Men's room observation.
Today while catering a huge company picnic, I took a pre break. I walked into the men's bathroom and went to one of eight urinals to do my business. Four others were occupied. When I got done I turned around to see a young man 20s? waiting until one was open that did not have someone on either side. Really? Are guys that shy?
There are a lot of guys that are pee-shy. It's not so much hyper-modest as a feeling of psychological pressure when you feel you're being watched. It isn't that uncommon. The fact that other guys are paying attention, as evidenced by this thread, probably reinforces the pee-shyness.
I also grew up with troughs at arenas and airports but when urinals were available, my friends and I would go every other one or wait outside even though 2 hours earlier, we were taking a gang shower in the locker room at school. Makes no sense but we were kids.
There is a guy that works for another company that when someone is at one of the 2 man urinals he takes a toilet. If you both walk into the bathroom he will take the toilet. There is a divider between the urinals yet he prefers to take the toilet. I have gone in there and he has been standing at the urinal but there is no one else in the bathroom. I like to have fun with these types of guys and purposely take the urinal next to them ever though there could be 10 other urinals open. Is that wrong?
Technical name is Paruresis or Bashful Bladder. It is quite a common social phobia. Basically, Shy Bladder is an anxiety disorder. As long as nothing is wrong organically, it is intense social anxiety and embarrassment that causes an individual to tighten the urinary sphincter muscle so that they cannot go. ... It is not known for sure what the cause is of paruresis is. I used to have it when in long queues to pee. The pressure to get in and out of the rest room quickly, creates a tension that stops the flow! There are ways to overcome it, but not many guys will try to be helped. Social conditioning by our conservative, moralistic society about the naked body, nudism and sex is, in my opinion, the problem.
I also grew up with troughs at arenas and airports but when urinals were available, my friends and I would go every other one or wait outside even though 2 hours earlier, we were taking a gang shower in the locker room at school. Makes no sense but we were kids.
The Boston Garden had troughs until the day they tore it down in 1997. Fenway Park had them until the current owners decided not to build a new stadium and renovated Fenway after they won the World Series in 2004. Foxboro Stadium might have had them, but our seats were in the end zone, so we were stuck with porta-potties (thank God the Patriots left the 18th century behind when they built Gillette Stadium). Growing up I never saw them.
Today while catering a huge company picnic, I took a pre break. I walked into the men's bathroom and went to one of eight urinals to do my business. Four others were occupied. When I got done I turned around to see a young man 20s? waiting until one was open that did not have someone on either side. Really? Are guys that shy?I got one better...More and more younger guys won't even use the urinals. They'll wait for a stall to open and pee in the toilet with the door closed and locked and there are several urinals open! So I'd say, yeah... young guys are really that shy.;D
I've noticed the same thing and it's beyond shy. It's verging on pathological fear. I'm not sure what is causing the problem.
Perhaps this video is more accurate than one would have thought?https://youtu.be/KnOaMC8KHA4
I like that video and had seen a cartoon with the same rule of using the urinal furthest away from the one in use.
This video shows a different take on the subject.
So much fascination with other guys'public bathroom habits. We have read a description of the discomfort some of us have lived with despite being nudists, we've read a medical definition. I disagree with the proposition that it is due to opprobrium regarding nudity per se, maybe potty training with impatient, stern caregivers, maybe early experiences of being stalked in a public bathroom. Ultimately for the afflicted man and a helper to work on together.
I am interested in the source of this fascination, noticing others' behavior so carefully. Assigning pathology by many on the thread. Does it make you uncomfortable that someone doesn't share your ease in urinating? Does peeing next to someone form a male bond? Does it matter that you don't see their dick? I am asking as one who for many years had a hard time urinating with someone standing next to or behind me. I had no idea that other guys were paying attention.
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