I have even more difficulty micturating in public!
That is one thing I never have trouble with. Lately the flow isn’t what it was in my youth… but that is a different problem.
I do sometimes have a problem getting started, but mostly only if it’s a very busy situation, where there are lots of guys waiting in line, like during intermission at a concert or hockey game.
I just stand there patiently and wait; sometimes I will have to rapidly squeeze-and-release several times to get the tiniest forced continuous trickle which takes several seconds to finally develop into the hoped-for full and relaxed relieving stream that one would expect after imbibing such copious libations.
I also wonder if it has something to do with the cuniculosity of my huge penis.
I haven’t noticed this. I wonder if it’s happening and I’m just unaware. Not sure I would care.
I’ll have to try it next time, thanks!
Exactly once, and not at a urinal, and it was awful. I was about 15, we were in the car on a family trip, and I really needed to piss. Like overly full, explosive stages. So my dad pulled over, I ran over to the grass, got into position, and nothing would come out. It was as if I had forgotten how to pee. It wasn’t really “stage fright,” as nobody was near me and I had peed countless times in the open. But nothing would come out. I got back into the car, bladder feeling like it was just about to burst, and went another 15 minutes before we pulled over again, and this time, thankfully, I was able to relieve myself. It’s a terrible sensation not being able to piss.
The what of your what now?
This phenomenon is a foreign thing to me. If I’m there, I have to pee, and when I’m “unit out” there will be pee.
Not to be a braggart, but I can stop the stream at will to some degree of precision, and of course resume it
When a friend of mine goes to pee, I often wonder if the door even shut behind him before he was on his way back out. He’s like a pee drag racer or something.
Back in my college days, my band stopped at a rest stop to pee. I was at a urinal, and the force of the pee was quite strong. So, I backed up until the back spray relented, then I backed up some more, then some more. When I had hit my maximum distance, you could have ran 30 toddlers under my pee stream without being directly peed upon. I would suggest not doing that though. Sanitizer and lawsuits can be expensive given a certain quantity.
Can’t most people do this?
I’ve heard of this, but haven’t experienced it myself. What’s the psychology behind it? A lot of people mention that it happens particularly at troughs…so is it based on a fear that someone will see your penis? Or that they’ll judge your urine flow…?
Well, there was a time when our cruise ship lost engine power, so three or four of us with the largest streams just peed off the stern. Getting up to full speed wasn’t the tough part, it was drinking all that water for the six hour trip.
I don’t how you guys walk around those things. /elaine
It would be more impressive if you could suck the last six inches of the stream back inside.
If it happens, start doing multiplication in your head. Really. I read once that concentrating on math frees up your brain and makes it stop hindering urination. I do the 3s. 3x3=9, 9x3=27, 27x3=81,… If I’ve had to resort to this, then by the time I get that far, the stream is flowing.
You’re either female or a relatively young male. If the latter, you will eventually become acquainted with the idiosyncrasies of your prostate.
There once was a man from Rangoul
Who soliloquized thus to his tool:
“You spent all my wealth
and you ruined my health
and now you won’t pee,
you old fool.”
Interrupting the stream briefly is easy, but actually stopping it, to the point where you could zip your pants back up and go about your business, is far more difficult.
And I’m surprised to hear that there are some folks who have never had shy bladder. It’s not common for me, but I thought it happened to everyone occasionally.
I’m a 37-year-old male. I do dribble a bit after I’m done, so have to give it an extended shake, but mid-stream, it’s not a problem. I had no idea this was a “rare skill.”
I remember one guy on my last boat advising a nub that if he had a shy bladder he should never admit it, because if they knew about it people would come up and look over his shoulder, or stand at the next urinal leaning over the divider to watch…
I sometimes feel like I’m going to need to pee soon and it’s more convieient to go now than later so I go to the urinal and give it a shot. Sometimes I get self concious if I stand there too long with nothing happening and someone else is at another urinal.
When I really need to pee, I’m not shy at all. I could let it rip on stage in front of a crowd. 