To Stand or Sit

[Kellsie]

Just curious, how many of you ladies that are pre-op, stand when they urinate?  How many sit?  Me?  I sit just so it is not awkward when I do go full time.

[MaggieB]

I sat even before I was dealing with being trans. I stopped standing when I was in my twenties when I saw the mess it made. I guess that was nearly forty years ago.  I also had a shy bladder which when I had to use a urinal and men were anywhere near me, I just could not go. And of course there is no faster way to get clocked in the ladies restroom than standing in a stall toes pointing to the toilet.

Maggie

[FairyGirl]

And of course there is no faster way to get clocked in the ladies restroom than standing in a stall toes pointing to the toilet.

This is totally true!!

[Steph2003]

When I finally decided to start wearing the underwear of my gender full-time, I started to "sit" full time. 

In the past, I sat most of the time unless I couldn't (busy restaurant, movie theatre.)

Now, after over a year, it seems awkward standing. 

[Dana Lane]

When I am at home I always sit and have for as long as I can remember. When I am out (drab) I stand.  I was just thinking about this the other day, actually.

[barbie]

In lady's, I sit. In men's, I stand. It's so simple 

Barbie~~

[Kelli]

I suppose I'm the oddball. I'm 2 years into living full time and at home, most of the time, I still stand. And if I'm in a single person lockable restroom, the same is true. It hasn't always been true, however being lazy can be hard to break. Mind you, if it's a multi person situation, I sit.

[Cyndigurl45]

Most of the time sit it just seamed normal, in the public setting in the mens loo being the nasty dirty place that it is I stood, now with my piercings (a PA and guichie that are connected) I am forced to sit no matter what, dirt loo or not, but I do much more public outings enfem so sitting is not a real issue but I have discovered to my amazment that the ladies loo can be just as nasty...

[Steffi]

I sat when I thought I was tv....... I haven't stood since the day I transitioned and wouldn't dream of doing so now, it just never occurs to me.

Peeing standing whilst in-role is a bad practice best stopped ASAP ..... ( and why ever would you do so in the first place? .....it seems incongruous to me to adopt a female role and not follow it through as much as physically possible.... )
When I first transitioned, I would sometimes get up in the morning and find the loo seat up ..... because I had staggered in for a pee in the night half asleep and apparently stood 
I fixed that by taping the loo seat down for a month, so that I got a forcible reminder - that fixed it   

When I went to CX, they have a dual-role loo ...... it has a stall AND a urinal - that was the first urinal I'd seen in about a year and it I actually experienced mild shock when I saw it.

.... and yes...... some of the ladies loo's are dreadful - I was shocked to find that out 'cos I'd only ever been in nice ones and thought that they were all kept clean and tidy by ladies who used them with care and consideration..... how wrong I was....

[Hannah]

Hot or not?

It's been my experience that with the deflating effects of the hormones on the bits sitting is pretty much required because it's pretty hard to aim.

[Alyx.]

Hot or not?

It's been my experience that with the deflating effects of the hormones on the bits sitting is pretty much required because it's pretty hard to aim.

Not.

And if she's trying to keep her trans status secret, why is she in the men's room?

[Hannah]

I think it's a cute picture, and if you look at the position of her arm the girl on the left apparently has a two foot long penis. Try tucking that!

[heatherrose]

^{I hover.}

[V M]

At home I sit. In public restrooms I always take a stall and hover above the seat. Sometimes I overhear the comment about the woman who uses the men's room 

[Tammy Hope]

I've a bit of a dilemma in this department as i don't have a real strong stream - if I sit, I don't finish, if I stand, things can get messy if I'm not VERY careful.

While mentally I like the feel of sitting, at the moment neither fully satisfies.

[Deanna_Renee]

I have sat for as long as I can remember, unless I have no choice then I will reluctantly and very self-consciously stand. I had never given it any thought, until I came out to myself, then it was like, DUH. I guess some part of me always knew it was build wrong. 

Deanna

[Renate]

I don't have a real strong stream ...

You could have a problem with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Fortunately, the cure for that is HRT!

[Traci222]

When I finally decided to start wearing the underwear of my gender full-time, I started to "sit" full time. 

In the past, I sat most of the time unless I couldn't (busy restaurant, movie theatre.)

Now, after over a year, it seems awkward standing. 

Same here Steph

[GinaDouglas]

In that picture, it's two natal women making a funny picture.  The one on the left has a high waistline and the other girl is too petite to have gone through male puberty.

The only place I will stand to pee is a portapotty, or if I'm in gender-neutral and have to use the men's room.  If I'm dressed feminine, and have to pee outside, like on a hike, I squat.

[K8]

I've always sat for more than twenty years unless the place was thoroughly disgusting.  Now I always sit, with no qualifying "unless"es.

One reason I started sitting was the mess it makes when standing.  One reason was because I could evacuate more thoroughly and then use toilet paper to wipe any drips.  I used to stand once in a while when I was in a real hurry until I noticed it isn't much quicker and too often makes a mess.

Yechh.   How'd we get on this subject?

- Kate