Do any of you remember your mother washing you, or having you wash your bottom area prior to any doctor visits as a child?
I took night baths before bed, so a freshening up the next day was a certain giveaway that my penis was possibly going to be examined, and that my bottom was sure to be visited by a rectal thermometer.
I remember being handed a warm washcloth and being instructed to “make sure to pull the skin back and wash that area really good, _ _ _ _ .” And if course fresh tighty whities were a must!
Unless I was actively ill, I wasn’t told ahead of time about any future doctor visits, I think due to the anxiety it caused me. It didn’t take too many times of this cleaning ritual for me to figure it out anyway, but at least I didn’t have all night for my extremely shy self to worry about my impending bottomless doom.
Do any of you recall any pre-doctor appointment rituals?