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

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Weartherose · Yesterday 19:46

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? Confused

OP posts:
BMW58 · Today 09:53

Is this the Poo Troll?

Naurrr · Today 09:57

dudsville · Yesterday 22:10

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

It was because OP wrote about her sister denying all knowledge about how OP wipes her poo off her arse, and wondering how this could be.
Seems like something that she'd need to ask her sister. It put me off my dinner. Sad

OldGothsFadeToGrey · Today 09:57

Oh good. Can we discuss the use of flannels too?

pizzaHeart · Today 09:59

Is she older or younger? And how many years are between you?

relaxitsok · Today 10:06

gillefc82 · Yesterday 23:04

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?

Now I am interested 😂. I completely agree as a folder with how does scrumpling even work?

relaxitsok · Today 10:07

Ps this is the exact kind of conversation I would have with my sister!!

MajorSamanthaCarter · Today 10:11

I origami exact replicas of famous landmarks anything else just seems so low effort.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · Today 10:41

MajorSamanthaCarter · Today 10:11

I origami exact replicas of famous landmarks anything else just seems so low effort.

The Statue of Liberty must be a bit uncomfortable?

Thepeopleversuswork · Today 10:43

Allseeingallknowing · Yesterday 21:23

Er…yes!

Good grief. Maybe I'm decadent but I'd rather go bankrupt than limit myself to two squares of toilet paper for a poo.

Life's too short to be this tight.

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · Today 10:47

I can’t believe it either OP. The method of wiping one’s arse constitutes at least 87% of small talk at any social gathering I’ve been to so it’s mad that she doesn’t know or she’s just lying.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · Today 10:49

BMW58 · Today 09:53

Is this the Poo Troll?

Course it bloody is.

FWC2026 · Today 10:54

titchy · Yesterday 21:13

Swan for me Wink

I could never lift one single handed & ud be worried they'd take chunks out of my bum!

FWC2026 · Today 10:55

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · Today 10:47

I can’t believe it either OP. The method of wiping one’s arse constitutes at least 87% of small talk at any social gathering I’ve been to so it’s mad that she doesn’t know or she’s just lying.

🤣🤣🤣

FWC2026 · Today 10:58

scaredsillyabout · Yesterday 23:28

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

One does if one doesn't wish to turn the bathroom into a swimming pool

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · Today 11:03

titchy · Yesterday 21:13

Swan for me Wink

Are you using the neck to sort of slide up and down your bum crack or a wing to lightly brush it away? Perhaps there’s a need for the beak after a complex evacuation?

Dontlletmedownbruce · Today 11:04

I have never thought about this! I guess I'm a folder. I'm naturally frugal.

I work with little kids and we have tissues available at all times. Kids take a tissue, barely wipe a little snot and it goes in the bin..then they take another. My eastern European colleague said to me one day that in her childhood children were told to open a tissue, wipe/blow and fold then use again. Unless there is a huge amount that soaks through. I agreed we did the same. In fact I often have a half dried out folded tissue in my pocket to reuse because I have some sinus issues. We genuinely had a conversation about this, are kids taught to be wasteful now or are we somewhat unhygienic or stingy..

Letsskidaddle · Today 11:08

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · Yesterday 22:10

What the fuck is the pom pom method Grin

Yes!! In all my years here finally a question I can answer! I have never, ever, EVER folded loo roll, always a Pom Pom or scrunch.

Basically, you pull a few sheets off with abundance, scrunch them up and wipe and drop the scrunch in the toilet.

Then you repeat a couple of times (Not too tight a scrunch mind, a loose one).

On about the third or fourth scrunch and wipe you discretely have a little check to see if it’s coming away clean. If it is, you progress to a moist toilet tissue for a final little freshen up.

And - FLUSH, praying the mound of poo and toilet paper safely makes it way down.

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