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Original poster

I don't want a piss mat

69 replies

bupcakesandcunting · 31/05/2011 19:03

In my new bathroom.

They look tatty after a few days, are essentially a sponge of piss and they stink like the gent's urinals. I've told DH I don't want one and he looked at me like I'd just told him that we're definitely going to have to start shitting on the dining table.

Disclaimer: the floor on our bathroom is now wipeable, so I can easily disinfect in every day if need be.

AIBU to not want a piss mat?

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BitOfFun · 31/05/2011 19:28

If you aren't pissing on the floor, why on earth are you cleaning it?

EverythingInMiniature · 31/05/2011 19:29

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bupcakesandcunting · 31/05/2011 19:30

"If you aren't pissing on the floor, why on earth are you cleaning it?"

I do sometimes, if it's been wine evening.

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BitOfFun · 31/05/2011 19:31

Not every day though?

smartyparts · 31/05/2011 19:32

I honestly haven't seen one since I was a child in the 70s, along with a nice matching cover for the loo seat.

As my snobby mum would say, they're for residents of pardonia.

Mishy1234 · 31/05/2011 19:33

YANBU. They are rank.

YesterdaysPants · 31/05/2011 19:37

Not a loo-shaped one, but I do have a round ikea bathmat that migrates around the bathroom, outside the shower, under the loo etc. It does keep feet warm. But for now there's only me and DH, and unless very drunk he has good aim.

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bupcakesandcunting · 31/05/2011 19:40

Not every day. DS pisses on the floor most days. Since he is only just gone 4, I think I'll give him another few years before barking at him to clean it up like I do to DH.

YesterdaysPants, I have bought a large rug that covers a large area of the bathroom floor to keep toes toastie Wink

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ZXEightyMum · 31/05/2011 19:40

They are to keep your feet warm, if single and female, with female DC.

I don't have the lavatory cosy-toes now. DS isn't the problem but men often do the frantic Wash of Hope at the sink and think you won't notice that they have flooded the bathroom floor with water thirty seconds minutes later. Until you have gone to freshen up and howled, "what the fuck am I standing in?"

NanAstley · 31/05/2011 19:48

I too thought it was to keep your feet warm but it does end up as a piss-mat ( I am so definitely appropriating that term!)

Our en-suite, which is used solely by moi, has a deep plush bath mat. In the main toilet, which is where dh is banished to, has bare vinyl on the floor (easily wipeable) and also boasts shaving stubble in the sink Hmm. I refuse to clean up that room; dh messes it, dh disinfects cleans it

Spagbolagain · 31/05/2011 19:48

YABU. The one around the sink pedestal will look odd without it.

Pandemoniaa · 31/05/2011 19:53

Horrible things. Your DH might as well go the whole hog and instal a leaky urinal in the bathroom while he's at it. Then at least the rest of the room will match the smell of the mat.

Original poster
bupcakesandcunting · 31/05/2011 19:58

RIght. It's unanimous. No piss mat at Chez Cunting.

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LordOfTheFlies · 31/05/2011 20:02

Heavens Bupcake you just hang them over the radiator to dry overnight and fill the bathroom with the aroma d' pissy loomat
Disclaimer:I don't do this but alot of my homevisit patients do.Note to self:go into loo,don't breathe,liquid soap only,drip dry hand and don't look under anything
Antibacterial gel a must.

mrsravelstein · 31/05/2011 20:10

my mum has a hand embroidered cover for the box of , ahem, 'moist' andrex wipes

ZXEightyMum · 31/05/2011 20:20

Grin @ mrsravelstein's Mum. A triumph of hope over expectation.

ZXEightyMum · 31/05/2011 20:22

I knew that the Wash of Hope would get lost in the debate Sad

Pandemoniaa · 31/05/2011 20:24

I'm almost impressed by the weirdness of people who can't cope with the idea that lavvy paper (of any sort) is for arse wiping and thus try to "gentrify" it. Well done mrsravelstein's mum! What does the embroidery depict, though? A neat cross stitched message of the "Now Wash Your Hands?" variety.

TurkeyBurgerThing · 31/05/2011 20:25

Ok, I'm a bit lost? Is this for men, children or animals?

mollymole · 31/05/2011 20:28

when we moved into our house the bathroom had - carpet,piss mat and flocked wallpaper - 1 woman , 1Dh and 2DS - IT HAD TO GO - tiled floors and walls no piss mats here!

LittleMissFlustered · 31/05/2011 20:29

MadamDeathstare, my cats are of the sort that politely wait for you to get started, then either perch on the sink to talk to you, or hit their tray to compete join in, in solidarity. I need a bigger house... Or cats with corks :o

PotPourri · 31/05/2011 20:35

What's the wash of hope then?

BTW, I like the mat- good to keep your toes warm in the night. And as I have several I wash them every other day, and it saves the tiles being all piss covered. I would absolutely never leave it more than 2 days though.

fluffybutt · 31/05/2011 20:44

No piss mats needed in my house, I make DS and DH to sit down to wee :)

GooGooMuck · 31/05/2011 20:49

men often do the frantic Wash of Hope-

I am very interested in the wash of hope. Are you referring to the mystical belief that getting their hair wet will magically cleanse their entire body?

YesterdaysPants · 31/05/2011 21:16

I believe the Wash of Hope is the quick once-over of the genital area at the sink prior to perceived possibility of bedroom action.