To think that ensuites shouldnt be for number 2's?

[landann]

Were buying a place snd the master has an en suite, i just think that it shouldnt be used for poo's well at bedtime anyway, as otherwise massive mood killer... AIBU? Thoughts?

There is a family bathroom and downstairs WC btw. So plenty of options lol

MN is a funny place. Here we have a thread with almost all posters saying no one is allowed to poo in the en-suite.

A while ago there was a thread in which most of the posters wouldn't permit people to poo in their downstairs loos.

Do MNers actually permit anyone to poo in any of their loos?

I always find a loo away from anyone else in the house so I might use it during the day while everyone's downstairs, but at night I'd probably do that downstairs.

If I’m not allowed to poo in the en-suite because its attached to the bedroom and I can’t poo in the ‘family’ bathroom because its attached to the living room, where do you suggest I poo?

This is MN - you may do so only once a year, in your MILs place for revenge for a late birthday card / early call or impromptu pop in

Some ensuites offer no real sound privacy, and the ventilation is sometimes not strong enough for some people's exceedingly smelly poo. When I've had those sorts of ensuites we tend to go by - no pooing when someone else is in or about to be in the bedroom and no showering or flushing when someone is sleeping in the bedroom.

But other ensuites can cope much better a stopping a wide range of people's personal habits from encroaching on the bedroom. If the ensuite is one of those it's pretty rude to use the family/downstairs loo unless a partner is in the en suite, and really rude if you're in the bedroom solo.

So as a universal rule YABU, but in your particular situation, you may not be.

Bewildered by all the comments about smells... have you not tried Febreze air freshener? A quick squirt around and the smell is actually gone, not just covered up. I prefer the Cotton Fresh one.

Yes, ten minutes of grunting and straining interspersed with loud plops and farts would be somewhat off-putting, but if it's that much of an issue, put the tv or music on in the bedroom, or fit a noisy extractor fan in the ensuite.

Strange..
It is a separate room. Shut the door after......
I have my certain time of the day and would use the other bathroom but I dont think it would put me off

Our rule was always “no Number 2s in the en-suite loos”

That is the most middle class thing I’ve ever read. Holy fuck.

It really depends on the size of the room and the ensuite bathroom.

So many newer-built houses have tiny rooms, with an ensuite the size of a wardrobe three paces away from the bed. Add to that the poor soundproofing and you have the perfect environment for passion-killing noises and odours.

If, however, it's a decent sized room, with proper ventilation and sound-proofing, then do whatever you want in the ensuite bathroom.

As an aside, and with reference to the question of shitting in the corner of your living room- a friend of mine's parents incorporated a loo under the stairs, which lead up from their living room. It has one of those rickety pull-shut doors on it and it's a step away from the sofa...Now that is all kinds of wrong.

@pigsDOfly

MN is a funny place. Here we have a thread with almost all posters saying no one is allowed to poo in the en-suite.

A while ago there was a thread in which most of the posters wouldn't permit people to poo in their downstairs loos.

Do MNers actually permit anyone to poo in any of their loos?

Don't forget people won't poo in workplace loos either, or in public toilets! Which only leaves your home loos, which you're not allowed to poo in either.

We can therefore conclude that women, the gentler sex, do not poo at all because we would never contemplate such horrors. Only a bloke would take part in such horrors.

How do all those of you who think ensuites should not be used for poos manage in hotels?

Yes, ten minutes of grunting and straining

Someone needs to eat more fibre.

I am amazed that there are people who won't poo in their ensuite, we all have the same bodily functions, nothing strange about poo'ing or pee'ing so what's the problem with using the ensuite? Can't imagine how these folk would manage a caravan holiday or would they be the ones who trail across the camp site in the rain to use the sometimes cold and not too clean communal toilet block instead of their own nice warm clean loo? I don't understand these people either, one couple told me they wouldn't allow their grandchildren stay overnight with them in the caravan in case they needed to poo, astonishing.

Our en suite is barely big enough to turn round in, doesn't have a window (just a shite extractor fan) and my partner's excretions of all kinds are rancid and they linger. I'm allergic to air fresheners so that's a no. He's banned from pooping in the en suite. As it is, the flat is so small that we can smell the bathroom from anywhere in the flat after he's used it (except the en suite; I can go in there and shut the door and not smell the other bathroom). How I wish they built flats like the main apartment in Friends, but for the same price they sold us this place, we could all get some distance from the pooping menace.

I wonder what all the people who say 'no poos in the en-suite' do when they stay at a hotel? Of all the hang ups to have, that's a weird one.

Our en suite is for my use only. The other bathroom is known as the poo room.

@SerenDippitty I didn't see your comment until after, I'd posted mine. Great minds and all that!

My ensuite is a glorified wardrobe, six feet from my bed, no windows there either. I think people who do poo in them must have larger rooms.

In hotels, that's a silly comparison, it's not a hard and fast rule, if there's only one toilet, there is only none. Also can hear splashes, plops and farts, no thanks do it in the main bathroom.

@Serialcatmum

Our rule was always “no Number 2s in the en-suite loos” 🤭

OMG yes! I thought I was the only one

I do all my poos in the ensuite or the downstairs loo - but then I’m not a constipated bitch so my poo stench can be manager with Febreeze.

@PanamaPattie

You wouldn't shit in the corner of your living room - so why would you in your bedroom?

So you’d have a wee in your living room then?

Pooing in the house is just disgusting. We're not animals! We have a special bunker with an airlock in a thicket of trees 500 yards from the house.

Pooing in the house is just disgusting. We're not animals! We have a special bunker with an airlock in a thicket of trees 500 yards from the house.

😂😂😂😂

What’s the point if the en suite then? May as well just have a shower en-suite...?
I’d like to think if I had an en suite (just like in a hotel) I could let rip or vomit in there to my heart’s content.
Just saying..if I needed to.
If it puts you off sex, you have a better sex life than me!

I always hover at home, why would you sit?

@NewFactsEmerge

Pooing in the house is just disgusting. We're not animals! We have a special bunker with an airlock in a thicket of trees 500 yards from the house.

I think a lot of people on here are bullshitting or maybe shitting themselves on their beds while trying to hold it in