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Boys don't wipe after peeing?

110 replies

HeartofAss · 22/01/2023 16:04

My 6yo just confidently informed me that girls wipe when they wee or poo, whereas boys only wipe when they poo.

Is this true? GROSS.

Not sure whether I should be telling him he is wrong?

OP posts:
rumship · 22/01/2023 17:55

There is a saying more than two shakes is a wan##. 😂

Sorry toilet humour.

Pinkdafodils · 22/01/2023 17:55

@LisaLovedUp there is a lot of evidence supporting the benefits for men to pee sitting down.

prostate.net/why-men-should-sit-when-they-pee/

www.dailystar.co.uk/health/men-should-pee-sitting-down-27335344.amp

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 22/01/2023 17:56

I going to blow your mind now op, those of us ladies who grew up in the days of izal toilet paper had to learn the wiggly shake too, the stuff had absolutely no absorption and was only any use for poos. I don't know about the rest of my generation as its not something I generally discuss but I sometimes return to my youth and use that method these days too.

Pinkdafodils · 22/01/2023 17:59

There is no evidence AT ALL that it helps bladder emptying.
My DH is old and with an enlarged prostate. I am sure his consultant would have suggested this if it was best.

Perhaps his consultant is not up to speed with recent studies.

www.thesun.co.uk/health/mens-health-and-fitness/19023008/urologist-why-teach-boys-pee-sitting-down/

picnicshnicnic · 22/01/2023 18:00

DonnaBanana · 22/01/2023 17:45

The women’s toilets never smell for this reason. I have never been in a toilet that smelled to be fair, nor do I need to change my underwear more than once or twice a week. Men are a bit ew.

You only change your pants once or twice a week? Shock

evemillbank · 22/01/2023 18:02

@PollyAmour I couldn't agree more

FabFitFifties · 22/01/2023 18:05

My son dabs because I taught him to, to avoid a wet spot on his pants. He definately listened because we nearly wet ourselves, wben he was about 6,and he had a wee up a bush and pulled a leaf off due to lack of roll. Good job it wasn't a stinger.

Donelurking · 22/01/2023 18:06

TequilaNights · 22/01/2023 16:08

My boys wipe.. Or dab it to stop any dribbles

Stealth boast!

siroodlesofnoodles · 22/01/2023 18:07

My husband sits down to pee and it gives me the ick so badly.

I can't explain it and realise I'm being very unreasonable.

It's not something we talk about, thankfully. We'd never have sex again tbh.

SaulHudsonDavidJones · 22/01/2023 18:24

DonnaBanana · 22/01/2023 17:45

The women’s toilets never smell for this reason. I have never been in a toilet that smelled to be fair, nor do I need to change my underwear more than once or twice a week. Men are a bit ew.

Say what now?!

Rainallnight · 22/01/2023 18:29

mamacattiva · 22/01/2023 16:33

Mine have always sat down to pee, then rinse with water and dry with toilet paper.

You’re joking? It’s wee, not nuclear waste.

365names · 22/01/2023 18:36

I thought my boy to wipe

RichardOsmansXraySpecs · 22/01/2023 18:37

Well this is obviously fake. You being his mother you would’ve taught him whatever way he does it, OP!!!!

#Wee troll

NannyGythaOgg · 22/01/2023 18:40

Back in the 90s I bought a house from a man who was divorced and had 3 teenage sons.

The floor in front of the bathroom loo was soggy and had to be replaced. There was a radiator near the loo downstairs. All the paint was blistered off it.

RichardOsmansXraySpecs · 22/01/2023 18:45

PollyAmour · 22/01/2023 17:54

People will never learn. Such naivety is worrying especially on a parenting forum.

Unbelievable isn’t it?

Chikapu · 22/01/2023 18:45

DonnaBanana · 22/01/2023 17:45

The women’s toilets never smell for this reason. I have never been in a toilet that smelled to be fair, nor do I need to change my underwear more than once or twice a week. Men are a bit ew.

Oh the irony of calling men ew when you only change your undercrackers twice a week...

dogdaydown · 22/01/2023 18:57

DonnaBanana · 22/01/2023 17:45

The women’s toilets never smell for this reason. I have never been in a toilet that smelled to be fair, nor do I need to change my underwear more than once or twice a week. Men are a bit ew.

Ya dirty skank! Thats revolting!

Bpdqueen · 22/01/2023 19:21

Wouldn't it be so weird if women had toilets lined up like urinals instead of stalls. Could you imagine how awkward that would be 🤔

SirGawain · 22/01/2023 19:24

NEmama · 22/01/2023 16:10

Urinals don't have paper yabu

This^

LakeTiticaca · 22/01/2023 19:28

They just give it a shake, don't they?
My boys never sat on the potty to wee, they always insisted on standing up 😉

headache · 22/01/2023 19:41

My DH sits down at home, he says it easier in the middle of the night when he’s half asleep or if he’s half erm excited. It’s also cleaner as he says he doesn’t have to touch anything (he still washes his hands).

I told DS off today as I had just cleaned the toilet and went in seat up, pee on the rim, he tried to say it wasn’t him (he’s 12), he has 3 sisters and DH wasn’t in. I said to him don’t lie but clean up after yourself. I think it’s disgusting the number of men who pee and Miss then just leave it expecting women to clean it up.

At work we have over 30 staff 2 men and we share one teeny toilet, if you go in after a man it’s disgusting.

Getting back to the original topic I often have to help young boys to the toilet as part of my job, quite a few have been taught to dab which I found odd as I taught DS to shake as there’s no toilet paper outside.

mamacattiva · 22/01/2023 19:49

Rainallnight · 22/01/2023 18:29

You’re joking? It’s wee, not nuclear waste.

Nope not joking! My DH does the same too 😁

Rainallnight · 22/01/2023 20:05

mamacattiva · 22/01/2023 19:49

Nope not joking! My DH does the same too 😁

Do they have…penis beakers?

MademoiselleTrunchbull · 22/01/2023 20:12

IME uncircumcised men are more likely to dab as they suffer a bit more of a dribble.

DancingWithYouInTheSummerRain · 22/01/2023 20:13

rumship · 22/01/2023 17:55

There is a saying more than two shakes is a wan##. 😂

Sorry toilet humour.

🎵You shake it once, that's fine, shake it twice, that's OK, shake it three times, your playing with yourself again.....🎵

Sorry just reminded me of a song I loved in ny mispent youth! #GoodCharlotte

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