Does it bother any of you when your children go into your master bathroom

[Anonymous]

If the kids are little I'm fine with it. Why is your teen dd going into that bathroom? Does he have things in there that he feels are private?

[Anonymous]

When I was a teen I used my parent's bathroom when I could to shower / get ready, because my brothers made our shared bathroom totally gross. Theirs was nicer, with better mirrors, so I preferred it. I think it bothered my mom a bit but it never came up (I was only in the house about 2.5 years).

So no, using the bathroom wouldn't bother me much, but the not knocking would. That really doesn't make much sense to me. I assume your DD would flip out if you barged into her room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It bugs me when our middle school son uses our bathroom because he leaves the seat up. For this reason, I have told him he can't use ours. He and his sister have their own bathroom.

--lesbian mom

That's kind of funny. Poor sister though, dealing with the seat up.

Blah, blah, blah I am the only chick with 4 dudes in the house. This just doesn't bother me any more. I automatically flip it down and truthfully I'd prefer its up so they aren't peeing all over where I have to sit.

[Anonymous]

Why do people spend time worrying about such things? No, this does not bother me unless I am in it and need to use it or need some privacy. Otherwise, I don't care. At all.

[Anonymous]

As an adult in the house I think your DH has every right to say, "I want this space for adults." It's not as if he's keeping her from the family room when everyone elseis spending time, or not letting her use the only bathroom in the house. If you and your DH have told her not to use that bathroom and she still does then your have a disrespectful child on your hands. What else do you tell her to do that she ignores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It bugs me when our middle school son uses our bathroom because he leaves the seat up. For this reason, I have told him he can't use ours. He and his sister have their own bathroom.

--lesbian mom

That's kind of funny. Poor sister though, dealing with the seat up.

Blah, blah, blah I am the only chick with 4 dudes in the house. This just doesn't bother me any more. I automatically flip it down and truthfully I'd prefer its up so they aren't peeing all over where I have to sit.

I'm not a lesbian, I'm a single mom and my son is also the only male in the house. I have trained him to not leave the seat up, its selfish and lazy. I don't understand why this behavior would be tolerated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It bugs me when our middle school son uses our bathroom because he leaves the seat up. For this reason, I have told him he can't use ours. He and his sister have their own bathroom.

--lesbian mom

That's kind of funny. Poor sister though, dealing with the seat up.

Blah, blah, blah I am the only chick with 4 dudes in the house. This just doesn't bother me any more. I automatically flip it down and truthfully I'd prefer its up so they aren't peeing all over where I have to sit.

I'm not a lesbian, I'm a single mom and my son is also the only male in the house. I have trained him to not leave the seat up, its selfish and lazy. I don't understand why this behavior would be tolerated

Agreed. My DH has never, ever left the seat up in our 10 years of marriage. He was raised by a single mom with two brothers. She clearly trained them well.

[Anonymous]

What is wrong with having parents' only spaces? Our kids have been trained know they are NEVER to come into our room or bathroom unless they been granted permission or there's an emergency. Never knew that was so offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It bugs me when our middle school son uses our bathroom because he leaves the seat up. For this reason, I have told him he can't use ours. He and his sister have their own bathroom.

--lesbian mom

That's kind of funny. Poor sister though, dealing with the seat up.

Blah, blah, blah I am the only chick with 4 dudes in the house. This just doesn't bother me any more. I automatically flip it down and truthfully I'd prefer its up so they aren't peeing all over where I have to sit.

I'm not a lesbian, I'm a single mom and my son is also the only male in the house. I have trained him to not leave the seat up, its selfish and lazy. I don't understand why this behavior would be tolerated

Agreed. My DH has never, ever left the seat up in our 10 years of marriage. He was raised by a single mom with two brothers. She clearly trained them well.

Explain please? Why is it rude for him to leave it up but not rude for you to leave it down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It bugs me when our middle school son uses our bathroom because he leaves the seat up. For this reason, I have told him he can't use ours. He and his sister have their own bathroom.

--lesbian mom

That's kind of funny. Poor sister though, dealing with the seat up.

Blah, blah, blah I am the only chick with 4 dudes in the house. This just doesn't bother me any more. I automatically flip it down and truthfully I'd prefer its up so they aren't peeing all over where I have to sit.

I'm not a lesbian, I'm a single mom and my son is also the only male in the house. I have trained him to not leave the seat up, its selfish and lazy. I don't understand why this behavior would be tolerated

Agreed. My DH has never, ever left the seat up in our 10 years of marriage. He was raised by a single mom with two brothers. She clearly trained them well.

Explain please? Why is it rude for him to leave it up but not rude for you to leave it down?

Please shut up and go away.

[Anonymous]

My kids are allowed to use ours if the bedroom door is open and someone is using the hall bathroom. I have boys with tiny bladders, so it's better to let them use it. I don't want them hanging out in there or getting into stuff.

[Anonymous]

Mom to 2 young boys (4 & 6). No, I don't like them to use my bathroom because they are gross. They have their own! Of course I will make exceptions and it's not like I would punish them. But I highly, highly discourage it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha ha ha, this is hilarious. My kids LOVE our master bathroom. No idea why. They bathe in the hall bathroom, but heaven forbid they actually use it for any other purpose. Even if they wake up in the middle of the night to pee, they walk right past the hall bathroom (door open, light on) and into our dark bedroom, to open our master bathroom and turn on the light and use the toilet in there.

That would annoy the sh1t out of me.

OP, I'm a woman, and have no porn or embarrassing things to hide in the master bathroom, but I like that as my own adult space (and DH's), too. If all bathrooms in the house are full and it's an emergency, of course it would be OK for DC to use it, but otherwise, just because? No!

[Anonymous]

I don't get the anger here towards dad. She has her own bathroom - she doesn't need to be in mom and dad's bedroom and bathroom. I completely get everyone needing some space to call their own. I doubt she wants dad just coming into her room whenever and coming in even when the door is closed without knocking. I don't think it means he is controlling to not want his teenage daughter to treat his bedroom like it is her bedroom. I completely understand wanting your kids to respect your space, in the same way I respect theirs.

Growing up we only went into my parents bathroom if we needed something (and then we asked). Similarly, if my parents wanted to use something out of my room - they asked. We always knocked before going into their room if the door was closed and we rarely went into their room even if the door was open unless we needed to get something or we were talking to them there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of agree with your husband. If the kids were little, the boundary would seem arbitrary. But why does your DD want to use the master bathroom when the hall one is available. At the very least, she needs to knock.

This. Even my 8 yr old DS is required to knock before entering. We do, after all, still have a sex life.