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To put big No Wanking signs in my bathrooms?

228 replies

Dragonflycushion · 16/08/2017 12:11

Because I can think of no other earthly reason why DSs (all 16+) would need to spend upwards of 20 minutes under the shower. They are definitely not depilating as they'd all give Mr Tumnus a run for his money.

LIGHTHEARTED

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ButtHoleinOne · 16/08/2017 14:11

How did your sons wanking cross your mind enough to post online.

i don't even have teenagers yet but I know that soap dodging boys suddenly disappearing in to showers for hours is a sign of something fairly specific.

And personally I never used a shower head for anything other than personal hygiene....

stevie69 · 16/08/2017 14:11

If your kids are choosing to wank in the shower, it's a sure sign that they don't have enough privacy elsewhere. Shower fetishes are not common otherwise!

Yes they are Grin

RamsayBoltonsConscience · 16/08/2017 14:12

I wonder if all the people being outraged by this thread have ever lived with teenage boys? I knew it had started when my ds started keeping whole toilet rolls in his bedroom - he didn't have a heavy cold or sinus problems! He too has long showers and doesn't start singing until after about 10 minutes Wink.

IrritatedUser1960 · 16/08/2017 14:14

My son as a teenager used to spend half an hour in there. I never asked and didn't want to know!!!

VestalVirgin · 16/08/2017 14:15

I like a nice hot shower, and might spend 20 minutes there, no wanking involved.

But even if they didn't like showers previously, and now do a lot of showering, as long as they clean up after themselves, where's the problem?

Do they do their own laundry? Because if not, perhaps it is time they start to.
Just a thought. Wink

QueenoftheAndals · 16/08/2017 14:16

Oh yeah, this thread is headed straight for the Mumsnet Madness Twitter feed...

Dina1234 · 16/08/2017 14:18

At least you're not finding crusty socks.

LoyaltyAndLobster · 16/08/2017 14:20

I don't understand why your sons masturbating would even come into your mind, it's quiet weird really

I have two brothers, and DS5 and DP.

So in answer to your questions YES it is just weird that someone would post this online, even if you did have the thought you wouldn't let it play on your mind enough to want to post it on here, there's some things you just don't do, and this is one of them.

HirplesWithHaggis · 16/08/2017 14:22

m.youtube.com/watch?v=AsHx13tIsuo

oldlaundbooth · 16/08/2017 14:25

I've only been on holiday for a couple of weeks and there are some real new kill joy posters on here.

Back you go please, to wherever you came from.

NumberlessUser · 16/08/2017 14:29

Most blokes, I'd suspect up to their mid 30's are cracking one off at least 3 times a day

I hope you don't honestly believe that!!

Dragonflycushion · 16/08/2017 14:31

Loyalty you're clearly bothered by this and you've stayed on this thread for 5 pages so I'm going to respond to you in case you're genuinely upset.
I had the thought of a sign this morning, briefly, when both showers had been running for upwards of 20 minutes. The thought was so ridiculous that it made me roar with laughter.
I posted about it because I thought the thought itself was funny so I decided to post it to share the joke.
I can absolutely promise you that I would never make a No Wanking sign and put it in my bathroom.
We all have different ideas about what's funny and what's not. I apologise if this thread has upset you or disturbed you in any way but I stand by it. I find it funny you don't. There we go. I just don't want you worrying so that's why I'm explaining.

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perper · 16/08/2017 14:37

MN can sometimes be the home of 'sense of humour failures'!

If you don't find it funny, don't comment. Blimey.

Made me smile (mainly because you had to clearly state it was lighthearted, pre-empting the inevitable... and yet still they appeared...)

Grin
stevie69 · 16/08/2017 14:38

So in answer to your questions YES it is just weird that someone would post this online, even if you did have the thought you wouldn't let it play on your mind enough to want to post it on here, there's some things you just don't do, and this is one of them.

Weird to you is not necessarily weird to everyone else. It's funny. From the thread, I see that most of us find it funny. If you don't then you're just gonna have to step away, I'm afraid. There's no mileage in trying to persuade the rest of us adopt your stance. Trust me; it's good advice Blush

Dragonflycushion · 16/08/2017 14:38

However, in the intetests of full disclosure, I will admit to a RL No Pissing on the Seat/Floor sign in the downstairs loo for a week till that nonsense stopped.Grin

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stevie69 · 16/08/2017 14:39

And personally I never used a shower head for anything other than personal hygiene....

Of course not Grin

NumberlessUser · 16/08/2017 14:39

I'm curious to how many are in your set, OP? "all 16" implies at least 3 - must be fun!

bathildabagshot1 · 16/08/2017 14:40

Girls do it too, although I really don't want to know what DD3 16 does with the shower head.

Or the electric toothbrush in her bedroom drawer for that matter.

Dragonflycushion · 16/08/2017 14:45

I know that's a maths joke Numberless but I don't understand it. I'll just ask the DSs...no, wait!Grin

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OstentatiousWanking · 16/08/2017 14:47
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NumberlessUser · 16/08/2017 14:47

No joke, Dragonfly, I meant do you have triplets, quadruplets...? I figured if it was twins you'd have said "both 16" not "all 16", so you must have at least three 16 year olds in your house! Sounds like a lot of work!

bathilda - and that is exactly why people should stop looking in their kids drawers/under their beds/anywhere remotely hidden after they turn 13. Ignorance is bliss.

RubbishMantra · 16/08/2017 14:50

"Apparently coming back home to neatly stacked wank mags on the bedside table was a real wake up call"

Oh this reminds me of a memory I'd buried. I'd just kicked a particularly grim (even by my standards) ex out. My dad was decorating the bathroom. I came home to find a neat pile of magazines left on the landing. On every page were women getting poked up the bum from every angle. The crusty pair of stockings left on top was the icing on the cake, so to speak. Envy

I briefly wondered why he didn't just chuck them, but sensibly decided to never speak of it.

WhataHexIgotinto · 16/08/2017 14:53

They are entitled to privacy. Erm, I'm fairly sure that she's not in there spectating.

I actually can't believe some posters are taking this thread so seriously. Grin

bathildabagshot1 · 16/08/2017 14:54

Ignorance is bliss, but she has a habit of stealing clothes, make up, and now she is fuller of nork, bras, so I have to go and find them.

Northernparent68 · 16/08/2017 14:57

Calling the thread light hearted doesn't stop it from being unpleasant, in this and other threads some parents are too involved in their children's sex lifes. I'm sure if a man posted a light hearted thread about his daughter wanking all hell would break loose.

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