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?

Do standers often dribble wee on the seat then? That grosses me out.

No. Because, here's the thing: we wait until we have finished weeing before we stand!!!!! I know! So clever!

No need to be snarky hestershaw, there was a reason for asking that.

After finishing weeing you can sometimes dribble. When my Dd stands up after finishing a wee before she wipes it can dribble down her leg, hence why I thought standers may be more prone to dribbling on the seat.

And another lighthearted thread descends into bitchiness and sniping. Shame, I was hoping this would be the subject of the next 38 Degrees campaign...

Ah so it is the reason there's sometimes a dribble on seats.

Leaves? Daleybump? We should wipe with leaves?!;)

Another 'sitter' here, and agree with those who say droplets of wee can fall onto toilet/floor/down leg.Esp if u have pubic hair! So for that reason more hygienic to sit I think. But obviously not practical for everyone depending on size of toilet.. etc.

Oh just remembered a time when dh was in the bath and I desperately needed have a no.2. Eventually I couldn't wait any longer so had to barge in. Dh was fine with letting me but then realised how disgusting the sight/smell was of somebody having a shite and started to barf and nearly vomited fwiw I would be the same with dh using the loo, esp because his poos stink the entire house out!

Wipe wee sitting down, then stand to do the back end deed. No drips on seat. But how do you open legs far enough to insert tampn. My knickers (around knees) get in the way. Do people really have knickers around their ankles? I thought that was just kids.

I sit, DD stands. Not that I give a sh*t see what I did there as long as its clean

I can't work out the logistics of standing, although I stand to wipe after a wee and for mooncup insertion.

lean to the side, use opposite hand to wipe front to back.
no need to stand at all.

I am a stander for both but will try sitting next time :)

I was reading through classics and read of a lady that pulled her tampon out at in-laws, and it flicked blood all over the floor and bathroom door.
At the time I thought it was odd but I never made the. Connection that she had managed this because people are so strange as to stand up when they insert/remove tampons and to wipe after a poo.
Madness!

I now understand why some people thing they need moist toilet tissues. If people are standing up to wipe then arse you would need to bend forward fully for your arse cheeks to open enough for you to wipe properly.

So much faffing.

And tampons are much easier sitting too. Just pull your trousers/tights passed your knees, open your knees and pop it in. If you stand up then you would have to put your leg on something or squat. Tis madness!

Oh no! I sit down to wipe but moist tissue/wipes are good for BMs. You wouldn't wipe poo off your hands with dry tissue for obvious reasons, same goes for your bum. I went to school with a girl who had to have a shower after a bowel movement, her whole family had that policy!

Did the OP ever answer the question "how on earth did you get into this converstation in the first place????"

Gatorade That reminds me of a really weird ex I had. I always wondered why he took so long in the bathroom. It transpired that he would jump in the shower with his top half still clothes and jet wash his bum with the shower head after every poo.

I was horrified when we were booking a cruise and he got the agent to go and double check that there was a handheld shower head in the cabin, and explained in detail the reason why he wanted to know.

I'm in the raise-my-bum-off-the-seat-slightly-and-wipe-squatted camp.

I know it has been explained over and over but I still don't understand how you can reach behind you seated without accidentally touching the seat or bowl with your hands fairly often?

Just no. I squat. I am short though, which probably makes a difference - my legs offer no leverage whatsoever while I am seated.

THis has got me remembering when I visited a manufacturing company and needed to use their loos - there were bidets in the toilet cubicles. (and the company made.....toilet paper!)

My dh insists on standing and consequently he flicks poo on the wall behind him. It's drives me up the fucking wall. Sit down shit belongs in the loo not on the wall. Ugh. Standing is disgusting.

HE FLICKS POO ON THE WALL BEHIND HIM??

I'm sorry lucjam, but he has to go.

I hope you don't clean up after him OP. I would be tempted to rub his nose in it!

lucjam not OP. Gah, I shouldn't be on forums when I'm ill...