Do you crumple or fold your toilet paper ?

Male,
I fold.
I don’t have to explain myself to you. I have enough trouble explaining myself to myself.

Why do you fold ?

I don’t know.
For as far back as I remember I always have. Did I learn this from my parents? I don’t know. Possibly just some OCD thing.
I have to have my bread aligned when I make a sandwich. Is it the same thing?

Loosely fold. Are you taking a survey for a purpose? I heard of a Stanford University survey today that was looking into the relationship between sleep and exercise for people who have trouble sleeping. Their sample had only 14 women and one man in it, hardly statistically relevant, so maybe that doesn’t matter any more

I’m male.
I fold.
It uses less paper and is less expensive.

I’m taking a survey for my own particular curiosity. I, personally, am a crumpler, and I don’t understand you foldin’ folk. It seems tedious and less-absorbing.

@Sunny2 “loosely fold” ??
Now there is a half arsed answer to a crappy question if I ever heard one.

@squidgybaps perhaps it gives us something to do to wile away the time while we are awaiting the endtimes.

Okay, okay, addendum : How many sheets are, on average, in your toilet-paper-pull ?

three. sometimes four depending on the viscosity.

Depends on the paper. In my youth, if there was no toilet paper – a common experience – you used gazette paper. The expression came from the Port of Spain Gazette , published 1825 to 1956, Of course we also had the Trinidad Guardian, now the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian (1917-present). I never found the Guardian really satisfactory, it was harder than the Gazette. To answer your question, we always crumpled it up thoroughly to soften it. For babies and small children, one used cotton diapers, not newspaper or even toilet paper.

<—- Doesn’t use TP.

I use wet wipes… yep, flushable baby wipes. One of the few little luxuries I decided on for my older years. Use a whole lot less and they come out of the package in a nice size sheet that can be folded multiple times. One, maybe two sheets. Cost about $5 for a pack of 200. One pack lasts me two months. One little pack. Feels so nice.

I had to run to the bathroom and check!
I crumple up my folds (just to cover all my bases) : P*

*c/ped from jack thread

@bea2345 is right about it being dependent on the paper. Many of the government institutions such as the state and national parks use what we refer to as John Wayne toilet paper: It don’t take shit off of anyone.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies @bea2345—how old are you ? male, female ?

WTH? People fold their TP? Well, it seems men do. When I was 16 I learned men don’t even wipe after they pee. I thought to myself if that moment had not occured when I learned that, and I had had a son as a single parent, I would have taught him the wrong thing.

So, you can guess my answer: Crumple. I don’t see how any woman could fold TP.

Female
Crumple
I use way too many sheets
I use baby wipes after going number 2
my husband does wipe after peeing….YAY

Wipe after peeing?
No way!
Jes’ shake it baby!

remember though, if you shake it more than three times, you’re playing with it

Fold, always. Much more effective/efficient. Male. And yes, I do sometimes wipe after #1 as well… :)

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies I use those too (along with regular TP); I’ve been using them since I was little.

I never understood that just shaking thing for guys?
1. Does that really get it clean?? 2. Is that why men’s toilets are always dirtier than women’s?

Neither. I prefer to eat mine juliened.

I always fold.

I’m a girl. I crumple.
What a funny question. It’s one of those things that never occurred to me. I just assumed that everybody crumpled.

Can you imagine how much TP a woman would use if she folded? Easily double. My husband already complains about how much TP I use. He says a 12 pack is for every month of the year. LOL.

Female
Fold
Because that’s how I do.

@rojo I thought it was more than twice. ;)

@JLeslie Right?? Probably more than double. I’m a lifelong crumpler and I still use more than I should.

Male. Fold. Here is how.

I fold once. I don’t use that much. I’m female. I recently bought the flushable wet wipes for number two and I love them. I can’t believe I’m answering this question.

I’m a male folder for no. 2 and I do wipe after no. 1.

Female.
Fold.
Comfort is the reason? OCD? Not sure. I also use flushable wipes if needed. Wet the TP in a public bathroom. lol

Number of sheets used is directly related to the quality of the paper. I’ll use insane amounts of the transparent crunchy kind, but will use minimal with my preferred Cottonelle with Ripples.

Female. Fold/wrap. Why? Because I use less and have better control of what I’m doing than I would were I to crumple. No idea what the average number of sheets is that I use. More at work because it’s the cheap stuff you normally find in an office.

@livelaughlove21 my standards are a little loose evidently, that and I enjoy it

Haha…well…..considering I just went to the bathroom here, I’m a crumple girl. Double wipes, crumpled, and I keep a bottle of perfumed water next to the toilet for extra fresh follow up wipes. lol
The crumple factor maximizes the volume/mass of otherwise flat and thin folds

.More wipe for your swipe. It’s physics peeps.

@rojo Loosely fold just means I don’t crease the folds. (some people do). Sorry I annoyed you. This topic doesn’t seem worth the energy it takes to be annoyed.

Okay….the REAL test of sanity is…

Do you hang your TP over or under?
I’m an over hanger….pffft…everybody knows that is the proper way to hang TP. lol

@Sunny2 Didn’t annoy, no apology necessary. Just enjoyed your response.

@Coloma I leave the roll on the sink….like kids/teenagers/ most men do

Ok, I just tried crumpling.

Eh.

Ok! Ok! So I folded first then crumpled up the finished product before using it. Old habits are hard to break

@rojo – I had a similar experience in Suffolk County, England. I was peeing a lot because of the unfamiliar cold (it was summer!) so practically in every village and town I visited the public facilities. They were immaculately clean, always had paper and were perishing cold. The paper varied, from outright waxed squares to a slightly thicker, unwaxed type that was no more absorbent, Each square was marked Suffolk County and the name of the town I collected samples from every one.

@squidgybaps – female, 69. I crumple rather than fold: it saves paper.

Someone replaced the toilet paper and it wasn’t me! Is there a toilet paper fairy in my house? wth? This is a first!

I thought I’d mention this here since we are talking about tp.

@jonsblond A TP fairy?! Capture the little bugger and send it this way!

Odd, I too changed out the roll yesterday.; without being asked I might add.

My wife could not understand why I felt I should be congratulated and showered with attaboys.

Female, fold.
I once heard that women from the U.S. tend to crumple while european women tend to fold. Don’t remember the source though.

“Atta boy!!” @rojo