to wonder why people buy expensive toilet paper?

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Shops have almost a whole aisle dedicated to the toilet paper. We always buy the cheapest ones we can find (usually own brand), and I can't understand why people spend so much money on branded loo roll. You're literally only using it to wipe yourself and throw down the toilet.

Am I missing something here?

I have severe ulcerative colitis. If I used cheap rough paper I would be in agony.

I remember overhearing a similar conversation between my brother and a friend of his.

Both declared that using Andrew quilted was " like wiping your arse with your mum's duvet"

I used to agree until I bought quilted by mistake and it’s v good.

I have IBS and bile salt malabsorption. I find Nicky followed by wet toilet tissue the best way to stay clean.

Simply because it feels nicer.

So, yes, YABU and you are missing something.

Do you remember the paper you used to get which was like grease proof paper? What was the point in that stuff?

Izal! I remember it well, awful stuff but great for tracing paper! Someone I knew refused to use anything but Izal.

I was about to say Simon!

The toilet paper like tracing paper in school toilets awful stuff, when you did a poo it sat on top of the paper and went everywhere

YABU OP

Yeah, Nicky is probably the closest equivalent to the regular stuff in my country. Just can't get it everywhere.

I have seen the weird old British toilet paper. Late ex FIL used to use it. Like normal greaseproof paper. Apparently you can still get it from some places. How that would clean your bum - I just can't fathom!

Oh God Izal, all it did was spread everything around.

Costco bog roll last for ages and is soft on the bum doesn't tear so you do t get shit on your fingers.....let's be honest that's why we prefer thicker paper

Like normal greaseproof paper. Apparently you can still get it from some places. How that would clean your bum - I just can't fathom!

I remember this clearly from my early (1980s) school days. And in answer to your question - it didn't. But it could stab you good and proper if you scrunched instead of folding!

Shudder...

Because life is too short to wipe your bum on hard toilet roll

I use the Asda own brand aloe Vera one it's so soft on your bits and it's cheaper than Andrex

You buy your toilet paper OP?

You could cut up the day's Metro or The Evening Standard in bits and use that.

I find the difference with slightly rougher paper and very soft paper is like the difference between Al older, slightly rougher towel and a brand new fluffy towel. The rougher ones just work better. But I can understand if your bum is sore, that you'd want silky smooth. Not for a regular bum, though!

Expensive is not always best. I buy either Wrose own brand 'luxury' around £3.50 for 6, and sometimes Andrex.

Andrex has changed and I find it thick and hard. It doesn't 'give' when you wipe your bum . I find the same in other people's / relatives houses- the thicker more expensive types are sometimes so thick they are useless.

I remember my ex saying he would never live with me because I dont buy andrex .

Chardonnay: that wouldn't really work (see Izal). Also would dye your bits and be hard to flush, potentially blocking the drains. Would use (and have used) that if had nothing else to hand, say when caught short unexpectedly.

Do you remember the paper you used to get which was like grease proof paper? What was the point in that stuff?

I remember that, not fondly.

Grandmother had it in her loo, my bum still hurt when I think about it.

My late great grandparents who weren’t poor used to buy the shiny loo paper that came in a box.

That stuff was beyond useless. I remember my primary school having it too, in rolls.

Why? Just why?

@Bluelonerose I am the person that buys the coconut flavoured one! I like it because it makes the bathroom smell nice!

Ah, but you don't have to flush it, Mel.

You can collect it in a bin and the burn it, so you say nice and warm on a cold day too.

It might stain, true, but the satisfaction of wiping one's bum with the smug face of some certain politicians will more than make up for.

I used to buy the ones with nice pictures XD I don't any more because DS uses reams and reams of it so I prioritise number of sheets on a roll.

I think the point of the izal stuff was it was supposed to be medicated?? Really uncomfortable though especially for women as it doesn't absorb anything. I remember struggling with it in a public toilet when I was little and a kind lady advising me to fold rather than scrunch because it would make it less scratchy. It still scratched but at least only at the sides.