The Toilet Seat & MEN

I'm actually the underdog in my house... 5 boys and only 2 girls, but we do not have an issue with anyone leaving the seat up. Actually I have a shelf over my toilet so the seat cannot stay up unless the jam it under the shelf, which is not easy or safe to do, the shelf wobbles a bit when it's moved! I do have an issue with the puddles on the seat though! That's mostly caused by my 3 year old and 6 year old sons... the 3 year old mostly. I don't think he lifts the seat at all yet, and his aim is terrible! When he does lift the seat, since you have to hold it up, he can't hold the seat, and aim, and lift his shirt and hold down his pants all at the same time, so he'll end up having to change his clothes after! He goes through about 5 outfits a day, but I still have to wipe the seat before I sit each and every time!!

I don't have any problem with my hubby and kids putting down the seat since I trained my kids to bring down the seat after every pee and make sure that they flashed their pee. It will be a big issue for me if they will not put the seat up and pee with sprinkles around it. Reinforcement is important because this is oftentimes being neglected/ignored and just let the next person to do it or clean the mess.

When I was doing my maid training in the early days I seemed to have been caned more times for leaving the toilet seat up than anything else so I soon learned not to do it and now I put it down as a habit.

My husband manages to miss the toilet altogether and pee on the floor. He does this at least once a day. Luckily, our bathroom has a marble floor, and, as we live in Spain, we don't need mats, so it's easily dealt with. I just look at him, say 'Mop that mess up' and he does it. Problem solved.

I actually don't bother them leaving the toilet seat up. I can always use the tissue to bring them back down. I would most probably get ballistic if they pee while the toilet seat is down. A lot of men are really lazy. Some even forget to wash their hands after peeing.. Anyway, lately I have this new habit of just hovering the toilet seat because i can never be sure anymore whether the guys peed seat up or seat down. Therefore just to be safe, i'd rather not let my skin touch the toilet. But that only applies when I am taking a pee. :D

It is really disgusting if men pee on the toilet seats. Yep,men should show consideration for ladies, i mean, men should put the toilet seat down after using it. However men might still ask why should I put it down, cause I still have to leave the seat up when I want to pee; why ladies don't keep it up to show consideration for men. It is really a tough issue. One suggestion is to use squat toilet instead of sitting one.

My hubby used to do that…leave drops on the edge and walk off! Everytime I pointed it out, his pet excuse was he couldn’t see it…man!!! If I could, how could he NOT?????? And the worst part was that our son was picking up that habit…if dad does it, so do I!!! After much raving and ranting and shouting and threatening (yep…I even threatened to make him wash the entire potty just then and there if there was a ‘next time’)…so now he knows that he’s got to be extra careful. He cant just empty his bladder, flush and walk away…he’s got to look down and see that the seat’s clean too.

I gave up hollering at my husband when we were together. My boys were considerate and left the seat down. Divorcing me was the best thing my husband ever did for me. No more toilet seats up, no clothes all over the house to pick up, no wet bathroom floors after he showers, no more burping and farting all night. I don't think you can make them put it down. I asked my sons from the time I potty trained them to put the lid down and I think that's what you have to do in order to prevent this ongoing problem between men and women!

Yes, I have faced the same problem too. It is just irritating, and have had fights too. But how much ever I keep telling its not happenning.

I'm fortunate that my husband puts the seat down. One thought, when you flush the toilet you should close the lid. Dr. Oz did a segment on his show about that. When you flush, the water sprays SIX FEET, all around. Do you have your toothbrushes on your bathroom sink? They are being sprayed with water from your toilet everytime you flush! Dr. Oz tested some toothbrushes that were on the bathroom sink, he found a whole slew of bacteria, including ecoli. Imagine brushing your teeth with ecoli! To prevent contamination of your toothbrushes and everything else in your bathroom, put the lid down when you flush. Simple as that.

I always feel bad whenever a female has to use a public bathroom in a place that only has one single unisex bathroom. It's like that for the public at where my girlfriend works at and almost everytime I go in there to use the bathroom I have to wipe somebody else's pee off the toilet seat. Sometimes you go into a men's restroom and you see pee all over the floor like the person didn't even attempt to get it into the toilet. It's pretty gross.

Yes, I hear you, sister...lol And while we're here, why do they either leave the towels on the floor they have just soaked with the shower, OR if they hang it on the hook, they scrunch up the top and shove it on so it doesn't hang and dry properly? The toilet seat I decided wasn't worth a fight. Choose your battles, and this wasn't one I was going to win! So basically, he goes, he leaves it up. If I go in the bathroom I will put it down. You would think they'd eventually get the message, but I am learning that having a husband is quite similar to having a small child.

Yes I have the same problem with my husband but he pees on the floor in front of the toliet. I got so sick of complaining and nothing being done about it I just stop.

I've never been married, but I did live with my ex-boyfriend for a while. One day I got so po'ed at him leaving the seat up, I super glued it down. While it proved my point, it was not the smartest move because I could not lift it up to clean. To get it unstuck was worth more effort than it was worth. He did actually start putting the seat down after that, though...

As one of the few males who is responding to this discussion, I would like to state it is the opposite in my house, and it is me who keeps the toilet clean, whereas my wife after she takes a pee,forgets even to flush. Of course it does not happen regularly, but only in the night when she gets up in the middle of the night and uses the bathroom. Well I usually holler at her, the first thing in the morning, as soon as she gets up.At times because of this, some big fights also happen, when both of us holler and disturb the other tenants.

o my god I know the feeling especially when you have to go in the middle of the night and you cant make it to turn the light on that really makes me mad.I tell him stop doing that but i guess they dont listen I guess we just have to keep reminding them.

That's what men do..they leave the seat up! I don't think that will ever change. It's become almost a mancho thing for them now...their sign of being a real man..lol

Personally I don't have an issue with leaving the seat up. I had three sons and no daughters, so my house was like a testosterone zone for years! I figure they got just as aggravated when the seat was left down! Pee on the seat is different. That's just piggish and warranted quick action. You make a mess, you clean the mess - that's my motto. Making the boys clean the bathrooms as part of their weekly chores pretty much solved the issue for me, except for one son who is just a pig. Sometimes I would ask the hubby to clean the toilet for me because I'm busy doing X... choosing appropriate times when the toilet was really nasty. After three or four times he got the message.

This drives me insane. I cannot stand it when the toilet seat is left up. When it is I shout at the person who did it to go and put it back down. Leave it as you found it which is down!

My husband does this all the time, leaving the toilet seat up. He does not pee on the seat though, thank goodness. The only time he leaves the toilet seat down is when he just finished doing his morning or evening rituals. But, that is another story because I get discouraged from using the toilet with the smell, even if he used the bathroom spray. No use in hollering at him as it is his habit or a man's usual habit. Fortunately, he uses one bathroom most of the time and my girls another one. It is basically me who is dealing with this issue all the time.