# Guys: is sitting to pee weird? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210 "2004-08-03T22:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/21 "2004-08-04T05:04:25Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Wiping afterwards is odd but I don’t think sitting to pee is as I sit to pee as often as I stand. I wipe also after peeing,you don’t have to change underwear that often. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/22 "2004-08-04T05:08:52Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > And if someone could teach me to proofread the title line, I’d appreciate that too. Fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/23 "2004-08-04T05:34:44Z")
If the cellmate is tall, that may contribute to the reason. Mr. Adoptamom is 6’7" and sits as often as not because it’s hard to keep a steady aim from that height, as well as spashback from the pee hitting the water so hard. hmmm … I must remember to NEVER allow Mr. Adoptamom to read all of the posts I written about him. Something tells me he wouldn’t be a happy camper knowing how much y’all know about his private life. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/24 "2004-08-04T05:51:05Z")
> [@Adoptamom\_II](#): > > hmmm … I must remember to NEVER allow Mr. Adoptamom to read all of the posts I written about him. Something tells me he wouldn’t be a happy camper knowing how much y’all know about his private life. Yeah, but all that height will only work to his advantage during distance contests. I bet your husband could pull one hell of a golden arc! 😉 _Local distance peeing champ_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mamakat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mamakat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamakat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/25 "2004-08-04T07:17:48Z")
My husband is Venezuelan, and he always pees sitting down. He told me that all Venezuelans are taught that you sit down unless there is only a urinal. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/26 "2004-08-04T07:32:17Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > My son is finishing up his 30-day jail sentence, and we visited him yesterday. A lot of new prisoners have been brought in, and he now has a roommate, an older married guy my son says is “weird”. Being a concerned mom, I asked him how this guy is weird, and he said, “Because he sits down to pee, every time, and he wipes.” > > Being a girl, this doesn’t seem weird to me. I said, “That’s not weird, your dad used to do that when he had to sit for a while. Maybe the guy is just modest, there in a cell with you.” > > “No, Mom, he sits down every time he pees, even if he’s not taking a dump. He’s weird.” > > My daughter laughed and said “You have to sit down to pee if you’ve got a hard-on,” and my son gave her a dirty look and said that wasn’t it. And since the guy wipes instead of shakes, he is doubly weird. So we spent a few lively minutes discussing what combination of mothering or wifely nagging has brought this poor man to this state. My son says he’s older (which means over 35) but not elderly. > > So guys, is it really weird to always sit instead of stand? (I still think it’s a modesty thing in jail.) And how about the wiping? Perhaps he’s german, they Sitzpinkel there. 😃 [http://www.ubersite.com/m/23700](http://www.ubersite.com/m/23700) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/27 "2004-08-04T07:37:44Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Perhaps he’s german, they Sitzpinkel there. 😃 > > [http://www.ubersite.com/m/23700](http://www.ubersite.com/m/23700) :eek: 🆒 Seriously, a friend of mine always had to pee at night and when he got a boyfriend, he started to sit down to pee cause his boyfriend complained about finding the seat wet in the morning or finding that he’s peed in the trashcan. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/28 "2004-08-04T13:20:24Z")
Not if you’re the guy who has to clean the bathroom floors. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/29 "2004-08-04T13:57:53Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I (almost) always sit to pee, and frequently even wipe (after shaking) because you can never get that last drop to shake off. If the weirdest thing a cellmate does is pee sitting down, I should think one would be relieved. Think how much worse it could be… Yeah…he could make you be the one who sits when he pees…NOW GET OFF MY BUNK BITCH!!! ---
**Author:** ![swannguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@swannguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swannguy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/30 "2004-08-04T14:36:23Z")
I sit and wipe…guess that makes me weird. I have always sat whether I have book/magazine with me or not…And I wipe cause I’m uncut and shaking just doesn’t do it for me (and trust me things can get rather nasty/smelly if an uncut doesn’t wipe). I even wash my penis afterwards (but only at home - never anywhere else). As far as urinals are concerned I just can’t pee when someone stands next to me…I always go for the stall and I’ll walk to different floors if the closest stalls are taken ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/31 "2004-08-04T15:30:32Z")
I used to consider sitting down weird, but then I came to work in an office at the university with mixed (temporary, student) staff and one toilet, and the women put their foot down - rounded us guys up and told us peeing standing up is filthy, even if put up the seat you wipe down the bowl’s brim afterwards (as we were doing). It’s true - just pee somewhere against bright sunlight and see there’s always a fine spray. Anyway, we hung our heads and sat down henceforth. Sometimes I also see discreet notices in office/bar etc. toilets, also in private homes (put up for the lady of the house, presumably after she had to clean up after guests once too often). It’s a reasonable thing to ask, really. Some people seem to [take this the wrong way](http://www.dw-world.de/dwelle/allgemein/bilder_show/0,3772,91830_6,00.jpg), though. (the notice translates as “Please pee while sitting”.) ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/32 "2004-08-04T15:50:43Z")
Peeing while sitting isn’t weird but sitting to pee every time kind of is. Only time I ever sit is when I have a number 1 and 2 to do. Might as well get both in one sitting, right? Also many apartments have the annoying habbit of installing midgit toilets that are like a foot off the ground with no bowl depth to speak of. I’m only 6 feet tall but the splashback on these damn toliets is insane. Due to their small size, sitting and peeing is difficult as well. What I’d like to do is find the moron who picked these kindergarden toilets out and piss on their carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/33 "2004-08-04T16:03:08Z")
I think the only reason to stand while peeing is when the seat is dirty. What’s weird, with people’s bad aim, most of the time a dirty seat is caused by people standing while peeing (imho, ymmv). I’d prefer everyone to sit down and not make a mess. As for wiping - on the one hand your underwear won’t have to absorb the rest droplet, but on the other hand you run the risk of having bits of the paper clinging to the tip, so I cannot really recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/34 "2004-08-04T16:10:32Z")
Looks like I’m going to have to hold the dissenting opinion here on peeing sitting down with an erection. I frequently wake up in the morning with 2 things - a case of “morning wood” and a desperate need to take a leak. It’s difficult and somewhat uncomfortable to pee with a hard-on, but it’s much more unpleasant to wait for it to subside, so I’m gonna go, one way or another. If I pee standing up it’ll shoot out like a windshield-washer sprayer, so I sit down. Yes, it usually contacts the side of the bowl, but so what? I’ll be taking a shower in the near future anyway, and I’m way too tired to care. And no, I don’t have an SO and I live alone, so my penile hygene decisions are my business alone. 😉 For the record, I generally pee sitting down any time I’m tired, like in the morning or if I wake up in the middle of the night. But other than having one of the aforementioned piercings I can’t imagine why any man would pee sitting down every single time. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/35 "2004-08-04T17:08:43Z")
Could this guy be an Indian or Middle Eastern? In those cultures, men do sit down while peeing. In India, men traditionally wore the _dhoti_ or the _lungi_ , which were just a piece of colth wrapped around in different manners. So naturall, when they had to pee, they had to sit down, to prevent the pee from falling on their garments. Some people in India still pee in this manner. The dress for the Middle Easter men, the _dishdasha_ leaves no scope for peeing while standing up, so have to sit down while peeing. Aslo, I have observed that they do wipe after they pee. Its to do with sanitation or their beliefs, I suppose. so I am guessing the cellmate os of a middle eastern origin. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/36 "2004-08-04T17:11:01Z")
Opps, forgot to add: there is nothing weird about peeing by sitting down. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/37 "2004-08-04T17:50:03Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > My son is finishing up his 30-day jail sentence, > > “That’s not weird, your dad used to do that.” > > “No, Mom, .” > > My daughter laughed and said “You have to sit down to pee if you’ve got a hard-on,” Am I the only one who thinks that the really weird thing here is not the issue of sitting or standing—it’s why a guy is casually disscussing his father’s pissing habits with his mother, and his sister is talking about hard-ons, while he is IN JAIL. What does this family talk about on a typical day at homel? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/38 "2004-08-04T22:47:26Z")
No, I have a hernia and the doctor told me not to lift anything heavy. It’s not often I get to use that joke. 🙂 Most of the reasons to sit down to pee at home have already been mentioned, but allow me to add: Regardless of whether it’s you or your spouse who cleans the bathroom, your life will be more pleasant. When I get up in the middle of the night, I don’t have to open my eyes any more than necessary, or even pay very much attention to my situation. I get to commune with my hemmoroids. There is often reading material in the bathroom, and I don’t have a problem with lingering to read a page or two of my latest epic. When I’m at home I’m usually wearing sweatpants or something else zipperless, so since I have to pull them down anyway… As to the problem of certain portions of my anatomy coming into contact with cold, cruel porcelain, I installed elongated toilets in my bathrooms to deal with just that problem. You can too. As for sitting while out and about: It’s much easier to use your cell phone, PDA, etc. You also don’t have to worry about dropping said device into the water. You don’t have to worry about splashback on your good slacks. You don’t have to worry about your briefcase, or ‘manbag’ swinging around at an inopportune moment and intersecting the ‘stream’. It’s pretty embarrassing to have to tell a clien that you…umm…spilled lemonade on their papers, yeah, that’s it, lemonade. It’s up to you whether you prefer the last few drops on your underwear or a bit of TP. **kittenblue** ; you need to have a talk with your son about being judgemental towards people who do things differently. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/39 "2004-08-04T22:58:27Z")
Is it weird sitting and moving bowels? ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210/40 "2004-08-05T00:02:45Z")
I can think of one other reason for a guy to sit all the time. He can’t aim. (It could be vision, size, large belly, or, hell, some form of palsy. I dunno, I happily suffer from none of those.) I would think you would be really unpopular making a smelly mess that you can’t clean up. I am assuming that there aren’t many good ways to clean up. And of course, if the guy was sitting, he will at least need that “last drop” taking care of. If you are tall enough that some of your plumbing is below that closer to the exit, then some will be trapped. For us taller guys, sitting can be messier than standing. (Picture sitting so low your knees are close to your ears.) So maybe that was the “wiping”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-is-sitting-to-pee-weird/258210.md?page=3)