What commonly known thing did you learn at an embarrassingly older age?

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for another bathroom post, and maybe this isn’t really a commonly known thing, but I didn’t know people stand to wipe.

I didn’t know that people didn’t!

When we were building a new bathroom my DH and I had to discuss the layout and somehow this came up. Apparently he stands, though he didn’t teach the children to stand as far as I know.

Standing to wipe closes the butt cheeks. You’re missing dingleberries.


I didn’t know how many grown folks don’t know how to wipe their behind.

People stand to wipe!? That’s gross.

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I am a woman and I did not get the memo about wiping front to back until a dad was giving me instructions on diaper changing his daughter that I was going to be babysitting (I was probably about 14). I adopted the habit from that point forward. But I agree with the poster that it's anatomically difficult (my arms aren't noticeable short, but they certainly aren't long). Sometimes for just pee I give up and do a back to front vulva only wipe.

Regarding standing vs sitting. It never occured to be that anyone would sit to wipe. Frankly, at this point in my life my ass is too big, there's not a lot of clearance back there between butt and toilet seat, and I'm not trying to accidentally touch the toilet seat with my hand.

Once our toddler started using the potty and needing wiped, my husband and I have evidently been confusing the hell out of DS. Whenever DS would be done pooping I'd impatiently prod him to stand so I could wipe him, whereas DH would exasperatedly tell him to quit getting up, his butt still needed to be wiped. He now wipes his own butt at least when he's at PreK, I'll have to poll him on which is his personal preference.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for another bathroom post, and maybe this isn’t really a commonly known thing, but I didn’t know people stand to wipe.

I didn’t know that people didn’t!

When we were building a new bathroom my DH and I had to discuss the layout and somehow this came up. Apparently he stands, though he didn’t teach the children to stand as far as I know.

Standing to wipe closes the butt cheeks. You’re missing dingleberries.


I didn’t know how many grown folks don’t know how to wipe their behind.

People stand to wipe!? That’s gross.

Omg, you just do a little squat or if necessary a little manual spread assist. Not hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a woman and I did not get the memo about wiping front to back until a dad was giving me instructions on diaper changing his daughter that I was going to be babysitting (I was probably about 14). I adopted the habit from that point forward. But I agree with the poster that it's anatomically difficult (my arms aren't noticeable short, but they certainly aren't long). Sometimes for just pee I give up and do a back to front vulva only wipe.

Regarding standing vs sitting. It never occured to be that anyone would sit to wipe. Frankly, at this point in my life my ass is too big, there's not a lot of clearance back there between butt and toilet seat, and I'm not trying to accidentally touch the toilet seat with my hand.

Once our toddler started using the potty and needing wiped, my husband and I have evidently been confusing the hell out of DS. Whenever DS would be done pooping I'd impatiently prod him to stand so I could wipe him, whereas DH would exasperatedly tell him to quit getting up, his butt still needed to be wiped. He now wipes his own butt at least when he's at PreK, I'll have to poll him on which is his personal preference.

I am truly astounded by this.

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I stand to wipe. I don’t want to accidentally touch the water. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:When in college, both male and females almost always experiment in same sex relationships and it’s not considered strange.

Almost always? I think you’re a little off with that assertion.

Ask your college kids. They will all tell you that every guy or girl has had at least one same sex experience.

I think this is more common with women than men. At least, in the past it was. Not sure now.

It’s apparently common for both now.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for another bathroom post, and maybe this isn’t really a commonly known thing, but I didn’t know people stand to wipe.

I didn’t know that people didn’t!

When we were building a new bathroom my DH and I had to discuss the layout and somehow this came up. Apparently he stands, though he didn’t teach the children to stand as far as I know.

Standing to wipe closes the butt cheeks. You’re missing dingleberries.


I didn’t know how many grown folks don’t know how to wipe their behind.

People stand to wipe!? That’s gross.

Omg, you just do a little squat or if necessary a little manual spread assist. Not hard.

If you’re using your hands to pull your cheeks apart, wouldn’t you need a third hand to do the wiping? Just plain weird...

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Anonymous wrote:The meaning of the lyrics of most of my favorite songs from the 70s...and 80's for that matter!

The correct LYRICS to some popular songs.

Embarrassing.

I listened to the same song on the bus each day (sometime between 2nd and 5th). I heard: “Go, go, Jason Waterfalls” and wondered why his last name was Waterfalls. Turns out the line is “Don’t go chasing waterfalls.”

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between e.g. and i.e. Was blissfully using them interchangeably until my mid 40s.

I correct my coworker's in formal documentation on this ALL. THE. TIME. Thank you, high school Latin class.

"i.e." = in essence

"e.g." = example given

Right?

I think of it as

ie= in other words
eg= for example

(Ie) In other words (single item)
(Eg) example(s) given (as many as needed)

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Anonymous wrote:I was 32 when my sister pointed out that it is "Sherbet" not "Sherbert".

Regional

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Anonymous wrote:The meaning of the lyrics of most of my favorite songs from the 70s...and 80's for that matter!

The correct LYRICS to some popular songs.

Embarrassing.

I listened to the same song on the bus each day (sometime between 2nd and 5th). I heard: “Go, go, Jason Waterfalls” and wondered why his last name was Waterfalls. Turns out the line is “Don’t go chasing waterfalls.”

I got the "don't go" part, but I asked if Jason Waterfalls is a name. The kids did not understand what I was trying to ask. The year was 1996.

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Anonymous wrote:How to pump gas but in my defense I am from NJ

This comment reminded me of something I recently learned:

That there is a little arrow by your gas gauge on your dashboard that tells you what side of the car the gas tank is on. Who knew!

I didn’t know. I’ll check next time I’m in car!

To be fair, manufacturers started doing this in the last decade. My 2002 Honda does not have the gas tank arrow.

I learned it in my rental cars in 2003.

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Anonymous wrote:That a "yamaka" and a yarmulke are the same thing. I just thought I had never seen "yamaka" written out.

Dh thought “epitome” was pronounced ep-ih-tohm, and didn’t realize it was the same word that we all pronounce as ee-pit-oh-me.

I had an English teacher who would praise us for mispronouncing words like that. She said it was a sign that we were reading lots of challenging books

That is such a sweet and face-saving correction I will remember.

You know that's .... not how you pronounce epitome?....

It's not ee- pit- oh- me

it's uh- pi- tuh- mee

https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/25/epitomy/

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Anonymous wrote:I stand to wipe. I don’t want to accidentally touch the water. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you call a suitcase with wheels that you put in the overhead bin on an airplane?

I always called it a rollerboard but someone recently told me that it's roll-aboard. And google tells me it's up for debate.

Last I knew, it’s a rolling suitcase?!