To wonder what the hell women do in toilet cubicles that takes sooooo long?

[Ashbeeee]

have always wondered about this when standing in huge loo queues.

I just go in, wee (or ahem you know) , flush and come out. Why the several minutes people? Is the entire female population constipated ?

Why do you need to take your coat off? If you're in a queue, surely you could take it off while you're waiting?

Depends, could be taking drugs, drip drying, changing into fresh pants, changing into new clothes, loads of stuff

When I was in secondary school this question came up:
Male friend A: you all takes ages in the toilet, what are you doing in there?
Male friend B: smoking tampons.

HTH

I often think this. I'm in and out in less than a minute. The other day a lady asked me to guard her cubicle as the lock was broken so I did but was in a bit of a rush to get back to car as DH and kids waiting....well she took five minutes at least and I was getting so fed up. Then she offered to return the favour and I was in and out in about 30 seconds. In a non pervy way I would almost like to set up a camera to see what takes so DAMN long! It's far worse when you wait for 10 minutes and go in to a wall of STENCH though I never have done a poo in a public toilet...literally never...couldn't bring myself to do it!

Take the opportunity for a snooze.

Is the secret thing that taboo of bladder issues? Far more common than we're led to believe. I can take several minutes. Have lost the ability to wee fast after childbirth. TMI I know.

Another thread about this? I may take longer at certain times of the month, I'm peri-menopausal and don't like to leave the cubicle looking like a crime scene. TMI?

Tbh I always have a little rest

I also piss like a horse.

Mostly it's just a bit of lesbian sex and snogging - then obviously reapplying lipstick.

Do you keep your coat on for that, Goddess?

I'm one of those who is just in and out in a flash

It takes me extra long if wearing trousers / jeans: not only do you have to take them down but you have to simultaneously hold them up so hems don't drag across grubby ( sometimes puddled) floor. It's a feat of gymnastics. Then you drop the tampon...

TBH, sometimes it is the only free time I have in a day. So I don't rush.

If I have 5 year old DS, then we are both doing something, have to take our clothes off and clean up and flush.

I sometimes race the person in the cubicle next to me. They don't know obvs

anyway, the bigger question is why some men take 45 minutes to do a poo in the morning. By the time DH has finished his poo I have made breakfast, put a load of washing on, dressed DS in his uniform, packed his lunch, written in his homework book, written a couple of cheques and started the shopping list.

DH has just pooed. That is it.

Ah well a poo can take a while to come...

I just tell DH that I have better sphincter control than he does.

You've been had CornChips, I bet money the actual poo only takes a couple of minuets. I expect he is in there on his phone while you get all the jobs done.

I remember living at home, the loo would always flush after sunday lunch just as the last of the drying up was being put away!

You probably do. One can have it enhanced with silicone I hear (but who wants silicone up their bum).

Generally, I try to get into the accessible toilet as going can take a wee while for me, plus the sink is handy, although I have a "kit" in my bag just in case I need to use regular ladies toilet.

Partly this is due to prolapse and incontinence, so there's washing my hands and anti-bac, then holding things out the way so other things work, washing my hands again, changing underwear or incontinence pads (sometimes trousers ), cleaning myself as I am high risk for infections and have impaired kidney function, so need to avoid as much as possible.

I also have a terribly annoying condition where any sort of bladder or bowel pain causes me to get very faint, and unfortunately I get a lot of said pain. So either I'm having a funny turn where I sweat and feel sick and dizzy, or I'm doing the full vasovagal syncope (posh for fainting I think). This is another reason I try to get into the accessible toilet, the pull alarm is handy. If not, I just have to lower my head and ride it out until it's done.

So yeah, not always as simple as pee, poop and go.

I use accessible toilets now but I can't wee well in public - I go into spasm and have to force myself or take ages trying to relax my muscles. When I had periods I would quite often get in and realise I had blood down my legs pr halfway up my back. So not always that simple.

Change sanitary products? I hardly ever use public toilets unless I'm on a period

fanfucking what you go through sounds pretty grim for you and it must be a source of irritation if not anxiety for you. It can't be incredibly common though? And I don't think anyone would gripe at having to wait to use an accessible loo, if they do theyre either a knob or in equally as great need and judging other accessible loo users in the same was I'm judging other women on here

Also, how long does it take to change a tampon? Seconds at most, it's not like one has to remove it, inspect it and draw a picture of it. Out, in the bin, wee, wipe, flush, new one in and away.

And the coat thing, well you can do that whilst you're waiting if you must but it's odd IMO, why does it need to touch the floor?

In any case, there's more bacteria in your mouth than on a loo seat and a LARGE number of MNers only brush their teeth once a day. It's not going to kill you to touch the seat with your skin. Trufact.

Masturbate? I've heard it in my one minute in a cubicle!!!