How many pieces of toilet paper do you use to wipe after peeing?
Folks with vaginas, I'm conducting some family comparative analysis and I'd like to know how many standard pieces of toilet paper do you use when wiping after a pee. I posted some comments with options to upvote if you like.
I can answer for my wife! She said three folded, when it's our normal tp, Charmin. Two extra for other brands.
That's all it takes with her configuration to be dry. I'll vote on the comments, but since she gave more than a number, and it was variable, figured that might help too.
Fwiw, I make sure to give things an extra squeeze with a few pieces myself. Not a fan of late drips in my drawers. Pee, shake, paper & gentle squeeze. Then wash hands.
Cottonelle is really good, too. In my opinion, better and more absorbent, but personal preference will play a part.
Peepee User here, I use 1
Do you have a square to spare? All I need is a square
I don’t have a square to spare!
You can't spare a square?!
It really depends. Both on how much I peed, and also how decent the TP is. Basically however many it takes not to saturate the TP, and not get urine/blood/mucus on my hands. Could be three, could be a ton.
I'll use a TON more during my period, as even with a cup in, blood finds it's way onto my skin and then the flow of the urine helps spread it to every nook and cranny.
Another thing to take into account is discharge. That definitely takes extra TP, it's thicker and a few squares won't hold up.
TL;DR whoever gives a consistent amount of squares is either lying or has a much nicer vagina than I do
The hose can be sneaky though. See, you think you are finished, you relax a bit more drops out... Now you are really done, you wipe the last little bit. Good to go.
But fuck you, no, sometimes there is a bit half way up that didn't come out, you get to the door and now the last bit let's go. Now you are uncomfortable and a little embarrassed.
Does it happen every time, no, but it is an ever present option...
-2?
Might be someone mad because of this.
2 or 3 squares, often folded. If the paper is cheap single ply it might be two or three times the amount.
At home: 3 squares, folded. At other places with different paper: 4-5, depending on quality. Out and about with the tissue paper that exists in public bathrooms? Maybe the length of my arm.
Not a fan of the 0.5-ply paper they have at work?
Two or three, more if my uterine lining is shedding.
4 rolls. Amateurs
Three shares, folded in half, then in half again. Maybe two squares if it's quilted.
Yeah, about the same.
Oh this is smart, you're getting the required thickness by folding instead of using more pieces. When using an unfolded stack of squares you could end up utilizing just a small spot while the rest remains dry.
I don’t know the physics behind it, or if it’s even true (could just be a placebo effect), but if you scrunch the paper there is less streaking on the clean up.
I obviously wash, but when I'm home I use washcloths to dry my vagina, and they're just the best. If I can't use washcloths to dry, I use those interfold tissues. They're amazing, they don't rip and you don't find tiny rolled pieces all over the place.
If I'm not in the house, in public places I use the interfold tissues if they have them, otherwise, depending on the quality of the tp, a minimum of 3 up to 6 or 7.
What do you do with the washcloth after use? Hang to dry and reuse, throw in a basket for laundry?
Not OP, but we have a bidet and a basket of cut up t-shirt cloths next to the toilet that are single-use and then go in the wash every week. I wouldn't personally reuse washcloths for wiping out of fear of UTIs, but I'm extra paranoid.
I hang it to dry and use it for the rest of the day, and then with the laundry it goes.
I wash like civilized human.
Do you dry yourself afterwards? If so, how?
When I shit, I bidet and use three squares.
Water dries quickly. No need to overthink.
When I was young with tighter labia that didn't flap or stick to the side and had a firmer bladder, 3, every time. Now 4.
I definitely use more than I need. #Privileged
2 or 3
3
Feeling wasteful in the between 4 and 6 category. That is, if I am away from home and there is no bidet. That is just what I feel adequately safe/dry with
I know I'm not the target audience, but when I'm at home I rinse my stick
Same. Just hold it against the inside of the bowl and flush. Badabingbadaboom
I love that for you
Sink pissers unite
Well, before I had terrible digestive problems, I would typically use four. Three for the initial wipe, and one to make sure everything is dry. Sometimes two to make sure everything is dry.
Now that I have terrible digestive problems, I think it's more like 10. I should buy stock in Cottonelle.
1 Roll
Penis owner here. Occasionally I'll use 1-2, or part of a paper towel (or whatever else I can find first).
In 30+ years of peeing, I still can't figure out why it sometimes stays under my foreskin, then makes a wet spot on my pants two minutes later. Guess I'm just bad at peeing.
Gotta pump the gooch my dude.
There's a bit of a u-bend in the urethra right about where the scrotum meets the taint. Use a finger to push up and slightly forward to pump that last bit of pee out.
Gotta pump the gooch my dude.
I have nothing to add. I just like this as a saying.
Usually, 2-3 double/folded sheets (so 4-6 in total). Possibly more at messier times.
Usually 2
Penis owner here, I used to do 1just to dab the tip cuz that's what my dad did but learned later that nobody else does it and stopped.
I think an important metric is a bidet.
Do some dudes use TP when they pee?
Yes, particularly as I get older the equipment doesn't drain fully and needs a little help.
There's a rhyme about it "no matter how much you shake and dance, the last few drops go down your pants", well I choose to wipe instead of relying on the absorbance of my pants or trousers (the original saying is American so means trousers really).
Very serious follow up: How much do you make in a year if your answer is "yes"?
Yes. One piece. Pull back Foreskin, wrap and "load". Holds the piece in place, voids "the drop" and is removed after standing up.
Based on my pissing pattern, I would say around 600 pieces a year. So 2-3 rolls?
I favor BD's so cleaning up the rear is really clean too. I theoretically could wear my underpants/boxers for more than a day, they don't smell after a normal day.
Intimate Hygiene is key to avoid yeast infections or bladder inflammation for partners of the opposite sex. Don't know about same sex relationships, but no one likes a stinky dick (no kink shaming).
Edit: Get an ass shower if you don't have space for a BD. Game changer in well-being, albeit a little awkward when having guests who don't care for stinky butts.
I edited it at the very beginning before there was any activity because I realized it's less ambiguous to have non overlapping intervals. Started with 1-3, 3-5, 5+. Settled on 1-3, 4-6, 7+. Of course it's stupid to change if there's any significant voting already. I'm asking because I'd like to know what people do. I wouldn't want to render useless what precious few responses I get.
I stick my tip in the toilet water and swish it around. Unrelated but it stings when I pee.
Thank you for your service.
Is anyone else infuriated by the number of 'I don't have a vagina BUT' posts?
Like let me speak for the woman in my life. Let me provide my opinion. I know I wasn't asked BUT...
Jesus just go die in a hole. Let women speak for themselves.
1000 people dead in Alaska because they replied to a post about wiping piss
I don't have a vagina yet BUT...
I'd like to learn from current owners by interacting with this post.
Rawr.
Tip: “–”, en dash, is used for ranges like 2–3—not “-”, hyphen
How on earth did English typography get so weird with mdash, ndash, dash, hyphen, etcetera while most of the readers have no clue about the the differences. IMHO, just use dash.
Can you explain me how the different lengths of dash add to the understanding of the text, when I usually don't even see the difference on my mobile phone screen?
I like that you snuck an em dash in there 😉
whoever invented all those dashes... I just wanna talk
Where on a standard keyboard is this
I was literally about to write that, beat me to it.
Edit: write
Write*
But it’s okay; I protect
I do not have a vagina, but I have noticed that by myself 1 roll of tp will last 2-4 weeks, but when I have feminine company it becomes more like 1+ roll a week.
It's mind boggling how you need so much more tp than us guys do, not that I blame you cos it's different down there.
Maybe I'm more concerned that in 10,000 years of civilization no one has developed a better way. We have "spray with water" and "copious amounts of absorbent material".
Where's the 3 shells at, people?
I slap it against the door frame as I leave the bathroom.
You gotta press that spot behind ur balls, kinda moving back to front, and it comes out. This secret arcane knowledge was lost for millenia in my lineage, no longer passed down man to man. A kind stranger on the internet shared it with me.
I'd go with undies.
Some sort of perineal drier? There's probably bidets with something like that built-in.
They exist. I think primarily a Japan thing (no surprise…). I havent seen one in person, but seen them for sale or some weird bidet article about all the options you can get. Hot/cold water, his/her’s, blow dry, lights, music, multiple user pre-sets, etc. usually it’s sold as the entire toilet, not an “add-on” option.
Yeah, the Toto C2 or whatever micro revision it is this year. Same toilet lid, about $330 ish dollars. Lifechanging for men and women, especially once you realize it has an oscillating mode for washing.
I don't use TP at all anymore, it's just there for guests who feel uncomfortable.