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ringmastery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:01 PM
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Do you ever have difficulty peeing in public restrooms?
Maybe I have weird personal space issues but if I'm in a public restroom with lots of people I can't pee at the urinals. I umm freeze up and have to go into the stalls to pee.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:03 PM
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1. Yes, and here is something that helps me
Think through multiplication tables, like for example, the 12 multiplication table or something not as easily calculated in your head. Takes your mind off it so you relax.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:03 PM
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2. Nah
ya gotta flaunt it
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:04 PM
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3. Yes,
Even though, according to Mrs. Beast Man, that I have nothing to be ashamed of down there, I just do. it's a mental block. I can pee pretty much anywhere if I'm drunk, though.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:05 PM
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4. Only When I See
A guy in the next stall paying unwanted attention to a natural function.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:10 PM
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8. Ah yes, the "pecker checker"
That's why I don't use urinals
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:32 PM
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11. I Had A Girlfirend Ask Once
What, you don't compare?
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:07 PM
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5. nah... It's just you
I think it means your gay, don't worry about it. :evilgrin:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:09 PM
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6. Sometimes, more so when I'm not
drunk. If I'm drunk I can pee anywhere.
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:43 PM
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17. deleted post
Edited on Sat May-15-04 08:47 PM by Champ
I do have hopes of running for President someday. :D

On 2nd edit: I will say this, I did have a friend who would pee in broad daylight screaming "bullshit!" right next to the basketball court when he was drunk.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:07 PM
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23. At least you set the bar high and have some self repect (nt)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:09 PM
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7. Oh hell no.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:12 PM
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9. Bashful Bladder Syndrome
a.k.a. Paruresis

You are faaaaar from alone.

http://www.paruresis.org/
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dae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:06 PM
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22. Thanks for the link, never even considered such a thing. :-)
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:13 PM
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10. You're bladder shy!
come on, it's not that bad!
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 10:57 PM
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29. It's called "Pee Shy", and Pansy Division describes it well!
Lyrics:

He's a confident man
Relaxed and self-assured
But there's one situation
Makes him feel insecure
When he takes a public leak
He becomes all shy and meek
He just can't let it go
If another guy might be looking below

He's pee shy...

2 more verses can be found at: http://club.idecnet.com/~jtomasdo/tpicturo.htm#PEE_SHY
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thebaghwan Donating Member (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:33 PM
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12. Not unusual at all. It is just a type of anxiety. See I will even reply
to a message about taking a piss just to get out of the 700 Club.
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BringEmOn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:35 PM
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13. Use the lower, or "gifted" urinal.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:38 PM
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14. Just go in the stall, no pressure.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:41 PM
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15. ha! I'm a chick, and I have the same prob
er, except I've never tried to use a urinal. But I have stall probs, if the bathroom is too quiet.
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:42 PM
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16. All the freakin' time
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:43 PM
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18. lol are you my twin
because yes I have that difficulty. I am afraid of someone sneaking up and scaring me thus causing me to wet myself, I know its weird lol.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:45 PM
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19. Great minds pee alike!
I cannot do it in public for the life of me! (And that goes for just about everything, including public speaking! But who public speaks in a restroom...?)
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:35 PM
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27. Must Be The Echo
:shrug:
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:47 PM
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20. I never have any problems peeing in the women's restroom.
Of course, if I'm in there, I'm probably drunk enough that I'm just lucky not to be pissing my pants.
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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 08:49 PM
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21. That reminds me of a very embarrasing moment
I remember one time in 6th grade I went into a bathroom and I was like where the hell are the stand up pissers? So I use the toilet in one of the stalls, I wash my hands and then I see two girls walking in. I'm thinking :wtf: they just laughed at me, I was still thinking :wtf: As I leave the bathroom I see I entered the ladies room.
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:13 PM
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24. You men DO have it rough...
WHY do they not give you all stalls like they do for us women? You guys have this entire "bathroom code of ethics" that just amazes hell outta me. Jeesh, I'd pee outside before I'd deal with some of that stuff, I swear!

My bigger issue is if I have to do.. um... that OTHER bodily function in public restrooms. THAT is not fun.

I'm almost ashamed to sign my name to this one...

Laura
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dae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:26 PM
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25. and I thought I was all alone.
Thanks for the thread ringmastery. :)
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:28 PM
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26. I have never found iyt to be a problem, but among my friends,
I seem to be in the minority!!! They all call it "stage fright." LOL!

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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 09:49 PM
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28. Nope
in fact, I'll go right ahead and piss outside of 'em if I feel like it.
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 11:05 PM
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30. No problem at all.
I guess it would be tougher if I was a man and had to pee in front of others. Pooping in a public restroom is pretty hard, though.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-04 11:07 PM
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31. No- When you gotta go, you gotta go.
:7
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AlFrankenFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 12:23 AM
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32. Yes!
Ok, first of all, I am a woman. I can't go to the bathroom with the knowledge someone can come into the bathroom or if someone's in the stall next to me. I hate it :(
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Delano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 12:41 AM
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33. Nowadays there are usually partitions or enough space between urinals
so I'm cool with that. When I was a kid in Texas, they often had the long trough thing with water constantly running through it, so you'd be peeing into the same urinal as everyone else, standing too close. Don't care much for that.

There's a guy where I work, he uses the urinal, but he always has to have the sink water running so he can go. Swear to god. Weird....
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Lou_C Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 01:00 AM
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34. Sometimes I take forever
I have a horrible bladder and it takes a while for me to pee.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 01:01 AM
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35. All the time
I use the stalls.
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-04 01:02 AM
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36. Yes, me too.. especially with people talking in the bathroom
I guess I just can concentrate and forget all about them. I keep thinking about how I am peeing with others all around me. If someone is talking, its very hard for me. Also too, the worst is if someone is waiting behind you for a turn at the urinal. That one totally freezes me up.
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