To be surprised my Dsis doesn't know about the wipe fold wipe method?

[Weartherose]

My DParents were frugal; War babies both, they always lived to save resources and money.

They taught me the wipe fold over and then wipe again method to save (granted a small amount) of loo roll.

Last week we were reminiscing about their asceticism and I mentioned this and how I still adhered to this (even more so in the heady days of Covid).

She denied all knowledge of the system!

How coukd this be?

I only know the three sheet rule , never practiced it though

I drag my arse across the lawn.

Trouble is, some toilet paper is so thin, you end up with brown fingers!

I don’t remember ever being taught to wipe my bum but I do the wipe fold wipe, otherwise I’d go through way more loo roll than necessary. I was dismayed at one point in my life to find out some people are scrunchers! I assume not much folding going on with those guys

sometimes it soaks through so it defeats the purpose of folding etc

No, they used a sponge in a stick soaked in vinegar. Imagine if you had any chafing - that would sting!

What the fuck is the pom pom method

I haven't even read the rest of the thread, this has just given me such a laugh!

Are you the eldest OP.

best laid plans with first born and then fly out the window when second comes along?

🤣

I thought this was a normal method. Didn’t realise it was a thing 🤷‍♀️

That's stingy! We were allowed 3!

I do the wipe fold and wipe yes!

Or piles!

In the 70s there were shortages. I clearly remember the toilet roll being kept on the teacher’s desk. You went to get your allowance and had to manage. I remember being most perturbed. I would have been 5.

Never heard of it, never done it. Scrunch all the way here. Sounds disgusting if I’m being honest.

Randomly crumpling it into a ball. I can’t believe this works as a method. Far too random, there must be a risk potential for gaps!

So privileged!

When we ran out, we had the local newspaper to use.

I imagined someone winding bog roll around a cardboard circle like they were making a pom pom, and got really baffled 😂

It applies to surfaces too, though, surely.

Like others on this thread I was never taught it, but it’s common sense.

I do it with loo roll, when wiping down surfaces, baby wipes, make up remover pads…

If you want a real debate the question is are you a folder or a scrumpler? I fold and wipe but have had friends and my DH who are scrumplers. This is crazy to me:
1) I prefer things neat and ordered and scrumpled in my mind equals untidy/disordered; and
2) surely all those paper ridges and folds leads to a higher risk of a sore bum after wiping, whereas a flatter, smoother surface gives less chance?

Just not a Victoria sponge

Darlings, you are getting it all wrong. One uses a bidet and not paper.

I don’t remember anyone showing me the wipe fold thing. But I have taught this to my children because otherwise they were using half the loo roll clearly in the scrunch method that I have never thought about until now,

I use this method but I haven’t been taught it (at least I don’t remember it), it’s just common sense.

There were times when I was growing up when we were using newspapers or old book pages, cut in square and hung by a string in the outhouse.