Toilet seat etiquette

[DUFFDADDY1]

AIBU
To expect my family members to put the toilet seat down before flushing?
My DW , DM, DSM, sisters, brother( although he is 30. Getting him to piss near the toilet is a God send).
I don't want people's piss and other fluids flying near my toothbrush .

[RiverTam]

Yanbu but most people don't do this. I started doing it after reading in a Bill Bryson book that the lid is what stops faecal matter landing on your bathroom reading matter. Of which I always have plenty on the go.

[swisschocolate]

This is the 2nd thread like this in a week

Toilet fetish time again?

[daisychain01]

Can you move your toothbrush onto a high shelf away from the range of toilet splashes?

[FairyDogMother11]

My DP gets so wound up about people not putting the lid down! He saw a video about the faecal matter on toothbrushes business. If people come round and don't put the lid down they get a telling off and are shown the video

[BrightOranges]

Our toothbrushes are kept hidden away in the bathroom cabinet exactly because of this.

[PuppyMonkey]

Fairydog it sounds like a barrel of laughs round yours.

personally, I prefer people to ensure all contents have been flushed correctly down before putting the lid down. Don't want any nasty surprises.

[user1471443957]

I've never put the lid down and none of my family every have and we've never got poorly from 'faecal matter' on a toothbrush. YABU

[DUFFDADDY1]

swisschocolate
Not so much toilet fetish. More toilet humour.

[CedricSydneySneer]

Yanbu, always put the lid down.

[wasonthelist]

Pathetic

[DUFFDADDY1]

wasonthelist

[paxillin]

Keep the toothbrush in the sitting room if you have half a dozen of toilet lid offenders in your family. Or store it upside down in a glass of gin.

[Gmbk]

Has anyone every died from faecal toilet matter on their toothbrush?

[SpookyPotato]

I always flush with lid open as I like to inspect the bowl! Then close. Never get ill.

[DramaAlpaca]

Meh. The lid is never down in our house. If it was I'd assume there was something unpleasant lying beneath.

[DUFFDADDY1]

I might swap the gin for vodka.

[CoconutAndVanilla]

YANBU

But at least they are putting the toilet seat down, DP and DS ALWAYS leave it up

[Socksey]

Lol.... I don't care as long as the seat is not wet when I sit on it....
DS never lifts it and piddles everywhere. ....
I keep toothbrush etc in a cupboard. ...

[DelicatePreciousThing1]

The lid of the loo should always be put down.

[FairyDogMother11]

Puppy oh I know, I am horribly embarrassed I've taken to whispering warnings when people ask if they can use the bathroom!

[Kishmish]

I hate having the lid down. Then I have to touch it to lift it and don't know what lies beneath.

But my toilet is in a separate room from everything else anyway.

[wasonthelist]

YABU

To start yet another thread on this.

To be a victim of the daft creeping germophobia (largely generated by advertising) that is enveloping us all.

To expect others to conform to a silly rule that have almost zero impact (the often-referenced in previous threads conclusion of Mythbusters was that since there's a gap, the effect of closing the lid is minimal.

Not to have more pressing things to to worry about (though I realise and accept the inherent irony in my suggesting this).

So, to sum up YAB(V)U

[DUFFDADDY1]

Wasonthelist
Thanks for the irony.
Although however small I am a believer that prevention is better than cure.

[PGPsabitch]

Get a cabinet or a covered over holder, saves on frustration and also on uncertainty when guests visit