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There is a silent war going on in my house

164 replies

OTheHugeManatee · 11/04/2016 09:33

Whenever I hang a new loo roll I do it so the loose sheet hangs away from the wall as this is obviously correct. Then DH turns it round so the loose sheet hangs by the wall. So I change it back, and DH turns it round again. Every single time.

He has to be doing it deliberately. I should LTB, shouldn't I?

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Theydontknowweknowtheyknow · 11/04/2016 23:27

But why would there be poo spores on the wall anyway? You don't wipe then put loo paper back do you? Nor do you have any poo on hands when reaching for loo paper... that would kind of defeat the point.

What are you people doing with your loo paper FGS?!

fatmomma99 · 11/04/2016 23:39

Where did all those mumsnetters get all those gavels? (are they giving them away free on Netmums?????). I want a gavel.

I'm glad to say I have never once in my entire life used a toilet, and nor has DH. Neither of us has bodily functions.

Alexa444 · 11/04/2016 23:41

This thing about poo spores? How does that work? Because presumably you are not touching the wall AFTER you wipe? And presumably no one here shits into their hands? If you are talking about spores in the air then surely front dangling rolls will get more spores because they are closer to the toilet than ones that are further back against the wall?

Also against the wall looks better. Sorry OP your way just looks wrong.

Lweji · 11/04/2016 23:56

What are these spores people keep talking about???

starfishmummy · 12/04/2016 00:01

Yabvvu.DH is right and hotels are wrong.

Fadingmemory · 12/04/2016 00:24

Honestly, what does it matter?

EveryoneElsie · 12/04/2016 00:28

DDIL has just reminded me that facing the wall is correct if you have a bastard cat.

GamingGirl · 12/04/2016 07:20

I really couldn't care less which way it hangs as long as someone bloody well replaces it once it's been used so the next person doesn't have to do it! (Usually me!)

carabos · 12/04/2016 07:28

No loo roll wars here - they're in a basket, but we do have rug war, fridge thermostat war and butter dish war. All conducted without any form of spoken communication.

Sootica · 12/04/2016 07:31

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ExitPursuedByABear · 12/04/2016 07:38

You have been my MN crush for years OP.

I opened this thread with great excitement only to find this. It has been done so many times on here.

Le sigh.

(Your way is the right way of course)

4happyhours · 12/04/2016 10:39

I am an away from the wall crusader too, like you. I wouldn't want icky hands touching my wall! I turn them round in other people's/companies' loos too.
And I do actually like cats as well.

TimWatts · 12/04/2016 10:41

You're right and you are really a man and I claim my £5.

Women are usually the ones in my experience for hanging it to the wall, when everyone knows away from wall is the most efficient functional way (easy to grab).

TimWatts · 12/04/2016 10:41

Now I'm off to by some asbestos undergarments :)

mateysmum · 12/04/2016 10:47

This thread has saved my sanity! I thought it was only in this house that this argument went on. OP YANBU. In fact your DH, and mine, are wrong on so many levels.
It is soooo fiddly to try and get hold of a the paper when it is against the wall without the dreaded poo spore transfer. Then the roll does not roll smoothly. The angle of pull is all wrong. It needs to dangle from the front for a smooth pull and tear action.
slightly over invested
It must be a man thing. Definitely LTB.

BoomBoomsCousin · 12/04/2016 10:51

YANBU and need to upgrade your DH. Alternatively, get a loo roll holder that sticks out from the wall so he will have no choice.

There is a silent war going on in my house
time2sleep · 12/04/2016 11:00

Got told as a kid by my Nan that hanging the loo roll next to the wall means you're as common as muck lol but hanging it the other way, was the posh way

mrskim123 · 12/04/2016 11:04

You are right and he is wrong. I always hang it away from the wall and whenever you visit anyone's house you should alter it! But then of course if no other visitors go then they'll know it's you! But what can you do? This is an area where no-one wins. What about leaving loo lid up or putting it down? I always put it down but some visitors leave it up. They insist that they're right. No they are not.

Potatoface2 · 12/04/2016 11:08

i have a loo roll stand.....stops all these shenanagins!

HolaWeenie · 12/04/2016 11:08

YANBU, away from wall! If against the wall my nail paint sometimes marks the wall.

We have a his and hers holder so our marriage is safe for now.

LemurintheSun · 12/04/2016 11:48

DH & I had a spate of disagreeing over this a few years back, & my son, feeling left out, invented a third way - which I can't remember or even imagine (sideways??). The toilet roll was always being annoyingly re-aligned. I put a stop to it by inventing a rule that whoever put on the new toilet roll got the decision & no-one could change it. Of course, no-one but me ever bothers to find a new toilet roll, so wall-side it is ....

mateysmum · 12/04/2016 12:02

Loving your Nan Time2sleep

duckyneedsaclean · 12/04/2016 12:17

Next to the wall if hanging on the left. Away from the wall if hanging on the right. Fact.

SulphurMan · 12/04/2016 12:59

Every time he does it, pull the whole roll off and leave it in a big pile on the floor.

Some time ago I heard some posh waste of space flapping their lips on the radio about how against the wall was the right way. Seems to have created a sheep effect.

AnneOfCleavage · 12/04/2016 14:08

Whether you hang the loo paper roll against the wall or away from the wall the poo spores SHOULD there be any would get on the paper whichever way it's hung as the wall touches the loo roll regardless so that's a non argument imho.

However in public loos I always throw away the first bit of loo paper that's poking out of the dispenser thingy (yes, that's its name didn't you know Grin) as it may have other peoples germs on it after they've wiped.