Nope, we don’t in my house - now that we have a house with three toilets, we don’t even use the same toilet. He has his relationship with his toilet, and I stay out of it. (He won’t go in public restrooms either - and only uses one specific toilet at work). The only person I knew who did use the toilet in front of her husband ended up getting divorced from that husband and doesn’t do so with the new husband. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
Speaking of odd habits, my 8 year old son has to get completely naked to poop. I don’t know why. He will wait to poop at home if at all possible as well, but funnily enough he was this way long before I met my current husband, so it isn’t like it is a hereditary thing, having to use the toilet at home.
When I have asked about it, it isn’t because they are worried about privacy with public toilets - it is more of a germ and mess-phobia sort of thing.
I think that is the most I have ever used the word toilet in my life!
I consider nail clipping and flossing to be private. I don’t want to see/hear it. Pooping is right out. Peeing is OK, but only with an intimate friend. Toenail painting? Bring it on.
I prefer to do just about everything already mentioned in private, in the bathroom. It is definitely ME time, just me in the bathroom doing what I need to do and thinking my personal thoughts without anyone interrupting me or being in my way. It is quality time with myself.
I guess I would have assumed that for someone who shared a bathroom growing up with a lot of siblings, that person might be even more inclined to enjoy the thrill of private personal time in the bathroom.
My personal line for other people is that if the activity produces a waste product, it should be done in private. So flossing=produces manky used floss, nail filing or clipping=produces nail bits, using the toilet=obvious …
I certainly don’t have to, but I perfer it. No idea why.
Things that I do with the door closed: Poop.
Things that my girlfriend does with the door closed: Poop, tampon stuff.
Everything else is just whatever. We only had one bathroom for a long time, and when two people get up at the same time to go to work or have to be at lots of social events at the same time there’s going to be some crossover there. Now we have our own bathrooms (mine is the smaller downstairs one, but I don’t mind) and don’t pass much except for showering.
(almost) Nothing’s sacred in my house (I draw the line at watching used tampon removal/disposal - but that’s a blood thing). Otherwise, pooping, flossing, clipping…you name it. Wife & I regularly carry on convos when one or the other of us is on the throne. I also think nothing of leaving the bathroom nude to go to the bedroom. I’m not sure if this casualness has worsened since we have the kid - pooping hardly seems all that secret when you have to clean baby bottoms all the time. I only have the wife, 3-yr old kid and 2 Staffies to worry about. Oh, and nosy neighbour woman, but she’s in her 60s and can use the thrill, I reckon.
Ooops, sorry - rewrote that so many times. I meant that the only people permitted to see private parts are the spouse, the (very little) kids, and my midwife.
Not interested in having anything leading to the shedding of body elements done in any part of the house except the bathroom. Nail clipping, hair brushing, flossing, tweezing – all of those are bathroom activities IMO. I’m don’t really care who we’re talking about; I’m only marginally more okay with my SO clipping his toenails in the living room or my sister brushing her hair in the kitchen than I am with total strangers doing those same things. Keep your Human Dust to yourself.
Putting stuff on, though, like make-up? I don’t see the problem. I still don’t like to see it done in public but that’s more because it’s boring and self-absorbed than because it’s icky. You can do it any where in the house, as far as I’m concerned.
This is exactly how I qualify it. If it has to be done in the bathroom, it’s private. That means peeing, pooping and feminine hygiene stuff should be a solo mission. Flossing and toothbrushing? I can do that over the kitchen sink if I have to. Make-up? I’m always running late so it’s very rare I get to that anywhere other than my car.
I have some friends that see no problem with peeing in front of me, and that’s fine, but I won’t be returning the favour anytime soon. I come from an all girl family, but we’re very private. I think the last time I peed in front of one of my sisters was when we were both young enough to still be taking baths together (a very, VERY long time ago).
Teenage boy here. No “naughty bits”, no privacy required. Most of this is because I act in school plays, and our school’s greenroom consists of an old locker room with all fittings and lockers removed. Normally, this would be great for privacy, but it’s also our storage area, so all areas off the main one are filled with sets, props, and costumes. Ergo, everyone changes and does makeup in front of each other, and the kids that try to be modest and hide get teased. Just a little.
I TOTALLY used to do this as a kid, I had to get naked to Poop- and I HATED public restrooms. It was just a phase, and I eventually out grew it, the Public Restrooms thing especially during High School, when I realized I don’t wanna hold it all Day just to get home to poo, much easier just to go to the bathroom at 9am or something than that much pain.
But yeah, it’s a phase, and you slowly take baby steps away from it.
Though I still have a habit that if there is someone in the room with me, and I have to leave to go to the bathroom- I have to announce where I’m going and that I’ll be right back. Another thing from my childhood, from having to always tell my mother where I am :smack:
Gots weird when I told the college roommates “I have to go to the Bathroom, I’ll be right back.” And they just stared at me. “Um… okay. Thanks for the update?” :dubious:
Not to hijack, but what is the method you use? Skin tags drive me up the wall.
For the record,I would brush my hair or put on makeupin front of anybody who didn’t mind, will pee in front of females I know, & have no problem doing anything intimate in front of my husband.
I grew up as one of 7 people in a 1 bathroom house, so you got in and out quickly - if it didn’t require water, you did it elsewhere. And since I don’t wear makeup or style my hair, it’s no biggie for me today, even with 2.5 bathrooms in the house.
But this thread brought to mind the little bit of culture shock when I joined the Navy and went to boot camp - brushing my teeth in a room with a whole row of sinks and a bunch of strangers. For some reason, that took some getting used to.
My personal preferences - peeing and pooing are solitary activities… OK, so the dogs and cats come along. As if I could stop them. The only other thing I can think of that I don’t want to witness is flossing - it’s just an unattractive process. Oh, and anything involving blood or really icky wounds. You may well be on the way to losing the fingernail that you smashed, but I don’t need to see you trying to loosen it. ick.
(He won’t go in public restrooms either - and only uses one specific toilet at work). The only person I knew who did use the toilet in front of her husband ended up getting divorced from that husband and doesn’t do so with the new husband. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
What goes on in your house?