Do you wipe your bottom standing up or sitting down?

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Well, I thought this was an entirely uncontroversial topic, but my DH has discovered (through a conversation) that I stand up to wipe my bottom after going to to the loo.

Do you, for whatever reason, do the same? Or are you a sitter and you lean either forwards or to the side?

I feel as though there are multiple reasons to stand, perhaps you have mobility issues, a larger body, or it is simply your preference (like me).

Please tell me that at least some of you do this and I am not entirely abnormal!!

It has never occurred to me to sit. Struggling to imagine how that would even work.

I hate the thought of not being able to shower or wash properly afterwards. Toilet paper doesn't clean.

My cat sometimes doesn't have the best of movements so I have to wipe his bum from time to time. I hate the thought of irritating his delicate area, so he gets the luxurious quilted paper while I get the scratchy recycled stuff.

Interesting yet bizarre thread

I always sit and wipe

However my friend the other week said when she hurt her ribs it was really painful to twist to the side to wipe.

I was thinking interesting I didn’t realise people twist
to the side to wipe

I reach between my legs to wipe Fanny first then bum next. Which to me is the normal way.

no idea why you’d need to stand to wipe

but I suppose all our bodies are different shapes and sizes so it makes sense to wipe differently

doesn't that result in wiping back to front?

Here's an idea, you do you and everyone else, including your husband, do themselves. It is of no difference to anyone how another person deals with wiping their bum. There is no right or wrong.

@JaeheeNo not at all. I’ve never had a UTI or issues down there so hasn’t caused a problem so far.

I think it would be more hygienic to wipe first and then do a final rinse with the bum gun. Otherwise you’d get streams of shitty water running down towards the vagina.

I stand up and bend over to open the cheeks

Quite. I think these people saying it is difficult to wipe bums stood up think all us standers are all standing up straight. It's a squatting/bending forwards position and definitely results in being squeaky clean. Sitting down while wiping seems like it would be much harder to reach and clean effectively than standing slightly so you can really "get in there" as a PP said.

Yeah , it's the position for sex from the back😁. You stand with legs apart and bend over. Opens up the bum nicely. It's just not possible to clean properly by sticking your hand into the toilet bowl,not enough space

Standing straight works for me

Now I've read everything. 😂

I remember years ago someone had flicked quite a big lump of poo on the toilet wall at work and a few of us who saw it decided the poo flicker must have wiped a bit too enthusiastically standing up.
Therefore, we all must have been sit down wipers.

Ian genuinely agog that people are stood bending over in front of their toilet bowls to wipe their arses.

Aside from anything else one of my bathrooms wouldn’t have the space to do this!

My Mum advocated positioning herself in a skiing like stance, with her bum hovering over the toilet, before doing the necessary. I'm a sitter but I've notice this skiing-like stance is not unheard of.

Not sure an ex of mine did much of either. Filthy bastard.

They lie.

They should still not be flushed, they still contribute to the blockages, please don't flush them

Wee I’m sitting, but poo I wipe as I stand up. An episiotomy and a then a later third degree tear means wiping whilst sat can be painful and pull too much

Well several of us have told you why we need to stand to wipe. If you can't be bothered reading the posts, or can't understand fairly basic explanations, I'm not sure how else how we supposed to give you an idea. But it doesn't affect any of us that you can't understand.... 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Maybe one day when you've had an accident and have a shoulder replace or a different kind of accident and lose the use of yourdominant hand you will understand and maybe be a little embarrassed about how rude you were.🙅🏻‍♀️

It’s not - I think you need to revise your diet or consider if you have IBS.

"Otherwise you’d get streams of shitty water running down towards the vagina." This is precisely my worry with using a bum gun. How is it even possible to avoid doing this?!

Yes, I think I might have IBS. Most of my stools are loose.

Either that or a food intolerance

I connect the end of the toilet roll to an empty roll fitted to a holder on the opposite wall. I then straddle the tape and using an electric drill I wind it onto the empty roll like a cassette tape.

30 seconds and job done. I go the other way next time. Always change the roll every week mind - I'm not an animal.