Yeah, it makes sense, why not sit down, and avoid the mess.

I think that maybe more people have come to that conclusion, but they don’t mention it. Like, it has often puzzled me when I’m in a household where there’s a husband and wife and maybe some kids, but the bathroom is clearly laid out to make it very hard or messy to pee standing up.

For example, there’s a fluffy cover on the toilet seat lid, which makes it impossible to leave it up. That means, to pee standing up, one has to use one hand for holding that lid. Which, you know, might make it hard to avoid accidents with your zipper, if you have only the one other hand to handle it.

Other people place books or magazine racks right next to the toilet, often on both sides, right against the bowl. To have reading material, obviously. But, hey, no matter how precise I might think I am, I will not be able to avoid spraying them a bit.

I must admit, despite sizable obstacles like that, it strangely didn’t occur to me to sit down, and I didn’t guess that it must be because the man in the house also sits down that he doesn’t rebel. Quite possibly they have had a “discussion” about it at some point, and he either lost, or he saw the logic in the sitting down thing.

I will consider changing my position. My peeing position, that is.