# My boys are growing up into... guys **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162 "2013-08-02T16:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/1 "2013-08-02T16:01:58Z")
We have a bathroom upstairs that is the “Kids Bathroom” and the kids are fully responsible for cleaning it. If you don’t clean it, you shower in it anyway. So, they have been a little lax over the summer and suddenly with short notice they have a kid coming to stay for the weekend and he will need a place to shower. I let my boys know it was their responsibility to get things cleaned up in time. I came home yesterday and hear a strange noise coming from upstairs. My boys had taken my power washer up to the bathroom, tossed the hose up through the second story window and were power washing the tub and shower. (Electric power washer so no CO concerns) It worked amazingly well and they had it sparkling in no time flat. I really felt like I should take a six pack up to them and hang out for a bit… I couldn’t be prouder. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/2 "2013-08-02T16:09:10Z")
More power! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/3 "2013-08-02T17:02:07Z")
You’re kvelling like a father at his son’s Bar Mitzvah. It’s sort of the same thing. “Today you are a guy.” ---
**Author:** ![JustsomeDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@JustsomeDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustsomeDude)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/4 "2013-08-02T17:06:00Z")
Very thoughtful of them. Hanging out with them and showing them that you’re proud of them sounds like a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/5 "2013-08-02T17:17:08Z")
_Argggh arggh arggh!_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/6 "2013-08-02T17:51:46Z")
They did such a good job that you should assign them the duty of cleaning your bathroom, too. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/7 "2013-08-02T17:59:39Z")
That’s … actually rather clever. Provided they haven’t actually etched the fiberglass. And I wouldn’t try it on tile, because it would be hell on loose caulk. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/8 "2013-08-02T19:12:52Z")
I’ll admit, my first thought was that the hose is long enough I can do my shower too. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/9 "2013-08-02T19:24:16Z")
Have them wash the car while they’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/10 "2013-08-02T19:31:12Z")
Now get them to power wash the toilet! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/11 "2013-08-02T19:45:32Z")
Hah… they did. I showed them how to rig a hanger so the tank wouldn’t fill up and used a bucket to add enough water to make it “flush” without refilling and they did power wash inside the bowl. It actually would have been much easier with a brush and cleaner, but not nearly as much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/12 "2013-08-03T03:48:53Z")
Are they for rent? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/13 "2013-08-03T04:03:22Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > That’s … actually rather clever. Provided they haven’t actually etched the fiberglass. And I wouldn’t try it on tile, because it would be hell on loose caulk. I was wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/14 "2013-08-03T13:07:36Z")
You know that’s how they wash the NYC subway stations. Just how bad was that bathroom? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/15 "2013-08-03T13:09:21Z")
I have mental images of water _everywhere_!! :eek: Maybe that’s just the mom in me… ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/16 "2013-08-03T13:15:39Z")
Someone has watched too much Tim Allen. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/17 "2013-08-03T13:35:43Z")
Proof yet again that laziness is the father of invention. Work smarter, not harder. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/18 "2013-08-03T13:36:13Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I have mental images of water _everywhere_!! :eek: Maybe that’s just the mom in me… It’s not, because that was my same thought and I’m not a mom. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/19 "2013-08-03T13:43:50Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > We have a bathroom upstairs that is the “Kids Bathroom” and the kids are fully responsible for cleaning it. If you don’t clean it, you shower in it anyway. > > So, they have been a little lax over the summer and suddenly with short notice they have a kid coming to stay for the weekend and he will need a place to shower. I let my boys know it was their responsibility to get things cleaned up in time. > > I came home yesterday and hear a strange noise coming from upstairs. My boys had taken my power washer up to the bathroom, tossed the hose up through the second story window and were power washing… Was I the only one to read the title, and then this far into the post, before I realised this thread was totally not what I thought it was going to be about? Not that I have ever, um, experimented with power washers myself. Anyway, glad the story had a happy ending :). ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162/20 "2013-08-03T15:24:53Z")
There was a house I used to drive by that was obviously a Household of Guys. The topper to all the things I saw there was driving past to see them… hosing out the refrigerator in the driveway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boys-are-growing-up-into-guys/665162.md?page=2)