Not quite making it?

[Brian]

Love that account of you in the taxi @josh99. Were your friends in the taxi with you and did they know you were bursting or did you keep that secret?

[Fred]

We've all told ourselves, "I can hold it until I get home." Josh99 almost did! We've seen other posts on the same category, along with the "just barely made it" ones. Us guys must be optimists.

[josh99]

I was on my own in the taxi so only the driver knew if he could see me squirming in his mirror! If he did I bet he was wishing to get me home as soon as possible to avoid me wetting his seats.
I've been there a few times thinking I can wait until I get home and more often than not I can't!

[FranticK]

I’ve had something that’s almost like the opposite of it happen. As opposed to “not quite making it”, it’s more of a “made it, but not quite”.

Back when I was living in NYC in my mid/late-20’s, at the end of a night out with many drinks, I got on the wrong train and ended up going in the opposite direction of my apartment. By the time I realized what had happened, I was absolutely bursting and about to be in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan. I knew I couldn’t wait until I got back on another train and went to my apartment, so I exited the station and went searching for somewhere to pee.

The best I could do in my hurry was find a dark alley. So I hobbled into the alley and had 10 seconds of glorious relief before a door less than 20 feet from where I was peeing against a wall suddenly opened and a few people came out. I immediately put myself back into my pants and zipped up while turning away from them and walking out of the alley, but there was 5 seconds where I just couldn’t stop and was just sort of going in my pants. Eventually, they were out of the alley and I was able to go back and finish my business.

[Brian]

@FranticK I love that! 5 seconds of not being able to stop must have resulted in you being totally wet and having to travel home on the correct train in that soaking state, I guess? Actually I'm impressed that you managed to stop peeing at all given that you'd started up from such a bursting state.

[Fred]

Stopping after ten seconds shows remarkable control!

[FranticK]

@Brian: yup, boxers were soaked, pants weren't in fairly rough shape, but I was saved by the fact that my pants were dark blue so it wasn't very obvious.

@Fred: thank you! It really did. It's like being badly dehydrated, finally getting a glass of water, and as soon as the first sip passes your lips the rest of the glass disappears. The frustration was REAL.

[Wombat48]

@FranticK, great account..yep as others have said..it's amazing how much you can pee in 5 seconds!!!

[Fred]

@FranticK, great account..yep as others have said..it's amazing how much you can pee in 5 seconds!!!

Watching videos of guys peeing after holding for "too long", the first 20 seconds or so are often firehose gushes before the flow settles down to just strong and steady.