I can think of no activity that I would rather do standing up than sitting down, all other things being equal. One can only dream some day it will be possible to pee lying down.
I put “never,” and never it is. I must say I’m very surprised by the results. I thought never and almost never would get about 95%. I’m not judging, just surprised.
I’m surprised that there’s anyone so surprised at this. There’s at least on person aghast at the notion. Just the cleanliness consideration should be explanation enough s to why some guys sit.
I’m not surprised by the rationale, I’m just surprised in general. I guess guys don’t talk about these things, so I only knew my personal habits. Having never, ever, peed sitting down, I had no way to know other men did. Ignorance fought. I really am not offended by the notion, but I did not expect to be so wrong. (makes me wonder what else I’m clueless about).
I put “Sometimes but less than half of the time”. It really depends on how lazy I’m feeling.
At work: stand more often than not.
If I’m wearing a belt: sit down more often than not.
Before bed: it could go either way. (I guess you could say it’s a crapshoot. ha!)
If I get up in the middle of the night: sit down.
This thread is making me laugh more than it should.
So you guys who sit when you pee…Do you wipe your wee wee when your done?
Yes, at night and first thing in the morning when wearing a robe. There’s no need to aim and no splashback/up.
As an older man, I find that I get more complete emptying by sitting down. I also have a marked reduction in post-completion drip.
The cleanliness factor is a bonus. Can someone explain to me why some men, whether at a urinal or toilet, intentionally aim for the center of the existing water, seemingly trying to make as big of a splash as possible? It’s clearly splashing everywhere (including on their own clothes). And these are degreed professional men, not the back alley in Tijuana.
Some guys mindlessy repeat, “only girls squat to piss”.
I bet those guys never lift the seat and never wipe off the pee they put on the seat. Also never clean bathrooms as part of house chores, “that’s wimmen’s work!!”
And also never redo bathrooms - old ones - tearing out layers of rug, old tile, underlayment - man, does that stuff stink after a few decades. Check out the paint around toilets when in in a narrow alcove and there are teenage boys in the house.
I usually sit except for some really gross public bathrooms or on the golf course where it’s fun to agitate whatever lives in that hole over there.
Reasons are aim, state-of-conciousness, darkness, might have to drop a bomb, cleanliness of pants/legs/socks/shoes.
Not to mention, the fact of having to aim makes me wake up a bit more than I have to, which means it’ll be harder to get back to sleep.
Take pity on these barely-there men. It’s very difficult to conduct your life when you’re one toilet seat, pink shirt or Chardonnay away from being a cock gobbling homo or woman.
Guys who aim straight for the back of the urinal inevitably create an explosion of droplets; far better to strike a glancing blow with the porcelain, at a very shallow angle, to minimize splatter.
In a standard residential toilet, oddly enough, aiming for the water seems to produce less splatter than aiming for the porcelain; the problem appears to be that it’s difficult to strike that desired shallow-angle impact with the porcelain. OTOH, aiming for the water does make a lot more noise, and I endeavor to be as stealthy as possible in the middle of the night.
I wiz standing up, and for that convenience, I am happy to clean the toilets in our home on a regular basis.
Marking their territory.
I find that with some urinals, aiming straight for the back of the urinal is paradoxically the BEST method for preventing splashing.
Add me to the “surprised so many men pee like girls” column. I never pee sitting down. Never. Not only that, but if it’s at all possible I pee outside. We live in a woodsy area so it’s not a problem when I’m home. It lets the wild animals know the extent of my territory and cuts down on water use.
Always, but not because a woman makes me. I live alone.
Once I learned that the sitting method causes no urine to land EVERYfuckingwhere, I started sitting down. I’m the only one who cleans my bathroom, and anything to make that job easier gets a thumbs up from me.
Also, after age 40, the flow isn’t as fast as it used to be, and I use the time to read.
Seriously.
Sometimes. If I’m going to jack off after, I do. That stuff has a habit of making the second job more difficult.
Otherwise, a good shake does a goodenuff job.
And those are two jobs I don’t like to combine.
I pee all over the place outside, my girlfriend doesn’t like for some reason. But inside I sit.
I just voted on hubby DeathLlama’s behalf (I swear, he never posts anymore! Although with 200-and-some-odd posts in 10+ years, I guess that’s in keeping). He was between “usually” and “about half the time.” His explanation:
“Love standing up to pee. I pee standing up ouside in the back yard, I pee standing up on a hike, or out in snow. But in the bathroom, there’s just too much splashing, so I sit down.”
If there’s a urinal, he’ll use it. Otherwise, in a bathroom, he sits. I found this peculiar when I first married him–I thought all men stood up to pee, every time. But, having helped Mom clean her urine-crusted bathroom thanks to Dad’s poor aim, and dealing with cleaning up after our 4yro’s poor aim, I’m rather grateful DeathLlama is a sitter.