On my way over to the office today, I stopped in for a casting call for a spec commercial. I'm pretty sure my future is not in commercials or acting, but I thought it would be fun to give it a shot.
It was relatively quick and painless, and yet I could still feel the heat on my already rosy cheeks. So, I guess I was at least a little nervous.
You could call this kind of anxiety "stage fright," I suppose, but this is not the stage fright I'll really be talking about.
No, I am referring to the classic inability to urinate in close proximity to another male.
There is an unspoken code amongst men that, unless every other urinal is taken, you do not drain the snake right next to an existing whizzer.
I fully admit that I had stage fright this past Sunday at a restaurant expo at the
Javits Center. Now, it probably had more to do with the horrific sounds that a mildly portly fellow was making three urinals down from me, but the fact is, it happened.
It sounded like a little pleasure spiked with pain, and it's an image I'd rather forget. That, and eating octopus.
That certainly wasn't the first time I've had stage fright, and I doubt it will be the last.
I couldn't piss next to the C.E.O. or C.T.O. at the last company I was working for, and I struggled once to urinate into a trough at Trinity College in Hartford, CT (home of the Bantams).
Is it weird that I remember all the instances?
So what of it, gents? Do you get stage fright? What do you think is the psychology behind it? Would urinals like the ones above help or hinder your progress?
Or would you feel more comfortable filling one of these mouths...
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I want partitions please !!
What I want to know, is how any man can urinate that openly. I have problems in a closed stall, because I'm afraid of people hearing me pee. Kudos to males on this aspect.
Another thing, are guys embarrassed to use urinals, because of insecurities (size) and such?
@NOTdaGRLnextDR@xanga - No, for me it's not the insecuritiy of size, because other dudes usually aren't checking out your package, but something much more complex. It's like you wait for the sound, and if nothing happens you start thinking about it more and more and end up psyching yourself out. Yeah, it's bizzare, idk.
Yes, I do get stage fright too and it is extremely annoying. I would go so far to say that I have a bit of OCD on what I like to call "restroom avoidance management." I make it a point to avoid nearby bathrooms if I know other people are going to be using them and go out of my way to reroute to the next hopefully unpopulated male restroom and hope no one sees me (or if there isn't one, just walk around and come back in 5 minutes). At crowded events like a sports game, I make it a point to go in the stall. Also, the bathroom in my apartment is right off our living room, so if you have the volume down everyone else can hear you going. It's the sound that messes with my head. I have no idea why but it is really annoying. As stupid as it sounds, I would love to be able to go into a bathroom and just do my business if other guys are in there.
@incuman33@xanga - I sort of figured guys didn't check out other dudes packages, but in some instances, I'm sure there's a curious guy.
I guess, if I were a guy, for like a day, I'd be the curious one and then I'd freak myself out if I was smaller than someone else, like be embarrassed, even if no one was looking at me.
Weird, I know.
RYC: If someone can hear me, I can't go. If it's crowded, which is the usual case because most females go in herds, I can't go, I have to wait, which is a killer. So, you're definitely not alone.
OMFG. that is some scary shit.
If there are no urinals open (and NOT the ones in between guys) I just wash my hands and walk back out, and wait a few minutes to try again.
But I piss outside a lot, that's the best way to do it.
I accidentally walked in the men's restroom one time when a guy was using the urinal. It was funny but he stopped his pee. Doesn't that hurt?
I asked my ex one time if I could watch him pee...I was curious I wanted to see how guys pee! lol. Interesting stuff....
I know what you mean; sometimes it's just hard to relax your bladder when you feel the presence of someone next to you. I just take deep breaths and eventually it goes a flowing!
hehehe
this happens to me a lot, especially if i just walked into the bathroom and someone else walks in.
I just believe that all urinals should have some sort of blockage between them. Otherwise, they should just partition it more.
I don't usually use urinals. I prefer the classic toilet design :D
i never get this "stage fright" you talk about at a urinal. you're weird. sorry... those are the greatest pics i've ever seen though. all bathrooms should now be installed just like the one in the first pic..with all the girls. =D what guy wouldn't want that? ...the bathroom with the mouths is just weird and disgusting though.
they should have cubicle walls separating the urinals for some privacy. I noticed that there aren't any toilet paper roll holders so guys don't wipe after they pee*eww* I think it is probably awkward/embarrassing to stand next to another guy and he can still probably see from the corner of his eye when other guys are shaking the last drop of pee off his member before zipping their pants, since they don't use toilet paper. rofl
we all have different anxieties in different situations. my friend avoids public restrooms, even if he's taking a shit. go figure.
yeah, it's weird... I'm not intimidated by them, they are by me....
I am so glad they started putting the lower urinals in bathrooms for handicapped people, keeps me from getting it wet anymore
LOL
nope never got it, it really doesn't even bother me if someone decided to stand next to me, but this might me because me and my friends used to have campfire and to make sure they were out we'd pee on them
I always had problems peeing in public restrooms... Even at home... I have to go in the stall and literally wait for the room to clear in some cases... However, after being at college, it has not been that way... Except in rare cases now when I am mid stream, someone will walk in and if they make a loud noise, I shut down and cannot finish peeing...
LOL
for the sake of clarification of my occasional bouts of stage fright, i have to agree with incuman33 that it has nothing to do with self consciousness regarding observing other wangs or others observing your own. as an athlete in college, i probably ended up taking more communal showers at our athletic center than in my dorm/apt/house over the four years.
and @mike malignant: i have been known to engage in the drunken swordfight (for those unfamiliar, two men peeing at the same time to see whose stream lasts longer) but alcohol is a relaxant so i think roadlesstaken raises a good point.
Im the same, i can shower next to another naked guy at the gym but i just can't pee next to another guy at a urinal. Usually i can but it takes a while, other times especially when its busy like a night club i just give up and come back later when theres less people. I don't know what it is, i dont think its about me being self concious because i wouldn't say that i am. I also cant pee at the urinals in work if someone from my team at work or a manager is next to me - its really embarrasing.