... (not for the faint hearted - toilet functions)

[Beethoven]

My DP and I are staying in a cottage for the week. He's using the toilet, and the flush isn't getting rid of the remains. He gives it a few flushes and it isn't going anywhere. We have a bit of a chat (I know, sounds funny, but he says don't go in there for a while, etc).

He decides to use the toilet brush to push it down, and I ask him not to. He says it's the only way to get it to work, whereas I think it'll leave the brush pretty disgusting (it's not our cottage). He decides to do it anyway, but it really upsets me, to the point that I'm in tears.

It's not a massive thing, but was I unreasonable to get upset about this?

PMSL at all replies!!! God things are getting better on here already.

Well, I gather there was no plunger, and he had to do something right? I am sure he can clean the brush, or pop into a hardware store and buy a new one. He can pick up a plunger at the same time.
Stress is very unhealthy. If you are this easily set off, perhaps you could consider learning to meditate? I used to be very anxious and learning to meditate has worked its way into everything I do, in a good way.

Have you got high blood pressure do you know?

Beethoven - I get it, it's not the idea of a toilet brush getting yucky that's upset you, but the fact that your husband ignored your issues with it and went ahead and did something gross anyway, out of sheer stubbornness. If you're tear-y, it's probably tiredness or something. Forget about it and concentrate on having a lovely holiday.
(and if you can't forget about it then make him drive and get a replacement brush)

YABU. Total overreaction. Relaaaaaaaaax.

Sounds like he needs to 'pinch off' occasionally rather than drop one single 'foot long'. Would putting down a sheet of greaseproof paper first help? The droppings would get whooshed away by the flush as if flying on a magic carpet.

tiggyD I've only just recovered use of my stomach muscles (never mind the OP's assertion of "it's not a massive thing" which I thought was referring to the errant turd)
pmsl I thought these threads only appeared on friday afternoons

TiggyD !!!

for goodness sake are you serious . Get a new one, they only cost £2 at Asda

he is a control freak clearly with no respect for your reasonable and serious requests, leave him

Actually, I do have high blood pressure, and perhaps meditation is something that would help.

PS, baybay, I do hope you're joking!

Get him to bag it up then put it into the bin instead. This is what I do with the cat poo and it seems to be okay.

Sorry but do husbands have to do everything their wives say? Are you his Mum. Sorry but you sound a bit mental.

Oh and TiggyD LMFAO!

Actually, I accept I was unreasonable, and that I get stressed sometimes. "bit mental" seems a bit harsh

Beethoven, of course i was joking,chill out!
I imagine your post seems funnier to people reading it than you in the middle of the bog brush episode, you must see the funny side of it surely?!
Anyway, did it flush eventually? I would be more bothered about that than the bloody brush.

On a slightly different tangent, is your DH okay? If he is producing monster turds that won't flush?

Of course I see the funny side. It did flush in the end, I think he's healthy and seems pretty regular!

Friend of mine once did a monster turd at the house of a one night stand. She couldn't flush it, so NDEA up fishing it out of the loo with a loo brush then putting it in a sainsbury's carrier bag with the intention of taking it with her. She sneaked out of the house, he was still sleeping, only stopping to write him a quick note. It was only once she'd left she realised she'd left the pop bag next to the note...

Just saying. Things could be worse.

NDEA means ended. Pop means poo. iPhones suck.

The simple solution to this problem is for DH to take a full bucket of water in with him. Then once he is finished pour the whole bucket sharply down the toilet and then flush immediatley after that.

It works.

OP what did you actually want your dp to do?

Unfortunately for those of us who are squeamish/sensitive/easily upset real life often intervenes and gives us a big

Since becoming a nurse, and then subsequently having children, very few toilet related incidents could bother me now.

I agree onepieceoflollipop i used to be incredibly squeamish, but since motherhood I'm completely cured.

FWIW i don't think shoving a poo down the toilet is any different from scrubbing poo marks off of the pan. You could have always bought a new one if you thought the cottage one was irreparably damaged.

It sounds like you're over it now though, but if you keep bursting into tears over thinks like this I would start taking the evening primrose oil.

As a man, I get this, the little holiday cottage that you are renting for the week, this could become an excellent romantic get away for many years to come, if only my Husband hadn't left the toilet brush in such a shocking state, the landlords don't answer our calls now..... another (27th year) in sunny bognor... That about it??

cordiality that's hilarious!!!

Honestly so such fuss about NOTHING! LOL. Get a grip, OP. It's a TOILET BRUSH. For cleaning the TOILET.

I thought the thread was going to be about your bowel movements or something, but this is just comical.

mumof2children (from way back up the thread) - you won't have bog brushes in your home? Seriously?? How do you scrape off the er... bits... especially below the water level?

Please enlighten.

OP - next time threaten to rub his nose in it. Works for puppies I hear.