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 😭.

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.