Sometimes we use the other bathroom, same deal. I never find the lid down, she never finds it up.
I feel like this is some magic that should never be talked about openly, like we agreed without speech and discussing it would break something. Lived with many women, this has never happened.
I’m just being weird, aren’t I? I love her for it in any case.
EDIT: I wasn’t clear. I’m talking about the seat. We’re gross and don’t put the lid down when we flush. Yes, I’m aware that tosses bacteria around, don’t care. Unless one of us ends up with a compromised immune system, it’s not a big deal. And we pretty much never fall ill.
no problem in our household :)
btw, flushing will make droplets of what’s in the toilet bowl airborne, so i always put the lid down at the time of flushing. That’s the default state of our toilet
I tried getting into the habit of sitting down and found that there’s a topological problem for me. See the angle of my dongle is thus that the stream hits the bowl in such a way that some of it escapes under the brim.
This doesn’t happen all of the time, but often enough to put me off the practice. As having to mop up after every fifth time is a bit annoying and feels less hygienic as having a little splatter.
oh yeah that does sound like a hassle, just like headphones, one size/shape does indeed not fit all
This. Being able to pee without necessarily setting down is great when you’re outside, or in a public toilet but I see absolutely no sense of doing that at home.
I’ve been putting the lid down ever since my gf dropped her bottle of fancy lotion in the toilet.
everyone puts both seats down
its the only fair rule
You should always close the lid before flushing. Look up the words “fecal spray” but not while eating.
In the words of David Mitchell; “Clearly it’s fine then”
Why is your wife peeing while standing up? 🤔
It’s a power move.
You should both close the lid before flushing, since that limits the splash of droplets. Flushing with the lid up will get droplets everywhere. https://youtu.be/egkzyAFJ-g8
You must not have the soft close feature. I hate standing around for 20 seconds waiting for the soft close seat to drop so I can pee (learned the hard way that if you force it, it wears out in a couple years). So that would probably have killed this little ritual as soon as she had to go twice before you came along to put the seat down for her. It would annoy you sometimes too I bet, unless you stand up to shit.
Still, even though you don’t want to spoil the magic, maybe there are other ways to show affection, because (in order of importance):
- Farticles on every surface ew?
- It’s ugly to see straight into a toilet bowl when the bathroom is in view (and also very bad Feng Shui)
- Habit/muscle memory will likely lead her to leave toilet seats up when she is a guest elsewhere, which is kind of hilarious actually, but could be hilarious at her expense
Admittedly, none of this is what you asked. But it’s weird how many people try to make toilet seats a fairness thing. If the lid is kept down, everyone has to take it from closed to open and back to closed again. Isn’t that fair?
Um, close your damned bio-waste disposal, maybe?
You’re doing right by closing it, she isn’t. She should fix that disgusting habit
I feel like you meant to say “seat” instead of “lid,” or your post doesn’t make sense, yet almost every comment takes it at face value.
No, he means lid.
I always put the seat and lid down before flushing. Yet none of the women I’ve ever lived with, put the lid back down when they’re done. So I frequently approach a lid that’s up, not covering a seat that’s down.
Yea this actually used to annoy me with a female friend who’d come over. Other than the droplet spray issue, my cats fascinated by the water in the toilet. He generally tries to follow anyone going to the bathroom anyway to keep you company as they often do. But as soon as you open the door with the lid up he runs straight over, starts pawing at the water and very quickly ends up falling in head first.
I always wonder if he thinks his own reflection is another cat. I think that’s what was going on with my last cat when he would stare at the washing machine.
I have a new 6-month-old kitten. She’s shown interest in the toilet. Last night I discovered what she’s been so interested in. Warning: the following story is equally disgusting and hilarious.
We use flushable litter, so after using the toilet, I scoop litter then flush it all together. After scooping, I caught her with both paws in the toilet and chased her out. She managed to get a little bit of her target, the toilet paper!!!, away with her. So she could EAT IT.
I was laughing and shouting in shock and horror so loudly my partner came to check on us.
After cleaning her up, as I continue getting ready for bed, she went back to the toilet to bat at the water. I pulled her off then took one square of TP to wipe the seat off where she left a couple drops and threw it in the toilet. She immediately grabbed the square of TP (from a thankfully otherwise empty toilet bowl) and ran away with her prize, carrying it like a proud huntress. I had to chase her around the bedroom to get it back and clean her paws again.
So yeah, she’s going to train me to always leave the lid closed because of my disgusting but adorable pet.
But he loves her for it. Which I think means she’s courteously flipping up both the seat and the lid, to be ready for him to pee.
He never mentioned the seat. He says nothing remotely suggesting she’s doing it intentionally. He loves that they have a perfect alternating bathroom schedule, as though they’re synchronized. That’s all.
I disagree and it rests with him to clarify. But she loves him for (among many other reasons I’m sure) the fact she never falls in if she’s creeping sleepily to the loo in the middle of the night.
I’ve never pissed on the lid while creeping sleepily to the loo in the middle of the night. I don’t see how people falling in toilets haven’t stubbed their toes clean off, walking around blindly all the time.
I fell in once while 8 months pregnant, a time when one’s bladder is frequently kicked in the middle of the night. The path to the loo was well-worn, no stubbing. I didn’t want to wake my husband and the bathroom lightswitch is outside the door.
Those are extenuating circumstances. All allowances should be made for pregnant ladies. All other times I’m a lid down man. That time when I was drunk and squished my balls while sitting on the lid were my own damn fault.
I did indeed mean “seat”. Neither of us put the lid down. Technically gross? Sure, but IDGAF. I flush and turn my head away, not like I’m huffing e. coli.
Thanks for clarifying. I don’t know how people made sense of it as lid despite their trying to clarify for me (which I appreciate).
I am aware of fecal aerosols, and I do put the lid down because of it, but for many years I did not. It’s not enough to demonstrate that the flush spreads germs. You need to show that this has clinical relevance.
I suspect the lid down behavior is due to fear and the yuck factor but has very little impact on rates of actual illness.
You’re not being weird. You’re being silently courteous to one another. Follow your instincts and say nothing.
THAT’S what I’m feelin’! I should probably leave it as it, but it’s so nice.
Pee together and let the lid function collapse
EDIT: I wasn’t clear. I’m talking about the seat
Huge difference, thanks for clarifying. You have a real unicorn of thoughtfulness!
Our house was definitely NOT that thoughtful.
- we started normally: I left the seat up, she yelled at me that the seat must be down
- that is entirely self serving: let’s compromise on always putting the LID down. Effort is equally on both of us, and we get a hygiene benefit
- I put the lid down, she continues to only put the seat down, but no longer yells
- she and kids repeatedly drop stuff in the toilet: forget hygiene, PUT THE GODDAM LID DOWN SO I DONT HAVE TO KEEP FISHING STUFF OUT OF THE TOILET
really throw her off her game. start sitting down to pee.
Same deal in my house. Better not to bring it up yet. You can use it to know who used the toilet last when something breaks.
I got her a bidet soon as she moved in. Much nice than the “pussy bucket”, the “tabo”.
And here as well. I decided never to mention it. It’s just how it is, don’t question the laws of science.
Keep the toilet, ditch the wife.
