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Bit Embarrassed...

103 replies

Becc91 · 27/12/2023 20:30

So inlaws left this pm after a week with us for Christmas. Was lovely, but when I've come to clean the ensuite, have found what can only be described as concrete in the bowl.😖DH won't touch it, don't even know where to start and I'm so embarrassed by the whole thing. What do I do????💩

OP posts:
Dotcheck · 27/12/2023 21:55

What is wrong with your family?
Your husband leaves the cleaning to OP. OP is going to message mother in law, as if she has control over all the poo in their relationship.
Bonkers

FloweryWowery · 27/12/2023 21:57

It's lucky every woman in the world ever hasn't developed a poo phobia.

MegaMeg2710 · 27/12/2023 22:01

I’m thinking of developing a poo phobia actually. How does he react, so I too can fake…erm…emulate it?

Jitterybugs · 27/12/2023 22:03

Tell your husband you’ve been using his toothbrush on it for 2 days and it still hasn’t shifted 😆

jolies1 · 27/12/2023 22:05

Next time they come and stay make sure there is a bottle of bleach / toilet duck left beside or on top of the loo.

Charlize43 · 27/12/2023 22:09

Get a long branch from the garden or from the local park. Stand back and give it a good poke!

trulyunruly01 · 27/12/2023 22:11

You can't be ringing MIL to have a word with FIL! Strewth, if he's left a keeper it's only because of the food you've been giving him the past week 😂
Take an uncurled wire coat hanger and chop about a bit. Then hold a bucket of water high above the toilet and pour/flush at the same time to give it a bit more whoosh.

trulyunruly01 · 27/12/2023 22:13

And these bloody new fangled water saving cisterns arent helping. Gimme a good old fashioned high level cistern with a pulling flush.

Mellowautumnmists · 27/12/2023 22:13

Have shown this thread to DH, he says it's my ensuite so I should clean it?? (He retiled it for me over summer). Worried it might be a me job yet again 😷

Really?!

If that is the case then don't let him/his visitors use it again!!

Prometheus · 27/12/2023 22:14

Your DH has had a ‘phobia’ of poo since your baby was born?!!!! How convenient 🙄I wish I’d thought of that one

Santaisscouringindeedfornewjob · 27/12/2023 22:15

He needs to tell his dps they need to stay elsewhere else next time if he can't sort it out. Tell him you have a phobia of sex.. Messy business...

Tinkleberryz · 27/12/2023 22:17

I’m gonna use that, poo phobia my arse

GrazingSheep · 27/12/2023 22:18

@Becc91
Does your husband really expect you to clean his parent’s shit from the toilet bowl??

Tilllly · 27/12/2023 22:19

There's only one thing for it

Call a plumber
Install a new toilet

😁

BahHumbugger · 27/12/2023 22:21

There is nothing worse than a shit in your toilet. Demand your in-laws come back and deal with it themselves.

Jitterybugs · 27/12/2023 22:22

Christmasrelatedusername · 27/12/2023 21:51

Oh my god

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I used caustic soda in an attempt to clear a blocked toilet and it ended badly. Yes it cleared the blockage but in the process it melted the silicone on the waste pipe under the toilet floor. The pipe split apart but this didn’t become apparent for 24 hours. During that time everything that had flushed was emptying out under the toilet floor !

STEP AWAY FROM THE CAUSTIC SODA !!

Helenahandkart · 27/12/2023 22:30

So does your husband no longer shit? Or does he employ someone to wipe his arse for so he doesn’t have to witness shit anymore? Or do you do it for him? What a debilitating condition he has to deal with. Thoughts and prayers for him.

PortiaWithNoBreaks · 27/12/2023 22:30

Get a metal hanger and squash it together on one side. Use this to loosen and break up the poop. Get a large bucket of water and pour into the toilet from height to push it round the bend. Repeat until gone.

Don’t use bleach, it’s bad for the environment and aquatic life. Equally don’t use caustic soda either.

Selenitetower · 27/12/2023 22:31

That’s disgusting, if he won’t clean up after his parents he best be ready to tell them that they won’t be welcome to stay again after the state they left the bathroom in.

TheSquareMile · 27/12/2023 22:33

You could pour some Fairy Liquid on the worst bits and leave it overnight.

maddiemookins16mum · 27/12/2023 22:34

DinaofCloud9 · 27/12/2023 21:15

He sounds a right prick.

Is anyone else infuriated by all the dickhead husbands married to Mumsnetters? What the fuck is going on?

I’m equally as frustrated at the women who day in, day out, just accept this shit (pun intended).

AuContraire · 27/12/2023 22:36

Helenahandkart · 27/12/2023 22:30

So does your husband no longer shit? Or does he employ someone to wipe his arse for so he doesn’t have to witness shit anymore? Or do you do it for him? What a debilitating condition he has to deal with. Thoughts and prayers for him.

Also curious how he deals with his own shit.

TerrysNeapolitan · 27/12/2023 22:44

OMG how gross to leave a persons bathroom like that. def some bleach OP - Harpic is good as it is stronger and also cuts through hard water stains so maybe cuts through the concrete! Caustic soda is def a good idea but as others have stated, use carefully. how horrid :(

Calliopespa · 27/12/2023 22:48

scoutingfor · 27/12/2023 20:53

Another one not understanding what you mean by concrete. If there is shit in my toilet I put down some bleach. If it remains I reapply.

No I don’t get the concrete description. Is it as though it went in liquid and solidified? Or a piece of concrete in which case couldn’t you use fire rings or similar snd pluck it out?

mottytotty · 27/12/2023 22:48

my husband, he has a "phobia" of 💩ever since DD was born ...

How convenient. Did he change no nappies?

His phobia doesn’t stop him cleaning his own shitty arse, does it? 🙄