Disposable toilet seat protector

I’d have to put clean clothes on, Dogsmother. As long as a loo seat is dry, that doesn’t bother me. The thought of wandering round with clothes that have been contaminated, esp if you’re caring for small people, gives me the heebie jeebies!

We all have our little foibles, don’t we?

I really don’t get the issue with sitting on a loo seat . I wipe the seat with loo paper if it’s wet . Do the business and wash my hands thoroughly afterwards. I wouldn’t waste paper lining the seat nor do I use wipes (terrible for the planet ) since covid I carry antibacterial gel .
Having used holes in the ground in India and turkey and disgusting loos at festivals, I’m not fazed by public loos .

I carry anti viral handwipes. A quick wipe over the door handle inside the cubicle, another wipe over the toilet seat to avoid hovering, put the wipes in the sanitary bin and all is well in my world. Well, it is as long as there is soap by the basin. We all do what we’re comfortable with, fine by me.

It is very bad for us to hover. If you Google hovering over the toilet seat you will find it can lead to UTIs and weaken the pelvic floor. I wipe round the seat with a bit of toilet paper and sit down.

I can see what the problem is - not getting in a fret about germs but just not wanting to get up with someone else's piss all over my thighs - fussy me!

I have never taken any precautions on public toilet seats, with no bad consequences. This thread has made me consider my actions... or reactions. In my handbag, post Covid, I have lots of wipes for every eventuality and antibacterial gel. If I considered there was any risk I would use one..... or another of them. But I would never waste yards of toilet paper to "line" a toilet seat.

I know of others that keep the lid liners in their travel bags, and they are happy that they are so conveniently available. I don't, but we all have our level of comfort.

Whoaaa some of these replies make me laugh.... I can assure you that I have no phobia of door handles in general.... the thought of me wiping down every door handle that is necessary to touch brings forth a chuckle

.. maybe it does stem from childhood, I don't know anyway whether it does or whether it doesn't is really immaterial, its what I do and with my little homemade pouch packed with protection, I'm 1 happy gal. 😃

SueDonim, pretty sure it was only bare skin they worried about and clothing too can be washed. The idea of my mother waddling is hilarious.

My DD1 was fascinated when a friend's mum took the two girls to the toilet on a trip to the park and carefully lined the seat for each of them in turn before she let them sit down.

When DD came home with this tale I felt I'd discovered at last why the queues in the ladies' toilets move so painfully slowly.

I was doing my nurse training in the early 60s and one student asked our nurse tutor if you could catch an STD ( known as venereal disease then ) from a toilet seat. The tutor replied ' yes you can but what a strange place to have sex'

I’ve stopped worrying about toilet seats now I’m way to old to become pregnant 😃

dogsmother

JackyB my mother always sat on her hands too even at home. The habit was never passed to any of us as much as she tried to encourage us. She always insisted you could always wash away anything from good hand washing. She would have been 108 if she lived long enough.

How do you then rearrange your clothing, having sat on your hands on the loo seat? Do you touch your clothes with your dirty hands or waddle to the basins with your knickers round your knees?

I do wipe the toilet seat down if it's wet but I've always sat on the seat in public loos and never caught anything. How uncomfortable to hover.

BlueBelle

I ve never worried about it and never caught anything as long as you wash your hands after you’re fine
Yes I too never touch the door handles because some woman don't bother to wash their hands I guess you are germ phobic Serendipity do you just have a problem with loo door handles or all door handles it must be a bit debilitating if it’s all handles if it’s not it’s a bit unnecessary because the germ ridden women in front of you might have touched loads of doors or surfaces before you

Exactly what Bluebelle said.

I wouldn't use a toilet with a wet seat.

I'm afraid that every time I see the title of this thread I wonder what the toilet seats need protecting from...

Sorry..

Im with you too Serendipity. I hover or wipe with loo roll and then put strips of it on the seat if my knee is being awkward and not happy to hover. I always wipe the seat after too. I cant think of anything worse than sitting on a toilet seat that may have dried wee or whatever on it even if you cant catch anything from the seat. Yes handles are probably worse which is why most service stations now dont have doors to go into the toilet area. No handles to touch after hand washing.

I can still hover, thankfully - but I don't pee on the seat, I just put it up. As kids, we were taught to line the seat - with reams of paper - before sitting on it. At that time, there was little understanding of germs - but much anxiety about them.

I ve never worried about it and never caught anything as long as you wash your hands after you’re fine
Yes I too never touch the door handles because some woman don't bother to wash their hands I guess you are germ phobic Serendipity do you just have a problem with loo door handles or all door handles it must be a bit debilitating if it’s all handles if it’s not it’s a bit unnecessary because the germ ridden women in front of you might have touched loads of doors or surfaces before you

I'm with you Serendipity. I have no wish to sit on other peoples dried or wet wee (or worse) whether it is full of germs or not!
Fortunately I can still hover without falling over! but I have a pack of Wilkos Kids toilet wipes in my bag for the grandchildren and always use the toilet seat covers on long haul flights. My mum taught me never to sit on a toilet seat too!

I got sick of finding wet toilet seats particularly in service stations .I now carry some wipes and give the seat a clean first .If the toilets are quiet and free cubicles I get a handful of loo roll and get soap and water on wipe over as first choice rather than use a wipe.I put any wipes in the sanitary bin as don't believe anything but loo roll is truly flushable. Then obviously a very good hand wash after.I can't understand why so many women wee on the seat in the first place!

Confused here. Most replies seem to be saying that sitting on a public toilet seat is without risk and at the same time complaining that those who don't can leave urine splashes which they are then sat on by others. Thats right?
I'm definately with the OP and my mother who taught us never
ever to sit on a public toilet seat and I have followed that piece
of wisdom all my life. Tobe clear I check the seat before leaving and clean with toilet paper if I see any splashing but that still doesn't mean the seat is clean .

I vaguely remember a time when there were attendants in public conveniences.

The one I remember (in Lincolnshire) always had clean seats because the attendant went around wiping them over.

She had a little dish for tips, and a bunch of fresh flowers in a vase on a small table.

But Capitalism doesn't work too well when we spend money on public services - well, not for those who want to capitalise anyway, so they're privatised (or disposed of all together) and to cut costs we can do away with such niceties as clean seats and attendants.

JackyB my mother always sat on her hands too even at home. The habit was never passed to any of us as much as she tried to encourage us. She always insisted you could always wash away anything from good hand washing. She would have been 108 if she lived long enough.

I am another who doesn't use any protection from loo seats, nevertheless I see no reason for so many people to be so nasty to the OP.

I am sure all of us have at least one hygiene habit that other people would consider laughable, or if we have none we would be condemned as irredeemable sluts. I undoubtedly fall into the slut slot. so let us accept the OPs habit and the solution to it she has found, which will be of great help to others like her.

Remember many of these hygiene habits were ground into us in child hood by our mothers. Mine taught me to hover, and at times, after inspecting the loo seat, I still do.