Who cleans the toilet in your house?

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Exactly that really.

I'm 42 and been with my husband 13 years and I honestly think I could count on one hand the amount of times he's ever cleaned the toilet.

I only live with my DH, and we have a traditional split in that I clean the house and he maintains the elaborate garden. This includes harvesting fruit and making jams and tomato sauces, vegetable growing and freezing, etc. That said, I believe everyone needs to be responsible for cleaning a toilet, regardless of how much they work, so he cleans the one he uses most.

Well it's just me so unless I find some toilet cleaning fairies it's my job 😊

Both of us - currently roughly taking turns during the housework blitz

when he was unemployed then he did it all the time
when I was on my own o did it all the time

Get some coffee machine cleaning tablets and dissolve in water and use that to clean the rim 😊

Yup, same here. Loo brush (regularly replaced) by the side, and bottle of bleach, spray cleaner, etc all in each loo. Make a mess and you clean it up! Trained DH to do it as soon as we moved in together and trained DS to do it when he was about 8! All I do, besides cleaning up my own mess, is a weekly mop of the floor and wipe around the sink and surfaces with spray and cloth. Train them before they get into bad habits!

But you still need to clean the seat and lid and behind the seat , the pedestal. You don’t do that every time you use the loo .

I do. If i am unable for some reason, DH does. (back when DC were at home DC2 did, for money)

We have always done it this way because i am very fussy, and he is much more fussy about the kitchen. So he does the kitchen.

But none of us has ever left it in a mess, and early on i introduced all family members to a habit i picked up from Korean colleagues: everyone who uses the loo gives it a quick wipe round with the disinfectant spray after use.

I know. It's like they have blinkers on and I can't tolerate an unclean toilet, so I wouldn't leave it dirty. They don't even notice dust build up, yet they all like a clean bathroom.

I'm also the only who seems to notice water marks on the taps. In spite of buying viakal and sufficient cleaning products they don't bother using them much.

Every so often, I put a message in our family group chat asking everyone to keep up with these things. It improves for a little while, then back to normal.

In general, DH is tidier than I am, but not cleaner IYKWIM. He sees things on the surface. He's super organised. Hardly loses things, like me... but he doesn't notice deep down dirt like I do. My eyes zoom to dirt and I can't take it.

Such is life eh.

I split the cleaning equally with my partner. I don’t get why people just accept being cleaners in their relationships. Everyone who shits in the toilet is responsible for cleaning it.

We both do, we don't really share chores or responsibilities 50:50, we both do 100%

We both do, but dh probably does it more. The rule in our house is if you invite people over, you have to sort the house out for them. I’m too tired, so I never invite people over because I do not want to have to clean and sort the spare room and cook for them.

Dh, however, has a pathological need to host (I realised yesterday that our friends have bought 3 houses since the last time we were invited to their house 10 years ago, they only ever come to ours 🙄). So you invite it over, you clean ahead of its arrival. So Dh probably does 75% of the toilet cleaning.

I clean my bathroom and he cleans his. I don’t inspect his too closely!

Oh the luxury of separate bathrooms!

Me. The very rare time DH does it, I wish he hadn’t, as he does it when there are “things” in the toilet, and gets the toilet brush all full of the grossness, which I then have to spend ages getting out 😫

The cleaner

But either of us in between

It’s a must!

I do the toilets, but DH is much improved at cleaning the basin, shower screen and polishing taps. I have the en-suite and he has the bathroom, so both need doing. The cloakroom doesn’t take very long. It would be even better if he didn’t need reminding to put the toilet seat down too. There’s a bathroom cabinet in the cloakroom, above the toilet, where he keeps medication. Even after dropping tablets down the toilet, he still leaves the seat up.

He does vacuum, cook, garden and did though.

Toilet brushes are made for chucking and replacing.

Always me. We share household tasks, but I'm i/c bathrooms.

I watched my mother martyr herself with housework. She will boast my father never changed a nappy or cleaned a toilet. I was expected to clean the bathroom as my chore from a young age. I think around 10. I grew up to just accept men are like this for far too long. No fucking way will my son treat women that way nor will my dd accept it. Everyone gets chores suited to their ability here and disrespecting your home and expecting someone else to clear up will loose you your screens. When my 8yo ds pisses on the seat or floor he is summoned to clean it up. I do the routin clean of the bathroom as I’m a single parent but your own skid marks and rinsing the bath after use etc are on individuals

I do, DH does in once every couple of years when I've got a lot on and having a melt down. However, I've worked part-time for many years, while he was working full-time. He's now retired, so I leave more of the garden side to him and I've left him to decorate the bathroom and kitchen this time😅

Me, but it doesn’t bother me because overall I think we have a fair split of chores.

Me but DH does lots of jobs I hate, including vacuuming. He also did it when he was a SAHD until DS went to school and would be happy to do it if I asked. We've been married for 46 years and the last time we rowed about housework was probably 45 years ago which resulted in us buying our first dishwasher!!
DS 32 does the lion's share of the chores in their house but no idea if that includes loo cleaning. He lived alone for several years so he knows how to do it.

I do - two: the downstairs loo and our bathroom’s. The stepkids are responsible for theirs. I prefer the rubber gloves, black Harpic and cleaning wipes method as I detest toilet brushes (though there’s one in the downstairs loo for guests (which I never use))

If my stepkids have their friends round when we’re away, it’s their responsibility to clean the downstairs loo by the time we get home, via whichever method they please - it just needs to be done and it always is

My loos are always gleaming. I leave the checking of the kids’ bathroom to their dad 😳😉🤣

I do downstairs toilet and second floor shower room. DH does ensuite and main bathroom. Cleaner does them all.