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I may be wrong about placing this question in this area but it has been nagging me for a while now and I thought I would just go ahead and ask it?

Beauty, Shannon, Sharon if this isn't appropriate for the forum I am sorry and please delete it, but I need to know.

Biologically we are male(we would not CD otherwise).

The question is this : If you are dressed up do you still stand in front the toilet or sit?

Maybe this should go in the poll area I am not sure but this is driving me crazy trying to come with the right answer.

Jessie

Jessie, you do come up with the most unusual questions!!!!

I guess largely it might depend on how you're dressed, and your comfort level in a public restroom. Assuming you are not "out and about", it would seem to make more sense to follow the dictates of the underclothes and the outerwear as well. Personally, I rarely utilize the --ah---convenience of the biological equipment I retain, but prefer a stall for privacy in a public bathroom, and I always sit when I do. The same for home. In short, I find the open urinal uncomfortable anyway if there are others in the men's room, and it always seems more --oh, I don't know, messy I guess. Following that habit in such places as truck stops does make you appreciate the ladies' objections to raised toilet lids, unflushed and stopped up toilets, and missed targets too.

(Three oil executives working in Houston are in a relatively small public restroom (two holes and one sink) completing their chore. One is MR. YUPPY with button down shirt. One is Mr. Casual, and one is Mr. Texan with a cowboy hat and boots. Mr. Yuppie is through first and heads to the sink, where he makes quite a production of washing up. He notices the others waiting for him, and while drying his hands with a huge mass of paper towel, says boastingly, "My degree is from Harvard. They always taught us to wash thoroughly after using the bathroom". Mr. Casual stepped up to the sink, held one hand under the water for a few seconds, and tore off one small piece of paper towel to dry with. "I received my degree in business administration from USC ," he says. "We were taught to be conserving of non-renewable resources." Mr. Texan removed his white hat, flicked a speck off it, replaced it on his head and turned to the door. Mr. Yuppie made a sort of surprised noise and the Texan turned to him. "My degree is from Panhandle State University", he says, "and my momma taught me not to pee on my hands before I ever started to school." ) How's that for stereotyped humor?

Jessie,

I'm going to put in my view:

If you are at home, you can certainly do whatever you want.

I only dress up at home and my personal preference is to sit. My personal feeling is that I'm emulating a female by my clothing, so I continue that emulation in the bathroom.

If you are out and dressed, I will leave the subject of restroom choice and use to those who have done this, but most would probably opt for ladies room and sitting.

Sitting back and waiting for responses,

Jadeanne

I knew my mind would get me into trouble someday. Thanks for the anwers I got so far. I pretty much think the same thing as Jadeanne.

It is just something I had to ask because well I think of weird things like that all the time.


Addition: I have seen camping or boating devices to make so female can well go standing up. NOw isn't that odd.

Jessie

As with most other things in my life I am the odd man out. As when I am dressed I am still my male self and therefore stand. Now I do not knock you if you sit.

Hi all,

Sitting or standing? Depends on the clothes. Depends on the mood. Depends on whether or not I'm in public.

A former GF trained me so well in the matter of putting down the toilet seat after I'm done that, even though I now live alone, I still do so. Almost every time I'm about to leave the bathroom, I ask myself why I should bother and make the firm resolve to leave the seat up. To my consternation and surprise, it's always down when I walk in there, as though a phantom woman hung around my apartment with the sole mission of ensuring that no occasional overnight female guests of mine will ever have to suffer the shock of cold porcelain against her buttocks in the wee hours of a winter morning.

As for sitting or standing, I've used public washrooms in Europe (WCs, water closets, as they call them in France) that make the whole issue a moot point: they consisted of nothing but a hole in the ground. And not a very large one, at that!

Interesting question, Jessie. (I just hope you're not losing any sleep over it! )

Love,
CJ

NAY not losing sleep, just thought it was odd and I wanted to know what other people thought. I too put the seat down, but I grew up with my dad at most times it was just the two of us. Still I put it down. I think mostly due to the fact that I have always, up to recently, had a cat as a pet and I did not want them drinking from the toliet or getting sick from some chemical used to clean it.

Jessie

Jessie,

You mentioned having a cat as a reason for keeping the toilet seat and lid down. My wife and I have had cats for over 20 years.

We made sure to keep the seat and lid down. Soon after we got our first cats (mother and 2 kittens), one of them leaped up on the seat that was down, but the lid was up and SPLASH! We got him out right away and he was wet but unharmed.

After that, the seat and lid stayed down.

Jadeanne

Almost Cat-astrophic, eh!

Hi all,

No, Carolynn, this is cat-astrophic: coming home from work one evening and being faced with my half-chewed pantyhose and stockings strewn all over the apartment floor for lack of my having slid the dresser drawer shut before leaving in the morning!

Oh, how tempting it was to scold my two furry, precious ones but, by the looks of it, they'd had so much fun that I just didn't have the heart to put a negative spin on the whole episode. Boy, did my hosiery budget take a hit, though! (Cat claws and lingerie are a match made in hell!)

As for felines and toilet bowls, mine always seemed to prefer that as a drinking fountain rather than their own blue plastic kitty bowls. I just made sure I never used harsh chems when cleaning it.

Love,
CJ

Christina, I cat-sat a 6-month old Manx/Siamese mix for two weeks a few years ago while her folks moved their belonging across the country. She had a minor birth defect/mutation that left her with opposable thumbs on both front paws, and she had an extra digit in all her toes. She was about 6 months old but smart and sassy, and fully understood the relationship of cabinet door handles and door knobs to opening doors. Could NOT keep a cabinet door closed if she wanted in, and these had "baby proof" latches on them that I inherited from previous tennants. She knew where her food was kept, where the most delightful things were to play in (loved macaroni, skittered it all over the floor) and could easily manipulate the latches to get in. Also, she found my jewelry box, worked at it until she learned to flip the latch on it, and loved to steal necklaces and chains, which she would hide since I would put them away when I found her with them. Took me a MONTH to find one--inside an old shoe at the BACK of the closet!! I had to lock the bathroom door when I was inside, 'cause she would wrap her paws around the knob and open the door using her weight and twisting it the right way, then stroll in with that superior look only a cat can get! I guess I would have been just as happy if her folks had not come back for her, but then, with the frequency of my usual travel, it just wouldn't have worked for me to have a pet anymore then than now. . She was a cutie though, and lots of fun. .

Beauty

When dressed and in my more feminine state of being and mind I take a stand on sitting! After all one of my reasons for dressing is to be that girl I am and when I am her she sits.

In my view crossdressing involves training the mind.

Sitting down is a way to be ladylike. You should develop the habit. Practice and you will be more confident.

Julie