leftfordead2 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 My friend's spouse has been nagging at him over many things lately...and the newest one is about the toilet seat. She can't stand it if he left the cover up after he's done. Do women really mind that the toilet seat is up?...because I sure as hell don't...
AHardDaysNight Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 This is the stupidest thing that some women nag about!
Lucky_One Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Possibly respectfully disagree with Carhill. It MIGHT be about the toilet seat. (Although, do you mean the cover or the seat? Two different things, and you mentioned both.) I hate hate hate going into a bathroom at night and sitting down on a porcelain rim. It is COLD, and it is LOW and you think in your drowsy state that you are falling falling falling. Besides that, men always tinkle little drops on the rim, and you just KNOW you are sitting on his pee. It is easy to overlook those annoying little things when you are still in the honeymoon stage, but one day, you just snap. You might just snap because you are 8 months pregnant and you are peeing all the time and you felt like you were getting ready to dunk the baby's head into frigid water because you went so far down before you hit the toilet. OR - it might just be because he is irritating the hell out of her for various reasons, and so she picks the toilet seat to bitch about.
carhill Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I remember when my exW used to get mad at me for cooking her dinner Funny how my cat never complains Hope toilet seat guy works it out!
xxoo Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Does the toilet have a lid? The solid piece that covers the seat? When you finish using the toilet, you should close the whole lid before flushing. If you don't, small particles fly up into the bathroom, and land on counters, toothbrushes, towels, etc Problem solved
AHardDaysNight Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 One good thing about me is that I always put the toilet seat down. My mom raised me to do so. However, I find it funny how some women complain so much about this.
carhill Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 One option, though I'd never give up my Toto, is to replace this with this. Problem solved.
Carlos S Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I want a house or apartment with two bathrooms. Each of us can have our own private acre
carhill Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I want a house or apartment with two bathrooms. Each of us can have our own private acre Definitely. I've got four, including a 'man' bathroom in the shop that has the 'horseshoe' seat you don't have to lift if you aim accurately
AHardDaysNight Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Definitely. I've got four, including a 'man' bathroom in the shop that has the 'horseshoe' seat you don't have to lift if you aim accurately That's awesome!
Disenchantedly Yours Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Are we talking about the Toilet seat cover, or that extra rim that guys sometimes lift up to take a pee? Because when guys leave the rim up, I would just about fall into the toilet. If you are talking about the actual toilet seat cover, it does serve as a function. When you flush, stuff splatters up and out that you can't see. The same when someone coughs an you don't see the germs even though they are there. I'm a woman and I use to never close the seat cover. Now I do. Because my tooth brush is in the same room as my other business. And it's not exactly a huge room. It is just more sanitary so there isn't pee and poo residue on the other items in your bathroom.
AHardDaysNight Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Are we talking about the Toilet seat cover, or that extra rim that guys sometimes lift up to take a pee? Because when guys leave the rim up, I would just about fall into the toilet. If you are talking about the actual toilet seat cover, it does serve as a function. When you flush, stuff splatters up and out that you can't see. The same when someone coughs an you don't see the germs even though they are there. I'm a woman and I use to never close the seat cover. Now I do. Because my tooth brush is in the same room as my other business. And it's not exactly a huge room. It is just more sanitary so there isn't pee and poo residue on the other items in your bathroom. I believe they're talking about the rim. The actual seat.
Disenchantedly Yours Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Aw okay..Thanks HardDays. I still think it's just nice to close both for what I talked about before. I don't think men do this to be rude or anything but if your wife is asking you to do it, it might not be a bad idea to try and remember and soon it will just be a habit.
Carlos S Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Definitely. I've got four, including a 'man' bathroom in the shop that has the 'horseshoe' seat you don't have to lift if you aim accurately Horseshoe? Do you live on a plane? But if things go my way, I'll be able to afford that dream double-toilet house (and possibly a private jet as well)
somedude81 Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 It MIGHT be about the toilet seat. (Although, do you mean the cover or the seat? Two different things, and you mentioned both.) I hate hate hate going into a bathroom at night and sitting down on a porcelain rim. It is COLD, and it is LOW and you think in your drowsy state that you are falling falling falling. Besides that, men always tinkle little drops on the rim, and you just KNOW you are sitting on his pee. Are we talking about the Toilet seat cover, or that extra rim that guys sometimes lift up to take a pee? Because when guys leave the rim up, I would just about fall into the toilet. Seriously? Do women just no look before they sit down?? I am a man who lives alone. Often I don't put down the seat down after I've used it. And when I actually did need to sit down, I have never actually sat on the rim. Want to know why? Take a guess.
oaks Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I hate hate hate going into a bathroom at night and sitting down on a porcelain rim. It is COLD, and it is LOW and you think in your drowsy state that you are falling falling falling. I recommend turning on the light so that you can see what you're doing.
norajane Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Who wants all that bacteria flying around in their bathroom? Yuck. Seat and cover both need to be down before flushing!! Why is that so hard that it needs to turn into a marital issue?
Stung Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Seriously? Do women just no look before they sit down?? I am a man who lives alone. Often I don't put down the seat down after I've used it. And when I actually did need to sit down, I have never actually sat on the rim. Want to know why? Take a guess. I recommend turning on the light so that you can see what you're doing. The point I think these women are trying to illustrate requires you to consider a few other factors, 1) that women need to sit EVERY time they go to the bathroom, not just once in a while, 2) women generally need to pee more often than men, which often translates into getting up and stumbling around groggily in the middle of the night in the dark, and 3) women get ingrained habits just like the men do about toilet use, only theirs involves sitting with the assumption that nobody has f*cked up the way they left the toilet last, and with men it sometimes involves leaving the toilet any old way they feel like it, and then defending their right to do so . It's not an issue in my house, because my husband usually puts both seat and lid down because he knows about the hygiene issue and he chooses not to brush his teeth with poo, also he takes the rest of the household into consideration: in our case not only me and his daughter, but also the toddler and cats who might splash in toilet water if it was left open. Also I have an unusually iron bladder for a woman--but there were times when I was pregnant that I had to get up like five times at night to pee, it sucked. You don't want to turn on the light, because then it ruins your night vision and you can't get back to bed without tripping over things or stubbing your toe, and (for me at least) it wakes you up too much and makes it harder to get back to sleep right away. And once or twice, he had forgotten and left the seat and lid both up, and yes, it was cold, and felt gross, and made me feel like I was falling into the toilet because it was lower than I expected it to be, and it woke me up and I had to go turn on the light, and I was annoyed. I wouldn't turn it into a ground zero battle in a marriage, or anything. But it's pretty hard to see why a guy just wouldn't be willing to be considerate about something like that when it takes like a tenth of a second and almost zero effort, plus it's more hygienic and will keep his wife happy. Most happy, successful marriages/cohabitations I am aware of are full of little concessions and compromises like this being made on both sides, day in and day out, it's just part of living with other human beings that you care about.
oaks Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 The point I think these women are trying to illustrate requires you to consider a few other factors, Yeah, but still turn the light on! Even if I've put the seat down I might've left bath towels all over the floor as a trip hazard.
Cee Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I used to get upset about this issue, but now I take a "live and let live" approach. He can leave the seat up if he can tolerate dealing my very long hair showing up on practically every surface of the apartment.
Stung Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Yeah, but still turn the light on! Even if I've put the seat down I might've left bath towels all over the floor as a trip hazard. Dude, that's a whole 'nother thread about an entirely different slobby husband/nagging wife duo.
2sure Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 I do have an issue with the seat left up in the guest bath when Im entertaining. I just want it down. If his wife wants the seat down so much that she has had to repeat it time and time again...why doesnt he just put it down?? Does he not understand? Does he forget? Does he not know how? That would bug me. I would lock the bathroom door from the outside and not give him a key until he figured out how to close the lid. If he starts putting the lide down and she finds something else petty to make important to herself...he should remove the seat from the toiulet entirely and see how she likes that.
freestyle Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 interesting article about the "Fecal Fountain Factor".......... wow. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839
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