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.

OK, cross posted. I just had to know .

Oops cross posts! But yay I was right

So you use 100-150 sheets for a poo?
Seriously, is tht not more than is on one roll? You could probably have a shower each time and chuck out the towel, and it'd be cheaper.

I think there's about 200 odd on a roll. So it probably costs me about 30p for a poo and 15/20p for wee never thought of it like that before! That's a lot of money down the toilet

Are you not blocking your toilet each time you flush? My waters are always rising up the bowl on much less tissue usage.

I hope my pipes are okay, I have no choice but to use wet wipes for a poo. I have psoriasis, yep, even there, and paper can tear and cause infections.

Sometimes it does nuts but sometimes I flush in between wipes

Oh dawn that sounds so painful :(

Does part of you think something bad will happen if you don't wipe so thoroughly? I mean a real, deep down fear?

I ask because this sounds like OCD or something (I have OCD, but no undercarriage-wiping compulsions). It really is not common to need to use more than a few sheets for a wee.

Dawndonna

I think you can get flushable wipes. I'm considering them myself as I seem to have developed an eczema problem there myself.

Do people like to use hardly any toilet paper just due to cost?? I do not think about cost and use loads of toilet paper. I do not want to scrimp and save and have wet bits.

I don't use much because I don't tend to need it. It's not about cost though, toilet paper is not to be scrimped on! It's the one "household" item I won't buy own brand/economy versions of

Oh my goodness 50 sheets for a wee? Your plumbing must be bloody good!

That isn't normal no matter how you look at it, try see if you can cut back a lot bit!

So how many toilet rolls to you go though?!
50 is a huge amount and I'm surprised your not sore down there!

May be worth trying to cut down a bit...and on that note, I'm off for a wee!

I use heaps of toilet paper, the really thick expensive stuff.

Loved that shea butter one you can get in the UK.

I have (t)issues leftover from a poor childhood where we were always running out of toilet paper.

Poor quality/quantity of toilet paper pisses me right off.

Flushable wipes are flushable in that they won't bob around in the toilet pan, but they don't breakdown in the plumbing system, and as they become more popular are increasingly responsible for blockages.

Washable baby wipes are an alternative on that theme. I use them on occaison.

I go for 2 squares per go (folded in 3) for a wee and 3 squares per go for a poo, using as many goes as the job requires.

I've just counted. 5 sheets for a wee. wipe, fold, wipe again. can't beleive I'm so interested in this thread and that I've just had a detailed lokk at my wiping habits

I just wrap it around my hand. I use far more than I need though.

My sister used to moan at me when I stayed the night at hers as I got through so much TP.

We have hose squirters in the ME and I can't imagine being without one now. A nice warm high pressure squirt and then dry with a little bit of paper (or if you are posh you keep a pile of pristine linen towels beside the loo). The children that were born here can't get their heads around using paper to wipe the poo often with horrible results on holidays. My husband is thinking of marketing them to the UK although the jet would probably be icy cold in winter...

If you have lived in Bangladesh, you will always be verrry careful how much paper you flush, you will inevitably see it again at some point!

In terms of cost, today's groupon deal is 45 rolls of three-ply for thirteen quid - might be of some use for you even while you wean yourself down.

I bought it last time around and it's quite good stuff, and has lasted in my three adult, three potty trained child household.

www.google.co.uk/search?q=toilet+hose&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=kMDOUcSnO8yNrgf8lYCoAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=989#facrc=&imgdii=&imgrc=mPXVpoGnF-faEM%3A%3BeIUXzJgjiKR-zM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.c.photoshelter.com%252Fimg-get%252FI00000VBSmNPEc78%252Fs%252F900%252F900%252FLibya-IMG-1268-Arab-Toilet.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcecilimages.photoshelter.com%252Fimage%252FI00000VBSmNPEc78%3B900%3B600

bumsquirter

Note, not my yukky bathroom!

3-4 for a wee here

This thread has made me laugh so much . I use two for a wee, folded in half and then folded again. Four for a poo, same, folded in half and then again. Ten sheets!!