My MIL won't wash her hands in the bathroom.
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Anonymous
| Can you put some hand sanitizer in the bathroom and encourage her to use it, even if she still wants to wash her hands in the kitchen afterward? |
Anonymous
+1 I do this all the time  Seriously, WTF is the difference? It's a sink.
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Anonymous
| Why is this gross? The chances of her coming out with her hands covered in poop are pretty small. I'm pretty sure raw chicken or meat juice is a bigger problem than your MIL's pee hands (pee is sterile! it can not make you sick!). Unclench and move on with your life. |
Anonymous
| How do all you people who think is is "so gross" even function in normal society? This is pretty far down the list of things that are "so gross" in life. |
Anonymous
| Trust me, her hands are no dirtier when she leaves the bathroom than they were when she entered the bathroom. Why does it matter which sink she uses? |
Anonymous
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Gross
I don't want someone washing their pee/bm hands in the sink where I wash my dishes Nasty |
Anonymous
If you are getting pee/bm all over your hands when you use the bathroom, you need to change your wiping habits. |
Anonymous
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If this is the biggest issue you have to deal with in regard to your MIL, consider yourself lucky and move on. Stop dwelling on it. Pick your battles OP. This is not a hill to die on.
Happy Holidays |
Anonymous
You people are truly insane. |
Anonymous
Well 1. The dishes are dirty 2. Unless you never eat meat, at some point, you've had dishes with raw meat in the sink 3. I can't say I've ever had my hands covered in pee and BM. |
Anonymous
| I would flip out on her if she touched my kitchen sink handle after going to the bathroom. I don't touch my sink handle when I cook raw meat etc (I bump the handle up with my arm), so the thought of poop particles on my sink handle is really gross. I will admit I'm a germaphobe. I'm surprised so many people think this is ok though. |
Anonymous
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What's truly not OK is that OP has asked her to abide by the rules/customs of the house, and MIL won't do it.
I don't "agree" with some of my MIL's house rules/customs, but I respect and follow them in her home. |
Anonymous
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Do the germaphobes realize that the same germs are everywhere, on everything, at all times? Your bathroom is no germier than your kitchen sink. In fact, the kitchen sink is usually the germiest place in the house because it's wet most of the time. These germs will not make anyone with a normal immune system sick. In fact, they make us healthier. Smothering every surface in disinfectant is much more harmful than leaving the bathroom without washing your hands. I'll accept that raw meat can have dangerous organisms, but that's kept in your kitchen, not your bathroom.
As a side assignment, watch the episode of MythBusters where they prove that used toothbrushes are covered with fecal coliform even if they aren't stored in the bathroom. And it doesn't even make us sick. |
Anonymous
You do know that kitchen sink handles, like all sink handles, can be cleaned? You just need a little of your favorite cleaner and a paper towel. Spray handle, wipe with paper towel. YAY! |
Anonymous
LOL. No, you don't need to follow rules from crazy people. |