Men always ask...."Why do women go to the ladies room together?" I am one of those women. I like company, and I like people around me at all times, maybe that is why I do it. I do not ask someone to go with me when I am at home or at a friends house, wouldn't even think of it. It is only when I am at a public place.
When I am out, I will gladly escort you, or ask you to go with me to the ladies room. I have never been jumped in a bathroom, nor have I ever had my head flushed in the toilet. I have no bathroom phobias. I was working on a bathroom calendar with photos of me and facebook friends in local bathrooms last year, so I clearly like them. I have had my ass submerged on more than one occasion, when a man has left the seat up, I don't mind, just saves me the trouble of bathing that day. There is no clear reason for this behavior on my part and I am not afraid to go alone
Men, in case you aren't sure how it works, we converse over the enclosed stalls. If there is more than one stall, we all go and continue our conversation as if we are on the phone. If there is one stall, we still continue the conversation, like we are on a phone, but just take turns in the stall. (I giggle when there is someone and they pee really really fast, it is like a crazy pee, like someone is in a great big hurry and it is so loud, it makes me laugh, just sayin) When we are all finished, we continue to wash our hands, fix our hair, apply lipstick and occasionally try each others makeup and stuff. We usually do all of this without skipping a beat in our conversation. We then exit the bathroom, and continue on with our evening.
The downside....Sometimes I have to wait forever for a bathroom, because of this behavior. I hate it when I am solo, and have to wait in a line. I wait and wait, and then three women come out. You know what they were doing, and it would have gone much faster if they just went in alone. But we do it. I find that i don't do this as much as I used to when I was younger. I do find myself texting when I am alone in a bathroom or I check my facebook. HA. Maybe technology is changing this behavior as well. I would hate to think I might just be growing up.
Oh, and in case you care about any of this, I think that men don't do it because they have no stalls. We can go to the bathroom together, but still have privacy in our own little stall. Men would have to look at each other, while holding themselves, and they just aren't secure enough for that.
That is all, until we meet in a ladies room...
Luv ya,
AllieMac'Gina
This makes no sense at all to a man. Seriously. (And for the record, we do have stalls too, we just have options).
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, as a man, I don't anyone else in the bathroom with me period. I don't mean just in my stall - I mean "in the bathroom". I don't care how big it is.
I'm in there for one of two reasons. One is to pee. This is a little less restrictive. Because peeing is generally straight forward (I mean that in whatever sense you like). You pull it out, point it at the urinal until you are done, and usually the whole transaction occurs without a mishap.
(Now, to be honest, this is not a foolproof operation. Long shirts, ties, baggy pants and a host of other items have a funny way of dropping down in front of the stream, at which point hilarity ensues. There is also this funny little thing that a penis can do - that women are totally unaware of - where the little hole kinda sticks to itself and semi-closes up, and the result is a little like putting your thumb over the end of a garden hose. The pee just kinda goes off in a random direction, or if you are really talented, it can go in two directions at once, none of them straight ahead. Sometimes you can compensate for this by twisting your body in such a way that the pee heads into the toilet, but eventually, the stuck hole will open, and now you are again peeing the wrong direction. Now, tell me again how great you women think it is that we can pee standing up...)
Now poop on the other hand, is another thing. Nature provided women with a most fascinating thing - silent asses. Women can drop a silent-but-deadly near on command, and you can poop in absolute silence. Which means you can carry on a conversation with your girlfriends.
Men on the other hand, sound like a brass band with a monkey as the conductor. We sit down, and for the next five minutes, our asses attempt to play middle C. We have to fart several times before any actual poop comes out, and if we ate a high fiber lunch, you might as well get a lounge chair in the bathroom because we are gonna be a while. I really don't need anyone sitting or standing next to me listening to me fart for 5-10 minutes straight. Nor do they need to hear my poop as it makes the long slide out- yes, man poop makes a sound. I shall say no more, as the sound is like the verbal equivalent of a Medusa and can turn you to stone.
Anyway, my point is, going to the bathroom is less of a social event, and more like house of horror. The only real upside to being man is shorter lines at the bathroom. :)
when I pee, I stop and go a lot. I have excellent control due to Kegels
ReplyDeleteIt is absofreakinglutely a social event.
ReplyDeleteLOL@ Todd. Very funny. I always wished I could pee standing up. Now I am glad I dont. I would be really impressed with the two streams at one time. So when A man comes out of the bathroom with a short tie and it is wet, we ladies can assume he has an excessively large.......stream? Now men are going to dip their ties in teh sink before they return to the table...lol.
ReplyDeleteBUT, do you do it with such force that it sounds like a gushing waterfall....Miss Kegel.
ReplyDeleteI love our bathroom pics Allie!
ReplyDeleteTodd, that was fuuny shit!
Steph, with a ph.....why and when is it steph with two ff's.....I get confused....that hot as shit calendar needs to be finished,
ReplyDeleteAs a female who has suffered from a bad case of shy bladder syndrome, I can't begin to describe how much harder it is for us to pee in a public restroom when people are conversing between stalls or lingering to talk, apply make-up, etc.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, many of us won't even bother entering a restroom in the first place, choosing instead to retain urine all day or resort to catheterization. I tell you this not to be critical but rather to make you aware of how much some of us suffer because of our condition. By the way, women can stand to urinate - it's not really hard to do, just takes a little practice.
Carol Olmert
Author, "Bathrooms Make Me Nervous"
www.bathroomsmakemenervous.com
Wow Carol. Thank you for sharing this information. I was aware that people did not like to use public bathrooms, but had no idea there was an actual syndrome. Maybe through this, other people will now be more aware of the situation, and how, by hanging out, we could be having a very negative effect on someone else. Thank you for making me more sensitive to this situation. I went to your website and I have a much better understanding of what some people go through!
ReplyDeleteAs far as peeing standing up, I have done it, especially in public restrooms. I just cant do it as well as a man can. They are professionals. WOnder how well they fare sitting down....hmmm.
@ Allie Mac... yes. Signed, Miss Kegel
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