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MardyArsedMidlander · 12/07/2012 08:22

My grandmother once told me it was extremely BAD MANNERS to go number 2 anywhere but your own toilet . Like eating in public, this has stuck with me.

I have a friend who is even worse. She went to India and after seeing the open air loos in Goa with little piggies waiting expectantly below- she didn't 'go' for two weeks!

Mrsjay · 12/07/2012 08:34

MY dds are like that eldest especially me i just go anywhere in a ditch if i had too

Nancy66 · 12/07/2012 08:38

I NEVER crap at work. and have to admit I really hate using public loos - mostly because they're usually so grim.

fluffyraggies · 12/07/2012 08:54

My body just clams up when i'm out of the house. I rarely use a public loo unless i'm out for drinks.

When on holls my bowels just go on strike and i end up having to take something after day 3 or 4 to shift things or i get pains. They're just like - 'Nope - we're not at home, we wont be shitting'

My personal phobia is ensuite bathrooms in hotel rooms with thin walls! I hate the idea of my DH hearing me pooing, and i will go out of my way to use the public loos in the hotel or whatever while he's elsewhere. Daft - but there it is.

Clawdy · 12/07/2012 09:27

fluffyraggies that's exactly like me,especially the en-suite thing.

CuppaTeaJanice · 12/07/2012 09:37

I have a friend who has made it his life mission to poo in as many different toilets as possible. His 'highlights' have included the Eiffel Tower, the Stazi (sp?) in Berlin, Lords cricket ground and numerous other tourist attractions, transport vehicles and landmarks. He proudly tells us about the new locations where he has pooed after each holiday or trip out.

Arabellasmella · 13/07/2012 15:12

That's how I knew my husband was the one for me. We were on holiday and I managed to do a poo in the hotel ensuite with him out on the balcony. It was a revelation!
Before that I once lived with an ex for about 6 months and couldn't do one with him in the house, even when he was downstairs.
Have had many a ruined camping holiday because I just can't go.
Glad I'm not the only weirdo!

StealthPolarBear · 13/07/2012 15:19

I have a friend who is even worse. She went to India and after seeing the open air loos in Goa with little piggies waiting expectantly below- she didn't 'go' for two weeks!

Please explain this to me!

OlympicRingSting · 13/07/2012 15:27

Sorry, I don't believe anyone can go for two weeks without having a crap. If you were eating that little solid food to produce even one poo in a fortnight you would be seriously I'll. There's a girl who swears she only goes once a fortnight, despite eating regularly, she is just an attention seeker.

StealthPolarBear · 13/07/2012 15:32

Sorryvmine was a quote
Who would want attention for their bowel habits? Takes attention seeking to a new low!

crashdoll · 13/07/2012 15:33

It seems a common problem and I have this too. I would never poo at someone's house. What if it smelt bad? Everyone would know! Ditto public toilets = noises and smell. Oh the shame!

I have IBS and I've taught my bowel to hold it in. It's really rather uncomfortable and I end up squirming around. I probably look like I have worms. That and my stomach swells so much, I have to undo the button of my trousers to accomodate my pregnant looking belly.

I'm going to have to face my demons soon as I'm going on holiday with my best friend and we're sharing a hotel room.

(I am aware I have toilet issues just in case you were wondering! I'm better than I was though as I wouldn't wee in most other people's houses or public toilets as a child. My parents were most perplexed.)

IloveJudgeJudy · 13/07/2012 15:34

Olympic - yes, they can. That's what my SIL does. I'm not denying that she was pretty ill (not staying off work ill, but really not well). She was on holiday for 10 days, didn't go and then couldn't go when she got home.

She cannot go anywhere except in her own loo. I was a bit like that in the past, but I have a bit of trouble and so now, if I have to go, I have to go, no matter where I am.

ExitPursuedByABear · 13/07/2012 15:38

Anyone remember the thread on here a year or so ago about the woman who wouldn't go for a poo when her husband was in the house!

PeanutButterCupCake · 13/07/2012 15:40

I can wee anywhere but do hate pooing any where but home, it's the smell and noises

Yesterday at work after having to do the "I need a giant poo walk" all morning I decided to stop being ridiculous and go.....

Oh how I regretted it! Dodgy flush and a submarine like poo. I had to beat it down with the loo brush and triple flush all the time sweating and praying it sunk and noone came in.

rainydaysarebad · 13/07/2012 15:43

Hahahahaha, that is hilarious pearshaped...I'm sitting here laughing with tears in my eyes at that, and my 6 month old is laughing back at me thinking I'm entertaining him. "oh sorry sorry sorry"...brilliant

Pandemoniaa · 13/07/2012 15:44

I used to be really anal about where I peed

I'd be bothered about peeing if it involved my anus too.

Not that I care about public toilets, it has to be said. If you have to go then you use the facilities available. It's a bodily function and there's no doubt that it is healthier to answer the call of nature rather than, er, bottle it up.

Solo · 13/07/2012 16:40

My best friend at school only went once a fortnight; seems it was normal for her.
I always get bunged up if I go away from home for a while ~ no idea why, but have been like that since childhood. Two years ago, I spent a week in a static caravan with 7 other members of my family and couldn't go for 5/6 days! and I wasn't alone either. It's horrible and I'd much rather 'go' and not be uncomfortable!

sherbetpips · 13/07/2012 16:47

I work a lot in client offices and dread needing a number 2 as the toilet must be completly empty for me to even consider it. Some client offices loos are like revolving doors, you cant even have a sly trump without someone hearing you!

Does drive me nuts though - WE ALL POO!

SoleSource · 13/07/2012 19:03

What is wee and poo? Is it when the man comes with the weekly extractor?

MaidenDevon · 13/07/2012 20:26

I once spent a hideous week on a yacht during a 'team building' thing for work. I couldn't wee or poo on the yacht which was fine as I just hung on until we got to a marina each evening and didn't drink anything during the day. Then the weather turned and we were stuck for nigh on 48 frigging hours moored in some tiny bay in the Outer Fucking Hebrides or somewhere with no means of getting on or off the boat until the weather improved. Well my best friend was pissing herself (at least one of us was), due to my shy bladder and bowel syndrome.

I had the last laugh when I told them all at midnight to get their oilskins on and stand up n the deck whilst I did what I had to do (including my the MD of the company), it was howling with wind and lashing with rain. They had to put lifejackets on as well. They were allowed back down below when I had thoroughly fumigated the heads. Was still awful hearing them walking around on the deck above me, they might as well have been in there with me. Have you ever tried to flush a toilet on a boat when you've done a fairly big jobbie?

AwfullyJolly · 13/07/2012 20:58

I can't poo in the vicinity of someone I have had sex with. I will pee anywhere, though.

Sausagedog27 · 13/07/2012 21:47

We need to import Japanese electronic toilets in to the uk- heated seats, and they play music to mask any sounds (apparently a big worry out there). I was in Tokyo last year and became obsessed with their loo's and which model it would be!

thenightsky · 13/07/2012 21:52

I love going for a poo at work... I count the minutes it takes me and work out how much I earned while in there.

But I sneak in the gents rather than poo in the Ladies.

We've had this convo in the office so I've now outed myself.

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