the stall next door

[RobynD]

Now, is every women's bathroom a war zone? No. But exercise basic tact and you'll already be ahead of a decent percentage of cis women.

Anyway, 99% of the time, we're the ones blowing the tiny little things out of proportion in panic.

Yeah people are people and no gender has a corner on the market for non-grossness. I will concede that perhaps guys are more conditioned to joke about such things in an open way. I never had time or the inclination to join in bathroom humor. It always made me cringe.

[KathyLauren]

On a related note, I find I am self-conscious about the volume of my pee.  My experience in women's washrooms is that cis women are in and out in about 30 seconds, including time to rearrange clothing.  I, being on spiro and trying to keep my hydration up, pee like a fire hose for a minute or so.  They pee tablespoons; I pee quarts.  That's got to sound suspicious if someone is paying attention.  No cis woman has a bladder that big.

No way around it that I can see.  Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

[Ryuichi13]

On a related note, I find I am self-conscious about the volume of my pee.  My experience in women's washrooms is that cis women are in and out in about 30 seconds, including time to rearrange clothing.  I, being on spiro and trying to keep my hydration up, pee like a fire hose for a minute or so.  They pee tablespoons; I pee quarts.  That's got to sound suspicious if someone is paying attention.  No cis woman has a bladder that big.

No way around it that I can see.  Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

Pre-T, it took me at least a minute to a minute and a half to finish.  But then again, I have high blood pressure and am on diuretics, so I tend to piss quite a bit.

Anyone else?

Ryuichi 

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[AshleyP]

On a related note, I find I am self-conscious about the volume of my pee.  My experience in women's washrooms is that cis women are in and out in about 30 seconds, including time to rearrange clothing.  I, being on spiro and trying to keep my hydration up, pee like a fire hose for a minute or so.  They pee tablespoons; I pee quarts.  That's got to sound suspicious if someone is paying attention.  No cis woman has a bladder that big.

No way around it that I can see.  Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

I take both spiro and Lasix (furosemide) and have found that the Lasix causes me to urinate more than the spiro. Since I take the spiro twice a day, I usually delay the Lasix until later. If I'm planning on getting out, I'll delay taking my first dose of spiro until I finish my errands. I really try to avoid using public restrooms that aren't one-holers. Funny thing is, lately, I've gotten double takes when going into the men's room, and even had one person tell me that I was in the wrong room.

What I didn't mention when I started the thread is that when I came out of the stall, there were three women waiting in line. When my friend told me of the difference in sounds, I could imagine they were all standing there listening to what was going on.   At least they all smiled at me, and no one told me I was in the wrong room.

I'm awfully insecure using a public ladies room, yet I don't feel comfortable in the mens room. Kathy -- Now your given me something else to wonder about. 

All the best,
--AshleyP

[Dan]

Interesting. I always had the impression that men were in and out of the toilets much faster than women. In the end, doesn't it depend on how much you drink and how often you go the toilet? I mean storage v frequent emptying.

On T I feel much thirstier and drink more, so the urgency is now greater and I can't hold it as long as before , accordingly it takes longer to empty the tank.

I wouldn't get too disturbed about it all. It takes as long as it takes, and the sounds vary hugely 

[AshleyP]

I wouldn't get too disturbed about it all. It takes as long as it takes, and the sounds vary hugely 

Sounds like you've already noticed that men grunt and fart more. 

All the best,
--AshleyP

[AlyssaJ]

I watched a YouTube video a while back from a post-op trans woman and she mentioned that one of the things that surprised her early on was that she was self-conscious about the sound of her pee in women's bathrooms.  Jazz (from the TV show "I Am Jazz") actually talked about "Pee patterns" on her most recent episode as well.

For me, ever since seeing that YouTube video, I make sure my stream hits the water directly.  It still doesn't sound exactly the same but I think it calls less attention than sitting down and having no sound.  But then, I may just be paranoid.