QueenCat Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I had no idea closing the lid on the toilet was a must. I've never thought about it. I am pretty sure ours is always open, and I can't say I care. The seat is always down, but the lid is probably always left up. Again, I've never thought about it. It's one of my pet peeves to find them open........ don't care for the molecules of spray that you can't see but do travel and get on things like toothbrushes and such. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I woke up from a dream this morning that, apparently, was influenced by this thread. I was at some fancy dinner party and the hostess was putting on airs. I purposely washed my hands at the kitchen sink to irk her. :lol: I am such a rebel. :D 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 :rofl: Bwa-ha-ha! This totally made me laugh because MIL is a multi-flusher. She flushes before, during, and after every trip to the bathroom.(I mean, as far as I've been able to tell. She flushes enough to keep the toilet running the entire time she's in there, I suspect to cover the noise of actually going.) I guess she does this at home too, and always has as far as DH remembers. That would be funny... My friend's mom would run the shower the whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 That is such a disgusting waste of water it makes me want to cry. :( 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 How old is this person????? Her age is mid-50s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Good news! One of my brothers has offered to drive house guest home this weekend. This helps me SO much because I'm also trying to get my youngest DD ready to leave on Sunday to a week-long writers workshop. DH has been a champ but his patience started wearing thin today. Saturday can not come too soon. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Keep hanging in there OP. I cannot imagine how stressed I would be . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I have a house guest for the next 2 weeks. I'm not sure I am going to make it that long. Soon after arriving, she washed her hands in the kitchen and pulled four paper towels off the dispenser, dried her hands and left the paper crumpled on the counter. So, I removed the paper towels, hung a hand towel on their rack, and showed the guest where our trash and recycle receptacles were. Wish me luck. Haha... I would probably leave the used paper towels where she left them to see if she notices what she has been doing. But I'm passive aggressive like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Haha... I would probably leave the used paper towels where she left them to see if she notices what she has been doing. But I'm passive aggressive like that. They would just pile up and she's ask when they planned to clean. This is clearly a person who has not been socialized to take care of anyone but herself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 That is such a disgusting waste of water it makes me want to cry. :( She thought so too. But her mom was one of those house guests that couldn't be trained. She tried. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 11, 2016 Author Share Posted June 11, 2016 She's gone! My brother showed up right on schedule and picked up house guest. *whew* The house seems so empty and peaceful. DD and I have been scurrying around all day to get her ready for her trip to the writing workshop so the timing was perfect. My sincere thanks to everyone here. This thread really did help me cope. Instead of getting upset at anything house guest did, I instead though, wow, now I have something else to post on the thread. :laugh: 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I think you owe your brother a nice dinner or something. Just make sure you get new butter and restock the paper towels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 You're a Survivor!! Treat your family and your brother to something nice. But be sure and include something extra special for yourself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Tee-shirt worthy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Tee-shirt worthy. I think the souvenir shirt should say: "I live more casually than that." 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 I think you owe your brother a nice dinner or something. Just make sure you get new butter and restock the paper towels. DH said the exact same thing, about buying brother a nice dinner. Yep, going grocery shopping tomorrow: paper towels, butter, nuts. Thanks everyone! Love the t-shirt idea. I could make it even more subtle: Live casually. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I think the souvenir shirt should say: "I live more casually than that." Maybe a line of housewares. Kitchen towels, napkins, butter dishes... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Maybe a line of housewares. Kitchen towels, napkins, butter dishes... :) :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RioSamba Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Maybe a line of housewares. Kitchen towels, napkins, butter dishes...And ENORMOUS nut dishes. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 And ENORMOUS nut dishes. I'm imagining a canister set--the usual flour, sugar, coffee, tea, and then a five gallon canister labeled NUTS. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I'm so glad it's over for you. I know how difficult it can be to host difficult guests! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 It's one of my pet peeves to find them open........ don't care for the molecules of spray that you can't see but do travel and get on things like toothbrushes and such. We don't close the toilet lid, but it grosses me out to think that anyone would ever store their toothbrush out in the open. Toothbrushes on shelves above the toilet, toothbrushes sitting next to the sink...ew! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 We don't close the toilet lid, but it grosses me out to think that anyone would ever store their toothbrush out in the open. Toothbrushes on shelves above the toilet, toothbrushes sitting next to the sink...ew! I couldn't get them to dry well when we put them in the medicine cabinet so they are on top of the sink in cups but we absolutely close the toilet lids before flushing. Every single time. Fixed the boys forgetting by making them buy new toothbrushes when they forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I wonder if the people who don't wash hands in the kitchen sink all have nearby powder rooms or mudrooms or laundry room sinks? I have none-of-the-above, so if we're painting at the kitchen table, not only do paint-y hands get washed there but also brushes and paint trays. My eat-in kitchen opens to our back yard, so if someone comes in with muddy hands, they go to the kitchen sink (I'd actually prefer it to kiddos walking through the living room and hallway to get to the hall bathroom!) I can only dream of a house with so many sinks. I have two sinks in my entire house - the one in the kitchen on the main floor and the one in the bathroom on the second floor. I cannot imagine going upstairs every time someone wanted to wash their hands. Conversations like this make me feel like my beautiful, small, 1921 house and simple lifestyle are inadequate. I wonder how many things I do are considered wrong or off putting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 My mom is the Laundry Queen for four households - hers, mine, my aunt's, and the old ladies (my grandmother and her four siblings). Mom picks up and delivers. She uses collapsible laundry baskets, and let's just say she keeps the Container Store in business because she replaces them regularly due to wear and tear. They are made of mesh and wire and aren't the sturdiest, but they're easiest to store and transport. <snip> :lol: I bet my mom and elfqueen would have a lot to talk and to share! I want to come live with your family for a while. For many reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I can only dream of a house with so many sinks. I have two sinks in my entire house - the one in the kitchen on the main floor and the one in the bathroom on the second floor. I cannot imagine going upstairs every time someone wanted to wash their hands. Conversations like this make me feel like my beautiful, small, 1921 house and simple lifestyle are inadequate. I wonder how many things I do are considered wrong or off putting. Don't feel inadequate! I have 8 sinks in my house (kitchen, laundry, double in master, pwd room, guest bath, and 2 in kids jack and Jill.) Everyone still washes their hands in the kitchen sink. And when it come to cleaning all those sinks, I think I have 6 too many. Simple is wonderful! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 We don't close the toilet lid, but it grosses me out to think that anyone would ever store their toothbrush out in the open. Toothbrushes on shelves above the toilet, toothbrushes sitting next to the sink...ew! This was actually one of the exceedingly few things I asked my partner to change when we moved in. Toothbrushes go inside a cabinet. Just seriously. Though, I was not raised that way. I think we had the Internet for a full year before we came across that gem in like 1995. Horrified, we changed our habits immediately. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I'm imagining a canister set--the usual flour, sugar, coffee, tea, and then a five gallon canister labeled NUTS. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I had no idea closing the lid on the toilet was a must. I've never thought about it. I am pretty sure ours is always open, and I can't say I care. The seat is always down, but the lid is probably always left up. Again, I've never thought about it. I always keep the lid closed on my toilet. I just don't like the look of it all open to the world, lol. Also, open lids would invite random objects to fall in, or babies or pets to play in. Eeuu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I openly say really untactful things, ie Good Gravy that's a lotta paper towels, I'll have to go to Costco if you keep that up ! Or go eww gross and change the contaminated towel right after the mouth is wiped on it. I will laugh about it with good humor but get my point across. I will also march out of the bathroom hollering wipe the seat, lid down !!! audible to everyone in the house. And that's after the lecture they get before they use the potty - flush the dooky down before any tp goes in, unless you like to plunge, because I don't. Awesome. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Horrified, we changed our habits immediately. Except that far from harming you, the tiny dose of bacteria received daily actually improves your immune system. We leave our toilet lids up and our toothbrushes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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