# Couple find unique message during bathroom remodel. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301 "2018-07-04T21:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/1 "2018-07-04T21:30:52Z")
It’s not unusual to see dates or names during renovations. But the Shinsekis left much more. Remodeled in 1995. Only 23 years ago. I think the bathroom looked great. I can’t see any reason to blow a big wad of money changing it. If it ain’t broke… don’t fix it. But, it’s not my house. 😉 Some people want to put their own mark on their homes. Like a dog and a tree. LOL Sure helps contractors earn a living. Surprised that the Shinsekis haven’t turned up. They’d be in their mid fifties now. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/mashable.com/2018/07/04/bathroom-remodel-note-previous-owner.amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/mashable.com/2018/07/04/bathroom-remodel-note-previous-owner.amp/) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/2 "2018-07-04T21:45:13Z")
That is fucking creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/3 "2018-07-04T22:01:28Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That is fucking creepy. Why? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/4 "2018-07-04T22:09:47Z")
I hope the new owners add a message and photo. It’ll become a cool record of the history of that home. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/5 "2018-07-04T22:12:34Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That is fucking creepy. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Why? Nah; that’s not creepy. Creepy would have been something like “We don’t like what you’re doing and we’ll come put a stop to it and you”. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/6 "2018-07-04T22:13:18Z")
I agree…creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/7 "2018-07-04T22:27:18Z")
I would have left something like, “Here I sit, broken-hearted …” ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/8 "2018-07-04T23:24:22Z")
IT’s cute! I did a time capsule of sorts and stuffed it in the new garage foundation. ALso put something int he bathroom wall come to think of it…what was that, it might’ve been sorta creepy cannot recall for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/9 "2018-07-05T00:17:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Why? I don’t want a picture of some Randos in my shit-box. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/10 "2018-07-05T01:47:10Z")
My cousin ended up moving into what had been my grandparents’ house. I don’t know the history of the house before my grandparents owned it. But when we were tearing down a wall to replace it, we found that there were newspapers glued to the interiors of the walls, apparently to insulate out drafts. And the newspapers were dated from 1864. We were able to read articles talking about Grant fighting in Virginia and Lincoln and McClellan’s campaigns for the Presidency. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/11 "2018-07-05T15:05:33Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I don’t want a picture of some Randos in my shit-box. nominated for SDMB Quote of the Week ™ ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/12 "2018-07-05T15:37:13Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I agree…creepy. I’m trying to understand why. Older homes have history. Why does thinking about its previous residents having been there and having led their lives there bother you? Does it make you feel like you are intruding into their space and the home less yours somehow? What makes a little sense of personal history, even trivial personal history, creepy? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/13 "2018-07-05T15:38:01Z")
I don’t find it creepy at all - I assume they meant it as a joke. When my parents took down our house’s ratty old wallpaper in the late 1970s, they encouraged my sisters and I to write over the walls before the new wallpaper went up. Haven’t been in the house for 20-some years to see if it’s been changed since. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/14 "2018-07-05T16:33:30Z")
When, home alone, I finally pealed off the last wallpaper, in my living room, on the wall was a note from an eleven year old girl and her best friend! Their names were the same as me and my best friend! Kinda gave me a chill, it did! (Then I immediately called my friend, of course!) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/15 "2018-07-05T18:27:04Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > nominated for SDMB Quote of the Week ™ The week is still young! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/16 "2018-07-05T19:02:41Z")
Aww… I was hoping it was a message to Sally Sparrow from The Doctor. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/17 "2018-07-05T20:34:36Z")
I heard a sermon from a minister in which he said when he and his family moved into their house, they found this written in small letters underneath a switch plate in a child’s bedroom: THIS IS MY ROOM IN MY HOUSE FOREVER. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-find-unique-message-during-bathroom-remodel/817301/18 "2018-07-05T21:13:36Z")
When we remodeled one of our houses, we let our daugther draw with chalk on the block wall between the dining room and the garage before we put up the sheetrock. We did it in the early 90s - it’d be interesting to know if anyone tore that wall down since then.