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Pooing - is 30 mins + too long?

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deliakate · 20/07/2013 23:18

Is it normal in your opinion to spend upwards of half an hour pooing on the loo? Dh and his whole ro

Whole family do this and they think its normal. They take reading material in with them and spend at least 30 mins. Dh says he has a poo, waits and reads a bit, then some more comes, and it can happen 4 or 5 times.

I just go in the loo, poo, then come out.

Is spending ages for it all to come out normal?

OP posts:
lilyliz · 21/07/2013 01:26

seen the title of your thread and thought it depends what book you are reading,common occurence in this house

stiffstink · 21/07/2013 01:38

Quick turf out after breakfast for me.

DH? Easily twenty minutes. Sat in the sweltering car today for 15 mins so he could "change his tshirt".

I knew it was poo.

stiffstink · 21/07/2013 01:40

Just to clarify, I was in the car and he was in the house. He wasn't pooing in the car.

WhereYouLeftIt · 21/07/2013 01:47

30 minutes Shock? Either that 30 minutes is 'time-out' (and if it were being used to get out of domestic duties, I'd be sooo angry) or he's seriously constipated. Either way I might be tempted to introduce a dose of syrup of figs into his diet.

BrianTheMole · 21/07/2013 01:51

My friend at work used to do this. Trot off to the toilet with his book and take a good 30 mins on the pan. I used to laugh indulgently at him. Then he got diagnosed with bowel cancer. If your dh is taken that long then its worth getting checked out by the gp. Sorry.

nowahousewife · 21/07/2013 01:59

DS spends forever on the loo and I'm forever calling him to gt off as he should be doing homework. He got me back a couple of months ago when I called upstairs and said "you should be doing homework," he shouted back at me "it's ok, I've got my Latin in here!" Shock

SolidGoldBrass · 21/07/2013 02:57

It's hiding, not actual pooing. Anyone who generally needs half an hour to take a shit must have a ringpiece like Stonehenge.

musicposy · 21/07/2013 08:16

I don't get this at all. You go in, the poo comes out, you wipe, flush and you're done. 30 seconds tops.
DH would do this if we didn't only have one loo, meaning someone is always nagging him after 5 minutes! He claims that it takes 10 minutes plus, in which case I seriously think he needs to see a doctor. Mind you, he will never go outside the house, saves it up for here (nice) so I think he has poo issues anywsy.

HollyBerryBush · 21/07/2013 08:26

Its a bloke thing. Dh does this, minus the books, pondering the meaning of life and his bowels.

Spottycurtains · 21/07/2013 08:47

We call them "do poos". Whenever the dish washer needs emptying, the bin needs changing or pets need feeding my dh and ds2 suddenly need a long poo.

Taz1212 · 21/07/2013 09:20

I'd always assumed it's a boy thing. DH has always done this- brings a book - and now DS does it as well. Have to day, the last place I want to read a book is on the toilet!

CreatureRetorts · 21/07/2013 09:21

YANBU. It's a hiding tactic in our house...

Quodlibet · 21/07/2013 09:30

Agree with previous. There's nothing innate in male anatomy that means that pooing takes longer. I have heard some men admit that they do it to get a break from childcare/other responsibilities. It's 'time to yourself', innit?

digerd · 21/07/2013 09:48

If it takes a lot of straining to get it/them out, it raises your blood pressure. I don't understand the 30 minutes either.
Occasionally I have a problem, but a good deep cough usually does the trick. Normally I go when I feel the need to go, but always in the morning before going out. A few seconds with me.

quesadilla · 21/07/2013 11:32

It's a bloke thing. Not all blokes do it but a lot do. My DH is like this (not quite 30 mins but not far off). My dad and numerous exes and former male flat mates too,

I am convinced there's a quasi sexual dimension to it as well but doubt anyone will 'fess up to it.

HawaiianSunset12 · 21/07/2013 11:36

My BIL can spend 45 minutes in the toilet. Boyfriend and his dad between 10 and 30 mintutes. Boyfriends mum, and myself, about 5 minutes. My own mum, 15-20 minutes but she has IBS.

I know far too much about the toileting habits of my in laws.

AKissIsNotAContract · 21/07/2013 11:38

I am convinced there's a quasi sexual dimension to it as well but doubt anyone will 'fess up to it

I'm with you on that one. Male G spot is up the bum.

rosesandpirates · 21/07/2013 11:43

It's an excuse for men to have time out and escape jobs!

miffybun73 · 21/07/2013 11:43

IMO not normal at all. 2 mins or less is normal I think. Surely if it takes longer then you're just not ready to go.

Justforlaughs · 21/07/2013 11:49

As it's the only place I can get any peace in my house, the longer the better Grin.
One of my managers in work does this though Angry. He vanishes for an hour at a time. Now an hour in a "public" gents toilet is just wrong!

Mandy2003 · 21/07/2013 12:08

I think I'd lose the use of my legs if I sat on a toilet seat for 30 minutes!

attheendoftheday · 21/07/2013 16:24

Dp has Crohn's Disease and spends that long, but I wouldn't expect someone with a healthy bowel to.

member · 21/07/2013 16:42

My dad is a fan of the leisurely dump with reading material; he has nearly missed a flight through being indisposed when the final call was pu
t out. He has also emerged from garden centre toilets to find the place in darkness & Staff waiting to lock up

Turniptwirl · 21/07/2013 16:49

Barring medical conditions (ibs, crohns etc ) then 30 mins is waaaay too long!

Suggest a trip to the docs if it continues, two fold benefits: if they actually have an undiagnosed condition it can be picked up and if they don't the embarrassment might make th speed up!

BergholtStuttleyJohnson · 21/07/2013 16:57

DH does this. He also takes his phone in the bathroom with him. I don't believe for a second he actually takes that long to shit. He's just on his phone hiding from the kids. Takes me under 5mins.

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