This may go down in mumsnet classics.. but until just now I did not know that men did not use loo roll.when they had a wee!!!!

[Heyhothatsok]

No loo roll in bathroom. I asked dh , any loo roll and how has he managed all day without any? He sais " Ive not been" .. i said what you have not had a wee all day.. ? To which he replied men shake ,they dont use loo roll .i cannot believe that have never noticed this.! Thought they would at least pat it a bit with some loo roll. No more spontanous for me for now. 🤣

Well there seemed to be a level of concern so I thought I'd check so that perfect strangers don't have to waste their anxiety on other people's probably quite normal behaviours.

Ironically, I've probably spent more time in the last 15 minutes talking to DH about the men's toilets than I have in the 22yrs of our relationship.

OP if you genuinely want stories about people not realising ordinary things, my 67yo DM only realised today what "shed load" actually means.

Literally never ever heard of this. Asked DH and confirms he has never heard of this either. He gives it a wiggle. I can confirm none of his pants, nor he, smells like piss. WTF 🤐

Thunderbirds

Well this is as weird as all fuck.

@Geamhradh You know the same way theOP found out ... toilet roll has run out yet man still weeing ... also, the other two of ya, srsly, who gets sniffy about the etiquette of an anonymous internet forum?! thanks for pointing out the rules about Classics you guys.

Wait until you find out some men stand to wipe their arses

@RyanReynoldsHusband

Wait until you find out some men stand to wipe their arses

Wait .. doesn't everyone stand to wipe their bots?

I am in bed and DH is going to come up any minute. Quick, what’s the etiquette for watching men have a piss? Just stroll in or observe from afar?

I've had a job that included cleaning mens toilets in a supermarket, the floor in front of the urinals was always sticky with piss, because most men shake it onto the floor. It's gross, DH doesn't use loo roll either unfortunately.

The funniest thing about this is all the woman saying there partners do use loo roll😂 gullible

@showofhands do your son and husband never go to a pub, a football match, the station, motorway services or in university halls?

Have you used potaloos in a festival, the ladies only stay reasonable but the mixed and mens begin to stink (even though half the men take the opportunity to wee in bushes at the edge!) Likewise, the smell that comes out of the mens loo at work when some of the warehouse team have used it (I suspect after a heavy night out) makes me very glad I use the ladies.

I would absolutely want privacy as that's what I am used to but from having brothers, a son and DH I know that most men happily wee in the urinals, that's why most mens public toilets have urinals. I'm always envious at the pub how fast their queue is when the ladies queue is massive as they have to use cubicles.

@Cazzovuoi

Ewww seriously, a shake?! 🤮

My DH uses toilet paper for wee and toilet paper followed by wet toilet wipes for poo. He’s a clean one I suppose!

An absolute saint of a man.

@RyanReynoldsHusband

Wait until you find out some men stand to wipe their arses

I've never wiped my arse sitting down...

I'd heard that men only shake.... but.... I was in the bath once when my boyfriend was bursting for a pee so I let him come in and do one in front of me and tbh it was interesting to see him tear off a single square and dab daintily at his knob.

I felt quite proud of him.

@gofg

I’m just here to monitor the use of the word “grim” which I knew would make an appearance. Two so far, one on the first page. Solid, though not quite top MN performance.

I don’t think I heard the word used outside of MN, but here anything to do with bins, toilets (esp. brushes), and not changing your bra twice a day and your sheets three times a night is grim.

I agree. I had never heard anyone use the word until I came on MN, and didn't even realise the word was used in the context that so many here use it in. Highly irritating in my opinion.

@gofg from Cambridge dictionary

grim adjective (UNPLEASANT)

very unpleasant or ugly:
a grim-looking block of flats

Hope that keeps your irritation levels in check?

@Sparklingbrook

I am in bed and DH is going to come up any minute. Quick, what’s the etiquette for watching men have a piss? Just stroll in or observe from afar?

Observe casually, with a head tilt and one eyebrow raised quizzically.

more than three shakes is a wank

Useful to know, I’m sure.

My Dh wops his out into the sink and actually gives it a wash!
Do I win?

I never knew until my ex h didn't, I think it's horrible to not! I've taught my sons to do it, they're still little so do but don't know if will when they're older.

@ShowOfHands

Well there seemed to be a level of concern so I thought I'd check so that perfect strangers don't have to waste their anxiety on other people's probably quite normal behaviours.

Ironically, I've probably spent more time in the last 15 minutes talking to DH about the men's toilets than I have in the 22yrs of our relationship.

OP if you genuinely want stories about people not realising ordinary things, my 67yo DM only realised today what "shed load" actually means.

I was 50 when I realised it didn't mean the same amount of stuff as you might have in a shed! Is that what she thought too?

@whosthathowsthat

My Dh wops his out into the sink and actually gives it a wash! Do I win?

Well the other men in the public toilets certainly don’t!

We've got one bathroom. DP does not care about privacy. He comes in when I am in bath for e.g. or often leaves door wide open. Interestingly he often doesn't actually hold his knob; just stands there, dangling. Definitely does not dab with loo roll. I frankly don't care because I don't go near his penis these days; we haven't had sex for almost 3 years, thank the menopause + toddler + both 40something for that one. This is all information I do not want to know. And you did not want to know. And I did not want you to know either. Off to name change & ritually cleanse both my mind & body now.

@ShowOfHands

Well there seemed to be a level of concern so I thought I'd check so that perfect strangers don't have to waste their anxiety on other people's probably quite normal behaviours.

Ironically, I've probably spent more time in the last 15 minutes talking to DH about the men's toilets than I have in the 22yrs of our relationship.

OP if you genuinely want stories about people not realising ordinary things, my 67yo DM only realised today what "shed load" actually means.

Oft, I'm far older than 40ish and have no idea? I can't decide whether I'm violated or plainly protected....

@jaundicedoutlook

Asked DH. He says if paper is there then it usually gets a pat. If it isn’t (e.g. public urinal) then a shake is adequate.

Apparently, excessively vigorous shaking at the urinals is frowned upon in men’s public lavatorial etiquette.

As they say...'More than two shakes, and you're playing with yourself.'

Some men carry a pocket handkerchief and dab

I was 50 when I realised it didn't mean the same amount of stuff as you might have in a shed! Is that what she thought too?

DOES IT NOT????