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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

A Lutheran church I pass on the way to work every morning changed their sermon promo on their billboard for the next week:

quote:
If your shirt doesn't Button
You might be a Glutton

But the real gem was on a bumper sticker I saw. The first thing I noticed, was the little male and female bathroom icons that are used everywhere, you know the the guy looking normal and the girl wearing a skirt (always bugged me, cause of the skirt wearing stereotype, but that's a different rant)

And then I realized what the bumper sticker said:

quote:
Marriage = (Boy bathroom icon) + (Girl Bathroom icon)

Yup folks, you've got it. The secret of marriage is to have his and hers bathrooms!

AJ

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

So instead of seperate kitchens (like the Jewish do), Christians should have seperate bathrooms.

Interesting.

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

My girlfriend keeps saying that...
Given the time she spends there when she bathes, that might just be the truth.
[Dont Know]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

The other advantage is that having a two-holer can be the only thing that prevents knockdown dragout fights. Especially when you've both had the delicious but spicy Thai food and realized on the way back that you both Have To Go. The argument over Who Has To Go More, is never a good place to go to begin with, though it can be entertaining on long road trips when you are out in the middle of nowhere, looking for the next rest stop or gas station.

AJ

[ September 24, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

What is that old adage about how the "romantic honeymoon" is truly over in a marriage when one is uninhibited enough to come in a use the potty while the other is in there taking a shower?

Farmgirl

Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :

I think separate bathrooms would go a long way towards improving marital harmony, actually. Especially because I wouldn't have to clean his anymore [Big Grin]

I was happy just to get separate sinks when we moved into our new place, completely separate full bathrooms would be even better.

Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :

I guess I'm weird. I actively enjoy sharing bathrooms. Keeps life interesting. *grin*

Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :

I enjoy sharing the bathroom, too, although I think Tom would prefer separate bathrooms. [Smile]

I was amazed, though, upon going to a public pool for the first time in many years, that I had lost all my locker room changing skills! Good thing there were only a handful of people in the locker room.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Personally, grin, I don't care about sharing a sink and shower and stuff, we only really use one of the two showers we have.

I am more concerned about the sharing of the toilet itself <grin>. I like my father have always been intrigued by the composting toilet and have thought that if we were forced to only have one, that it would be a good backup measure.

AJ

Unfortunately even though Steve and my father are both civil engineers, I haven't been able to get Steve to like the idea. My dad can't get my mom to buy on either... Maybe it is because reading on the pot is a habit cultivated and refined by my family over decades, and so toilet space was always at a premium. Steve shares the same habit so the same difficulty exists now.

Oh the ploys we used to finish the next chapter. A sibling would be banging the door down going "I gotta GO!!" And you'd holler back "I'm Wiping!" and roll the toilet paper roll back and forth so it sounded like you were, even though you were still reading. Then they'd go running to mom. Mom would get mad, and unlock the door lock with a paper clip and march in and you'd only have five seconds to hide the book. Under the bathmat never worked cause the spine would show. In the pile of clean towels was an option as was in the garbage can in between the garbage bag and the side of the can itself.

[ September 24, 2004, 02:43 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

*wonders if I'm really the only person on hatrack that would resort to the techniques described above to finish the chapter of a book*

Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :

I've done similar things to finish a chapter, but I'm not sure if that'll be especially comforting to hear. *grin*

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Banna, I did every one of those. I ALWAYS had to hide that I was reading. I was 25 before I finally felt comfortable reading in the living room - I'd always read on the floor on the other side of my bed, away from the door. Then, you hide the book under the pillow and pretend you're cleaning when someone walks in to make sure you're doing your homework.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

yeah I feel guilty reading in my own house now, and its My House!

AJ

Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :

My name is Phillip and I'm a secretive reader.

My thing was always that my family would look over my shoulder and read random passages out loud . . .

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

quote:
What is that old adage about how the "romantic honeymoon" is truly over in a marriage when one is uninhibited enough to come in a use the potty while the other is in there taking a shower?

Guess my honeymoon was over before it began. [Frown]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

I have no problem reading whenever, wherever. I do have a problem, though, when people walk in the room and start talking to me. If I wanted to talk to you, I wouldn't be reading a book, fool!

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

More info on the bathroom, as if anyone cared:

Being pregnant right away and having one bathroom in the house with nothing but a curtain hiding it from the rest of the house made it pretty impossible to have any privacy using the potty. I'd always have to go as soon as my husband started the shower so I'd walk in and say, "Don't look, I have to pee!" Then I'd hurry over and hide myself with my shirt until I was obscured my the toilet. (Why is it more embarrassing to be naked while peeing than any other time?)

As far as being unembarrassed to use the toilet while the other person is right there watching you, that's different. Last week I hopped into the bathroom and said, "Don't look, I'm peeing..."

Then I thought about it and said:

"On second thought, I guess I don't really care if you look."

Jes said, "Yeah, I was about to say that."

But that's still a level of intamacy I've yet to reach. [Smile]

Unless you count the times when we have been really sick or in labor, and I don't. You feel too bad to care if someone's in there at those times.

/TMI

Oh yeah:
<-- Married nearly four years, and still using the bathroom privately. Go us!

[ September 24, 2004, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

rotfl, and we've actually resorted (when only one toilet available) to peeing in the shower, if the other person is hogging. Of course you rinse it down good afterwords.

AJ

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

Hmm. I guess I'm an ultra-conservative bathroom person. Nobody better be able to see me, and no one should be in earshot. Mr. Opera and I rented a cabin one time and discovered once we arrived that the bathroom had no door - only a beach towel strung across a curtain rod. I actually made him go and find us another cabin because of that.

space opera

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

I am the antithesis of bathroom privacy advocates. I personally pee off my second floor balcony every morning to reiterate the staking of my claim, in case any other predators are around.

I never shut the door, even when I should.

And I pee in the shower all the time. All real men do. (just kidding).

In a strange enigmatic turn of events, I sit down when I pee in the toilet, because that is how my dad taught me originally.

But peeing outside is the best. Hands down. Literally.

BRB, nature calls...

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

O_O

-o-

quote:
If your shirt doesn't Button
You might be a Glutton

That's what overweight people need to help them lose weight. A little moral guilt. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

quote:
Nobody better be able to see me, and no one should be in earshot.

When we first got married and were living in the apartment with no door on the bathroom, I made Jes go next door to his Grandma's when I had to go. : )

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Banna,
I pass by a church with a sign outside with different sayings.

"Weather Report: He will reign forever!"

[ September 25, 2004, 08:53 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

quote:
Yup folks, you've got it. The secret of marriage is to have his and hers bathrooms!

It would stop the seat up or down arguments [Razz]

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

quote:
And I pee in the shower all the time. All real men do. (just kidding).

Not only do I pee in the shower, my shower isn't over until I have. [Big Grin]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

If you pee in the shower ...

Do you shower with toilet water??

Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :

Hey, just in case plumbing is still a mystery to you:

The water that fills your toilet is the same that comes out of the tap (you know, the water you drink). There is no "Pure" line of drinking water separated from the other water plumbed into your house. But, what you do on the throne is your own business.

I just can't envision getting out of the shower to pee. Should this even be an issue?

quote:
Do you shower with toilet water??

In essence, we all shower with the same water that fills the toilet, yes.

As I lay in bed trying to sleep, I journeyed back to my college days, where my alma mater was antiquated beyond compare. The men still used community showers and bathrooms. The shower had 6 shower heads in it, and sometimes, I would have to wait in line to get one (full house). But guys being the knuckle-dragging Cro-Magnon men we devolve into when in packs, we would pee in the community shower every morning. Heck, we would actually have real pissing contests.

However, I am afraid my bad habits originated far before college. As I eluded to, I believe it is embedded within my rather coarse DNA.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

I could not have been a resident student at your school.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

TMI,
TMI!!!!!

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

quote:
Not only do I pee in the shower, my shower isn't over until I have.

*thinks about all the bathrooms shared with Frisco*

*shudder*

Posted by the master (Member # 6788) on :

quote:
A man is like a piece of steel. He's no good once he's lost his temper.

That's the only one I can remember from the Church of the Open Door in York. It's gotta be close to 10 years since I saw it.

We have a Church of Christ that's kind enough to grace our drive to the grocery store with words of wisdom. They're so on par with the ones you quoted that I can't actually remember any of them even though I take that street a couple times a week.