# Guys: Do you pee standing, or sitting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512 "2011-08-29T16:59:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/1 "2011-08-29T16:59:25Z")
Inspired by the toilet seat poll, let’s find out how many guys pee like a girl! (I almost always sit down to pee if I get up at night, or early in the morning) PTF ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/2 "2011-08-29T17:00:06Z")
Both. But not during the same act… that would be weird. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/3 "2011-08-29T17:01:51Z")
When my daughters were at the pottty-training age, I peed sitting down. After all, this was no time to be confusing anyone in terms of technique. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/4 "2011-08-29T17:03:40Z")
Middle of the night, no lights: sitting. Kayaking, using a jug or other receptacle: sitting. Writing name in snow: standing. All else is on a case by case basis. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/5 "2011-08-29T17:03:55Z")
If I’m using the upstairs bathroom, the toilet’s right next to the tub, which has a white shower curtain on it. To avoid getting splatters on the side of the tub or curtain, I sit. If I’m using the downstairs bathroom, I splatter away. Public toilets, always standing. I answered “about equally” in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/6 "2011-08-29T17:23:31Z")
If there’s a urinal around I stand. Public toilets disgust me anyway, so I’ll wait for the urinal if it’s occupied. At home I often sit because it’s a small house and sitting is less noisy. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/7 "2011-08-29T17:24:54Z")
I only sit to pee when I am sitting for another purpose also ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/8 "2011-08-29T17:37:26Z")
After my back surgery, I have to sit. My doctor doesn’t want me lifting anything heavy by myself! 😃 Thank you, I’ll be here all week! ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/9 "2011-08-29T17:39:50Z")
I consider a bathroom break a “break”, so I sit. Always. Standing up to pee is work. When I was growing up, we never had more than two bathrooms in the house, and one was always Mom’s bathroom. With three boys in the house, the rule was “you SIT in Mom’s bathroom!” I got used to that. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/10 "2011-08-29T17:41:59Z")
Public toilets: I sit in a stall; I like the privacy. At home: I usually stand. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/11 "2011-08-29T17:47:05Z")
I will never sit to pee. I believe it is unmanly and unseemly. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/12 "2011-08-29T17:48:19Z")
From a tree swing, standing. From a porch swing, sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/13 "2011-08-29T17:59:00Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I will never sit to pee. I believe it is unmanly and unseemly. I can’t help but read this post in the voice of Ron Burgandy. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/14 "2011-08-29T17:59:44Z")
I pee sitting down. I’m disabled, not too steady on my feet. Sitting avoids streams of urine everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/15 "2011-08-29T18:10:28Z")
I sit when I have to pee in the middle of the night, so I don’t have to turn the light on. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/16 "2011-08-29T18:13:01Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I sit when I have to pee in the middle of the night, so I don’t have to turn the light on. Yeah, and with morning wood it helps it to go into the toilet instead of the medicine cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/17 "2011-08-29T18:16:00Z")
I don’t understand this poll. The possible answers should have been “yes” and “I’m not a guy”. I kid, I kid (but not really). The only time I ever take a piss while sitting is if I just got done sitting to take a dump. ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Garvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@Fred\_Garvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred_Garvin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/18 "2011-08-29T18:36:21Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I will never sit to pee. I believe it is unmanly and unseemly. [The pros and cons of a man sitting down to pee](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/peeing_sitting_down) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/19 "2011-08-29T18:40:59Z")
In the middle of the night, yes, sitting is much more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512/20 "2011-08-29T18:43:16Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > In the middle of the night, yes, sitting is much more convenient. What **Arky** said. When I get up at three or four in the morning, I’m not thinking about aim or even if the lid is up, so it’s best if I just sit down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512.md?page=2)