to ban DH from pooing in the hotel room?

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DH thinks so, I disagree.

In Thailand (on honeymoon!), 'design hotel' for part of the trip - very nice but there wasn't a proper bathroom door, sort of curvy glass everywhere. The toilet was discretely tucked out of sight but not fully enclosed in anything.

DH's poo is soooo stinky and he's one of those lucky people who craps at least once a day. I'm really not so perhaps I have unrealistic expecations BUT after a day of being gassed while in bed (killed the honeymoon mood), asked DH to go to the lobby area when he had to crap and poo in the loo there instead.

He agreed as even he could appreciate that the unaccustomed cuisine was having an effect. It was great!

HOWEVER I have now extended this request to all hotel stays, which DH says is freakish and bizarre. If he has to go then fine, okay, I'll cope, ditto if we're heading out or there's a window we can open safely or whatever but there have been times I've said "please don't shit in the bathroom unless you have to" - always teeny tiny hotel rooms or places the windows aren't usable - and it is becoming A Thing.

On the James May programme this evening they said something about women never pooing on holiday and DH made an arch comment about my poo ban and said nobody in their right mind would do what I do soooo...

AIBU?

Yabu. Fine in hotel room with no bathroom door, but a blanket ban on all hotels? Totally odd.

I hate those fancy hotel rooms / Grand Designs bedrooms that have toilets in the same space, don't those people ever eat?

Our work loo's aren't well ventilated and it's horrible going in there after someone has poo-ed.

DH has come close to a similar ban after overwhelming a macerator toilet in a B&B once. A macerator toilet, for those that don't know, chops poo up into very small pices so it can fit down a narrow pipe. Clearly though, they have a limit on what they can handle, and DH exceeded the tolerance

Really? But I hate going into stinky bathrooms!

What do you do if your P (or room-mate or whatever), does a huge stinker just before you were going to have a bath or wash your hair or otherwise be in there for a while?

It's not a ban, just a... strong preference.

He claims he can't tell when he is going to fart (that's a whole other thing, surely he can), so I still do get gassed in bed on a regular basis. AIBU to want a holiday to include a holiday from poo :(

The no-bathroom-door made me laugh. My DP and I went away for our first long weekend together - nice European city break - and the groovy modern hotel room had a kind of bed-bathroom all in one unit with no door. We'd been seeing each other mere weeks!
There was no pooing done in that toilet.....

I realise that there can be an element of choice in the timing but surely, one can only postpone for a limited amount of time? Sorry but YABU. Get some airfreshener to take with you.

Demanding control over your DHs bowels is a bit extreme. Don't most hotel toilets have an extractor fan (or at least a window) anyway?

this is insane, he needs to perform a normal bodily function and rid his body of waste products. am just sitting here shaking my head

TheFallenMadonna omg those saniflo things? I was desperate for an en suite but the builder said it could only be one of those and just to NOT DO IT.

I was doubtful but after reading your post am glad I didn't put one in, urrrrrrrrgh. Did it go down in the end or does it just stay... jammed? Poor you :(

Control freak.

Your marriage is doomed.

I found one of my old diaries the other day, and had noted when we were trying to sell our flat that i banned my dh from the premises one day 'due to his farts'

I had spent ages beautifying the place, fresh flowers etc, he dropped one in the living room and the value plummetted by about £3k

So I'm with you

I'm afraid to say it neither went down, nor stayed jammed. It was largely macerated - then sprayed over the bathroom floor

Poor me indeed. And poor DH who did his best to clear it up. But real sympathies for the B&B owner...

Bleurgh.

Oh for god sake let the poor man have his shit.

I don't think OP is saying her DH isn't allowed to poo while on holiday, just that in a hotel en suite situation, he could do his poos in a different toilet in the hotel.

Fair enough I'd say. If you do very stinky deposits, you have to be prepared to accomodate people who don't care for your stench.

If his poo is so stinky, I suggest that you review what he's eating!

Buy him a voucher for colonic irrigation

Or - chill out, and recognise that everyone's poo smells. I assume that yours does, too?!

You are being odd. Surely it flushes away like with any toilet?

Are you constipated or something? I don't think it's normal not to poo on holiday.

YABVU you nutter. He is on holiday too, and should be able to poo in comfort.

I don't blame you, but you really cannot impose such a ridiculous ban. Perhaps you should go out while he's allowed to crap in peace? I would...

Have you ever considered that you might have poo envy? I was VERY of my dh's regular bowel movements while on a two week camping holiday. I was constipated for the first week!

Poo envy is a very ugly trait you know.

SkeletonFlowers ahh, maybe that's the thing - I think our (rare), stays in hotels are a BREAK from being at home with four stinky males everywhere and only the one loo. I don't want to be sleeping in a fug of air freshener when on holiday, too much like being at home :(

scurryfunge hmm, well, maybe. Though our marriage is under threat from his toenail-picking habit too (he leaves them in a little pile on the sofa arms, WTF).

TheFallenMadonna oh my god you poor, poor things. Jesus. I would say "I can't even imagine" but I kindof can and that's worse! Urrrrgh!

YABU and weird.

TheFallen, I have a horrid cough after a nasty cold and your post made me laugh so much I nearly choked!

Friends of mine have a macerator loo downstairs that has a sign saying something about 'only one piece of loo paper and no poos unless you are

How weird are you?

What if he suddenly objected to the sight of you eating and decreed that you had to eat at a separate table to him whenever you were on holiday?

What do I do if DH does a stinky poo before I want to take a shower? I either wait or use very fragrant shower gel

You are being overly precious, and making me wonder what kind of other odd rules you have in your house.