Four of us were discussing our husbands last night and - lo and behold - we discovered that 4 out of 4 husbands surveyed use those wet wipes. One of them’s even training his sons to have a preference, and now he’s buying those jumbo packs!
Now, if there’s one thing I don’t need in my life, it’s a piece of cold, wet paper on my ass. None of us use the things.
Guys, what is up with this? TP not good enough for you?
Hmmm, that’s interesting. I actually have quite a few women friends who keep a package of baby wipes in their purses for use when menstruating as a sort of quickie bidet…
(Er, that was almost certainly TMI, no? Sorry!)
I use the wet wipes. I think of it like this: if you wouldn’t use just TP on a baby’s butt, why would you on your own?
I use strips of bark and pine needles myself…
Guys prefer wet wipes because they have ass hair. Even when there is no hair involved, a dry piece of paper just doesn’t clean at all. Do you wash your car with a dry piece of paper?
As an analogy, imagine trying to push peanut butter through shag carpet with a square of 1-ply TP. It just doesn’t work.
You know, I was going to imply that asshair could be the issue but…I just…didn’t know how to frame it. With people with whom I might - someday - sometime - hope to have a more erudite conversation on high-minded topics. “Asshair” and “existentialist proof of God” - they just don’t mix.
(so thanks for doing it for me)
On the contrary. I would say that you quite obviously can’t have one without the other.
Try this fun little home experiment:
Wipe with paper. Use as much as you like, and be as thorough as you can. Then, make a pass with a wet wipe, and take a look at it.
That’s why wet wipes are better.
I’ve never tried the wet wipes, but I in theory they seem better to me.
Celyn reads, gets to considering the matter under discussion, and suddenly loses interest in the question of what to cook this evening. (6 pm here, you se)
Jeez, this place either makes me very hungry, or puts me off it all together.
Oh, and to add to the polling sample, I’m female and have been using “normal” toilet paper, but now you have all got me thinking. :dubious:
I’m reminded of that commercial for bidets. Since we americans usually do not know what a bidet is, they showed a guy in the shower trying to clean himself with a dry piece of paper. You get the idea.
I use both. Regular TP for the initial wipe (or two), then a quick wet wipe followed by a small drying TP wipe. Everything is clean and you aren’t left with a moistness between the cheeks. Just like sanpaper actually, you start with a rough sandpaper and then you step down to finer and finer papers until it is smooth as a baby’s butt.
I just waddle out to the backyard with my pants around my ankles and hose myself off. Doesn’t everyone?
I use tp most of the time, but I keep wet naps around in case they’re needed. Also useful for post-coital cleanup. I picked it up from an ex-bf.
Never really used wipes, but I’ve definitely sat there sometimes wishing I had some. Perhaps a trip to Walgreens is in order.
Hie thee quickly to yon Walgreen’s boy. You can thank us later. But wash your hands first.
I’ve tried, but it’s so hard to get the belt sander lined up right.
That’s why you should use one of these babies.
I have no strong views re: wipes vs tp.
but my plumbing does.
I don’t want to buy my plumber a new Mercedes…so I’ll stick with generic tp, the only kind that this old house can handle.