I was just watching Sarah's House tonight and Tommy was saying he hates sharing sinks with anyone (because of the spit and other things he says making faces). Last week on Cityline Mary said she didn't put a shower rod in her bathroom as she doesn't like other people's feet in her bathtub.
to me, I'm thinking if there was anything that I would rather not share (although it's never been any kind of big deal to me) it's the toilet. Maybe it's because I grew up in a house with 1 bathroom and 4 people, but having my own fixtures never occurred to me as a big deal other than maybe just being a practical issue of something always being available when needed. Are these sorts of things issues with a lot of people?
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i have never given thought to this at all, there is five of us in this house that share one tub and one sink, they are my husband and my own children, that doesnt gross me out at all. The tub and sink is cleaned on a regular basis and most times my family showers, but even in the days when they took baths, it never crossed my mind. I just dont understand how your childrens or husbands feet in the same bathtub would be gross :confused: The only time something like this would gross me out is climbing into a tub that didnt belong in our home and it was disgusting dirty. It amazes me how the world has changed, even growing up and there was 5 kids in our family, we only had one bathroom. As for toothbrushes, that we dont share...ICK...however, if one of my children accidently used mine i wouldnt be horrified....i would likley just give it a good cleaning, we just make sure that everyone has really different colors.
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Using someone else's toothbrush, yuck, yuck, yuck...... :hurl:
There was even an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry lost a girlfriend who got insulted because he would not use her toothbrush. :)
I am a total bath person except when I am in someone elses house or a hotel then i only shower. I don't like to sit in a strange tub yuck. I think I would much rather someones feet in my tub that their bare butt.
One thing I don't like to use is someone else's bathtub and that includes our own in the 2nd bathroom even though it's clean........call me quirky or what, but that's how it is.......when we were renovating our master bath ensuite, I was dying to take a bath but wouldn't do it in our 2nd bathroom bath :rolleyes:
Using someone else's toothbrush, yuck, yuck, yuck...... :hurl:
I have one sink, I don't hate other people using it, just wish I had the double because of being spoiled at hotels when DH and I are getting ready in the morning.
Obviously some of you might be grossed out, but I have accidently used DH's toothbrush in the past...we use the ones the dentist gives us and they only vary in color...it doesn't phase me as I don't see how it's much more different than when we lock lips :p
I also clean out the tub everytime before I have a bath. Actually before I got my new bathroom I hadn't taken a bath in 3 years because the tub was so disgusting and the finish gone so it never looked clean even though I might have just spent an hour cleaning and scrubbing it.
Do people share toothbrushes - Ewwwww! I agree about those toothbrush holders - not too sanitary.
I had to think about it but then realized I do have one quirk - I like the toilet lid to be put down.
Oh - I like to put out a clean bar of soap for the guests. Also hope they wipe away hairs after they finish with their bath. I expect to have to clean the tub after they leave but would like them to do a little preliminary clean up. So I guess I have at least two two quirks.
Ah, the beard dust. Yup, I get that too. It doesn't gross me out, but what gets me is that DH overshoots the sink and I end up with beard dust/debris (actually from a mustache) ALL OVER THE BATHOOM TAPS! Drives me insane. He has to do his trimming with his face about 4" from the mirror. I think the next time I'll just shoot it with the blowdryer and tell him to go clean up the bathroom counter. :D
Call me quirky! In my roomate days, I always had to clean the tub before I would have a bath, no matter if the tub had been cleaned that morning. I also wished, many times, that I didn't have to share a sink, as one roomate would trim his goatee into the sink and not clean it up. Grossed me right out!
Geez it is a good thing they don't live with out houses and an enamel wash basin lol :laugh:
I agree with Dawn, just my toothbrush has to be mine and mine alone. As for the toilet and sink 'any port in a storm'. I grew up with 1 bathroom and 6 other family members.
I'm not really territorial or picky about fixtures, although I do wish it was somebody else's job to clean them! :)
I think the only one thing in life I am terribly fussy about is my toothbrush. I will share my toothbrush with NOBODY. Additionally, I will not buy those community toothbrush holders either. All toothbrushes air dry in their OWN cup, thank you! (I blame this on a dental hygiene movie shown to my kindergarden class-it just stayed with me!)