It began a few years ago. I've always been a light sleeper, and turning on the light, even more a moment, seriously disrupts my sleep. This problem seems to be getting worse with age. I could literally wake up at 2am and not fall back asleep for the entire night. I really tried to pee standing up with the light off, like use passive sonar and aim via sound. I tried keeping the stream where the sound is splashy, but my hit rate was 50%, which is clearly unacceptable. So one night I'm like fuck it I'm gonna pee like my gf, and I never went back.
It evolved to just laziness. Aiming takes concentration, sitting is peaceful. And no matter how much I try, when doing a standing pee, there is often a spot or two I need to wipe up later. Or even worse, I don't notice the spot until the next day ๐ญ.
I might continue to pee standing up, as normal, when in public toilets, as I can't trust strangers to not get the seat dirty.
Pic unrelated. I don't know what the Germans are doing.
Oh I feel a bit bad for your gf who has had to sit in that and worst case scenario, put the ring down after all the splash or wash that toilet. They get so nasty when there are standing pee'ers around.
It took my partner a few dedaces to come to that same conclusion, he had all sorts of bs excuses for not sitting down like his bits supposedly hitting the bowl (definitely not buying that) and his bladder not emptying properly sitting down. We had the discussion of whether his bladder empties when he pees when taking a shit sitting down more times than I care to count. I told him how the toilet gets just nasty due to the standing and how it tends to be me who washes it as he apparently doesn't really notice how dirty it is. Makes sense as he sat on it less. Moral of the story to anyone reading this rant, don't be like him about this.
All the people who pee sitting down are instantly better partners is my take.
I always lift the lid before stand peeing, and nearly always wipe if I make a stray pee. But ya it's not perfect.