to ask if you wrap loo roll round your hand before you wipe? (lighthearted)

[bringincrazyback]

I know the thread title sounds a bit mad but I'm genuinely wondering now! - after something I read on another thread - do most people wrap loo roll round their hand before they wipe??

I don't. I just tear off however much I need, fold it and wipe. It's actually come as news to me that some people wrap it round their hands. Wondering whether I've just uncovered an important social dichotomy along the lines of hanging the loo roll in front/behind here, or whether I've been a social misfit for 52 years and am only just realising this.

(Hey, don't judge, I need some frivolity after the week it's been...)

I scrunch, then fold it and use the other side!

For those with a bidet- how do you dry yourself after using it? With paper, communal bathroom towel, hairdryer or another means? I always wanted to know.

Scrunching - wasteful and messy.
Standing up to wipe - utterly disgusting. No way can anyone clean themselves properly like this. It actually makes me feel ill to think that anyone does this.

Sit down. Folded paper. Moist wipe. Done.

Standing up to wipe - utterly disgusting. No way can anyone clean themselves properly like this. It actually makes me feel ill to think that anyone does this.

That's so funny, I feel the same way about sit-downers except don't feel ill (that's a tad extreme) don't see how you can do it efficiently sitting down. I think using a bidet without first wiping is beyond gross.

I agree, two squares folded, wipe, repeat if necessary, finish with a wet wipe which goes into the bin.

When you think about it does anyone else think it's utterly bizarre that we are on here talking about something that one would normally never consider discussing. Only on MN

i wrap then fold

@Elouera I dry my bum with my bath towel. Like a normal person.

Further findings from self imposed cautionary (no symptoms but relocation) isolation.
I am astounded to report that I Am on a 3/6 (squares) regime. It’s working. It has at least halved if not cut in three my pre corona usage.
Folding is a revaluation (previously i was a mindless wrapper/scruncher).
I will report back on competition with dp - problem is we are now both using so much less our rolls which started two days ago have a long way to go.

This is exciting news Heron

I'm a bit of a scrumbler.. using a semi fold and scrunch method. If this doesn't produce good results then I use the Washlets probably using two.

Can I point out that double wiping is not a good idea, you really don't want to introduce bacteria from the anus to the urethra or you'll end up with a UTI. Also, always wipe front to back for the same reason. Scrunching vs folding is not as important as doing single wipes front to back.

When you stand up to wipe your bum cheeks close, how do you get a good wipe?

I also feel like if you wipe before using a bidet you're just dry wiping poop up your ass crack. Whereas if you just spray right away you only need to spray directly on your butthole?

@motherheroic, if you stand with legs apart and bend your knees a bit, you have perfectly good access.

@missmouse101 Seems like such a hassle when I could lean to one side on the seat!

i scrunch and then wrap around the scrunched bit so it is a pillow of softness

Oh god, I remember that Embarrassing Bodies!! So awful.
Q: "why do I smell of shit?"
A: "because your arse is caked in shit".

I have just tried leaning to one side instead and it was ok, but I still had an overwhelming urge to stand up for the final clean with a baby wipe!

Neither, I use a shattaf, just using paper is gross. If you had poo on your hand you wouldn’t wipe it off with tissue and be on your merry way, you would use soap and water.

You don’t handle or touch things things with your bare bum though.

@missmouse101 Old habits die hard

@bringincrazyback
Thank you for starting this thread.
I have a positive update...After reading it, I decided to try the wrap around the hand method and have discovered that I only need 3 sheets to take care of business...before I was a scruncher and used loads of loo roll...happy to report I've only used 2 rolls since 3/23/20...instead of my normal one roll ever 2 days....good thing too, because there is not one loo
roll in our village to be purchased at the shops...actually there are NO paper products on the shelves. Where on earth have the loo rolls gone? Are hoarders still getting to the shops before me and buying it all so they can put additions onto their loo roll forts?😂

No. I am a folder. Properly done, you can get two wipes for the price of one.

Scrunchers are abominable heathens with no common sense.

Sissy it’s really not necessary to wrap it around your hand. Just fold it ffs.

When you stand up to wipe your bum cheeks close, how do you get a good wipe?

Exactly! These threads are always such eye openers, like the ‘how often do you change your bra/shower/wash your towels and sheets?

Horrifying.

@PieceOfMaria
I'm partially sighted so the wrapping helps me to quickly find the perforation

I have rarely been so judgemental as when, in my teens, I became aware that my friend was a scruncher. Jeez, to me it was the height of wasteful, slovenly indulgence. Just looked lazy and dirty and I was taken aback by how it enraged me . But then I am a lifelong virtuous folder (never more than 3 sheets at a time), who spreads wide to wipe sitting down and doesn't stop until the whole damn thing is positively gleaming.

For the pp having the contest with her DP, assuming the DP is male then you would use more naturally as men tend to shake rather than wipe after just a pee, whereas women have to wipe.

Going on an assumption of 1 poo per day and 3 additional pee sessions without poo per person, that means a woman needs approximately 2-3 times as much loo roll (can often get away with less after peeing).