If you’re going over to friends’ houses and hanging outdoors...

[Anonymous]

If full bath, aren't windows or fans required by code? Open window, run fan.

But their house, their rules. Kids potty for younger kids. Trees for everyone else.

[Anonymous]

No fans PP!!!

[Anonymous]

They are asking for people to pee in the pool. No way I would expect a non neighbor who is female to come to my house for over 2 hours and not offer a bathroom. Especially with kids. Guys can use the bathroom outdoors if it comes to it.

[Anonymous]

Omg you folks are NUTS!

Yes. My friends come over. And they use our bathroom. And no one has gotten sick!

[Anonymous]

Yes. One person in the house at a time.

[Anonymous]

I think its fine of them not to offer the bathroom, but then I also think if I were them I wouldn't offer a pool visit without a bathroom....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg you folks are NUTS!

Yes. My friends come over. And they use our bathroom. And no one has gotten sick!

Yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re going over to friends’ houses and hanging outdoors, are you using their bathrooms?

Our good friends live about 25 mins away and keep inviting us over to swim and hang out in their backyard. The catch is that they don’t feel comfortable letting us use their bathroom. I completely get it and don’t love the idea of going into someone else’s home, but at the same time, it’s a bit too far us to go and stay for a few hours without having a bathroom to use - especially the kids.

Just curious how others are handling this issue.

Here's the thing - if they're inviting you over to their house but won't let you go inside, they don't really want you there. They can't be dumb enough to think you won't have to go to the bathroom that whole time, especially the kids.

If it were me, I'd be fine going inside for a short period of time, perhaps with a mask, but I wouldn't invite people to my house unless I was willing to let them use the bathroom. We happen to have an outside bathroom (powder room attached to the garage) that we can offer and we don't use it, but that's the only way I'd feel ok asking people over. Otherwise I'd have to be willing to let them in my house or acknowledge that it's ridiculous to ask them to come.

[Anonymous]

All of my friends live closes (15 minutes) so we just go home to use the bathroom. However, I was really irritated because we were supposed to drive to a state park with a friend who lived 15 minutes away. As soon as she came by our house, she announced that she had to pee but didn't want to use our bathroom, and that she would have to go home to pee and then come back so that we could caravan. I told her we'd just catch up with her at the park.

[Anonymous]

We have a spare bathroom at one far end of our house, off the laundry room, that we rarely used before corona. Now, we have stopped using it altogether, so it can be a dedicated guest bathroom for otherwise-outdoor visitors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can use my toilet if you wear a mask.

-Doctor

+1, we clean the powder room and that is the bathroom for outdoor guests. We use the upstairs bathroom. Only use it while wearing mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can use my toilet if you wear a mask.

-Doctor

+1, we clean the powder room and that is the bathroom for outdoor guests. We use the upstairs bathroom. Only use it while wearing mask.

Same here. Guests use basement bathroom with mask on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can use my toilet if you wear a mask.

-Doctor

+1. Would not make a big deal over someone with a mask walking into my house, using the bathroom, and walking out less than 10 minutes later. If I was concerned they'd get me sick, I would not have them hanging out, unmasked and swimming in my pool.

[Anonymous]

The concern here is more flushing without the lid closed, as it can spread the virus (yes, it exists in other sorts of "droplets!")

This is more of an issue for families with 1 bathroom (like ours) or maybe many family members with just 2 bathrooms. Because I'd want to quarantine a bathroom for at least a day.

[Anonymous]

We have had a couple families over in the backyard and have let them use the bathroom, wearing a mask. If someone is inviting you over and is not a neighbor, it doesn’t make sense to not let you in to use the bathroom.
I will say that the last time we had people over I felt very uncomfortable about the situation (they had to make several trips inside) so we’ve decided not to have people over for the time being. Nothing against them, I just didn’t feel comfortable about it anymore.