Posted by Colin on 27/6/2010, 9:23 am, in reply to "Re: Recidivism"

I really like the pee buddies thing. There's nothing worse than arriving at the urinals at the same time as the only other guy in the room, who's a perfect stranger, and neither of us can pee because of the other. And I know we're both thinking and feeling the same things as the room is perfectly silent. I always wish I could say something like, "I understand--don't feel bad." Instead, we kind of wait each other out and one of us finally gives up, flushes, and walks away. Usually, if I "win" and the other guy walks away I immediately start peeing. Sometimes I wonder--since I've experienced this whole chain of events hundreds of times--whether if it were somehow acceptable for us to be open about it--the other guy and me--we'd just both loosen up and start peeing.

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