Feminine etiquette (Secret Girl Club Stuff)

[Rayalisse]

My wife just caught me in the loo and she got upset all of a sudden. 

She said, "Honey, girls don't do THAT".  Confused, I replied, "Do what?".  She points at my underwear gathered around my ankles.  Then she continues, "When you go to the restroom you'll only see feet under the stalls, never anyone's waistband and definitely never see underwear.  Gross!  You don't want to have what touches you *there* touch the floor and who knows what else is down there.  Pull them down 'just enough to go' and don't let em touch the floor!"

I told her thank you for the tip and apologized because I never learned any different.  For boys if you're sitting, your trousers and knickers are all the way down.

Also, I am both offended and pleased that my wife criticized me in this manner.  Offended cuz I'm having private potty time, but happy (hehe) because she got upset at me for doing a non-girly thing, and sharing the "Secret Girl Club" way of doing things.  Having her verbally acknowledge my female-ness (even with a little thing like this) is reassuring that she's making her own steps towards acceptance of me as who I am inside. *yay* 

Anyway, has anyone else learned any "insider tips" like this?  Things that boys do (maybe out of culture/training as male) that girls don't?

Cheers!
Rayalisse

[Janet_Girl]

Depending on what you are doing.  You wipe in different directions.  Never wipe over the vagina.

[Meepit]

CRASHING THE GIRL CLUB 

Depending on what you are doing.  You wipe in different directions.  Never wipe over the vagina.

If this is referring to wiping from front to the back, it's mostly for hygienic reasons because if you wipe from back to front.... well, you might be dragging stuff into where you don't want to be dragging stuff into. So it's a good tip in more ways than one.

[insideontheoutside]

(also crashing the girls club  )

Don't set your purse on the floor in the restroom. Same reason apparently - there are gross things on the floor.

[rejennyrated]

(also crashing the girls club  )

Don't set your purse on the floor in the restroom. Same reason apparently - there are gross things on the floor.

Building on this point that's why the doors have hooks on them. So you can hang your purse.

and one more thing on a similar theme... even if the toilet seat LOOKS clean - check the under side, particularly at the front. On more than one occasion I have found menstrual blood there.

Most of you will not actually need pads or tampons, for a reason too complex to explain I very occasionally do, but it's rare. Even so I keep a couple with me in my purse. It can be a lifesaver to someone else.

[Rayalisse]

You boys are welcome to crash the secret girls club as long as you pinky swear** never to tell anyone you were here =)

Cheers!
Rayalisse


**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_swear

[Meepit]

You boys are welcome to crash the secret girls club as long as you pinky swear** never to tell anyone you were here =)

Cheers!
Rayalisse


**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_swear

I dunnnoooo. No promises  .

[V M]

LOL... A couple of ladies at my apt.s got after me for wearing jeans that were a bit worn in the cheecky region from riding my bicycle because they could see a bit of my undies 

Oh, you never want anything to touch the restroom floor other than the souls of your shoes and when using a public restroom, learn to hover... never actually sit on the seat and avoid touching anything

Always carry sanitary wipes and a bit of lotion

[Rayalisse]

Most of you will not actually need pads or tampons, for a reason too complex to explain I very occasionally do, but it's rare. Even so I keep a couple with me in my purse. It can be a lifesaver to someone else.

I also keep a couple in my purse (among the many, many things in there) "just in case" -- always good to be prepared... of course I don't need em but I can always help out an unprepared girlfriend... and I love the surprised looks on their faces when I've gotten the "stranded..." request and gotten one out for them.  I got the idea from somewhere - Venus Envy webcomic I think.

Also it makes my handbag feel more like a girl's handbag. 

Cheers!
Rayalisse

[Northern Jane]

.... learn to hover... never actually sit on the seat and avoid touching anything

And if I or any of my girlfriends are the next ones to use the stall and find the seat wet, we will hang you from the nearest yard arm! Many of us can not "hover" and there is nothing more disgusting than sitting on a wet toilet seat knowing damned well why it is wet.

Hover at your own peril! (Much better to carry antiseptic wipes for public toilets than to become one of the hated ones!)

[MasterAsh]

So is placing 2-3 layers of toilet paper upon the seat after wiping it down considered unusual or simply not common due to the extra effort?

[Debra]

(also crashing the girls club  )

Don't set your purse on the floor in the restroom. Same reason apparently - there are gross things on the floor.

ewwww yeah. I never want anything touching the floor. So glad when they have a peg to hold my purse.

[Debra]

I also keep a couple in my purse (among the many, many things in there) "just in case" -- always good to be prepared... of course I don't need em but I can always help out an unprepared girlfriend... and I love the surprised looks on their faces when I've gotten the "stranded..." request and gotten one out for them.  I got the idea from somewhere - Venus Envy webcomic I think.

Also it makes my handbag feel more like a girl's handbag. 

Cheers!
Rayalisse

I do the same, purely if my gfs need one and if they don't know I'm TG, it allows me not to have to "explain" if I don't feel like it at that time.

[milktea]

So is placing 2-3 layers of toilet paper upon the seat after wiping it down considered unusual or simply not common due to the extra effort?

lots of places have this thing that look like a paper ring cut-out in a dispenser...you place that paper ring over the toilet seat so you can sit down.

but anyways sometimes it's too damn troublesome to carry out the ritual esp when you're holding your bladder, so i just hover...and really with practice you won't spray the seat wet!