To ask why men have to wee standing up?

[AngeloMysterioso]

Why? Just why?

Fair enough if all they have is a urinal or a tree at their disposal, but if they’re in a bathroom with a toilet, why do they have to stand up?

My DS1 was doing absolutely fine sitting on his little clip in loo seat thing and just pointing his willy down, until my FIL in all his wisdom decided to teach him the joys of a stand up wee, and now I am constantly having to clean up puddles of piss on the floor from when he misses.

Why????????

How do you know for sure? Do you watch them?

Its weird you think you know that for a fact

TBH i always assumed that those who have to stand to pee are less well endowed. You have to be a reasonable size to be able to push it down effectively without peeing all over your legs or leaning forward uncomfortably surely?

(This is based on observing partners who were small and others who were not small and who stood/sat respectively).

There have been occasions in the past when I've been very cold (eg, riding motorbikes long distances in the winter) and have experienced noticeable, um, shrinkage. Standing up weeing in that state is a recipe for disaster as you can't be sure you'll have enough extension to reliably clear your fly.

Sitting down is way easier at night time as you can keep your eyes closed and it's quieter. During the day, though, I'll stand proud and free like God intended.

I wonder if German men got used to peeing sat down when those shelf toilets were a thing and the cultural habit has persisted. No way would there not be a huge amount of splashback peeing onto the shallow shelf

If you sit facing the other way on inspection deck toilets you can cross your arms on the cistern and pass out in safety

I do admit to having a bit of penis envy when I need a wee whilst out in the countryside. Trying to find somewhere discreet to squat in the height of summer where I’m not going to get stung on the backside - or an even worse bodily part- and in the winter, it’s too bloody cold and wet to expose my undercarriage, plus all the faff of undoing trousers and pulling down pants etc.

With a penis, you can just stand close to a hedge and pretend you are admiring something in the next field.

No , I don't watch him (I only have one son) but weirdly, I believe him.

When I was having a problem with smells in my bathroom (turned out to be blocked drain) I came across countless threads from boy mums asking why their bathrooms always smelled like wee even when they cleaned thoroughly. They were cleaning inside the toilet but not regularly cleaning the front of the toilet or the floor just underneath.

I also had an ex who was a radiator fitter and he used to tell people the radiator next to their toilet was rusty because they/their partner splash pee onto it. How far away are men standing that they’re getting it all over the toilet, the floor AND the radiator?? 😂

You can also use the cistern as a handy shelf for snacks

Yanbu

My husband wees sitting down. I was quite strict on this but so was my mum growing up with my brother.

If I ever have a son I’ll teach him to sit too.

😂😂😂. I have three boys. I can imagine the struggle.

@Simonjt

I was getting frequent UTIs, after various tests including a bladder cam they confirmed my bladder wasn’t emptying properly due to sit down wees.

Makes sense though, doesn't it? Female urinary tracts are more of a straight line when seated. Males have an extra length to negotiate and around a bendy bit and gravity has to play a part. Hence men need to stand and use gravity, women squat/sit because that's more efficient for us.

Men's urological structure and function is completely different to women's.
Men sitting down to pee can cause early and severe problems with bladder and prostate. My husband and his little brother were taught to do this by their mother and both have problems in their early 30s (despite being super fit) and both were told the same thing by different Consultant urologists - don't ever pee sitting down. They need to be standing for gravity to do its job.

Yuk, why would your penis touch the toilet rim?

Mine stands at school, sits at home. Mostly because he tends to spend fucking ages messing about at home. I will be encouraging this for as long as possible (realise he probably won’t when he’s 15).

That is the complete opposite of what FIL was told when he went in to the consultant urologist as sitting can help push urine out of the bladder!

Blimey - My DH is back to see another one next week for a check - Two different consultants have told him the exact same thing so far. Let's see what the next one says. To be clear - dh and brother were ordered to sit down to pee from being toddlers and consultants said that caused the problems as adults. DH has been through hell with it. Also it has weakened his pelvic floor according to consultant.

Dh of 25 years always sits down, as do teenage sons. They all find it totally normal. But of course they can still pee on a tree trunk if necessary.

Utter tosh (medical professional here).

As someone else has said, sitting actually helps emptying the bladder. The rest is purely imagined drivel. And makes me laugh, frankly.

I initially misread that as farting!

But why would there be more likelihood of fainting at night than in the daytime, if you don't have any other risk factors that lead to regular fainting (which could well also come into play in the daytime anyway)?

On the contrary, I always think that 'willy nilly' sounds like it's Latin for female

That's what I teach my boys. The tiny dicks have to stand. Sadly for them they have a while off being small

WHAT! Where is the father?

…… because they can.