Anyone who has lived with a member of the opposite sex has encountered the eternal “feud” of the dreaded Toilet Seat Position.
Leave it up? Or put if down?
The common argument is that after a man has done his business he should put the seat down so the woman would not have to worry about splashing her bottom should nature decide to call without much of a heads up.
Some men (and maybe some women) will argue that the seat should simply be left in the position it was in during the most recent bathroom occupancy.
Male extremists will argue that woman should lift it up for the man to avoid the instance of an urgent call from nature resulting in the risk of dripping on the seat.
Is it simply just a gesture of common courtesy? Is this “rule” out-of-date in an equality of the sexes society? Does leaving the seat (in any position) merit either sex getting upset and potentially starting an argument?
What are your thoughts/comments/arguments?
*I figured it would be entertaining to have a fun gender debate in contrast to some of the more serious toned items on the site*
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[Ha, nice one. I actually like keeping the toilet seat down, even when it’s just me, but it’s for cleanliness reasons (or at least the *illusion* of cleanliness). Let’s face it, we guys don’t always make it into the pot, so some pee is bound to get on the toilet rim. Well, since I’m too lazy to wipe off the toilet rim after every use, putting the seat back down afterwards allows me to not have to look at my own urine-stained toilet.
TMI?
[I agree with Dong. It just looks unkempt when it’s up all the time.
And, until you’re a woman and you’ve splashed your ass with toilet water AND bruised your tailbone on the porcelain because it’s 4 am and you have to pee, you don’t get a vote on this one! It goes DOWN! It’s much easier to wipe off the seat if you dribble than it is to heal a broken coccyx.
[So, this is a great question to pose! I appreciate the seat to be left down, but I don’t generally care if the LID is closed….however…when I leave the house I want the lid down because I prefer my animals to drink out of their water bowls and NOT the toilet!!
[Down.
Also, the lid on mine is down all the time so the kitties don’t play in the toilet, and my fiance cooperates, so it’s a non-issue. Even had a friend at a party who used the bathroom after him comment how nice it was that he put the seat down!
[I leave it down, all the time as an exercise in how good my aim is. I secretely hope women, upon seeing my pee aiming skills and emaculate toilet seat, will translate said peeing skills to other skills I may have with my wang.
Also I’m really lazy.
[Toilets just look gross with the seat up. There’s where all the dried pee and the pubes stick to.
[Down. I shouldn’t have to risk sitting in pee just because you’re too lazy to put the seat down or aim right. I am also against women who squat and pee on the seat. The seat is only gross because of people like you who pee on it in the first place! Ick.
[I always keep it down, despite the occasional…. er… shall we say, “drippage” that occurs. (I always wipe it off. Come on.)
There’s one simple reason for this. If I lift the seat, nine times out of ten, I won’t think to put it down. It’s not that I forget. I just doesn’t even cross my mind. This results in my girlfriend literally tearing my head off every single time I do this, and I started running out of sutures. So now I just leave it down to avoid running that risk.
[My theory is such: Women want men to put the toilet seat down for them. Why shouldnt men want the toilet seat put up for them? I have no problems taking .5 seconds to put it down, and if i have to pee that bad that i cant do it, well then i really need to go back to kindergarten and relearn how to ‘know when you gotta go’. It has never once bothered me, and i’ve never once fallen in because it was left up, because I CHECK! I live with a guy! Even if a guy does put the seat down, he may forget once in a while, and if you dont check, you’ll fall in. And, actually, if i’m the last person to pee before going to bed, i put the seat UP since Babe has a tendency to sleepwalk and its easier if i can just point him in the right direction quickly and not have to worry about it at 4am, then have him pee all over the seat, or, in the only case i didnt actually check to make sure he was awake when he got out of bed in the middle of the night, have him pee in the closet (although that has nothing to do with the toilet seat position, it does give an idea of how something as simple as the seat being up could cause an issue at 4am).
[I don’t care if it’s up or down or even if it’s on sideways and I got lucky enough that I have a girl that’s the same, but if someone wanted it to be down, just because that’s the way they like it, I’d have fun messing with them.
I’d put it down, but saran wrap the bowl, or get a remote controlled bidet and squirt them with it when they’re least expecting it. Maybe get some fake plastic explosives and pull a Lethal Weapon on them.
Hell, some of those sound like fun anyways. I’ll let you know if I survive.
[Put both the seat and the lid down. Less germs that way – look up airborne germs via flushing. Also this way both parties have to work. Free exercise!