| OP you need to teach your kids to keep the seat closed. They should not grow up thinking it’s acceptable to not close a seat. Gross and also horrible unsuspecting female who sits on it. Team MIL |
| It’s disgusting to flush a toilet with the lid open. Dirty toilet water gets splashed around the whole bathroom. That’s not an opinion, it’s science. |
This is the classic example of completely missing the point. The purpose of the post is about the MIL loudly and regularly complaining about “x” in another person’s home. Is that rude? YES. Yes, she’s F*ckin rude. Is “X” bad manners? Yes, sure, fine. Little children who do “x” should eventually be taught that “x” is not the best manners and they should do “y” in the future. It’s Not relevant at all to the post and there are SO MANY PEOPLE who post regularly that are way too damn stupid to understand how to answer questions. |
This has been covered at least six times already. She is talking about the lid, not the seat. The unsuspecting female does not want to sit on the lid while peeing. |
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Mother-in-law is rude and you cannot change that.
Flushing with the lid up is gross, but still: MIL is rude and that won't change. |
| Suggest she come for shorter visits and pee before arrival. |
| So, I couldn’t help myself and just did the “test” and sadly my American Standard toilet did not spray ANY of the green dyed water onto the printer paper I placed around the floor of my bathroom. Y’all lied. |
That’s because the spray went on your walls and countertops. Leave the paper there through several flushes - you’ll see. |
The problem is that the lid doesn’t actually solve this problem. Aerosolized fecal matter stays in the air over the water in the bowl; it’s released when the lid is open again. It has been studied—not just by Mythbusters. |
I'll take decreased aerosolized fecal matter over full spray every day of the week. |
| My wife always leaves the toilet lid up and it drives me nuts. If the lid was meant to be left up Kohler wouldn’t have added a lid in the first place. |
| Get a seat without a lid before her next visit. Make yourself a drink and wait. |
At the price of messing around with a toilet lid, I’ll pass. |
Amen |
| Maybe if your MIL were not licking the flat surfaces in your bathrooms so often this wouldn’t be such an issue for her. |