To wonder why it takes men more than 5 minutes to have a poo??

[natwebb79]

Just that really. If you need one enough to go to the loo surely it shouldn't take that long?!?! (Obviously I'm not including people with bowel conditions in this).

It takes as long as it takes.

And it also depends on how good the book is that you're reading at the time...

Takes me longer than that. I just sit for as long as possible and enjoy the peace

Because most men and me read on the toilet.

You need to deploy a toddler to bang on the door, open the door, climb on his lap....tends to speed up the whole process IME!

That's just it! The man in question has been in there for 15 minutes. Not even any reading material. No funny business as far as I know. Haha! All my male house mates in the past have been the same, it's like a major event!

I had a bit of a minging ex who used to say that he (and other men) really enjoy the feeling of having a poo, and like to savour it.

Ooh Poppy I have a not quite 2 year old poised for that exact job! Great idea! I need to go and get my bloody nails done - hurry up!!

Filly you've worried me now!

I've never understood why anyone would want to linger on the toilet, breathing in their own shit-stink. Vile.

It's the sit/stand thing.

Women sit each time they go to the loo, and just poo when one announces itself and they're in position. Men have to actually think about it separately and so have different cues, which may mean longer in actual delivery.

I take ages too! Tmi but my poo can be likened to childbirth, you have the pre poo, the main event,then a few minutes later the afterpoo :)

DH goes three times a day for 30 minutes at a time. I just do not get it!

And yes! Who would want to sit there and breathe in their shit stink?!

Yes, it worries me too. Especially when he mentioned the prostate.

Ah I've just heard the flush. Surely it should only be 2 minutes now...

If i'm really stressed and busy then I run into the loo and pee in five seconds and never really 'tune into' the needing a poo feeling, I can put off pooing all day easily but that ultimately leads to constipation. So instead I make sure I sit down to poo each morning after breakfast.

I think that if more women did this there wouldn't be such a huge market for laxatives for women and such a big thing about 'bloating' for women.

Filly is right - biological fact.

TMI alert - men have sensitivity around their prostate gland, which is situated next to part of their back passage. So, they feel pleasure during pooing, anal sex, or by having a finger up their bum during sex, that women do not.

Why that means it take longer, I don't know. You need one, it comes out (unless you have a low fibre diet). But it may mean they have more of a sense of anticipation and see it more of an event, so like to take their seats early!

Still in there...

At 'like to take their seats early'.

Agree badguider. I've got a few issues after a 3a tear with Dc2. My physiotherapist says I need to take plenty of time, ignore the children, relax and go regularly so I don't get constipated. Apparently lots of problems are caused by women putting it off and not going at work.

Like many things I'm trying to think and act like a man in this matter

There is always the possibility they've gone in there for a wank too.

Filly's observation is the root of the old adage "there's nothing as overrated as bad sex and nothing as underrated as a good shit"

There must be quite a it of personal variation because while i sort of understand Badguider's point, if I need one, I need one, pretty much immediately. The idea of 'going for a poo' when I don't already need one, is very odd to me. They arrive when they're ready! Fibre and exercise help with both regularity and immediacy I think.

My DH plays games on his phone, he can be in there for well over half an hour!

Thanks, Lottie - I always gave him a bit of a when he talked about how he enjoyed it.

I think healthy-bowelled men do probably savour the feeling. And yes, AuntieStella - nothing as underrated.

Except for me, a good sneeze is better. Man, I LOVE a good sneeze.