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AIBU to expect air freshener in toilets when visiting friends?

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HangryBrickShark · 09/09/2026 23:11

Is there an expectation that people's toilets should have an air freshener in? Like a spray air freshener?

We always have air freshener in both our toilets in case friends or family get caught short when visiting us or even to freshen the bathroom after having a wee if necessary, so I hate it if I go to a friend/family members house and they have none.

I get some people may be affected by asthma but surely if you had asthma you wouldn't use it?

We have a glade air freshener at work that sprays into the space where the wash handbasins are for example.

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Gentlework · 09/09/2026 23:15

Google Poopourri, then buy a little bottle and take it with you wherever you go.

You'll never worry about laying a smelly cable in a friend's toilet again!

RosesAndHellebores · 09/09/2026 23:14

I have a reed diffuser in the downstairs bog. They can open a window.

LuckyTraybake · 09/09/2026 23:14

i totally get this!!

I would not want to use a bathroom for a poo if there was no air freshener!

I don’t think it’s weird at all! More weird to not care if people smell your toilet deposits imo🤣

Usefuladvice · 09/09/2026 23:14

YABU.
And not to be that person, air fresheners are awful for the environment.

Teenagerantruns · 09/09/2026 23:14

Well l that's a new one, we definitely don't have air freshener in our toilet. I never thought about it to be honest.

Dozer · 09/09/2026 23:14

things to try to mask shit smells with a layer of a synethetic smell seem an odd thing to give a shit about

hotmumshit · 09/09/2026 23:13

Yanbu tbh

Theres this tiktokker who i love and think is amazing, but she refuses to have a toilet brush! I'm like, what if someone (usually a man) has no choice but to poop in your toilet and finds he cant clean it?! 😩😩😩

BMW58 · 09/09/2026 23:12

You are, quite frankly, weird.

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