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Its that time again people, another toilet thread.
I get into these arguments with my mom when i visit and sleep over frequently. I dont care if the seat stays up or down. My mom says its a question of respect, and that "Well, dont you think about me when i go to the bathroom at night half asleep and "fall" into the toilet?" Im like "mom, when i go to the toilet at night, i dont fall into the toilet cuz i check where the toilet seats at first".
Im a very practical person, i dont fold socks and towels because i thought about the amount of time ill have wasted at the end of my life doing this as a kid, and never did afterwards. So no matter how hard i try to be nice to my moms and do it, i forget it 2 times out of 3 because my mind cant grasp the logic in it.
Am i being an insensitive jerk, is there something missing in my picture that is not making me understand why this is disrespectful? To me it seems some archaic form of subconscious chivalry thing more than insensitivity on my part. I guess its just a habit she didnt adjust out of yet (men lifting up the seat) and shes pissed im making her fall in the toilet when i visit?
VERY important subject, feedback please.
gedeost
06-03-2010, 04:39 AM
It's called common sense.
Something which 97% of everquest players seems to lack.
Also humans poop, I dont like to sit on a piss infested seat.
It's called common sense.
Something which 97% of everquest players seems to lack.
Also humans poop, I dont like to sit on a piss infested seat.
Im not saying im sitting on the toilet without the cover, tardo the magnificient.
gedeost
06-03-2010, 04:47 AM
Im not saying im sitting on the toilet without the cover, tardo the magnificient.
It's called common sense towards your own mother, tardo the magnificient.
You lift the seat up to avoid pissing on it.
You lift it down again so the next person can take a shit or piss without worrying about your gross toilet habbits.
Thats practical right there buddy, forget about your stupid socks bro.
It's called common sense towards your own mother, tardo the magnificient.
You lift the seat up to avoid pissing on it.
You lift it down again so the next person can take a shit or piss without worrying about your gross toilet habbits.
Thats practical right there buddy, forget about your stupid socks bro.
Ok let me make you a drawing, when i piss, i lift the seat up so i dont piss on the seat. And then i dont put it back down again. Is that simple enough for you? Or do you want me to break it down in 6 steps?
Shannacore
06-03-2010, 04:54 AM
Taxi, up when you pee, down when you're done. END!
gedeost
06-03-2010, 04:54 AM
Ok let me make you a drawing, when you piss, you lift the seat/cover up so you dont piss on the seat. And then you put it back down so you dont have to look at old dried stinking pee and so it's pratical for the next person.
Do you want me to break it down for you in 6 steps "how to piss at your mothers house"?
wtb common sense.
Taxi, up when you pee, down when you're done. END!
LOL thats my moms argument, problem is, its not an argument! Thats like telling a kid he has to roll his socks in the morning in a clown fashion and he asks why, and you tell him "Because."
To be noted: My mom also has a boyfriend living there, so the next person might not be her, but the boyfriend. So why should he have to lift the seat up again if he needs to piss? Its a trivial matter lol but still
hyzon
06-03-2010, 05:20 AM
I think this one comes down to who owns the house...
Type of house rules...
My house, I share with another dude, so we don't drop the lid. Women are free to put it down.
If I go to my girlfriend's house or my mom's house.. I put it down, because it's their house, so I try to respect what they would want.
That's how I justify doing it.
I think this one comes down to who owns the house...
Type of house rules...
My house, I share with another dude, so we don't drop the lid. Women are free to put it down.
If I go to my girlfriend's house or my mom's house.. I put it down, because it's their house, so I try to respect what they would want.
That's how I justify doing it.
Yea cuz i clean the table once the dinners over etc etc, so its not just cuz im lazy and dont wanna do it, i guess thats the reason i should be making an effort for XD
Its just she always put it in a technical framework, so technically i couldnt see the logic in it.
Zereh
06-03-2010, 06:42 AM
If you were the one who had to sit down to pee you'd be in 100% favor of putting the toilet seat back down. I'm also pretty sure if you'd ever have "fallen in" you would understand the desire to have the seat down without question. It's quite traumatic.
You lift it to do your thing, you put it back where you found it (i.e. down) when you're done.
Z
Omnimorph
06-03-2010, 07:09 AM
I'm like a ninja, i leave it in whatever state it was before i got there. Then swing out the window and scale the house onto the roof and back through the front door.
If you were the one who had to sit down to pee you'd be in 100% favor of putting the toilet seat back down. I'm also pretty sure if you'd ever have "fallen in" you would understand the desire to have the seat down without question. It's quite traumatic.
You lift it to do your thing, you put it back where you found it (i.e. down) when you're done.
Z
Thats not an argument, the only valid argument ive seen that makes sense is that its my moms house and i should respect her wishes. And even then me and my mom have a pretty straightforward relationship so i can say stuff to her like "Yea, but dont you see it doesnt really make sense?" without it being taken as disrespectful. What she thinks is disrespectful is me not lowering the seat, not the fact that im saying she has an illogical argument. So thats why i get into an argument about it, not because i dont want to respect her wishes, its because she thinks that its the natural thing to do to respect women, but really she isnt really thinking about it much and is just entrenched in that opinion.
Its like this old person i was talking to who said its disrespectful to wear a hat in a church. And i would ask her why and she would get really annoyed because she felt she was right, but theres no logical argument to say hats are disrespectful, so she has nothing to counter me with, so goes CUZ ITS THE WAY IT IS!!! I think its just an entrenched sort of habit that if people would stop and ask themselves why for a min, they would say "Yea, why do we think that?".
As for me being more considerate if i ever fell in the toilet, i did! And you know what i can do to remedy that, check if the seat is up or down before sitting lol
By writing all this though it all makes sense, its cuz my mom whipped her boyfriend into it, so now she has the habit in her home that whenever she has to use the toilet, the seat is down. So when sonny comes to visit and that isnt beaten into him yet, he forgets and she falls in! :D
I guess the argument stands if youre in a household with only women, then its courtesy to put it down, but in a multi-gendered household, i view it as female capriciousness and wanting some archaic toilet seat chivalry out of their men. hehe
For another valid reason, see this picture:
http://cdn-www.answerbag.com/images/answers/702187/2787854/funnypicturestoiletseatdowncat.jpg
Yoite
06-03-2010, 12:53 PM
moms just training you for your future GF/wife. They will get more pissed than your mom, and when they are pissed you dont get sex. which makes you sad. so in the end, not putting the seat down will lead to a very unhappy life.
Shannacore
06-03-2010, 01:00 PM
moms just training you for your future GF/wife. They will get more pissed than your mom, and when they are pissed you dont get sex. which makes you sad. so in the end, not putting the seat down will lead to a very unhappy life.
Yar
The type of girls i usually hook up with dont care if i lift the toilet seat or not hehe, was just wondering what was some of the reasoning behind it. I mean, i understand whats the reasoning behind it lol some girls dont wanna lift the fucking seat when its up but you know... toilet subject XD
jelatin
06-03-2010, 02:47 PM
Somebody trade me. None of my female friends put the seat down.
I'm a dude and I still don't want the toilet just open and gazing at me when I walk in the bathroom.
Also, I've never done it because the seat is always down, but hasn't anyone ever knocked anything off the sink and had it go in?
hyzon
06-03-2010, 04:31 PM
If I had to guess why it's become a common expectation, is it's a small way for guys to feel chivalrous.
And probably the witholding the pootang, which has stopped wars, so I'm sure it can keep toilet seats down =P
Myrkskog
06-03-2010, 05:50 PM
Pee in the sink, everyone wins.
Nocte
06-03-2010, 07:52 PM
If I have to pick it up, she can put it down.
The only exception to this is if I'm at a buddy's house, I'll put it down so he doesn't get in trouble for it by his wife.
Zordana
06-03-2010, 07:55 PM
i read 4 posts and i have to facepalm again..
DOH!
Auvdar
06-03-2010, 11:55 PM
Be a man and pee sitting down. Problem solved.
hyzon
06-04-2010, 12:00 AM
^--- win.
YendorLootmonkey
06-04-2010, 06:18 AM
The type of girls i usually hook up with dont care if i lift the toilet seat or not hehe
Translation: "The type of girls i usually hook up with pee while standing."
Dude, your mom forcibly expelled you from her 'gina, screaming bloody murder, and THEN still loved you enough to let you suckle on her teat for five years or whatever. The least you could do is respect her wishes in her own home and put the seat down when you're done.
hehe :)
Excision Rottun
06-04-2010, 12:07 PM
Pee in the sink, everyone wins.
Correction....sit down in the sink and pee...make sure drain is closed.
Also, leave a "high tanker AKA an upper decker"
km2783
06-04-2010, 02:42 PM
I have to lift it up to take a piss.
Be a big girl and put it back down when you have to go. ;)
I know when I was younger I fell in once, went to drop a deuce and the seat was up. Oh noes! Did I rant and scream at someone? Noooo, I learned to pay attention and make sure the seat was in the position I needed it to be in.
Nasty toilets? Don't piss all over it, and/or CLEAN IT from time to time :)
You know what's REALY funny, though? I always have to get onto my GF for putting the LID down after SHE goes. She ALWAYS leaves the lid up and if the seat is down, one of my cats will drink from the toilet if it's open.
I'm like a ninja, i leave it in whatever state it was before i got there. Then swing out the window and scale the house onto the roof and back through the front door.
LMAO you win the thread.
Shannacore
06-04-2010, 10:13 PM
Translation: "The type of girls i usually hook up with pee while standing."
Dude, your mom forcibly expelled you from her 'gina, screaming bloody murder, and THEN still loved you enough to let you suckle on her teat for five years or whatever. The least you could do is respect her wishes in her own home and put the seat down when you're done.
hehe :)
I thought we agreed you wern't supposed to use the word "'gina"! Wtf man!
Goobles
06-04-2010, 10:36 PM
When a guy pisses, there may be a splash or some drizzle that ends up on the seat or brim. Have you ever cleaned a toilet before? Notice the yellow shit on the bowl? That's piss, and that's what would be sat on. It's just disgusting. Put the fucking thing down. Nuff said.
Shannacore
06-05-2010, 01:40 AM
Goobles, you are right.
YendorLootmonkey
06-05-2010, 02:21 AM
I thought we agreed you wern't supposed to use the word "'gina"! Wtf man!
"Teat" was okay, though?
Shannacore
06-05-2010, 03:33 AM
"Teat" was okay, though?
We didnt discuss 'teat', 'teat' is free game.
When a guy pisses, there may be a splash or some drizzle that ends up on the seat or brim. Have you ever cleaned a toilet before? Notice the yellow shit on the bowl? That's piss, and that's what would be sat on. It's just disgusting. Put the fucking thing down. Nuff said.
I dont understand this one, when i piss, i lift the seat? Is that bad? :confused:
km2783
06-06-2010, 02:18 AM
I dont understand this one, when i piss, i lift the seat? Is that bad? :confused:
No, they're saying that when you piss, with the seat up, a nasty film can sometimes form from urine dribble, splash, or what-have-you, and to put the seat back down to cover it up. This is so if some nitwit/lazy bastard that can't possibly be bothered to check whether the seat is up or down comes along they won't fall in and sit on stale/dried piss.
When a guy pisses, there may be a splash or some drizzle that ends up on the seat or brim. Have you ever cleaned a toilet before? Notice the yellow shit on the bowl? That's piss, and that's what would be sat on. It's just disgusting. Put the fucking thing down. Nuff said.
I'm still of the stance "Look before you leap." It's really not that hard to tell where the seat is, even in the dark.
Micer
06-06-2010, 06:10 AM
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