The Toilet Seat Saga

[Rosebyanothername19]

Basically my husband and I have an ongoing dispute over the downstairs toilet. I have asked him a million times to put the lid down after he uses it - which is about every half hour...

I have sent him links to articles about hygiene and also put a large note on top of the toilet asking nicely to put the lid down in case he just forgets. I have pointed our that our baby is going to be crawling soon and, as the downstairs loo is between the living room and kitchen, she is probably going to end up in there numerous times.

Every request is met with an eye roll and him saying that's it's not a big deal or just ignored.

So tonight I have decided that every time he leaves the lid up I will empty a beer down the sink and leave the bottle upside down. I haven't told him this and I'm just going to start doing it and wait until he asks or realises what is going on.

AIBU?

Apparently you get 'Cooties'.
Hehe

He's not forgetting. He's being stubborn.

Leaving it up really is a filthy habit.

I hope he washing his hands after going too.

Everyone in this house puts the lid down! I’ve had a think and I’m pretty sure all my friends are “lids down” as well. Even the loos at work are usually lid down....

What would you do with turkish style toilets

NOT have them in my own house?

Turkish toilets are a lot more hygienic as public toilets, but my house is not a public place...

Just get the soft close but I got one for around £20-25 online.

if the toilet lid is down when you walk in the loo, how rude to leave it up when you use it.

I doubt I would notice. Even if I did given that until today I had no idea it was a thing it wouldn't occur to me that leaving it down was some kind of instruction. But then even if I did realise that and left the lid down it still wouldn't have occurred to me to put it down before flushing.

Get a door closer for the actual door then leave him to it. When you have visitors get him to clean it!

I've always put the lid down before flushing. Always. I like the lid closed too. My whole family is trained the same.

As for the failure to do something you've asked nicely ask him to think "fuck you @Rosebyanothername19" every time he does it.

That's how it feels to you, maybe if he thinks it he'll realise why it irritates you so.

Its dirty and unhygienic and pretty disgusting, but frankly I've given up. just leave the one toilet to him. Throw a bucket of bleach down it once and month and let him revel in his own filth. Use the upstairs loo and babies crawl in all sorts, just close the door and ignore it.

Its a battle I lost years ago.

i can't bear the seat being left up. why doesn't anyone think about the loo particles being thrown about 🤮🤮 YANBU.

and so many places now don't even put lids on their loos. i have to hold my breath, flush and run.

and so many places now don't even put lids on their loos. i have to hold my breath, flush and run.

😂😂😂😂 Sorry but that's ridiculous

No, I don’t care much. Putting the lid down reduces the aerosol effect but doesn’t really control it effectively either, so I can’t get worked up.

www.thisweekintomorrow.com/vol-2-no-32-1-skepticaltuesdays-aerosolized-poop-or-you-should-probably-close-the-lid/

People peeing on the seat and not wiping it up, though, should be criminalised with a mandatory custodial sentence.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Automatic-Soft-Close-Toilet-Seat-No-Touch-Motion-Sensor-Hygienic-Disabled-OAP

Link fail:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Automatic-Soft-Close-Toilet-Seat-No-Touch-Motion-Sensor-Hygienic-Disabled-OAP-/202589763615

But @Wingedharpy. It takes 30 seconds to close AND it opens when you approach it. Which means that unless people do some ninja bathroom moves, it will never close when flushing😂

Its dirty and unhygienic and pretty disgusting, but frankly I've given up. just leave the one toilet to him. Throw a bucket of bleach down it once and month and let him revel in his own filth.

In any event by a Darwinian process he will undoubtedly be dead by Easter of bubonic plague and dysentery as poetic justice for his unspeakable feculent squalor.

@WalkingDeadTrainee: Unless your toilet and sink are opposite each other, it should work.
Thinking, eliminate into toilet, step right/left to sink and wash and dry hands.
30 seconds should have passed by now.
Lid has closed.
Flush toilet from side.
Job done.
Everyone happy.😁

@Wingedharpy 😂
But then you have to wash hands again because you touched the flusher😱

Nope. Not working. Nope. We are all going to die!

Do people spend 30 seconds washing hands, then flush toilet, then wash hands again? Then trigger toilet to open again as you leave room

Then you have to touch the door handle, which could have killer germs as well, so better wash that. There's another 30 seconds

Better to just move in to the toilet and never leave.🤣🤣🤣

mind you I did find myself washing my hands a bit more thoroughly when I came in this evening - where that was Coronavirus or this thread - who knows

I am worried that when you touch the tap to turn the water on to wash your hands you contaminate the tap with deadly poo particles. Then you wash your hands, before touching the tap again and so recontaminate your hands with the deadly poo particles. Seems like a vicious circle.

Maybe best to wear gloves entering the toilet and disposing of them after leaving. How do the NHS recommend dealing with deadly poo particles? I tried googling them but they dont mention volcanic poo particle explosions.

Can't escape poo particle contamination

We are all Going to dieeeeeeee👀⚰️

Solved it!
Victorian Plumbing do an infra red sensor no touch toilet flush toilet.
One of those with the automatic opening and closing seat, as above, and OP's DH has NO excuse.
She'll need to whittle him a smooth, cleft stick to act as a penis rest to ensure his flow, flows in the right direction though.😉🤣