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To think urinating in the shower isn't a bad thing?

422 replies

SneakyGremlins · 23/05/2018 11:49

It all gets washed away anyway and you can clean yourself straight after Confused how come some people see this on a par apparently with dirtiness Kim+Aggie would faint at?

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Celebelly · 23/05/2018 13:16

This threads always make me laugh. People getting up in arms about how unsanitary XYZ is when everywhere you go you are touching people's faecal matter and bodily fluids. You probably have minute traces of someone's shit on your hands right now. But you're right, your own pee is gross. And your partner's pee is gross too, even though his penis has most likely been in your vagina and quite probably your mouth.

?????

HotPointTumbleDryer · 23/05/2018 13:17

I pee in the shower pretty much EVERY TIME.

I've pee'd in the bath too!

thenightsky · 23/05/2018 13:18

I don't have a choice. Once that warm water hits me, I just let go, even if I didn't know I needed a wee.

RedPony1 · 23/05/2018 13:20

I bet all the people that think it's gross, still touch coins and notes Wink

MargoLovebutter · 23/05/2018 13:23

If you flush the loo without putting the lid down, small micro droplets of whatever was in the loo goes everywhere anyway, so all this mania about a bit of pee remaining in the shower is just bonkers!!!!

CaptainCabinets · 23/05/2018 13:24

I pee in the shower too Grin

I’m prone to UTIs and it’s a lot more comfortable to pee in the shower when I’m suffering!

I pee in the shower when I don’t have a UTI though, it saves water and toilet paper and it really does all just wash away.

adaline · 23/05/2018 13:25

I don't want to share a shower with other people and their piss.

Eh, do you never clean your shower then? Or rinse it out after each use? Because that's the only reason you'd be showering in their piss!

adaline · 23/05/2018 13:26

I bet all the people that think it's gross, still touch coins and notes

Or doorhandles, public transport, anything in a shop or public place...

MrsMollyMooMoo · 23/05/2018 13:31

I can do the world's longest pee before I get in the shower but once I'm in, I always pee some more. It's involuntary.

Zaphodsotherhead · 23/05/2018 13:32

I wee out on dogwalks and my dogs ALWAYS have to come and watch! It's disconcerting to be weeing in the long grass with a terrier eye-to-eye with you..

And I wee in the shower. Saves water and doesn't splash up the shower curtain because I am not a horse.

shelikesemwithamoustache · 23/05/2018 13:33

I thought everyone peed in the shower. It is washed away by all the water and soap. Not unsanitary at all. Those that think it can splash up to the walls, curtains and ceilings obviously have some sort of bladder issue.

I would never pee in a swimming pool, a static pool of water is not fair game.

dawnmist · 23/05/2018 13:34

This thread has now got me worried about cafe/restaurant workers who don't wash their hands after the toilet and then touch your food.

EdWinchester · 23/05/2018 13:36

This thread has made me realise that many posters are

  1. terribly uptight
2.terribly ignorant of a domestic drainage system
dawnmist · 23/05/2018 13:36

I wee out on dogwalks and my dogs ALWAYS have to come and watch! It's disconcerting to be weeing in the long grass with a terrier eye-to-eye with you..
I love that, there's something rather liberating about it. My dog always watches too, usually with a puzzled look. Grin

adaline · 23/05/2018 13:40

This thread has now got me worried about cafe/restaurant workers who don't wash their hands after the toilet and then touch your food.

But you can never guarantee that anything you touch/eat in public is clean. Loads of people don't wash their hands after using the toilet, for example. Door handles, handrails and money are all huge breeding grounds for germs as they're all touched by thousands of people - some of whom won't have clean hands.

That being said, it doesn't worry me at all. My immune system is good and strong enough to withstand a few germs. I don't feel that sanitising everything and washing your hands all the time is good for anyone (Obviously it's different if you've got an auto-immune condition or similar).

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 23/05/2018 13:54

the idea of numerous guests in hotels doing it before I get it makes me feel ill

....ok, so if you think like that what about all the parts of the hotel room and bathroom that the other guests may have touched with their hands that may have just touched goodness knows what?! A shower gets cleaned in between guests but I bet the remote control doesn't, or the door handles, or the phone, or the key fob you're handed at check in ......

e1y1 · 23/05/2018 13:59

No, just no. Basic lack of self respect, not standing there pissing all over myself like a baby who has pulled their nappy.

Each to their own though, I’m sure in old age I won’t have the luxury of the choice for how weak my bladder is now.

e1y1 · 23/05/2018 13:59

*nappy off!

SneakyGremlins · 23/05/2018 14:00

A lack of self respect? Hmm

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e1y1 · 23/05/2018 14:02

To me personally it is, but everyone to their own.

QuestionableMouse · 23/05/2018 14:08

The shower is one of the best placed I've had a pee! I've peed in a bucket in a tent, in a stable (hemp is best, then shavings, but straw is terrible 😂😂😂) and in an empty field.

adaline · 23/05/2018 14:11

No, just no. Basic lack of self respect, not standing there pissing all over myself like a baby who has pulled their nappy.

Hmm
mirime · 23/05/2018 14:11

I get thrush a lot, when I do I will pee in the shower as it's less uncomfortable. I don't care what anyone thinks of that, having thrush every month is miserable and if pissing in the shower makes it marginally less so for a short while I'm doing it.

MorningsEleven · 23/05/2018 14:14

Just leaving this for the germ phobes

To think urinating in the shower isn't a bad thing?
RedPony1 · 23/05/2018 14:18

I've peed in a bucket in a tent, in a stable (hemp is best, then shavings, but straw is terrible 😂😂😂) and in an empty field.

Snap!! I although all my stables are straw so limited choice there Grin