To lock the bathroom door?

I personally would not lock the bathroom. BUT I would also expect my DH to knock and accept a „no“!

And what if no one needs the loo at that time and then all of a sudden after the other person is in the shower they do need the loo? What you are saying is if you're in the shower or bath then the whole time you are in there ppl have to gold bodily fluids and maybe bowel movements in? There's been times when ive had a lovely relaxing bubble bath and ive been lay there and my partner has had to pop in quickly for a wee I wouldn't make him wait as that could damage a man holding it in. Im also not controlling or neurotic either so im not bothered if he pops in for a quick wee whilst im in the bath or the shower im not gonna make him piss in the kitchen sink now that would be unhinged.

NU. I have teeth cleaning stuff permanently in kitchen, so feel I should be able to have locked door if I need bathroom.

Nope. Just a factual response to your weird question.

Not the point of the thread but its really so impractical to have a loo in the bathroom when living with other people. I prefer to have the toilet separate.

What a weird response to me.

Seven of us living in my house. One bathroom. We manage without a lock on the door, because we “knock” and wait our turn. If one of us didn’t have that respect for each others privacy, we would probably feel that we needed to get a lock. The problem isn’t the lock, it’s the lack of respect.
I know that some people are comfortable with sharing a bathroom at the same time as their family members, but others are not, and that’s where the respect comes in.

The downstairs poo thing is batshit. You need to go, you use the nearest toilet. it's literally what the bloody thing is built for.

He sounds like a controlling knobhead. Fine when one or both go out to work, as it's a break from it. What about when you retire - fancy dealing with Mr fun sponge's rules day in day out?

Well, if you were controlling and weird enough to insist upon entering a toilet while someone else is in there and has locked the door to get some privacy in order to brush your teeth - instead of just waiting like a normal person - this would be one solution.

The vast majority would just wait, of course, so no need to move the toothbrush.

It's just a suggestion for the nutters who refuse to just wait the way normal people do.

I have a washing up bowl which washing up goes in, and if we spit in the kitchen sink we rinse it immediately, you know just like we do in the bathroom sink. We aren't spraying spit all over the clean washing up.

I dont either If its just me and hubby home but if I were in there, he would just wait for me to come out, can't remember the last time hes ever asked to come in while im in the bathroom. He doesn't need to brush his teeth while on the loo, he wouldn't want to 🤣🤣🤣

Agreed. This was a controlling tactic used by my abusive ex husband. A total disrespect for the poster’s boundaries.

Why would I though when 99.9999% of the time I brush my teeth in the bathroom

Well, this is the most batshit thing I have heard on here for a while. Who made him the poo police? I would purposely poo wherever if I had a nutter like that in the house. And I'd lock the damn door to do it. If he wants 24/7 control on the family bowels he can go live elsewhere.

I domt usually lock the door when I have a shower but YANBU to do so.
I do lock it when inuse thwe toilet though.

You should be able to have a shower in private without having to lock the doors.
He lacks basic respect.

Your daughters have to live with a controlling pig who thinks he can tell them what toilet to shit in, have had to ignore his repeated demands on where to shit, have had to train him to let them have a little bit of dignity and prrivacy and have to tolerate being constantly on eggshells because their father tries to force you all "to do what he says" on the daily,

This. Is. Not. Normal. You need to stop making light of this. Just because you've been conditioned to tolerate his awful behaviour, don't think it's easy on them. He sounds appalling.

Hang on, why does he keep trying barging in first if both you and DC always lock it? That would quickly become redundant unless he was deliberately trying to catch one of you - either of you - out. And he can't possibly have one set of behaviours for you and a different one for DC when he can't tell which one of you is behind the closed door.

Our bathroom hasn't got a lock. We'll walk in when the other is in the bath/ shower/ peeing. Only got one bathroom/ toilet and can't be doing with anyone locking the door for ages. We always shut the door for a poo and respect each other's privacy with that but there's been times we've had to go in. Not the end of the world but that's just us.

One of the first things DH and I agreed 30 years ago when we first lived together was that the bathroom was a private space. I might clean my teeth when he’s in the shower, but I have never seen him on the loo and I never want to. Don’t lock the door however, no need.

The bathroom door is locked in our house! Cant think of anything worse than someone walking in while im on the loo or in the shower
Plus we have a pre teen girl in the house.everyone needs privacy. Dont understand those who walk around the house brushing their teeth either

It doesn't matter if 4 people need to be out at the same time. People just get organised to do everything they need to do in the bathroom when it's their turn. The only exception is if someone felt sick or needed the loo very suddenly.