Sometimes we use the other bathroom, same deal. I never find the lid down, she never finds it up.

I feel like this is some magic that should never be talked about openly, like we agreed without speech and discussing it would break something. Lived with many women, this has never happened.

I’m just being weird, aren’t I? I love her for it in any case.

EDIT: I wasn’t clear. I’m talking about the seat. We’re gross and don’t put the lid down when we flush. Yes, I’m aware that tosses bacteria around, don’t care. Unless one of us ends up with a compromised immune system, it’s not a big deal. And we pretty much never fall ill.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I did indeed mean “seat”. Neither of us put the lid down. Technically gross? Sure, but IDGAF. I flush and turn my head away, not like I’m huffing e. coli.

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      Thanks for clarifying. I don’t know how people made sense of it as lid despite their trying to clarify for me (which I appreciate).

      I am aware of fecal aerosols, and I do put the lid down because of it, but for many years I did not. It’s not enough to demonstrate that the flush spreads germs. You need to show that this has clinical relevance.

      I suspect the lid down behavior is due to fear and the yuck factor but has very little impact on rates of actual illness.