Who spends an hour having a poo?

[Beaverdam100]

Partner spends and hour having a poo. My father is the same and actually takes a book in there.

If my partner has had a busy day, he will tell me he hasnt been to the toilet as if its a big deal. When i go to the toilet, I'm done in 2 mins at the most. I don't even think about the last time i went or remember any of it but he acts like it has a big deal and a very important element of his day.

Is this a man thing?

@cosymama2020 🤣🤣

My Dad used to do this .... it was his way of avoiding things like the washing up or spending time with my Mum!

Im going to ask dh when he gets back. He has just done the other man thing of popping to the shop.

Bloody hell, DP's 20 minutes is bad enough, especially as he never asks if I need a wee before he occupies our only toilet.

If he was in there for an hour, I'd have to wee in a bucket.

My DH

And he doesn't struggle to get it out or have any bowel issues

He basically poo's then sits there for another half hour smelling it and messing with his IPad and drinking his coffee, I don't get it either 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think it's definitely a man thing!

My mother has Crohn's disease but that's different obviously.

I think im going to just let it fall out tomorrow rather than push a little. See how it goes. I'll ask him what he does now.

I dont make any demands on his time. He's always been this way.

There are men (maybe women too), who take all their clothes off to poo. So if you take into account 10 mins getting undressed and then 10 mins getting dressed again, after a 5 min rendition of Happy Birthday, (Covid handwashing song), maybe they are only having a poo for 35 mins .

@ChocolateCherrybomb

Who spends an hour having a poo?

People who have problems shitting, perhaps.
People with injuries down there who have to be careful, maybe.

You might want to consider that everyone else is not you and may not be able to go with such ease.

There's always one

Sometimes when i get a bug and have the runs, i get naked.

It gets hot.

When I had colitis I was on the toilet forever but it definitely wasn’t me time.

Can’t imagine taking a book in there to chill out for an hour. Luxuriating in the... aroma...

@TeachesOfPeaches

I read somewhere that women push their poo out while men wait for it to fall out which is why they take so long

I always thought that men went to the khazi as soon as they get the first 'stirrings' in the bowel whilst women don't go until they're practically touching cloth (because they are so bloody busy with other things to go any sooner).

DH. It can be 2 hours! He knows it is fucking annoying so sometimes he gets up early (like 5) for this special toilet time.

Well I don't take anything like that myself, I'm in and out in a jiffy, but if I were too I think I would have to take a small salad (for the fibre) with me to pass the time -- with of course a pork pie. 🥮

@twoleftsockswithholes 😂 why a pork pie?

Poor man.

One of my kids takes a while to go if he's had to hold it back.

Stressed and tired people also do this as decompression time.

Oh god. It’s definitely a man thing. My DH takes FOREVER.
I’ve also recently discovered he does multiple little poos. He thinks that’s normal. I do one (efficient) poo at a time. In and out in minutes.

My 12yo

He even did it at (his own) sleepover recently and all his friends were like "WTF?"

We thought maybe he was doing... other 12yo boy things but I actually don't think so he just takes really long shits.

It's always men. They're hiding from taking responsibility for anything at home, kids, chores, etc.

I've never known a woman to do this. Just men.

The toilet seat is boiling

I absolutely hate a warm toilet seat, I think it's the childhood memories of having to sit on a hot throne after my dad had been in there for ages 🤢

@viciousJackdaw

Sometimes I'm woken in the night with an IBS attack and can be on the toilet in agony for up to 90 minutes.

It's awful.

Have to strip off as sweating from the pain.

Just waves of agony.

So I can sometimes spend over an hour on the loo.

But generally if someone's a long time it's because it's a chance to sit and do nothing.

EDS affecting transit makes it a long, long time to be in there without a phone or book. No amount of fibre or water can cure that.

And yes, if somebody is talking at you constantly (spouse, children, animals, etc) sometimes it will be to sit down somewhere where, thanks to the wonders of locks, you are less likely to be disturbed.

My DH does every morning also. No health issues, just he says it takes time. He cannot believe I am in and out. I tell him it is because I have much superior sphincter control.