Grownups peeing in public swimming pools

[mumsgirl1]

Having a discussion with mums at school and someone said she did this.
Totally rank!
I know the water is chlorinated, but how can you p* in the pool where other peoples faces go. Bloody well get out and pee, the toilets are not far.

[buttfacedmiscreant]

chlorine in the pool isn't what usually makes your eyes sting, it is when the chlorine reacts with things like pee, sweat, sunscreen. Overnight pools have a chance to clean,filter and be sanitised so if I swim in a public pool I try to do it when they first open, and as little as possible last thing before they close.

[Morphene]

runcible I would imagine most rational people would be more than willing to make an exception for adults who cannot control urination!

I personally certainly am. Swim as you please :)

[coconuttella]

WTF. Brits don't shower before going into the pool?

If I showered earlier that day and am wearing clean clothes, and have done nothing to make me dirty or sweaty, I don't see it as necessary.... also I am about to get into chlorinated water! Very few people i notice having proper showers before getting into a pool. Have never pissed in a pool though... surely that's 100x worse than not showering beforehand.

[GreyStars]

I also had been told the water turns green, realised the truth about this as my cousin was told it was purple.

We prepared ourselves to confront our mums.,. So they tried to tell us when we confronted them with this outrageous lie! that different counties (as we lived in different ones) had different colours to identify the pee.

Then they both burst out laughing and we remained forever suspicious of them

[IllMetByMoonlight]

Yes, Barbara, another Scandi swimmer here, used to naked groin and crack scrubbing pre-swim, for the benefit of the common good. With soap, washing the hair too. Anyone trying to avoid washing properly would be challenged by another user of the facilities, like "...Err, wtf?!" Changing and shower rooms (and saunas) are single-sex but open plan, so not much privacy. None of this gross 'getting in to my costume before I leave the house'.
In the UK, I put my kids in the bath as soon as we get back from the pool and lather them up. But we still go swimming regularly.