To think not everyone washes their hands after every single wee when in their own home?

[heatedroller]

Anything other than a wee, yes of course.

But washing hands after every bloody wee is overkill in my opinion

Yes, jenasaurus! I wouldnt go to sleep with stinky fingers !

@WaxOnFeckOff

Isn't it just automatic? My brain wouldn't allow me not to wash my hands and I'm by no means a germaphobe. Always after the toilet - even just a wee. After handling the dirty laundry, doing pet things and before, during and after preparing food or loading the dishwasher, after cleaning.

Sounds like a lot but just basic hygiene, obvs in current times maybe a couple extra i.e. after shopping.

Maybe I do have an issue - i feel weird in the shower if I haven't brushed my teeth - part of the routine I guess, wee, wash hands, brush teeth, shower.

If you have an issue, then so do I!

I also wash my hands after every nappy change! I'm shocked at the fact people think a baby wipe is a good substitute for hand washing...

Food for thought, for those who don't wash hands after a wee:

When using the loo for a poo, you wipe and flush (so there's cross contamination on the loo handle and the seat assuming you put it down)...

When going for a wee you perform the same actions and get all the cross contamination from previous loo trips (not just yours, but the rest of the household). If you don't wash your hands, you then spread those germs everywhere!

I wash my hands like crazy so yes, I wash after every wee. I wash my hands thoroughly every time I use the loo, before brushing my teeth or touching my face, before and after eating. (Even before covid I was very careful about face touching because I had bad acne as a teen.) I work in a hospital so I guess the hand washing is just habit. I'm rarely sick I think the obsessive washing helps.

Half-arsing it with just water is pretty common, I was very guilty of that pre-Covid, but not washing at all is manky.

Yes same, I wash my hands all the bloody time. But religiously after using my immaculate loo, no way!

Contradiction much, OP? Always, but not always.

Your loo may be immaculate but your hands aren't. Nor is the handle to your bathroom now you've had your minging hands on it.

Wash your bloody hands.

I can’t believe that this is even questionable. I mean to not wash your hands after going to the toilet is nastiness. Why wouldn’t you?

It's 3:30am and I just got up for a wee and washed my hands thoroughly. Night night zzzzzzzzzz

I live alone, I'm rarely ever ill and if I am I'm not usually out and about - what is anyone else going to catch off me?? As usual, there are some very ott people on MN. Incidentally I imagine in my country there are also lots who don't wash their hands after a wee, and yet covid didn't spread like wildfire here. It's not like I have a wee and then don't wash my hands for the rest of the day, but who am I going to infect in my own home?

@heatedroller

Anything other than a wee, yes of course.

But washing hands after every bloody wee is overkill in my opinion

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You should also be having a shower after curling one out too!!

Nah

Every. Single. Time. NO EXCEPTION. Learning that so many people don't is making me feel sick. Everytime the loo flushes, germs are propelled upto 2 metres, so all over you, the loo seat, flush etc. If you don't wash your hands then essentially you are eating poo/wee germs gag
You filthy unwashed are revoltingly dirty people
WASH YOIR HANDS

*YOUR

I wash my hands ( mostly) but urine is sterile. It's not urine that's the problem but the bacteria around where you wipe I guess.

It's a slippery slope comparing this because you're always going to have the OCD, the slovenly, the too embarrassed to admit, the show offs.

Always!

Always, even bleary eyed at 4am (thank you middle aged bladder), would feel very wrong not to.

Every single time

And this is why I don't like shaking people hands....

I really hope that after COVID we just abandon the practice of shaking people’s hands altogether. Makes my skin crawl reading this thread. Hate shaking random people’s hands at work etc.

How disgusting, it's basic hygiene to wash hands after every time going to the toilet, even if only for a wee. And I say that even though I live alone and my bathroom is spotless.

Germs - bacteria - are everywhere, we live with them. They are more likely to multiply in places such as the toilet and however clean it is, unless you completely sterilise it daily you are likely to be transferring bateria when you wipe or touch the flush handle or whatever. If you don't wash your hands you'll be taking them to wherever you touch next, such as the kitchen or other parts of the house.

Thank God I shan't ever have a cup of tea in your house.....

That's gross if they don't, you'll be spreading germs in your kitchen when you in to make coffee etc unless you wash your hands before doing that. I wash hands during/after anything in the bathroom , before anything in the kitchen.

So it turns out that after 422 replies @heatedroller is very unreasonable to think that not everyone washes their hands after every single wee in their own home.

Yes, of course I wash my hands after every wee.

I thought I’d seen the most disgusting thing with the loo brushes in the dishwasher thread but just when you think you’ve seen it all...along comes another AIBU thread.

I can’t believe people don’t wash their hands after using and touching the toilet. It’s so automatic to me I do it on autopilot.

In support of @heatedroller

Of course it's bloody overkill. I'm also a dirty, disgusting minger, and basically an all round terrible person, as I don't wash my hands every time after doing a wee in my own house. Although would do if I was then going to prepare food.

To add to my frankly horrific behaviour, quite often every night I will not flush the toilet after a wee in the middle of the night, so that I don't wake up other household members.

You lot might as well start the flogging now