...about wee in the kitchen sink?

[stoopstofolly]

Genuinely don't know who is being unreasonable in this situation! I was visiting neighbour. We all live in tall terraced houses, with no downstairs loo. Her DD is potty training, so there was a potty in the kitchen, on a mat. DD used the potty- then her Mum emptied it in the kitchen sink and washed it away with water.
I was a bit (shock). She saw my face, and explained that wee is actually sterile when it comes out, which explains why you can drink it (if you want!) and that she puts bleach down the sink every evening, and doesn't ever use the sink for anything except getting water, as all dirty pots go in dishwasher, and she doesn't do handwashing! Plus- it was only a little girl fairy wee....
I felt that although it's not something I would do, I could see her point. However, when I told DP he was appalled, and is now refusing to go round there next weekend for the BBQ we've been invited to. Says he wouldn't enjoy the food! I've pointed out that it's unlikely she'll marinade the sausages in the sink, but he won't be budged.
So- is she unreasonable for tipping wee in the sink?
Am I unreasonable really not to care?
Or is DP unreasonable for being horrified and refusing to go round?

DP has agrees to listen to Mumsnet jury!
Thanks for reading!

[valiumredhead]

You microwave tea towels???

[5madthings]

iseall my midwife did exactly that for all five of my pregnancies, littlest is two, the little sink the drs and nurses use to wash their hands in inbetwern patients...

[fluffyraggies]

My meat juices go in the bin.

Piss and shit go in the toilet.

If anyone ever gets obvious dog poo on their shoes ... the shoes get chucked, actually, if i've got a say in it.

at cleaning dog shit off a shoe in the house the kitchen sink

[MiniMousse]

To all the people who are horrified here, what do you do if you accidentally get poo on yr hands when changing a nappy? If you wash them in a sink, you are getting poo particles around the sink... Even if you use a wipe to get rid of chunks first! So what's the difference btwn that scenario and someone rinsing wee down the sink?

[fluffyraggies]

Wee tipped out of a potty would splash about. IMHO.

I would wash my hands in a wash hand basin in a bathroom if i got wee or poo on them. Not in a food prep. area.

[gotthemoononastick]

As long as they are dampish.Gets rid of any dank smell too.Don't remotely know if this is dangerous,wrong or silly,but it works beautifully.

[cozietoesie]

I hope you never eat out anywhere, fluffyraggies.

[THERhubarb]

I sterilise my dishcloths and teatowels in urine.

You know when you get some stuck food crud on your dishes, do you wash it all over again or do you lick your finger and scrape it off?

And you know those cakes you buy from the cake stall at school, the ones that are made by kids? Well if they were made by my kids, there's no way I'd be touching them with a bargepole. Do you realise how many kids never wash their hands after going to the toilet and constantly pick their noses?

If you've eaten cakes made by kids then you will just have to accept that you've also ingested poo particles, traces of urine, snot, saliva and the odd nit of course.

[MiniMousse]

But washing pooey hands in a bathroom sink is where you brush your teeth and wash your face, so there's still bacteria where you put things that you put in your mouth... My point is just that all sinks - and baths - come into contact with unsavoury stuff... The only thing we can do is ensure we clean our sinks and baths regularly.

[CreatureRetorts]

Minimouse and others where has this idea of poo particles come from?
I wash my hands thoroughly with running water and in the bathroom.
Not in the kitchen.

[FunnysInLaJardin]

Yuck. DS2 uses a potty and I always make him use it in the bathroom. I don't particularly like children weeing ad hoc about the house anyway and tipping it down the sink is horrid. I would be a bit about eating there too and I am not particularly squeamish

[CreatureRetorts]

and I have a separate toilet to the bathroom where toothbrushes are kept.

[sleepyhead]

Is there a UK equivilent to US "cooties"?

Cos that's what this is. Nothing to do with clean/germ-free, it's all about imaginary contamination with particular things.

We've all got stuff we're irrationally eeewwww about. Personally the idea of pouring meat juices into the bin to sit there at room temperature makes me heave.

[THERhubarb]

Oooh did any of you watch that Top Gear episode where forensics analysed used cars?

Do you know what they found all over the steering wheel, seats and gearbox of used cars?

BODILY FLUIDS and in fact there were more specific than that, they were able to name the bodily fluids. Yes, semen; menstrual blood and poo were found present in used cars.

This is alongside the obvious nose pickings, pubic hair and skin flecks.

I do hope you all drive new cars.....?

[CreatureRetorts]

Would you eat out of a rinsed potty?

[gotthemoononastick]

THERhubarb!!!we are aware of this,but like to push it to the back of our minds.Very hard to resist any cakes ,no matter from whence they come.

[MarvellousYou]

Oh eeek, I have done this, potty in playroom, v small age gap between DS' s so if they aren't safe to leave I have a) waited until they are and gone upstairs or b) taken washing up bowl out of the sink tipped it down sink with water running followed by disinfectant (also rinse potty out with disinfectant).

Is it that bad?

[Floggingmolly]

Fairy wee????? At what age does it stop being fairy wee (!!!!) and start being common or garden piss? That is so rank.

[sleepyhead]

CreatureRetorts, I wouldn't eat out of a kitchen sink personally.

That's what dishes are for.

[Iseeall]

Rhubarb you are

[MarvellousYou]

Yep, I'd be more bothered about the term fairy wee, made me want to vom more tbh

[PeppermintPasty]

Oh my lord. I do this all the time, it's no big deal. We have a potty upstairs and one downstairs.

Sometimes....prepare yourselves....I even tip the upstairs-potty-wee IN THE UPSTAIRS SINK instead of walking 8 steps to the toilet!!!! I know!!!!

If you clean out the sink and the potty properly you will not die from wee-wee germs.

[THERhubarb]

My wee is fairy wee.

It has wings!

Well, unless I've eaten beetroot, then it converts to the 'Dark Side' and has a battle in the kitchen sink with the good fairy wee.

[diddl]

I think that I may have done this on occasion rather than go upstairs.

Perhaps not ideal, but pretty meh in the whole scheme of things.

OP, you obviously thought that it was unusual enough to mention to your husband!