# Do you pee in the shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632 "2012-12-31T03:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/121 "2013-01-08T22:40:32Z")
> [@Ghost\_of\_6\_80](#): > > I don’t do it to avoid the toilet anymore, I was doing that and **it was making my shower smell bad so idk about piss being too sterile.** But if I gotta go when I’m already in the shower, I gotta go. And every now and then probably wouldn’t do anything to your shower. Bolding mine. Urine isn’t completely sterile, especially [urine from women](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120409164156.htm). > [@](#): > > Researchers have determined that bacteria are present in the bladders of some healthy women, which discredits the common belief that normal urine is sterile. These findings were published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology by researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. (Google “sterile urine” for more.) However, it’s really not very germy. But after it sits for a while it gets pretty germy. So IMHO, peeing in the shower just because the shower is a larger target is really gross. To be clear, I was referring to peeing in the shower while water is running and soapy water is rinsing everything, including pee, down the drain. Welcome to the Dope! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/122 "2013-01-09T02:51:31Z")
> [@Ghost\_of\_6\_80](#): > > Soggy food and showered drinks would gross me out before pissing in the shower. Well, I’ve become quite adept at avoiding just that. I prepare food and drinks, go into the shower and turn it on, holding my food with my mouth while I eat it. Coffee and/or beer goes in my left hand, while I roll a cigarette with my right hand, all while shielding the items from water with my body. I then eliminate one after the other, freeing up hands for soaping in, scrubbing etc: Food gets eliminated first, then I put the cig in my mouth and light it (I always keep a lighter and candles in my bathroom in case the bulb goes out at a precarious moment, or someone fucks around with me. The lightswitch is in the hall.), freeing up my right hand. I then juggle the drinks from hand to hand according to what part of my body neads a scrub. I hold my coffee mug with my thumb, and the beer by the neck between two fingers, so I can angle them to prevent spilling when I take a sip. I also drink with one corner of the mouth while puffing on the cigarette with the opposite. Also, I wouldn’t bring a beer If I’m in a hurry and late work for something. Beer is for the longer me-time-showers. All in all, it initially requires a bit of effort, but it’s all worth it. > [@](#): > > Manny? Is that you? Hah, had forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![NIKI50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@NIKI50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIKI50)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/123 "2013-01-09T10:38:33Z")
My toothbrush hangs on a hook out of the way so it is sanitary and the toothpaste stays in there. When they pulled my wisdom teeth they severed a nerve controlling the muscles in my lower jaw so I cannot purse my lips anymore to control the toothpaste mess at a sink.☹ ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632/124 "2013-01-09T11:02:12Z")
> [@NIKI50](#): > > My toothbrush hangs on a hook out of the way so it is sanitary and the toothpaste stays in there. > When they pulled my wisdom teeth they severed a nerve controlling the muscles in my lower jaw so I cannot purse my lips anymore to control the toothpaste mess at a sink.☹ Don’t be too sad. I suffer from the same affliction (toothpaste foam leaking out of my mouth all over the place), but I don’t even have a good excuse for it. I’m just REALLY bad at keeping my lips pursed when I am brushing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632.md?page=6)