It took 3 weeks...

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...but now DH has noticed.

I told him I was sick of sitting on wee covered toilet seats, wiping piss off the floor and being a general toilet skivvy to him and DS. He said I was BU. Why should a seat be down all the time, why not up as default? I tried to explain germ splatter when flushing with the seat up, to no avail.

I went on strike. We have 3 toilets and I have been refusing to clean 2 of them. I told him he'd have to clean them from now on. That was 3 weeks ago.

He's just complained today about the state of the one nearest DS bedroom. Says he can smell wee as he walks passed. Yes.

I thought I'd crack first, or we'd get visitors and I'd have to do it.

He hasn't cleaned it yet. Just knows now where the smell is coming from. I wonder how long before he cleans it? And if I can hold out?!

Hold out. Turn any visitors away.

I need to do this, the two males in my house appear to not notice a grim loo.
Stay strong sister

Hold out! Well done for getting this far. I will be eternally grateful for having a DH who sits down to wee. If only I could get him to put his pants and socks in the washing basket...,

An update: he's now cleaning the toilet as I type. Having asked if we own any toilet cleaning products. Then wonders why I'm answering with a high pitched squeaky voice...

I've just asked if he is really using kitchen spray to clean the seat? I've been told firmly that if I want to encourage this kind of behaviour, then I should be saying positive things.

Should I bow and scrape? Marvel at the sparkliness of it all? Or immediately poo in it?!

Don’t complain about him using kitchen stuff to clean the loo- it doesn’t matter anyway! Just heap mountains of praise on him for having done it. Keep praising, go in the bathroom and come out saying how much fresher it smells now and how lovely and clean it is. He’ll hear the praise and bask in it but if you down him for anything, he’ll never do it again.
Disclaimer I need to listen to my own advice!

You have to use it first. Preferably after a huge vegetarian curry.

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