Something So Natural Yet So Embarrassing

I am just waiting for someone to help with the problem of someone talking on their cell phone in the next stall!!!!!That really freaks me out.

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Good luck! My advice is to never take your 2 year old in with you. Mine have cheered me on while doing it. "Yea Momma! You did a big stinky! Don't you feel better? You're such a good Girl, Momma! You can call Grandma and tell her you made a good stinky in the big girl potty!"

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I love this question!

You are so right. This reminds me of when you see some dogs go poo outside and you look at their expression, it kind of looks like they are embarrassed. They have that sheepish look. LOL.

2 words "curtisy flush" followed by 2 more words "push hard" LOL OMG great post

When I was a teen to late twenties if I was pooping in a public stall I would first put a bunch of toilet paper in the toilet. That way when the poop hit the water it wouldn't make a loud splash sound. LOL!!

Now being a mother of two I don't care who hears me. I think the taboo just comes from American culture. Burping, farting, making any bodily noises were deemed improper by the ones before us. I know that in Japan these things are not seen as gross. Healthy bowel movements are very important in Japanese culture, so hearing someone pooping in the stall next to you is no big deal.

Courtesy flush - #2 hits the water and I hit the flush - better for everyone LOL!

I always wait for them to flush then finish real quick. However, where I work there is always someone in the bathroom so I just go #2 then wait for them to leave and then wash my hands and leave as well. If it is bad enough I just flat out don't care, because as you said it everyone does it. LOL :)

I think that is why people at work use the single bathrooms instead of the one with a few stalls. :)

After a 3 week trip in Spain and France, with a day trip in Morocco, I learned not to care at all when I have to go, no matter what I have to do. I try to be courteous of other people, but I am a very regular person and do not believe in holding that in any longer than absolutely necessary. I also, however, make a point not to announce what I am going to the bathroom to do, especially since I was taught that courtesy requires us to head to the bathroom to pass gas when possible, too. =) (Idealy, we would always have odor neutralizing spray in the bathrooms, of course!)

I hardly ever perform a #2 outside of my home. It takes a serious condition for me to go , out of the comfort of my own home. When on a week long vacation, I can wait until we get home. My husband says I'm a freak. It's not that I care about it, I just can't physically do it. I can't even pee if any1 else is in the restroom/ perform under pressure. I can never give a urine sample, even when pregnant.

It does seem silly and quaint when you break it down, yet I'm so thankful adult ladies aren't usually going around talking about pooping.

Great post! I am guilty of doing this too! For some reason, it is embarrassing to make a big 'plop' in your toilet bowl while in a public restroom. To hide the noise, I put toilet paper in the toilet right before I drop the bomb. Also, sometimes I will flush the toilet as soon as it is about to drop! I know, so silly!

I think it is our culture. There really isn't anything wrong with everyone knowing, since they all do it too. But being raised here, I used to put toilet paper in before going to minimize the splash effect. And then flush quickly. Two kids later, I really don't care anymore. I announce it at home, my kids announce it at home, I announce it at my parents house, so do my kids. Now, out in public I don't but not out of embarrassment for myself anymore but for the sake of others who still find it embarrassing. However, I don't tell my kids not to, they are kids and i don't want them to start being embarrassed about something that is natural and normal. They have plenty of time to figure out embarrassment later and they are only 3 and 5. I wish we could all feel that free, to not suffer embarrassment for something like pooping which we all do almost every day.

This is hilarious! Just the laugh I needed at the end of my work day! Glad to know that pooping isn't so taboo! It is really not the plopping of the poo in the potty that gets me, it is the extremely loud gas that escapes sometimes unexpectedly...from others of course ;) I haven't ever been a shy person, but somehow my 3.5 year old makes me leave when she has to go # 2 and don't even think about opening the door until she is done! This is just her own personal preference, nothing we have taught her! I do love the encouragement I get from her when mommy has to poop! Especially in public! Have a great day! Thanks for the laugh!

I try to do it when someone is flushing-especially if I have gas coming on--lol. But generally, if I have to go and I can't wait til I get home---I just go and don't worry about what anyone thinks. Pooping is normal and EVERYONE does it! LOL

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On a daily basis, our son will proclaim at some point, "I have to go take a dump!" We've made comments like, "You really don't need to announce it to us," but in general we don't make an issue of it, because we'll assume he'll outgrow it. Your post really shows how bizarre he is! And I agree with you - I have extreme "bathroom shyness," as if others don't have to make a mess and noises, as well. Just me. :)

the bathroom at my work is just a plywood closet built right next to the tables where the ladies and a couple of gentlemen eat their lunch. I try really really really hard not to ever have gas I would be so embarrassed doing this infront of men and at lunch time. yikes! doubt the guys would have the same inhibitions.

i flush while i do it, even at home. its embarrassing because it doesnt smell pleasant, just like body odor, or a fart, lol We dont want anyone witnessing our "stench".

Some husbands will fart in front of their wives, not mine , thank god.