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?

[Clearlymisunderstood]

I was reading this thread sat on the toilet so for the record I sit. I wipe the front and then lift my arse up slightly on one side and wipe the back.
HTH

[oohdaddypig]

This thread has been truly life changing.

All I can say is DON'T LAUGH during your morning crap tomorrow as you go through the motions

[Catsize]

Will have to conduct a scientific exoeriment tomorrow and stand. Perhaps we should all try the opposite way and report back. Could make a national day of it. Was going to potty train my son to sit down, but will be more open-minded now. Thank you Mumsnet!

[TheBuskersDog]

How on earth do you wipe in a circular motion, surely that would spread it around?

Another sitter, it never occurred to me that anyone apart from small children stood up.

[FlapJackFlossie]

Have been wiping back to front for 60 odd years and never had cystitis !
AND it's sitting down.

The only time I stood was in a portaloo and I found out, after the remainder of 2 hours travelling time, that there was a very squashed lump half way down the leg of my trousers. The consequences of standing up !!!

[MmmmWhiteWine]

All our family are "standers". Can't see how you can get a good enough wipe sitting down....weird ;-)

[Sinful1]

The next question is do you sold your paper neatly, or do you just use a scrunched was of it

[MmeLindor]

I am laughing at all the men being asked tonight 'Do you stand to wipe your bum?', who then roll their eyes and mutter, 'That bloody Mumsnet!)

I discovered recently that DH is folder, as is DS. DD and I are both crumplers.

ie boys in the family are the tidy Germans, the girls are scatty Scots.

[soapboxqueen]

I can't remember now but I definitely fold the paper

[LittleTulip]

at the amount of people that wipe standing up!

I don't get it, it's surely not necessary to stand up???

[LittleTulip]

Ok just asked DH and he is a stander upper. Whatttt it's a revelation

[HungryHorace]

Sit for wiping, stand for tampon. I didn't know people stood up. I'll have to ask DH when he wakes up how he does it!

And I'm also at a circular motion. How on earth does that not create more problems than it solves?!

[MooseBeTimeForSnow]

This thread has made me smile for the first time today, thanks!

I'm a folder and a sitter.

Did I once read somewhere that Germans like toilets with a "shelf" in them, so they can inspect before they flush?

[LadyDowagerHatt]

Shocked that people sit! How do sitters check what they have wiped (to know how much more wiping is required) - do you bring poohy paper round the front and drop into toilet between legs or put in at the back? For me that is the reason to stand - no passing poohy paper so close to the body (I am clumsy!) or contorting myself to look behind whilst sitting!

Just when you thought the tone couldn't be lowered any further!

[DragonsAreReal]

I have just stood up to wipe and a trickle of wee has made it's way down. Not trying standing up again .

[LittleRobots]

I thought only small children stood! I'd have thought there'd be the chance to drip if you stood? (obviously not as lots of people do it - but as another poster said, standing without having wiped would feel like opening the door with no clothes on - just wouldn't do it!)

(is this why some people leave drips at the front of toilet seats? I never understood that either)

[LittleRobots]

Ah cross post with dragon! Exactly what I feared!

[Lazyjaney]

I suspect it depends on how big you are.

[CrohnicallyLurking]

I am a sitter. Lean forward and slightly to the side, wipe front to back, peek at paper, drop paper in at the back of the toilet, and repeat. The leaning allows plenty of hand access without needing to put your hand actually in the toilet, and spreads your arse cheeks nicely.

Apparently DH stands, I have known for a while before this thread though! He 'can't reach' to do it sitting down.

One last confession- I have been known to use moist toilet paper, it really is easier to get yourself squeaky clean! Baby wipes are much cheaper and smell nicer though. You'll be pleased to know I don't flush them- we have a lidded bin in the bathroom. Wish my neighbours were as considerate (recurring communal plumbing problems due to inappropriate things being flushed).

[SHarri13]

I sit but can't understand why people can't imagine it. It's the same as if your standing but your sitting down. Maybe the standers have short arms?

[apenny4]

Oh more hilarity reading all the new posts - so glad I started this thread

As for fold or crumple, well I've seen the results when a crumpled sheet suddenly springs open (poor dd), so it's fold all the way for us.

And as for the moist toilet tissue or baby wipe issue that some people have raised all I can say is if you've never used a wet wipe for the final 'polish' try it - you might be shocked to see you are not as clean as you thought you were (apologies if that's TMI!).

[EverythingIsTicketyBoo]

I have to add my input here as I think I was responsible for the original stand/sit thread. My DH accused me of wiping DS like a girl because I was doing it with him sat down (imo the correct way ) and that boys (in his incorrect opinion) did it stood up so I started thread to ask. I found out it wasn't a boy/girl thing but loads of people stand up to wipe. I must say that my pearls were clutched and my face was !

Having studied my technique this morning I can report that not only do I sit, I also lean slightly forward and to the left so my fat arse is lifted and I don't have to put my hand in the toilet.

And don't knock a moist toilet roll till you try it!!

[shewhowines]

How the hell do you put a tampon in sitting down? Your hand must be right in the toilet bowl to get the correct angle.

Im a stander too. I have tried both ways but always revert to the way I was taught. Both are equally successful , but standing just seems more "right".

[SamHamwidge]

Have always sat, but the way I wipe has changed since I got fat. Used to wipe from behind and lean forward but that broke the toilet and now it's wonky so now go through the front, which is actually better as you get a better reach as bumcheeks further apart.

Definitely standing for tampons though, you need to get enough space in the fanjo, too squashed when sitting.

Folded not scrunched.

[ohmymimi]

Just off to try the sitting down method. Will report back.