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Toilet seats. (Original Post) Buttoneer Tuesday OP
Yes! some_of_us_are_sane Tuesday #1
Most of the time, yes. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #2
Everyone should put the lid down, for sanitary reasons. FullySupportDems Tuesday #3
Always buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #4
My Dh does, 99.99% of the time. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #6
Yes, my husband does, and our sons did. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #5
Wait a minute... buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #8
Have you ever shone a blacklight in a bathroom used by men? 3catwoman3 Tuesday #9
ACK! buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #10
When our sons were little, on one occasion they were using the toilet together before... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #12
Ermagerd buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #13
Years ago, before I had two sons of my own, I was thunderstruck Totally Tunsie Thursday #20
Take enough vitamin B complex to make your urine bright yellow... hunter Tuesday #11
Buttoneer, you're having a problem at home with a significant other who could potentially True Dough Tuesday #7
This message was self-deleted by its author wyn borkins Wednesday #14
Not just the seat PJMcK Wednesday #15
When I was a young man I told my wife Emile Wednesday #16
Lesson learned. Prior to marriage my Grampa gave some sage advice: George McGovern Wednesday #17
My husband always puts the seat and the lid down Grim Chieftain Wednesday #18
Despite being a bachelor, I do so my cat doesn't get in the toilet. Rizen Wednesday #19
I removed them all! Floyd R. Turbo Thursday #21
When your guy gets old, he's gonna sit like you do... CTyankee Thursday #22
I lived with 2 sisters, mother, aunt and grandmother. oasis Friday #23
Years ago my Mom told the story of confronting the males in her house(my Dad, my brother, and me) about the retread Friday #24

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,331 posts)
4. Always
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:24 PM
Tuesday

I raised my boy right! (Plus we have cats, so it protects them from drinking from an unsanitary bowl and spares us a gross-out.)

mwmisses4289

(5,006 posts)
6. My Dh does, 99.99% of the time.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:36 PM
Tuesday

Like you, we have cats, but they like to play in the water, not drink it.

3catwoman3

(30,031 posts)
5. Yes, my husband does, and our sons did.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:35 PM
Tuesday

When my husband has friends over, many of them do not, which annoys me. Leave things the way you found them - if the seat and lid are down when you go in, pay attention.

It also creeps me out to find drops of urine left behind on the rim or the floor. I don't want to be wiping up someone else's pee, either in my own home, or in a public, gender neutral bathroom.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,331 posts)
8. Wait a minute...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:48 PM
Tuesday

Overspray doesn't clean itself?

Some men just don't appreciate what magical lives they lead. *eyeroll*

3catwoman3

(30,031 posts)
12. When our sons were little, on one occasion they were using the toilet together before...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:06 PM
Tuesday

...taking a shower. As a nurse, I had tried to teach them proper terminology. Urinate was a bit over their linguistic abilities early on, and it got abbreviated to "nate." OK, close enough.

I overheard the younger one saying to the older one, "Let's have a nate fight." I was able to intervene in time.

A nate fight is something that would never even occur to those of us with female plumbing.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,331 posts)
13. Ermagerd
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:12 PM
Tuesday

Cured me of thinking back fondly and wishing I'd had a brother for mine. (He did get a sister but they were seven years apart and never doubled up in the bathroom.) 😄

Totally Tunsie

(12,192 posts)
20. Years ago, before I had two sons of my own, I was thunderstruck
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:17 AM
Thursday

when my neighbor's* three young sons lined up at the railing between their eat-in kitchen and the family room and proceeded to have a pee-off to see which could shoot the furthest! I never sat on their family room sofa again! It was an eye opener, for certain, and you can be sure our household never had such challenges.

*To complete the picture, said neighbor was an "Auntie Mame" type of free-wheeling city gal, living much against her will in a Chicago suburb b/c of her husband's job. She was 5' tall with flaming red hair, usually wearing a sweatshirt splattered with the "red sauce of the day", while a cigarette dangled from her lips. To say she was the neighborhood "character" doesn't do her justice. LOL. I'll never forget her.

hunter

(40,925 posts)
11. Take enough vitamin B complex to make your urine bright yellow...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:05 PM
Tuesday

... and the UV light effect is quite spectacular, like fireworks in your toilet and everything around it.

True Dough

(27,578 posts)
7. Buttoneer, you're having a problem at home with a significant other who could potentially
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:46 PM
Tuesday

leave you to fall into the toilet bowl if you're not paying attention due to the seat being up?

Anyway, glad you addressed this with post 999 and not milestone post 1,000. That shouldn't be devoted to toilet etiquette, IMO!

Response to Buttoneer (Original post)

PJMcK

(25,189 posts)
15. Not just the seat
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 04:46 AM
Wednesday

I always close the lid, too.

Some say that closing the lid before flushing is sanitary as it prevents toilet mist from infecting the bathroom. I close the lid simply to keep things from falling in the bowl.

Emile

(43,908 posts)
16. When I was a young man I told my wife
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:04 AM
Wednesday

"If you can put the seat down, I can put the seat up; it's called teamwork!"

I found out pretty fast she didn't think that was funny. So from then on I always put the seat down.

George McGovern

(13,299 posts)
17. Lesson learned. Prior to marriage my Grampa gave some sage advice:
Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:46 PM
Wednesday

"You can either be happy or you can be right."

retread

(3,946 posts)
24. Years ago my Mom told the story of confronting the males in her house(my Dad, my brother, and me) about the
Fri Jun 12, 2026, 06:16 AM
Friday

urine around our only toilet. My dad blamed it on my brother and me(we were 9 and 10 at the time). Years later my brother and I were grown and gone and there was STILL urine around the toilet!


Peeing standing can be useful at times! https://deadline.com/2026/02/winter-olympics-gus-kenworthy-urinate-fuck-ice-1236711154/

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