Settle a disagreement between DH and me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he needs 30 mins, he needs 30 mins. I agree with him, that you and your DD, as fast-poopers, should go first proactively.

Yeah, but he needs to warn them that he's going in for the long haul. They can't predict his shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: you do not get to park on the freeway during rush hour.

Or as PPs have said, if you insist on parking on the freeway during rush hour and fail to put up a warning sign to alert other drivers, don't be surprised if you cause an accident (see what I did there?)...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if he’s acknowledging that most of the time in there is just for reading then he doesn’t get to hog the bathroom from people that legit need to use it.

Plus one. You have a toddler.

OP to be clear. DD is 6. Other DD is 9 months and doesn’t need the bathroom for anything other than baths.

Lol, I thought op was referring to your husband as the toddler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he needs 30 mins, he needs 30 mins. I agree with him, that you and your DD, as fast-poopers, should go first proactively.

Yeah, but he needs to warn them that he's going in for the long haul. They can't predict his shit.

Op said he needs 10 mins to poop and 20 mins to surf the net

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow your DH is selfish. Tell him to crap and get out and play in the Internet later. He needs to grow up.

x1000

Nailed it.

Op, my guess is that your DHs issues are not about the bathroom use, and has nothing to do with you. He needs to GTFO of there like normal people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with posters who are saying this is an excessive amount of time to hog the bathroom when there is only ONE bathroom. AND with posters who say he may need his 20-25 minutes "quiet time" in the morning.

The thing is though, when you're a parent, sometimes you have to carve out that 20-25 minutes BEFORE the kids wake up! If that means he needs to set his alarm for 5:30 to go in the bathroom for his alone time...well then there ya go! Oh wait...his sleep is more valuable to him than his alone time? Okay--well we all make choices. And sometimes we can't have EVERYTHING we want.

If he really needs to have quiet time every morning away from everyone (that you don't get, by the way, OP!)...then he can have that in one of the bedrooms while you and your two children are in the other ares of the house.

+1 to all of this! It is unreasonable to expect 30 mins in bathroom in morning time when everyone else is awake when there is only 1 bathroom. My DH used to do this too when we lived in a 1/1 and one day I literally shit my pants because he was taking forever and I had diarrhea. I was so so upset and he felt really bad, but still would take so long going poop! We soon moved to a 2/2 and I will never ever go back to 1 bathroom only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do men take so long to poop? I literally go in, sit down, and thirty seconds later I’m done. Honestly peeing took longer when I was pregnant.

Yes!!! They need at least 1.5 bathrooms. He will never speed up his pooping process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he needs 30 mins, he needs 30 mins. I agree with him, that you and your DD, as fast-poopers, should go first proactively.

He doesn’t need 30 minutes. Nobody needs 30 minutes. He’s playing on his phone and avoiding childcare responsibilities. Nobody falls for that.

[Anonymous]

No screens allowed in the bathroom, esp no iPhones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he needs 30 mins, he needs 30 mins. I agree with him, that you and your DD, as fast-poopers, should go first proactively.

He doesn’t need 30 minutes. Nobody needs 30 minutes. He’s playing on his phone and avoiding childcare responsibilities. Nobody falls for that.

Yep. Checking out during Primetime (7am-7pm, which young children need help).

[Anonymous]

1. Get a portable potty in the master bedroom and let kids do it when bathroom is "occupied."

2. Spray Liquid Ass in the master bedroom.


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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Get a portable potty in the master bedroom and let kids do it when bathroom is "occupied."

2. Spray Liquid Ass in the master bedroom.


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5pm: Boyfriend on laptop in livingroom. He had been there for hours, so I decided it was time for him to get up.
5:05pm: Sprayed Liquid Ass three times on a sweater in the other room, then nonchalantly dropped it in the livingroom, about ten feet away from the boyfriend,
5:06pm: Boyfriend asks if I forgot to turn the bathroom fan on.
5:08pm: Boyfriend comments on how stinky the cats poop is.
5:15pm: Boyfriend, with his shirt covering his nose, scoops all three cat boxes in hopes of eliminating the wretched stench.
5:45pm: Boyfriend goes on a mad hunt, insisting that the cats must have crapped somewhere in the house. By this time, the smell has engulfed the appartment (a small two bedroom.) He picks up every piece of laundry on the floor, throws the bathroom mats in the washing machine and finds a face mask and gloves to put on. (I am a nurse and keep some supplies at home.)
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If he needs 30 mins, he needs 30 mins. I agree with him, that you and your DD, as fast-poopers, should go first proactively.

He doesn’t need 30 minutes. Nobody needs 30 minutes. He’s playing on his phone and avoiding childcare responsibilities. Nobody falls for that.

This.

Growing up, my dad liked to spend 30-45 minutes in the bathroom reading the paper. So he woke up 45 minutes early to do it before everyone else got up so he wasn't hogging the bathroom and shirking his responsibilities.

He can surf the net during his free time, which is NOT in the morning while you (both) should be getting the kids ready.

[Anonymous]

The darling little one can do her business on his nice clothes he laid out for work, and then we'll see how long he takes on the toilet the next morning!!!

My drift, which I'm sure you caught, is that he's totally in the wrong. I would tell him that in no uncertain terms and reserve the "accident" in case rational appeals don't persuade him.

[Anonymous]

So you all knock on the door and tell him you're desperate and he ignores? What an ass, no excuses for that.