1mo ago

Every time my wife pees, she flips the lid up. Every time I pee, I flip it down. Never been discussed. Dare I say anything and break the spell?

Sometimes we use the other bathroom, same deal. I never find the lid down, she never finds it up.

I feel like this is some magic that should never be talked about openly, like we agreed without speech and discussing it would break something. Lived with many women, this has never happened.

I'm just being weird, aren't I? I love her for it in any case.

EDIT: I wasn't clear. I'm talking about the seat. We're gross and don't put the lid down when we flush. Yes, I'm aware that tosses bacteria around, don't care. Unless one of us ends up with a compromised immune system, it's not a big deal. And we pretty much never fall ill.

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I feel like you meant to say "seat" instead of "lid," or your post doesn't make sense, yet almost every comment takes it at face value.
- No, he means lid.
  I always put the seat and lid down before flushing. Yet none of the women I've ever lived with, put the lid back down when they're done. So I frequently approach a lid that's up, not covering a seat that's down.
  
  But he loves her for it. Which I think means she's courteously flipping up both the seat and the lid, to be ready for him to pee.
  
  He never mentioned the seat. He says nothing remotely suggesting she's doing it intentionally. He loves that they have a perfect alternating bathroom schedule, as though they're synchronized. That's all.
  
  I disagree and it rests with him to clarify. But she loves him for (among many other reasons I'm sure) the fact she never falls in if she's creeping sleepily to the loo in the middle of the night.
  
  I've never pissed on the lid while creeping sleepily to the loo in the middle of the night. I don't see how people falling in toilets haven't stubbed their toes clean off, walking around blindly all the time.
  
  I fell in once while 8 months pregnant, a time when one's bladder is frequently kicked in the middle of the night. The path to the loo was well-worn, no stubbing. I didn't want to wake my husband and the bathroom lightswitch is outside the door.
  
  Those are extenuating circumstances. All allowances should be made for pregnant ladies. All other times I'm a lid down man. That time when I was drunk and squished my balls while sitting on the lid were my own damn fault.
  
  Yea this actually used to annoy me with a female friend who'd come over. Other than the droplet spray issue, my cats fascinated by the water in the toilet. He generally tries to follow anyone going to the bathroom anyway to keep you company as they often do. But as soon as you open the door with the lid up he runs straight over, starts pawing at the water and very quickly ends up falling in head first.
  I always wonder if he thinks his own reflection is another cat. I think that's what was going on with my last cat when he would stare at the washing machine.
  
  I have a new 6-month-old kitten. She’s shown interest in the toilet. Last night I discovered what she’s been so interested in. Warning: the following story is equally disgusting and hilarious.
  We use flushable litter, so after using the toilet, I scoop litter then flush it all together. After scooping, I caught her with both paws in the toilet and chased her out. She managed to get a little bit of her target, the toilet paper!!!, away with her. So she could EAT IT.
  I was laughing and shouting in shock and horror so loudly my partner came to check on us.
  After cleaning her up, as I continue getting ready for bed, she went back to the toilet to bat at the water. I pulled her off then took one square of TP to wipe the seat off where she left a couple drops and threw it in the toilet. She immediately grabbed the square of TP (from a thankfully otherwise empty toilet bowl) and ran away with her prize, carrying it like a proud huntress. I had to chase her around the bedroom to get it back and clean her paws again.
  So yeah, she’s going to train me to always leave the lid closed because of my disgusting but adorable pet.
- I did indeed mean "seat". Neither of us put the lid down. Technically gross? Sure, but IDGAF. I flush and turn my head away, not like I'm huffing e. coli.
  
  Thanks for clarifying. I don't know how people made sense of it as lid despite their trying to clarify for me (which I appreciate).
  I am aware of fecal aerosols, and I do put the lid down because of it, but for many years I did not. It's not enough to demonstrate that the flush spreads germs. You need to show that this has clinical relevance.
  I suspect the lid down behavior is due to fear and the yuck factor but has very little impact on rates of actual illness.

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