That isn’t quite as revolutionary as “Everybody Poops” but still, it is true.
There isn’t anything to be ashamed about when it comes to peeing, except if you call it urinating and then it’s just weird.
The reason I mention the whole pee thing is that the other day I was peeing.
Let me back track for a second. My bathroom is above the water pipes. Duh, I know, seems obvious right? Okay, but the pipes aren’t insulated so if the water is running somewhere else in the house I can hear it in the bathroom.
Not horribly loud but loud enough that if I am peeing I can’t tell when I am finished. The other day, when I was peeing, I sat there an extra five minutes because the sprinkler was on and I didn’t know if the sound was from me or the water running through the pipes. I didn’t even have anything to read.
Who can’t tell when they are finished peeing? Who needs sound cues, or the lack of sound, to know that they have emptied their bladder.
Apparently I do.
This morning I woke up early because I had to pee. I hate when that happens because I only had about 45 minutes before my alarm went off and I had to get up. If I got up to pee it was a sure bet I was not going to be able to get back to sleep for those 43 minutes.
I tried to ignore it and go back to sleep but it wasn’t happening. If your bladder is all “Hey, wake up, you’re going to be sleeping in the wet spot soon”, you need to listen. So I got up and peed.
But, I didn’t flush. I know, some people think that’s gross but I didn’t want to wake anyone up. The morning is the only time when it is quiet. The phone isn’t ringing yet, I haven’t woken my computer so I don’t see all the emails I need to respond to and it’s just usually the best part of the day.
So after I peed I got up and made myself a cup of coffee which will of course make me need to pee again.
Today is officially Tinkle Thursday (#tinklethursday). Look for it on Twitter and join in.
A big, huge Thank You to Kathy from The Junk Drawer, JD from I Do Things, and Margaret from Nanny Goats in Panties. I haven’t laughed so hard that I peed in a long, long time.
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I've done that. It's like I'm numb down there or deaf maybe, and I can't “hear” if I'm done because it's too loud elsewhere. And i can't “feel” if I'm done because the vibrations from the sounds elsewhere are too violent for me to tell. It sounds stupid when I say it out loud like that.
I dont have this problem you speak of. lol. I can feel when I'm done. Um, my bitch is that peeing is a big waste of time. I hate it. No really, I do. I used to try and limit my pees to 3 a day. Yeah, stupid, but I was successful. Alot. I used to not drink a whole lot so it wasnt so hard.
Now that I'm dieting and drinking gallons of water, I'm peeing every half hour. What a pain in the ass!
I stop drinking at 3PM. It's the only way I'm not spending time in the bathroom all night. Although I do have a very nice selection of reading material (I highly recommend the http://bathroomreader.com/ series), I'm generally not in the mood to read at 2AM.
I'm sorry about your pee problem.
tinkle Thursday? Hey — nobody told me. Nobody pees more than I do. If I had back all the time I spent peeing, I'd be… well… hell, I'd probably still be in the womb!
well jump right in we are using the hash tag
#*tinklethursday*<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23tinklethursday>just
search for it and join we're trying to bump off that Bieber guy
I have thought that very same thing. If I could only get back all time peeing…
Sometimes the thought of hooking up to a bag has a certain appeal. It would be really hard to ride my horse though.
When I was in those last few weeks of pregnancy that's all I wanted. I could
have camped in the bathroom and it wouldn't have been much different.
So does this mean I can't use your pee post idea? #tinklethursday
Sorry. The hashtag is automatic now.
I'm sure you can do it better than me, I was really distracted while I was
writing it. I thought you were using the squirrels #tinklethursday
Oh, I am DEFINITELY using the squirrels, baby!
I wish to hell you'd do some of my peeing so I don't have to.
Say no more. I'm guzzling water as I type.
Officially Tinkle Thursday, huh?
Don't tell my boys.
Come and join us on Twitter. Just use
#*tinklethursday*<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23tinklethursday>when
you tweet a pee post or talk about pee.
Everything I wanted to know about peeing, but was afraid to ask. Thanks for clearing everything up. Bwahahahahahaha.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
Wow, I think I've read just about everything now. LOL.
After 4 kids, it's pretty much a non-stop activity…..
Come on over to Twitter. Search for
#*tinklethursday*<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23tinklethursday>and
then tweet your pee story posts or just talk about pee. We're trying
to
register on the trending thing
Tomorrow is #fecesfriday, with 4 kids you must have tons of stories to tweet.
I pee and then poop immediately afterward. It's the way of the goat.
I never flush 'cause I don't use a toilet.
heh
I wish you weren't frustrated. I makes me sad and a little scared.
I don't flush if I pee in the middle of the night, I also don't turn the light on… I don't want to wake all the way up. That's not weird… is it?
It's cool as long as you are sitting down. But if you are one of those people who stands an pees it might be a good idea to turn on the light. Not weird for you, but bad for boys.
Darling Jen, I've never twittered in my life and don't know how so I probably will not start now. That said, I have a pee issue. I love to drink water (hot tap water) at night while I watch tv. I probably drink a 1/2 gallon of water. Yeah, I know. Yeah, it does. Yeah, what am I gonna' do? Yeah, probably keep doing it.
Hot tap water? Just plain water? Huh. Don't you pee all night long?
Uh, yeah, and that's annoying. Still, I LOVE hot tap water at night! It just feels so good going down!
You know that sound magnifier advertised on tv…the one where the guy listens to his femnale neighbors say how cute he is? You need one of those, so your pee can tell you when it's finished!
Would that work over the loud pipes?
I've had a twitter account for a while and I think I've tweeted about 5 times, I'm tweetarded – so I tried to add my pee post – let me know if I didn't do it right.
Do you have a retweet button on your posts? If you do I will retweet the post if you don't you need one. Tomorrow (friday) is #fecesfriday so find all the poo posts.
Feces Friday too?! That just sounds wrong. I guess it's better than Shit Saturday, cause that sounds like it would ruin the weekend. Better to have it on a weekday.
LOL LOVE IT!!! Feces Friday! It makes your mind just WANDER on what the other possibilities are!
Eh, I don't flush the pee at night either. It's not worth waking up rabid children that might insist that I snuggle with them a 3am. Nope.
I learned when they were just home from the hospital that if I flushed in the middle of the night I wasn't going to get back to sleep. No flushing when it's dark.
If I knew it was Tinkle Thursday, I would have done something special. Like pee rainbow sparkles. Something cool like that.
That would be really neat. You can do it next time.
Awww i didn't know anything about Tinkle Thursday… DANG! I have SO many pee stories!!!
I don't need any queues to know when I'm done… when I am done I am done and I know it. However, always know I will be back to pee about 50 more times that same day. Three kids… my life is one big pee.
I was hoping you would tell us more about the Pee Post (as opposed to your pee post). Really, a post, to teach a dog to pee? I just got a chance to start flushing since our power has been out for 2 days. We can't flush when we have no power. You don't appreciate flushing until you can't do it anymore.
I know nothing about the PeePost, it just matched the words. It should link
to the site though.
I think you put the Pee Post in your yard or your living room and then your pets and kids and drunken uncles use it to pee on, like a fire hydrant if you had a fire hydrant in your living room, which most people don't because it would be inconvenient.
Now this is a problem I've never considered!
I always hate when you go pee, and then almost immediately after you leave the bathroom you realize you have to pee again. What the heck?! It makes me think my bladder is screwing with me.
That happens to me and it drives me crazy! Make up your mind will you?
Oh you're so funny! I'm like that too when I need to get up and pee in the morning. I try not to if I have less than an hour to sleep, but then it's too hard to fall back asleep.
that is the great thing about being a guy, I just have to look down to see if I am done peeing
hi jen, thanks for the visit! i hate getting up in the night to pee. the dogs and husband take up my space and i have to fight to get back in bed.
hugs,
puglette
:o)
I forgot about that! You are right, if I do get up the animals take my spot
and I have to try to move them. Often I just end up on the couch.
There's a lot of peeing going on here.
My problem is that if I didn't make my mind up to go, I would go all day long without a pee! I often do. I don't wake in the night for one either, and I drink just before going to bed. So what's wrong with me?
Nothing. You're a lucky woman to not have to pee at night. Or during the day, which is really unusual. I wonder if you're dehydrated and about to go into kidney failure or something? No, probably not. Don't worry about it all. Just enjoy the not peeing, and don't even think about having desert-dry innards that will put you into an early grave.
Cheers!
That's it! I'm going to drink a bucket of water now!
Didn't know that you were done peeing? I don't know what to say. We have the water problem too but it's downstairs that we hear it. It drives me crazy sometimes and Hubster has been watering the lawn for more than a week so it's been constant.
I have a fountain behind my bathroom window so I assume i'm peeing while brushing my teeth, taking a shower, drying off….basically every time I'm in the bathroom. I've gotten used to it and am very pleased with myself when I make it out of there with dry pajamas.
I try my best to 'hold it in' too when I am sleeping in the morning. However, my bladder wins EVERY time!
Wife does that too. Doesn't flush not to wake anyone. Then she does it all the time. I gotta train her or something!
I pee like two or three times a night now. I hate it. Sometimes, I think to myself, “I'm just going to wet the bed and stay asleep.” But I don't. When I start doing that, I suppose that'll be my signal that I'm about to die and go to heaven, where you can drink all the beer you want and yet never have to pee. I can't wait.
I'm devastated that I missed Tinkle Thursday! Tinkling fills a majority of my days and nights so really I should be Queen of this fair.
You should have, it was a lot of fun. Don't worry we will do it again
because Everybody Pees!
We do let it mellow if it's yellow at my house.
I'm going to join in this Thursday if you are going to be tinkling again!
Just found this – I kno exactly what u mean! When I was like 12 or 13 my pathetic brother used to listen to me in the bathroom. So I started peeing “off center” so he couldn't hear – then I couldn't hear either! So I didn't know when l'd finished. Was worried that I'd go to wipe and find I was still tiddling or dripping down there. SO thank heavens for my mate, who said “just take a radio in there with u!” hey presto – turn it on just loud enough so my bro couldn't hear, just soft enough so I could still hear my pee! Of course another solution would have been to strangle my brother, but that would have meant questions…