LauraGB Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 (edited) Do you bring it in and take it out, have a stack or rack filled with it, or think it's repulsive and would absolutely die if you saw a library book or any other book for that matter in someone's bathroom? Edited August 26, 2011 by LauraGB Poll's up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in IL Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 A great place to leave stuff that you want looked at. We currently have Vocabulary Cartoons in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Ew. It reminds me of that story about how when you flush the toilet it sprays everywhere in tiny droplets. I would probably die if I saw library books in someone's bathroom. Sure keep reading material in there but it should probably go inside a cabinet or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I don't keep reading material in there, but dh does and honestly, if I want him to read a book, that's the place to put it because he doesn't ever read anywhere else. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Dh has catalogs and magazines in there. :glare: I get rid of them every time he goes out of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamajudy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Hopefully, the books I borrow from the library have not been in someone's bathroom.:eek: Besides, with 7 people in the family I don't want to encourage dilly-dallying.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I voted, "Yes." Mostly magazines these days, because the kids tend to shake their hands before they dry, etc. Both DH and I take books in there, but we bring them out when we come out. Hey, it's the closest thing to quiet time I ever get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I only spend the time in the bathroom necessary to accomplish what needs to be accomplish there. No reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Left in there no, but all of us bring some sort of reading material in there during the day. The kids read on the pot, I like to read in the tub. The bathroom is really the only private space in the whole house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 We have a special cabinet just for books and magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have a magazine rack in each bathroom and a stool in the upstairs bathroom where I keep my bathroom book. I read it when I doing other things than using the facilities myself- like making sure the boys are actually brushing their teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I don't necessarily think it is repulsive. Never in my bathroom, because it is just so tiny. I would always be thinking about what might be on the books or mags--even microscopically. I do sometimes bring a book I'm reading in and then back out, but won't leave any printed material there. Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I only spend the time in the bathroom necessary to accomplish what needs to be accomplish there. No reading. :iagree:There are 5 of us and we only have one bathroom...No one had better be reading in there! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 (edited) Reminds of the Seinfeld episode when George tried to return a book to the bookstore, but they wouldn't take it back because it had been in the bathroom. :D Edited August 26, 2011 by floridamom typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 If I want some time to read while the kids are awake...I have to lock myself in the bathroom. Our toilet is separated from the rest of the bathroom by a wall. I put anything on the other side of the wall when I am done and take it out completely. DH on the other hand, keeps all of his catalogs in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I have a basket in each bathroom with random reading material. Magazines that we've mostly finished with, comic strip books (ie, Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes, etc.), and other silly short reads like that. Reading material for the bathroom lives in the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie_ranae Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Magazines and catalogues are stored in a vanity drawer. After a few months (when we're done reading them) they end up in the trash. I prefer the drawer to the basket...I did not like the looks of "clutter" when they were in a basket, or picking up the basket for vacuuming and washing the floor. I'm always trying to minimize my work load where possible. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 This is part of my issue with borrowing books from the library. Eww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 remember that Seinfeld where George brought the book into the bathroom at the bookstore? :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Reminds of the Seinfeld episode when George tried to return a book to the bookstore, but they take it back because it had been in the bathroom. :D that's the one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Usually only sales catalogs or advertisements we get in the mail. Sometimes a magazine. I don't enjoy reading in the bathroom. Something I can scan and read quickly or just page through looking at ads is enough for me. Dh isn't a reader, so I don't think he cares. Last thing we had in there was an Ikea catalog we got in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 There's a shelf in our master bathroom that has books on it, more for decoration than reading. The boys' bathroom has a magazine rack, and that's where we keep all the kid books that have to do with bodily functions (Uh Oh Gotta Go, Elmo's Potty Book, The Gas We Pass, etc.). I should probably sanitize my phone, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I think it is gross. I don't mind if other people have it in their bathrooms, but never, ever in mine. I don't want to be responsible to clean up after them. I grew up in a home where the bathroom wasn't cleaned very often. It was also an old house with lots of dust and gaps around the windows and doors in certain seasons (built in the 1800s). The bathroom was an add on that was part of the back porch at one time. I was usually the one who cleaned it and saw how dirty, dusty and nasty magazines got in the bathroom after a month or so. I figured they were just as dirty after a week, but just not layered thick enough to see it, yet. Kinda like....if you look at bread that is a week old or so, under a microscope (one without preservatives), you will see lots of mold spores. It isn't like the day you finally see mold growing, is when the mold showed up....the mold just wasn't thick enough to see yet. Same theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 :ack2: The only rooms in the house that do not have books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yep- Reader's digest..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen State Sue Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 No - and I had to break my husband of that habit. We would be ready to go some place and use the facilities before leaving. I found I was waiting too long for him to come out of the bathroom as he would get interested in what he was reading and forget we had other plans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Yes. Right now our bathroom contains Parent's Magazine, Family Fun Magazine, Good Housekeeping Magazine, several of dh's tool, wood, and computer catalogs, a library book on gifted adults, What to Expect: The Toddler Years, and TWTM!:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 It had never occurred to me that someone might take a library book to the bathroom. EWWWW :ack2: I'm not sure I can go to the library anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 You mean, in the "reading room"? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 No, because I think reading or otherwise spending any extra unnecessary time actively using the bathroom is loathsome.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 No library books in the bathroom. The kids do bring reading material in with them when they use the bathroom or take a bath (again, NO library books). My husband does his daily Bible reading in the bathroom so there is always a Bible and devotional book in our bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Inna* Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 No library or borrowed books in the bathroom. Just RR catalog and magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I only spend the time in the bathroom necessary to accomplish what needs to be accomplish there. No reading. Thank-you! I was afraid I was the only one! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 We have a pile of National Geographics in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 We have four bathrooms and the kids still bring their bodily functions and books into the master bath all.the.time. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alveraz Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 If you guys knew how much fecal matter made it onto your toothbrush that sits next to your sink, you wouldn't be as touchy about a book. Relax, humans are germ-ridden and bathe in gross stuff all day at the micro level. You'll be fine. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 If you guys knew how much fecal matter made it onto your toothbrush that sits next to your sink, you wouldn't be as touchy about a book. Relax, humans are germ-ridden and bathe in gross stuff all day at the micro level. You'll be fine. :D Germ ridden and dookie covered are two VASTLY different things. (And our toothbrush holder has a lid, thankyouverymuch, for that very reason) No, as a general state, no reading material in the bathroom. For all the reasons already stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alveraz Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Germ ridden and dookie covered are two VASTLY different things. Well, if you're getting "dookie" on your books, then I'd suggest better handling of your bodily functions and sanitizing :D We have books in the bathroom. My wife and kids haven't been sick in over 9 years, not even a sneeze. I truly believe one of the reasons our family has been so healthy is our avoidence of paranoia and incessant cleanliness. Your tuthbrush cover is the exception, most do not have those. Those of us without those "lids" brush our teeth with micro splashes of poop every day. :ack2: That's just a fact of life, and not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I've found the perfect balance! I get free magazines from the library book store and put those in the restroom. I toss them when I look at them and think :ack2: I guess there's plenty there to still gross out some people... :001_smile: but hey, it's a dirty world and to some degree I'm okay with that. ETA: The magazines I get usually look like they're brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Relax, humans are germ-ridden and bathe in gross stuff all day at the micro level. You'll be fine. :D Yup. Says the lady with copious amounts of reading material in the bathrooms. Most of it is DH's though. He subscribes to every tech/science magazine known to man, not to mention the small truck-bed worth of medical journals that arrive here every week. Most of it stays in a cupboard under the bathroom sink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 We have always had reading material in the bathroom. (My family of origin did as well.) We do close the lid before we flush, to cut down on germs. I had to lol the first time we toured the house we just bought. One of the bathrooms has a special reading light aimed at the toilet. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I only spend the time in the bathroom necessary to accomplish what needs to be accomplish there. No reading. :iagree: I do not understand the sit-on-a-toilet-and-read thing. Eww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicAnn Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 :iagree: I do not understand the sit-on-a-toilet-and-read thing. Eww. I don't either! I'm in the bathroom for, what, 1 minute? It's always bothered me to see reading stuff in people's bathrooms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I don't keep any reading material in there. I don't like to encourage dilly dallying in the bathroom. Although the Rainbow Resource Catalog usually works it way in and stays there. Everyone brings something in with them at some time or another but it is not stored in the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I have posters on the walls- such as a great timeline that was our only timeline. A world map. But no reading material. I never did understand why people took so long as to want to read anyway. I am in and out, every time, unless there is something wrong. I think if people are spending 10 minutes on the toilet they have a health issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 We have two bathrooms. We have reading material, not borrowed, in the upstairs (family) bathroom, but not the downstairs (family/guest) bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 The very thought of this is one reason my sister will ONLY use the library as a last resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 We have a tall magazine rack in there and old issues of all our magazines go in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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