To ask how on EARTH you wipe with such a small number of sheets of loo roll?

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I see this every so often on here (the SIL thread is the one I'm thinking of atm) where people use 8 sheets of loo roll for a wee. How?! How does that work? Do you just wipe once with all 8 squares or use a sheet for a 8 little wipes? Don't you get wee on your hands?

This is a genuine question because I use a million rolls a week and I'm dumbfounded every time I see a post about a family of four using a quarter of what I use for a week.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I did once give myself tissue burn I have decided! Tomorrow it begins! I am going to go cold turkey and try and reduce the amount I use. This thread and the crazy foldy lengths you all go to has inspired me! Thanks everyone

[CointreauVersial]

How has your plumbing survived?

There's no way my puny pipes would carry away 50 sheets.

[MatriarchalDreams]

Fifty?! WTF are you doing with them?! I use three, folded along the perforations, as my mother taught me, some poos need more and it's different when you have your period (haven't had a period for over 2 years though so am not on that wavelength atm). FIFTY?!

[StealthPolarBear]

50 noooooo
Surely there aren't that many on a roll? Don't you block the toilet every time? And how long does it take you??

[MatriarchalDreams]

And yy with the plumbing, mine is so crap it won't even carry the three sheets down!

[StealthPolarBear]

You do know you only have to wipe the outside?

[StealthPolarBear]

I don't believe you use 50. I'm not calling you a troll or a liar I just don't get it. When you're winding the roll round your hand for the sixth time, do you never think...hang on, maybe this is enough? Shall I stop now?

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

Yes I only wipe the outside haha! I don't know how the plumbing has survived to be honest. Probably one of the reasons I should change my habits just in case oh god what if I have already damaged it and just haven't realise yet?!

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I wish I was lying Stealth. It costs a bomb. I do think sometimes yeah this is too much lets stop now but I want to make sure I'm all sorted so its a bit of a "ah go on just one more wipe/dab" type thing.

[StealthPolarBear]

OP you need to stop it. Think of all the time you're wasting. You could have cured cancer, written a novel or climbed every mountain in the world in the time you've spent unnecessarily wiping your bits. And what do you have to show for it? Extra dry bits!

[snozzlemaid]

Ok, as I've already declared, I'm a member of the large flap club and do use more than most on here. But 50!
I probably use more like 6 to 8 each wee.

[StealthPolarBear]

:) Just to reassure you, I think the worst damage you'd have done would be a UTI. And you'd know about it. So I don't think you need to worry about long term damage. Just start thinking about that novel maybe.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

Stealth that made me laugh out loud for real. Extra dry bits! But yes on a serious note I must have wasted a lot of time that'll be another plus if my experiment works, more time!

snozzle hopefully me and my giant flaps can follow suit and get it down to 6 to 8 too

[MajesticWhine]

I use copious amounts, but 50 sheets for a wee is really going some.

[WandaDoff]

I think OP means 50 squares for wees overall, rather than 50 squares for each wee.

[StealthPolarBear]

in what tiem period wanda?

[WandaDoff]

I should refresh the page before I answer

[MsVestibule]

I probably use 50ish squares for a wee (not in one go though) and double/triple that for a poo. I swear I actually had a funny turn/heart palpitation when I read that . Two for a wee (folded in four) and four/six for a poo (in two or three batches) is plenty.

I really, really don't mean this in a nasty way but I do think this has to be a psychological issue for you. But if this is just supposed to be lighthearted, please ignore me!

[Gumps]

I just use one for a wee. Surely this is normal and why it was designed with a perforation for one sheet?
I can't be that small down below as I have had 3 dcs naturally and I don't get wee on my fingers...

[WandaDoff]

Prepare to be horrified hilda at a rough guesstimate based on how many rolls I use a week etc, I probably use 50ish squares for a wee (not in one go though) and double/triple that for a poo.


She said not all in one go.

[AmyFarrahFowlerCooper]

I meant 50 squares for one wee the not in one go bit I meant like several wipes using them rather than one giant 50 square wipe

[Gruntfuttock]

Gumps one square? That's nearly as surprising as 50! I counted last time I went and it was 6 squares folded in four.

[MsVestibule]

OK, Amy, you're going to have to clarify. When you said I probably use 50ish squares for a wee (not in one go though), I presumed you meant 50 sheets for one wee, but maybe broken down into 5 lots of 10 sheets. Am I right, or is Wanda?

[Tortoise]

I assumed Not all in One go meant op wipes lots of times per wee not a huge 50 sheet wad!