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To have a shower while a contractor works at our home?

111 replies

FryingPam · 09/03/2026 08:30

Husband also at home, me fully dressed into the bathroom, lock the door, shower, coming fully dressed out of the bathroom again. DH thinks this would be very weird and make the contractor feel uncomfortable.

OP posts:
Unfenced · 09/03/2026 08:43

FryingPam · 09/03/2026 08:41

It is a small flat, so the contractor would be in the room right next to it/pass by the door and hear the water, rather than me being in a different part of the property. I still don’t think it’s that bad, surely he can manage knowing that someone has a shower?

But you still haven’t said why your husband thinks it’s problematic for someone to have a shower while a tradesman is working elsewhere in the flat? Is he refusing to shower himself while the tradesman is in, in case the tradesman is gay and the thought of your DH in the shower Inflames His Imagination?

randomchap · 09/03/2026 08:43

Double check that the water doesn't need to be turned off and go for it

The contractor wants to get their work done, they will not care about the shower being on

Original poster
FryingPam · 09/03/2026 08:41

It is a small flat, so the contractor would be in the room right next to it/pass by the door and hear the water, rather than me being in a different part of the property. I still don’t think it’s that bad, surely he can manage knowing that someone has a shower?

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2026Y · 09/03/2026 08:37

Errrr, what?

TittyGajillions · 09/03/2026 08:36

Your husband is ridiculous.

Unfenced · 09/03/2026 08:33

Get him to unpick his ‘logic’. Is it some weird knuckledragging thing about him imagining the contractor imagining you naked behind a locked bathroom door?

Why would the contractor even know what room you’re in at any point?

DotAndCarryOne2 · 09/03/2026 08:33

Where is the contractor working - is it anything to do with the bathroom. If not l don’t see the issue. Is your DH showering while he’s there - if so he needs to have a word with himself as to why he thinks it’s different for you.

waltzingparrot · 09/03/2026 08:32

Is the contractor working right outside the bathroom?

rwalker · 09/03/2026 08:31

He’s being ridiculous
unless the contractor is working up a ladder by bathroom window

randomchap · 09/03/2026 08:31

Unless it's a plumber working in the bathroom what's the problem?

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 09/03/2026 08:31

Why would you having a shower behind a locked door be a problem?

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