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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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RoseWhiteTips · 23/05/2018 14:20

OP:

It is a revolting practice. Yuck

Hoppinggreen · 23/05/2018 14:24

I do it and as I’m the only one who cleans it I feel it’s my right
Better not catch anyone else doing it though!

Raven88 · 23/05/2018 14:26

It's disgusting. You are peeing on your shower floor. I can't physically do it. I tried once after realising that I can't pee in the sea.

adaline · 23/05/2018 14:28

It's disgusting. You are peeing on your shower floor.

And I clean my shower after use, and wash my feet, so why is getting a bit of pee on there so disgusting?

I assume that all the people going "eww!" never swim in the sea (full of pee, poo and numerous bacteria), public swimming pools or walk barefoot in the gym changing rooms.

Peeing in the shower is no more unhygienic than any of the above, or handling money, touching door handles, shaking hands or sharing a computer keyboard.

Chocness · 23/05/2018 14:31

Urine is sterile apparently so can’t see what all the fuss is about. Maybe that’s why it cures athletes foot!!! Clearly as some folk drink their own urine (🤢) It can be harmful to splash it around the shower. Not that I do but each to their own.

MargoLovebutter · 23/05/2018 14:33

OMG!!!! Cannot get my head around the "disgustingers".

Don't you wash your arse crack? What happens to the water that flows off that?

Don't you shower when you have your period? What happens to the water with blood in it?

You are peeing down a drain, not all over the floor and just leaving it. You are peeing while having a shower which involves soap and water, all of which will rinse away the pee!!!!! How can that possibly be disgusting?

LionAllMessy · 23/05/2018 14:34

I never knew some people were so grossed out by pee. It's just pee. It's mostly water!

CristalTipps · 23/05/2018 14:36

This thread has reminded me to ask older DS to go out later and pee on the compost!

PleddingWanner · 23/05/2018 14:44

Hahaha this thread has really tickled me - what do people think urine is made up of? If you stay well hydrated urine should be almost clear, it's basically just extra filtered water - God forbid it should... SPLASH YOUR FOOT!! Grin I wee in the shower pretty much every time, I just seem to get the urge. I'll also wee in a field, bushes etc, whenever I am when nature calls. I'm probably considered a real cretin to some of you!

HunnidBands · 23/05/2018 14:45

There was a thread on here once where loads of people said they never, ever washed their feet in the shower because after all they’re standing in soapy water so ‘don’t need to’. I wonder if there is any overlap between the non-foot- washers and shower pissers?

5BlueHydrangea · 23/05/2018 14:52

I pee in the shower, it feels just a bit.. wicked!! Bit like an outdoor wee in the woods or something.
I do wash my feet in the shower though... along with everything else!

DontDrinkDontSmoke · 23/05/2018 14:53

There was a thread on here once where loads of people said they never, ever washed their feet in the shower because after all they’re standing in soapy water so ‘don’t need to’. I wonder if there is any overlap between the non-foot- washers and shower pissers?*

I’m in the middle of that Venn diagram Grin

ImNotMeImSomeoneElse · 23/05/2018 14:55

it's been through the finest filtration system in the world

Umm.. It may be the finest filtration system in the world, I don't know. But you do realise that the stuff that comes out is the stuff that the body doesn't want to keep? As in the stuff that is being filtered out?

Nquartz · 23/05/2018 14:55

I read an article on Netmums (sorry) about a university that encouraged students living in halls to have their first wee of the day in the showers, saved gallons of water!

Sallystyle · 23/05/2018 14:57

I pee in the shower. The shower is attached above the bath, so that means I pee in the bath when I have a shower. That is even worse than peeing on a shower floor.

Sometimes I think I don't need a wee then once I am in I do. Sometimes I just can't be arsed to wee in the toilet first.

The bath gets rinsed out. No one has died, no one has been harmed in any way.

adaline · 23/05/2018 14:59

But you do realise that the stuff that comes out is the stuff that the body doesn't want to keep? As in the stuff that is being filtered out?

Well...yeah, but presumably you wash yourself in the shower, not just stand there? So any pee that's on you will be washed off anyway?

WhyOhWine · 23/05/2018 14:59

"I am voting for Alison because she says she pees in the shower and I tihnk that's disgusting"
"I am voting for PJ becuase he says he pees in the shower and I think that is disgusting"

Still remember Alex Sibley complaining about this in Big Brother. Was is season 3? The one Kate Lawler won anyway.

Beansonapost · 23/05/2018 15:02

Waste a whole cistern of water for a wee...

You're about to have a shower... you can wash yourself and the wee down the drain.

Then people talk about the importance of not wasting water...

You know what's more disgusting than peeing in the shower...

Kissing... your mouth is the dirtiest place on the body, but you don't see many people complaining when they are swapping saliva with others 🤢... especially tongue kissing! 🤮

Pa1oma · 23/05/2018 15:11

No I can't believe adult people pee in the shower! That is atrocious. Imagine if everyone did it fgs - the stink! We're a family of 5 and it doesn't bear thinking about. This has been an eye-opener. Why bother anyway, when the loo is right there? I don't get it.

mostdays · 23/05/2018 15:26

I'd think it was disgusting if you didn't make sure it was all rinsed away, otherwise I don't care, at all.

ciderhouserules · 23/05/2018 15:53

Why would it stink, Pa1oma? A small flush uses (I think) about 6 ltrs of water. A shower prob twice that, if not more, with the addition of soap/shower gel/shampoo. There is a U-bend on both to stop smell coming up from the drains/sewers. Why would it smell?

BananasAreTheSourceOfEvil · 23/05/2018 16:01

Crying laughing at the peeing in stables stuff!! Took me right back to Pony Club camp!!

When youve got to go...

Puttingthefootdown · 23/05/2018 16:04

I now need a wee!

adaline · 23/05/2018 16:10

No I can't believe adult people pee in the shower! That is atrocious. Imagine if everyone did it fgs - the stink!

If your pee stinks you should probably visit the doctor! Healthy urine shouldn't smell bad unless it's left to sit for hours on end. And if your shower stinks of pee, you should probably clean it occasionally Grin

GunpowderAndLead · 23/05/2018 16:14

Wasn't this a huge debate in one of the early Big Brother housesGrin the argument is that shower water won't wash all trace of it away

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