Why do most people not wash their bum after doing the deed (number two)? "Just wiping" is unhygienic and kinda disgusting.?

[Mesonfielde]

Why do most people not wash their bum after doing the deed (number two)? "Just wiping" is unhygienic and kinda disgusting.

Honestly, if I learned of someone that they don't wash their bum after #2, then if they'd be unwilling to change this, I would not be willing to sleep in the same bed as them, in fact, I'd probably consider it an absolute immediate dealbreaker for being disgusting. Sorry!

So what do you think about the (lack of) shower/bidet usage? Do you use bidets, showers, moist toilet paper? Or do you think this is just rambling, and people are meant to have poopfragments in their panties? (yes I am biased against this opinion, I know)

I agree; just wiping is insufficient. True hygiene involves washing your dirty parts. I use a bidet.

I agree; just wiping is insufficient. True hygiene involves washing your dirty parts. I don't have a bidet, so I use the shower.

I somewhat agree. Washing is overkill, but I still use moist toilet paper, because it's awesome.

I disagree. It's absolutely reasonable to assume that dry toilet paper does 100% cleaning and people who think they can smell it as you walk past them are just imagining things.

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+1 y

My personal stance on this is I would vote B), and that I don't want any fragment of poop inside my clothing. You can pretty obviously smell it in a closed setting if you don't wash yourself properly... so I'd rather not take chances.

[jalopene]

Mmhh which part of the world are you? I know that most islamic countries/muslim people wash there butts, but in my experience its also more easier to do so because most toilets (including public toilets) have a water hose, or a special toilet that sprays water into your ass hahaha. Western world the majority just use toilet paper I suppose and I never ever had the problem of someone smelling like poop after using the toilet (even when only wearing shorts) and I'm quite sensitive to bad smells... So I don't know your experience :P

Hygenic wise mmhh I think actually a combination of both is better, Not quite sure how some people wash their ass immediatly after they are done pooping, but that hand that you used inside your butt crack after just pooping... its not a hand that I would like to touch (even if you wash it after!) In my ideal world it would be like this: poop > whipe your ass with toilet paper > wash that ass (toilets with water hose) > whipe again

[Mesonfielde]

Technically the procedure of vote B) is wipe your ass until it's "clean" by vote E)'s standards, walk to shower, use shower on it, put soap on hand, use hand to clean it, stop the shower, wash your hands with soap.

[jalopene]

ohh and add the dysenfecting hand wash gel... just soap... nahh man

[Mesonfielde]

I don't have that, albeit it's a reasonable addition.

[twelveangrymen]

There are muslims in america

[jalopene]

I know that... It was just more to explain that in islamic countries its easier to wash your butt after pooping because they will either have a hose or a water bucket in the bathroom :)

[Ladyegg67]

Well I shower daily, I don't eat with my asshole. I feel fine with that. Do you wash after you change your tampon also? Or do you sit in a bloody rag? Where do you wash your bottom in public? Do you wash after you pee? Do you wash with 2 different items at home one rag for you face and one for you bottom? I bet people who don't wear underwear are the worst thing to deal with. Just remember every crosswalk button, ATM buttons , subway railings, bathroom doors, elevator buttons, shopping cart handles was touched by someone who didn't even wash their own hands after a poo. I have to say just wipe I'm not that anal about other people's butt business.

[Ladyegg67]

I have been overseas and used the toilets with a little hose and sprayer. But when I flushed the water from the toilet did spray a bit on the cleaning sprayer. So now I'm confused, it's supposed to be sanitary but there's dirty water on it and other people's dirt on it. That was kinda gross.

[Mesonfielde]

"I'm not that anal about other people's butt business."
That's unarguably clever phrasing. Honestly what I feel bad about is the person who needs to wash that clothing afterwards. The washing machine isn't divine, either.

[Ladyegg67]

Yea that pun was intended. I get why you do your thing. Now at home I will use a towelette if I had a awful push. But otherwise my poo is not sticky or smelly unless I'm sick. I always wear pantie liners so it's not like it's staining my underwear. The only people who are near my butt are my dr and husband until they complain about it, toilet paper is fine.

[Mesonfielde]

I need a better diet :D

[Ladyegg67]

I eat a lot fish and rice. And almost nothing with sugars in it. I don't eat fake sugars at all. Helpful maybe? :)

[Mesonfielde]

It's probably the bread that messes me up.

[Ladyegg67]

Have you been to a doctor to see if you a medical issue such as food allergies? If you are ill , apologies for my crass statements. I thought maybe you where a OCD germ fanatic.

[Mesonfielde]

Eeeeh, I might be both, although I must state that this is not how OCD works. Just because someone has "compulsory behavior patterns" it doesn't mean they get the 'obsession' part which is technically intrusive thoughts that you think even though you don't want to, hence the "coping mechanism" through repetitive tasks. Yeah, I don't have that.

[Anonymous]

Taking a shower each time would be a pain. I tend to go more then the average person, so I'd be taking several showers each day, not counting my normal morning and evening showers. That also can't work considering school and things I do after school away from home. It would be impossible for me to shower every time, and moist wipes have popped opened in my bag before, ruining everything in my bag (Phone, homework, my sketchbook along with 4 years worth of art, etc, ruined) so I'd prefer not to carry wipes in my bag anymore.

[Opinion Owner]

my sketchbook along with 4 years of art that was in it*

[Mesonfielde]

You sit on the side of the bathtub and wash only your butt with the shower, using soap. I'm surprised people don't figure this option out.

Also, ouch about the moist wipes.

[Blossom20k]

I don't use toilet paper AT ALL in my household there is only baby wipes in my purse I always have a little case with baby wipes for public use.toilet paper has lunt that later itches & truly does not clean your fecal completely.

[Blossom20k]

*lint

[Mesonfielde]

Instant MH, that's genius.

[Azara]

baby wipes dont clean 'completely' either. yod really have to shower and even then unless you really scrub and wash excessively its not going to be complete.

wipes ae a bit better than dry but they aren't magical.

[Mesonfielde]

Still a lot better than the dry nonsense that people place their lives on.

[flawless]

LMAO, I ONLY READ "I DON'T USE TOILET PAPER AT ALL!!"

[Mesonfielde]

at first me too and then i was like "oh that's reasonable and kinda cool ok"

[Blossom20k]

LOL.thanks & baby wipes unscented are thee best.

[flawless]

Oh man, this question just made my day! Hahaha

I can only imagine the smell just rips right through the underwear and the pants, up the blanket into your nose. Better yet, scratch it a bit and have that hand land near somewhere noticeable.

I think it is overkill to wash it so intensely, nor do I think it is good for the skin. If you shower once before bed, or before sex. I guess that is good enough of hygiene.

Let's be real... unless you have the need to pick that spot on regular basis, washing it is just overkill.

What if we are in public bathroom? Maybe washing it wide open is an option. Better yet, no toilet paper, S**T!!! HAHAHAHAH

Of course, do what floats your boat. Just my opinions. :D

[Mesonfielde]

No toilet paper is a nightmare. I'm considering carrying moist toilet paper at all times, who knows when you get a severe case of MAD DIARRHEA

[flawless]

Jeeeeses, that shotgun effect is gonna be messy... Better rent a room afterwards for a level 4 disinfection session.

[Mesonfielde]

WHY NOT LEVEL 5, THE HIGHER THE BETTER

[flawless]

Ok! Just think about the janitor or cleaning lady who is doing the aftermath clean up.

[Mesonfielde]

If they provide a toilet brush, people might actually clean it up. If they don't, I feel bad for the cleaning workforce.

[flawless]

LMAO, it sticks to their skin~~~ SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT HAHAHAHA

[Mesonfielde]

OH GOD IT'S SENTIENT AAAAHHHHHHH

[Mesonfielde]

You know, I somewhat wonder if the fecal xenomorph could be the basis for some upcoming horror movie.

[jbmd91]

Dry wipe for first wipe, then moistened TP or those flushable wipes (unless I'm using a public toilet[which I don't do unless I absolutely have to])

[Anonymous]

I only wipe after pooping, and I pride myself on having a clean butthole.
I mean honestly, who has the time to jump in the shower after they shit? And in the US very few toilets come with a bidet and most don't care to buy one.
I only wipe with TP. Then again, I have very dry poops I guess and rarely ever see anything on the paper after wiping. When I get diarrhea I will jump in the shower right after but otherwise no.

When I shower I wash my butt though. Anyway maybe not everyone has a butt that gets disgusting if they don't regularly flush it out with water...

[Mesonfielde]

you don't jump in, you sit on the side of the bathtub and wash only your ass. This seems to be an odd misconception.

[Opinion Owner]

Holy cow I just read the ending of your question.

Never have I ever smelled anyone's ass aroma. If someone's butt permeates a smell they need to see a doctor. And if you're getting shit in your pants you're not wiping properly. Honestly I think you're the one with poor hygiene here

[Mesonfielde]

I sure am not, I wipe until there is no residue at all on dry paper, and then I wash my ass with a shower. Or if a shower is not available because I'm not at home then I use wet wipes until there is certainly no residue whatsoever. Claiming I have poor hygiene is definitely an incorrect statement.

[Mesonfielde]

It wasn't me whose butt was smelling. The guy just came out of the toilet and we were in the house and you could smell the poop permeating from him. I was like, ew he doesn't have reasonable hygiene either.

[Opinion Owner]

I think you have an issue with runny feces, then. Usually mine a dry, if not, I wipe 1-2 times and there's nothing left. If wiping alone doesn't remove the residue maybe you just have runny ones. I'm my sure about other people, but I don't have that problem so I never need to use wet wipes or shower.

That guy must have issues. I did, the other day, run into some guy at school who smelled like a walking turd. But I think he crappee his pants. He was in a hurry.

[Opinion Owner]

*crapped

[chocolateismylover]

High Five !
I wash my butt, guess we can sleep together?

[Mesonfielde]

Condition #4 fulfilled :D

[Salicianym]

Lol!!

[Azara]

whatif you have to go at work or school?

[Mesonfielde]

At work, there is a sink in the same room as the toilet, so that's not a problem, because you can just moisten the dry toilet paper and it KINDA works. At school, well that one is a toughy. Either moist toilet paper or.. well, somehow moisten it. Having a bottle of water with you helps.

[chessqueen]

I totally agree with you... By the way, how do you know some people don't wash?

[Mesonfielde]

I live in an apartment with 4 people of which 2 don't, and I've had heated arguments about it before, as some people were trying to convince that it's 'more unhygienic to wash your bum than to just let it dry in your pants', and I was severely disgusted. I've also heard people be in complete dismay over how "there are people who wash their bum after each time they poop, don't you find it silly too?" and I was like, uhhh... right. Also in places like university restrooms, you don't have the option, so you either use moist paper or you suffer. Or you do some haxory magic by grabbing some dry TP and put it under the sink and then take it in with you and use that as "moist paper" but I must admit that would have been a problematic if there had been more people around.

[chessqueen]

*Cringe* I must say that I do feel bad for the shitty bottomed person who got a blasting :(

[Mesonfielde]

See? Exactly what I mean! :O

[Hopefuldreamer8]

I use baby wipes for that. People always think it's weird that I have baby wipes, but I don't care.

[Mesonfielde]

People always think it's weird that I use a shower after taking a #2, but I know I'm right.

[Anonymous]

The US doesn't really have bidets but it's possible to use like a small jug or watering can to pour water (while on the toilet)...I wouldn't use the shower so as to keep the bathtub uncontaminated. It's also possible to install a bidet in your toilet, several of my friends have them.

[Mesonfielde]

I've heard the notion that "but what if you infect the bathtub" which is silly, because you're eventually going to wash yourself there either way, with an interval delay of a few hours.

[DavidB4]

Superior hygiene = washing with water from a Hand Bidet Sprayer. Toilet Paper is not clean. See bathroomsprayers. com.

[Anonymous]

At home I wash my butt. At a public restroom I use dry tp. I prefer the water for hygenic reasons. I think washing is better than wiping any day.

[Mesonfielde]

yessss that's hwo i feel about it (and thus I rather avoid public restroom for this unless it's really necessary)

[AndyWes]

Kinda shocking, I suppose, but in the USA we don't have bidets. At all. And most of us don't feel like showering or jumping in a bathtub after everytime we use the toilet... not really an option, either, unless you live at home 24/7

[Mesonfielde]

You sit on the side of the bathtub and wash only your butt with the shower, using soap. I'm surprised people don't figure this option out.

[AndyWes]

Yeah... well, most Americans aren't into rimming on a daily basis, so it doesn't really make much difference if we just wipe with toilet tissue. It just has to be clean, not disinfected.

[Mesonfielde]

I don't want poop in my pants, I'm going to wash it with other clothing!

[AndyWes]

Yeah, those are called skid marks and are pretty much prevented by thoroughly wiping one's bum.

[Mesonfielde]

There are times when dry TP is insufficient for that.

[Azara]

if im at home of course but im not always at home when i use the rest room.

and it bothers me that people complain i use too much tp. im not sure exactly what they are doing down there if what i use is too much.

[Azara]

i do think tp gives pple a false sense of cleanliness confidence. like in movies you see pple take a tint strip barely wipe it then flush then get into bed with their lover. yuck. i would make them march into the shower before getting back in bed. really gross.

i think a lot of people just see it as mechanical. like that act of wiping means something whether you're cleaning stuff out or just going through the motions.

[Azara]

well ok i see you count moist tp as 'washing' it is not washing. might be a step up from dry tp but i would not cal it washing by any means.

[Mesonfielde]

I don't really count moist tp as washing. I only use moist tp if washing is not a possible alternative. Even then, it bugs me and the moment I get access to a shower aka I get home, I use it asap. Moist TP is still a level above just using dry TP, but still a level below actually washing your ass, if that makes sense.

[Azara]

yeah thats all i was saying. its superior to dry tp but not the same as washing. so your title confused me, bc obviously lots of times you won't be near a shower:)

what do people do when they dont use tp at al. like use their hands and wash their hands? are public rest rooms set up with a way to wash yourself?

[Mesonfielde]

I've never heard of anyone using NOTHING. If there's no TP at all available, they usually go for tissues.

[Azara]

i thought in countries where they use their hands they dont use paper.

[Eternallylucky]

I'm beginning to think you got aspergers'.

Showering at the end of the day works, so no washing after eliminating my waste.

I don't want to get rash down there.

[Mesonfielde]

I'm pretty sure I don't have Aspergers, thanks. It just seems awkward to take a poop in the morning, waltz around with poop on my arsh for a day, and then "eliminate the waste" only after my clothes are smelly.

[Eternallylucky]

I can predict you will post the next question of whether guys or girls should rinse their mouth after doing oral or exchanging germs through kissing.

[Eternallylucky]

the philipinos and muslims do that too.. they wash their bums or have a 'shower' after pooping

[Mesonfielde]

You know, the first part makes perfect sense. I got over the second one a while ago, making out is just too awesome. But the real question is, what's up with rimjobs?

[Eternallylucky]

I don't get it either.. rimjobs and anal jobs. It's their problems if they get UTI later.

[Mesonfielde]

Well at least we agree on something :D I think while I have my ways, they tend to be somewhat reasonable, and it wouldn't seem so odd if I weren't so zealous about it.

[Eternallylucky]

Don't forget, our underwear gets washed in the washing machine and you get to wear fresh underpants daily unless you're not the type to shower every day. It's not like we're being infected with germs for the rest of the day

[musicbrain5]

I like to use those moist flushable wipes or baby wipes. I don't always have time for a shower afterwards and we don't have bidets here. Actually, I don't think I've ever seen a bidet, lol.

[Mesonfielde]

I've seen a bidet once, but I'm not sure how to use it, tbh.

[sketchy]

Mine gets a full wax & polish every time, although I really don't know why I bother, since my poop smells like roses anyway...

[Mesonfielde]

Waxing sounds painful.

[Argus14]

Well bidets aren't that common around these parts. Showering after every dump seems like a pain in the ass. The moist towels I'm open to but I'll stick with my regular old TP and two showers a day.

[Mesonfielde]

Bidets aren't really common here either. I'm actually slightly confused on how to use it, so shower it is! It takes an extra minute from my life, but who cares? Hygiene is useful!

[Argus14]

Sir, I defy you to take a shower in a minute. I will buy you a bidet and install the damned thing myself if you can

[Mesonfielde]

You only wash your ass after you poop, silly.

[Mesonfielde]

Like, you wash only your ass*

[Iron_Man]

How do you wash your ass with hot water and soap in a public bathroom? do you walk up to the sink and drop your pants right there and wash away in front of the whole men's room with people looking at you? LOL

[Mesonfielde]

I do my best not to need it. I had to resort to some countermeasures twice total at university, and I'd rather not go into details about that. Obviously the solution you portrayed is not a viable solution.

[Iron_Man]

After all you can't keep walking back and forth from the sink back to the stall and then you have to keep going back for more water to get the soap out of your ass and people will be watching you like its some kind of Saturday night live comic skit. What about the wet toilet paper that sticks to your ass then you have to keep pulling it out. Sound to nasty for me. If you keep wiping with dry toilet paper and you see not a spot of poop on the tissue you should be good to go. I am thinking this is a comic thread anyway

[Mesonfielde]

"you have to keep going back for more water to get the soap out of your ass "
Happened once, the restroom was deserted. It was a close call, however.

Wet paper does not stick to your ass if you do it properly.

If you keep wiping with the dry toilet paper, you eventually start rubbing the skin so much that it starts to bleed. Happened once. I still don't see why people don't use moist toilet paper more often. I think it's insufficient compared to a shower, but alas that's still better than just saying "oh my butt is poopy but I don't really care"

[Iron_Man]

Well the government in the USA does not have a sink or soap in the men's bathroom stall to be able to do that. If you carry wet ones with you Its still not soap and it has alcohol in the wipes, plus that clogs the drain when you flush the toilet and then it can over flow. I never allow my ass to become creamy with poopy stains in it. I wipe my ass 100 percent clean.

[Mesonfielde]

I'm not surprised the USA does not care about neither hygiene, healthcare nor education.

[Iron_Man]

Tell me how your country runs things?

[Mesonfielde]

We have free healthcare if you need immediate and life-saving procedures instead of getting a 10000$ bill after having been saved from appendicitis, for example...

[Iron_Man]

I need to hear a lot more?

[Mesonfielde]

Well, other than that, we in Hungary have the highest perceived corruption rate, with good reasons. Education is being regularized to support the right wing as we speak, and there are sinks for washing your hands in the public toilets in a separate area, the public toilets themselves have only dry toilet paper, which kinda sucks. As I said, people should carry moist TP with them.

[Red_Arrow]

Wait a minute... The USA does not have sinks in the stall, so that means the USA does not care about hygiene, etc. So @Iron_Man wants to know how Hungary handles that and the answer has to do with appendicitis? Lost me there.

[Mesonfielde]

Yeah I don't know what's going on here haha

[Iron_Man]

They have sinks and soap in the main rest room but nothing in the toilet stall. And I am not going to keep walking back and fourth to the sink and back to the stall. No one does that in this country. You wipe your ass until every spot of crap is gone from dry toilet paper that's how us Americans do things

[Antegamhsu]

Best of all is to wipe with baby wipes and then have a shower, not just washing your hole. Just have a normal shower clean all of your body because if you only wash your hole first of all the dirt goes in your feet and second its still a little bit of poop there

[sovetskii13]

I never heard of this. How can people not wipe themselves clean after doing the #2?

[Mesonfielde]

They do wipe themselves, but only with dry toilet paper, rather than use the shower or a bidet to use water and soap to clean it more properly, so you don't leave fragments in your underpants so that when you're washing your clothes, you won't have the crap like, wash into each and every clothing inside the washing machine and have poopinfested clothing?

[twelveangrymen]

Yes i wipe a lot of times and before i take a a shower or put on clean clothes i use my old body towel and wipe.
Not wiping is gross

[Anonymous]

I just use toilet paper, or if there isn't any lefuse my hand, then I lick it clean. Mmmmmdeee deeeeelicious.

[Opinion Owner]

*if there isn't any left I use

[PANDAmonium]

Wait, people actually dont wipe their ass after taking a shit?

[Mesonfielde]

I don't know about that. The people who wash it, wipe it beforehand.

[PANDAmonium]

Ahhh makes sense. Yeah both are necessary

[Azara]

what do they wipe it with?

[Mesonfielde]

...dry toilet paper wipe -> wash ass with shower and soap -> wash hands with soap

Honestly it's not black magic procedure. I'm surprised people don't figure this out on their own.

[Red_Arrow]

So you are at work and take a dump. You then wipe it and then take a shower while still at work? Can't see the boss liking that.

[Mesonfielde]

"So you are at work and take a dump."

I don't. Also, you still only wash your ass with the shower. I don't understand why people don't see that you don't have to take a full-body shower for this.

[Mesonfielde]

At work, what I would do is moisten the dry toilet paper with the sink, because there are only two toilets, both have a sink in them, and you can lock the door. And essentially use enough "moist" more like 'wet' toilet paper that it would seem perfectly OK.

[Anonymous]

I agree with you though I've never washed afterwards