Sitting down to pee

[Rose-Helen 2]

This is a bit of an unusual, embarrassing question, but I HAVE to ask. I was told by my female colleagues (and don't ask me how we got on the subject) but that German men pee SITTING DOWN!!! Maybe this is normal here, but seems so bizarre to me. Maybe because where I come from men pee standing up and only women sit. I thought every man in the world goes standing up! But my friends said they just sit, "tuck it down" an go. Hahahaha - I know this is probably an inappropriate and very stupid topic, but I am truly curious to know if this is true. So I guess here in Germany the men's restrooms have no need for Urinals??? ; )

 

 

Related topic: Men standing when peeing

[mlovett 8,681]

True. There are even signs in German restrooms asking the men to pee sitting down... Do a search of TT; the information is out there. :)

[polophonic 156]

That's absolutely right. In fact next time you are in an airport, mall etc... quickly pop in and check. You won't see any urinals, but quite a few hand basins.

[westvan 9,706]

Of course the restrooms have urinals. Maybe not all of them, but many. I have a husband and two boys so I know.

[Chelle63 958]

They do sit down and pee, but also know how to stand up and use the urinal...and write their names in the snow...go figure

 

On another note, many other nationalities sit when they pee ask many in the Middle East something to do with the pee not splashing on their clothes when they have to pray etc...

 

 

[westvan 9,706]

I'll just say that certain very tall persons in my household actually find it easier and more hygienic to sit down when they're at home. When they're out and about they adapt and use whatever's there.

[Lexicon 81]

Yes there are numerous threads on here about men allowing their female companions to neuter them.

[Schwabingtommy 45]

I really do appreciate that there are reasons why sitting down makes sense... like drunkenness, laziness, wanting to read the paper etc.

...Even reasons of hygiene.

 

But it just feels so wrong for it to be expected behaviour!

[LeonG 14,810]

If there's a urinal, they stand to pee. If not, well, I was at a party one time, all Germans except for me and some people were discussing this. A woman was saying that it was totally gross if men stand to pee because they splatter pee all over the place and the men were hanging their heads in shame although one guy did say that he's allowed to stand to pee at the toilet he has in the basement.

[westvan 9,706]

 

Yes there are numerous threads on here about men allowing their female companions to neuter them.

 

Someone asking you to sit down to pee would make you feel neutered? Oh my.

[GSF_UK 129]

Back to an earlier post it is indeed true that urinals are banned in Germany. It's an obscure law dating back to the 1800s.

It's called the "Gestrumfunktonurinalpissywissyaufgestandenverbotengesetz". Yes, another one of those tricky long words!

 

It even has its own dedicated Polizei, based in Lübeck.

[mlovett 8,681]

Well westvan, I'm with the men on this. I think it IS emasculating. I was offended to see the "no standing allowed" sign at my in-law's house, and I don't even have a penis. Who the F are they to tell anyone else how to pee??

 

My son stands, much to the chagrin of his German father, who was drilled by women to SIT.

 

_{I must admit that hubby's toilet is cleaner than Jr's.}

[dangermouse 81]

I think there's a good reason to sit down at a German toilet when wanting to pee. In the absence of a urinal, if all you have is one of those horrible old-style German toilets with the flat pan landing area, peeing on it will give the same amount of splashback as a glass coffee table.

 

Trying to aim down the hole instead is a waste of time, as there are too many variables to guarantee success.

[Orla_inka 4,637]

I am not going to tell you what my husband does, he would kill me.

[Orla_inka 4,637]

 

although one guy did say that he's allowed to stand to pee at the toilet he has in the basement.

 

I am laughing at "allowed". :lol:

[dangermouse 81]

 

I am not going to tell you what my husband does, he would kill me.

 

Uses a bottle/beer glass? Pees in the shower?

[GSF_UK 129]

 

I am not going to tell you what my husband does, he would kill me.

My guess is he somersaults towards the basin, starts to 'relieve' himself mid air whilst singing "Green, Green Grass of Home" and doesn't miss a drop.

 

If I'm right I want a bloody green thing.

[Hans321 676]

Rose-Helen, sure there are urinals in the restrooms and if they're all in use, nobody would sit down in one of the stalls. But there's also someone who gets paid to clean.

 

At home, there's unfortunately seldomn an urinal (though I saw some, friggin brilliant idea) and there's often a significant other with rather pedantic ideas of hygiene. This is partly a good thing, since women normally lose their nerves earlier about the bath being dirty and clean it. Not so good is that they win some kind of moral high ground by cleaning the bath and some of them demand that all sources of dirt get minimized, which unfortunately includes peeing standing up.

 

If the alternative is an unhappy girl friend and being forced to clean the bath more often, sitting down doesn't seem so bad.

[Orla_inka 4,637]

 

Well westvan, I'm with the men on this. I think it IS emasculating. I was offended to see the "no standing allowed" sign at my in-law's house, and I don't even have a penis. Who the F are they to tell anyone else how to pee??

 

Now, that is weird. (your reaction I mean.) You were offended?

 

I know what you are saying.

 

I just fail to comprehend your reaction.

 

Personally, I do not want to clean men's piss. German toilets with their "shelf" are so constructed that if men do piss standing up, someone is going to have to wipe up after them .. and more likely than not, it will not be the men doing the wiping.

 

You have given your in-laws bad press at Toytown .. but for this, you should applaud them ... hahaha

[Orla_inka 4,637]

 

My guess is he somersaults towards the basin, starts to 'relieve' himself mid air whilst singing "Green, Green Grass of Home" and doesn't miss a drop.

 

If I'm right I want a bloody green thing.

 

Just to quash any misinterpretations of the greenie .. It was a guffaw rating. :lol: