To be shocked that some people stand up to wipe their bum after going to the loo?

[apenny4]

So I perhaps naively assumed that like me the world and his uncle wipe their bum while sitting down after going to the loo. I can't remember how long ago it was that I discovered a good friend stands up to wipe and has done ever since she was a child. I still find it hard to get my head round - obviously I'm not talking about a wee here.

She was equally that I wipe sitting down.

It occasionally pops into my head and I wonder all over again, is it her or is it me, is standing or sitting more usual, or are there just a whole lot of standers and sitters out there, all oblivious to each others habits?

[AtiaoftheJulii]

I converted my dh from standing to sitting.

[bludgerwitch]

I stand, and it's not messy. Asked DH and he stands, as well.

And yes, I also stand to put tampons in, with a foot up on the toilet seat as described in the manual. nods

[oohdaddypig]

I have accidentally touched too many seats of public toilets with my knuckles. So I stand in public loos but sit down at home.

I can't believe that after three decades of bum wiping I actively had to think about this.

Sitting definitely requires a forward bending action to reveal crack to hand. And I'm thin.

[dementedma]

I never knew people did this sitting down!
And of course you stand to put in a tampon....
I have just quizzed dh, who after much muttering and tutting, says he wipes when sitting. Well, bugger me. Who knew?

[Buddhagirl]

I've often wondered bout this! damn I love mumsnet.

I would not want to put my hand in the pan, might accidentally touch the sides. Ugh.

I also wee wipe standing up.legs apart obviously.

[Charotte31]

I can't believe there is a thread about this, gross!!

[HereIsMee]

I have never thought about I just deal with it depending on what suits me best. I'm very curious about how or why you even had such a conversation. My life will never be the same since reading this. Lol

[LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance]

Ooddaddypig you sit in a public loo?

[apenny4]

Honestly not a poo troll, nor can I tell you how it came up in the conversation with my friend, we just sort of stumbled onto discussing it, and then spent a good while discussing it with total incredulity that the other one used their particular method! It's so good to see people's responses are similar (the disbelief of the opposite method).

I think it's one of those things parents pass to their dc, certainly I taught DCs the same method I use (the lean to the left and always front to back whilst seated - the idea of standing up with an unwiped bum seems so weird, like how I imagine it would feel to go out of the front door with no clothes on!).

It never occurred to me to check and see if another thread already existed, but clearly lots of people are learning something new tonight .

Thanks for all the responses, I've totally got the giggles reading them!

[MrsMook]

Mainly standing. I like to check hydration levels. I wipe each half seperately.

I stand for tampons too. Pre-DCs, I needed my hips open as far as possible to get one in, posibly with a raised leg squat. No way could I have done that sitting. Not had to use one since a baby used the main exit to make a comparison.

[DaleyBump]

People actually stand up to wipe?! I didn't even know this was a thing! Apparently DP does it too, I'm going to have to LTB.

[LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance]

I'd hve thought men would have to stand up. Surely there'd be too much dangle-age in the way if they were seated?

[oohdaddypig]

Oh.....oh...

How does anyone poo hovering above a public loo seat? Would that not cause hideous splash issues?

Unless accompanied by a simultaneous rocket launch of bum?

[KingCrimson]

So if you wipe sitting down, do you just drop the paper straight down the loo without looking at it? If so, how can you tell when to stop wiping?

[apenny4]

And you don't have to sit on a public toilet, just hover and wipe while hovering!

When dd sometimes jumps up after a wee having forgotten to wipe, it trickles down her legs.

Standers must sometimes do both (wees & poos), so do the standers wipe their 'ginas (favourite term used by dd for the vajayjay (my favoutrite term which I heard on Grey's anatomy)) before standing or do you risk the trickle ... so many questions but am up at 6 so should be crashing really!

[LetsFaceTheMusicAndDance]

A couple of sheets over the water in a loo prevent backsplash.

HTH

[hmc]

Nooo daddypig - nobody is suggesting standing to take a poo, merely standing to wipe which is an entirely different ball game

[hmc]

Re-read, oh err perhaps the suggestion of standing for a poo has been mooted. Confused now , bed calls

[apenny4]

No of course sitters check the paper (well speaking for myself at least) - drop first, check second etc!

[MajesticWhine]

Jeez only on mumsnet.
I am a standerupper. But I'm going to check exact technique in the morning after breakfast.
DH is a sitter, and I am very sorry to have witnessed this.

[BreconBeBuggered]

The critical factor is the geography of the bathroom. A conveniently-positioned toilet roll holder will allow the operational hand easy access to both roll and arse, in which case the sitting wipe can be deployed. A less thoughtful site for the paper requires the wiper to stand.

Weeing requires a predictable number of sheets, meaning an experienced wiper can have the paper ready for a sitting wipe before emptying her bladder, thus avoiding the risk of the trickle effect.

[hmc]

I don't care how you all wipe but I would like to know who uses moist toilet tissue alongside regular toilet tissue in order to get 'hygienically clean'

[EBearhug]

I sit. (Though obviously now I think about it, I'm having doubts, as it's not something I actually tend to think about, so as I'm not doing it, I'm not sure... But I do know I had to remind myself I'd been eating beetroot, and I probably don't actually have some fatal disease.)

But I don't always sit. I have travelled a fair bit, and if you're using squat loos, or a long drop you've had to dig yourself... TBH, if I'm using those, I'm probably thinking more about if my knees are going to hold out. And a couple of weeks ago, I was on holiday somewhere with compost loos, and I had to stand, because it was a high seat and a bit too far for my legs to reach the floor when I sat, and I didn't feel stable. (Apparently I am the first person to say it's posh, but I said, "I'd been told to expect basic, but we don't have to dig our own loos, or even empty the compost bins. And there's running water from the taps, which we don't have to collect from the river or sterilise first. So it's not that basic." Not had many 5 star hotels in my life...)


I have had a conversation with a friend about whether one folds or crumples the paper before wiping. In the pub. As you do. It followed on from the way he very neatly folded up an empty crisp packet into a small triangle.

[WildThongsHeartString]

I didn't even know sitters existed. I'm a stander and always have been.
I wipe in a circular motion if you're at all interested.