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How can I ration toilet roll??

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  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    jenand8285 wrote: »
    Very strange thread. I understand the need to be concerned about a possible blockage but monitoring the extra TP used when she is around???

    I am pregnant and nip to the loo for little more than a dribble most days, I must be using more TP than ever but I had never even noticed..... why would you??

    Probably because there's too much in the pan to flush away after the child has been in there.

    Nothing strange in noticing that, it would be stranger not to notice if your toilet was stuffed up, wouldn't it?
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  • jenand8285
    jenand8285 Posts: 282 Forumite
    edited 28 May 2014 at 9:05PM
    Probably because there's too much in the pan to flush away after the child has been in there.

    Nothing strange in noticing that, it would be stranger not to notice if your toilet was stuffed up, wouldn't it?

    Just think it is strange to monior usage as a usual and then when she is there.
  • Philippa36
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    I do notice we go through double the amount of loo paper when my daughter isx home from Uni but she is at home all day whereas we're both at work. I do still squish the roll in the hope that less is used but apart from that I just accept the higher charges of having her home!

    I would maybe talk too her about how much is necessary but wouldn't make a big deal of it and maybe as suggested above, buy cheaper paper.
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  • wik
    wik Posts: 575 Forumite
    oh! the great toilet roll debate!!!
    there is not a week goes by in this household regarding loo roll!!
    me and my 2 teen girls share a house with my dad... he is forever moaning that he can make 1 roll last over a week(he has his own bathroom), whilst its not strange for us 3 to use one in a day or so... I dont wish to explain that women need more than men!! as we cant just have a shake!!:eek:
    we also use loo roll for removing make up, blowing noses, etc....
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  • Tink2
    Tink2 Posts: 2,666 Forumite
    Four rolls lasts a month??

    Lol
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    its loo roll - costs pennies. most toilets can cope with quite a lot of loo roll...............and kids do use a lot! and it still mystifies me how a roll can go from the holder to the toilet pan without the child touching it!
  • jaylee3
    jaylee3 Posts: 2,127 Forumite
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    Tink2 wrote: »
    Four rolls lasts a month??

    Lol

    IKR. We go through that many in a week! :eek:

    Some weeks anyway. :rotfl:

    All I can say is they can't poo very often. I 'go' twice a day some days, hubby once. But I do know someone who claims she only has a poo once a week!

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  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    jaylee3 wrote: »
    All I can say is they can't poo very often. I 'go' twice a day some days, hubby once. But I do know someone who claims she only has a poo once a week!

    :rotfl::rotfl:
    I couldn't even tell you how often I go, whenever I need to. I don't think it's once a week, although I can't remember the last time I did, maybe Monday, or Sunday. OH on the other hand is a regular at clockwork and can't start the day without his.

    As a family of 5 we still get through 24 rolls a month though.
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  • mountainofdebt
    mountainofdebt Posts: 7,795 Forumite
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    I was reading an article recently and they interviewed a woman who hadn't bought toilet paper for years but had bought a super soaker for each member of the family..........taking moneysaving to a whole new level
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  • Brallaqueen
    Brallaqueen Posts: 1,355 Forumite
    I know that when I am feeling unsettled, the digestion gets uppity and things get ... messy. Those times, i need shedloads of toilet roll to feel remotely clean. Could this be a reason?

    I'm not sure if children that young can have IBS but digestion issues are a possibility.
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