# Do you pee in the shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063 "2006-06-25T07:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/21 "2006-06-25T17:19:43Z")
Yes. I’m pretty much conditioned to at this point and the few times I took a shower with my SO I had to consciously stop myself. Man, I’m one helluva catch. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/22 "2006-06-25T18:47:44Z")
Well, I was there when the house was being built, so I knew exactly where the water drained to, where the tank was, what the pipes did, and all that. (My stepfather built the house, and we “helped,” that is, we nailed in stuff he told us to nail in.) Our drainage field was about… oh, 150 yards from the pumping station for the neighborhood. And unlike George Costanza, we didn’t live in a big city, so no, they weren’t all “just pipes.” They were actually differentiated between septic and gray water. But still… peeing in the shower… I just decided “ewww” and left it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/23 "2006-06-25T19:11:26Z")
No. I go before I get in the shower as a pre-emptive measure. Peeing in the shower…yuck! Probably moreso for a girl because, well, we can’t aim away from ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/24 "2006-06-26T00:40:54Z")
Yes. I also shave, brush my teeth and masturbate in the shower. What can I say, I like it in there. Actually… I think I’ll go have a shower right now. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/25 "2006-06-26T00:46:05Z")
I’ve never been one to shave or brush my teeth in the shower (I use an electric razor and an electric toothbrush, and they both handle water well but come on, let’s not push it)–however, I do masturbate in the shower at times. I prefer the toilet, though, as I don’t wear glasses into the shower and can’t really tell how well I’ve cleaned up the shower afterwards. Oh yeah, TMI warning. Don’t read the above. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/26 "2006-06-26T00:52:25Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I use the bathroom in the shower. (You have to smash the chunky bits down with your heel.) [/QUOTE] Do you pretend they’re evil island empires? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/27 "2006-06-26T01:08:31Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] Do you pretend they’re evil island empires? [/QUOTE] What do you think I am, some sort of freak? :dubious: Of course I do. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/28 "2006-06-26T01:26:59Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I use the bathroom in the shower. (You have to smash the chunky bits down with your heel.) [/QUOTE] I don’t know whether to gag or laugh… To the OP: yes, but only if I’m alone. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/29 "2006-06-26T03:41:42Z")
Yup. Do it at the gym, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/30 "2006-06-26T03:50:50Z")
[QUOTE=Malienation] Yup. Do it at the gym, too. [/QUOTE] Good on you. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/31 "2006-06-26T04:04:56Z")
Literally, not once in my life that I’m aware of. It never even so much as _occured_ to me until I read about it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/32 "2006-06-26T06:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=Spezza] Good on you. [/QUOTE] But not so good on others. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/33 "2006-06-26T06:55:07Z")
i’ve peed on other people in the shower. when they weren’t even expecting it. multiple times. over about fifteen years. what?! it’s in the shower… it’s not like they weren’t being simultaneously, and then after, cleaned. never pooped in a shower though… well, i guess there might have been some leakage in some after sex showers. but never enough to be like, “omg! there’s poop in the shower!” besides, urine is sterile, and anything else would be touched only by feet. which are washed last anyway. at least, in my experience. and yes, i only drink (multiply) filtered water. but if you had to drink from the great lakes like i do, it’d be multiply filtered (at minimum) as well. regardless of your shower pee habits. ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/34 "2006-06-26T07:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=Rhiannon8404] No. I go before I get in the shower as a pre-emptive measure. Peeing in the shower…yuck! Probably moreso for a girl because, well, we can’t aim away from ourselves. [/QUOTE] Ditto. I’ve never been fond of the sensation of warm liquid trickling down my thigh. I know urine is sterile and everything, but just . . . ick. I’d rather just hop out of the shower to the toilet and back in again than pee in there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/35 "2006-06-26T12:28:34Z")
We had a discussion about how peeing on one’s feet in the shower can kill Athlete’s Foot fungus. You pee on em just before turning the water on. Supposedly, the PH factor kills the fungus. I’ve been experimenting with this on & off for a couple of years. Seems to work. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/36 "2006-06-26T14:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=Jess] Yep. When I’m showering alone or when I’m showering with my husband. If I were showering with strangers, though, I’d hold it until I got out. [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/37 "2006-06-26T14:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Come on, admit it. I do. OK, who wants to go next? [/QUOTE] I peed in your shower earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/38 "2006-06-26T14:27:12Z")
Yup. Grossed out by some sterile pee on your feet? Do you KNOW what’s in your carpet that you love to treat your bare feet to? You’ll be wishing it was only someone else’s pee! Does cure Athlete’s foot. Madonna says so, and I will provide my own anecdotal evidence to support that statement. Never had jockitch but IIRC it’s a similar fungus so… And ladies, yes you CAN aim away from yourself and pee standing up. Takes a little practice, and there is no better place to practice experimental excretion than in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/39 "2006-06-26T14:43:01Z")
Yeah, I pee in the shower. I suspect that most men do. I’ll also pee in the sink in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063/40 "2006-06-26T15:06:06Z")
I pee in the shower, and if someone’s in there with me, I’ll try to pee on her leg because I think it’s funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/362063.md?page=3)