I watch a lot of HGTV , which is the Home and Garden Television channel in case you live in a cave. If my TV is on during the day, that's what is on it. My husband? He's not a big fan. However, he will watch "House Hunters" and "House Hunters International" with me, because he has an interest in the housing market. No, not a financial interest, more like a strange hobby type interest. Well here's the thing I don't get: People complain when the master bathroom does not have double sinks! What the hell is that all about? Do couples actually share the bathroom? AT the same time!?! I haven't shared a bathroom with a husband since 1988 and that's the year we split up. Besides we had only the one bathroom. I've noticed that it's the people with the $400,000 to $1 million budgets that complain about this the most. And the houses they are viewing have 3 - 4 bathrooms. Do people actually have to brush their teeth at the same time in the same bathroom? If bathrooms were meant to be shared, I would think they would have two toilets in them. Is it just me? Do people really do their bathroom stuff together? After ranting about this A LOT, tonight when we were watching "House Hunters International," and the wife said, "There's only one sink." I turned to my husband and he was giving me a funny side-eye look, so I didn't say a word. I guess at this point, I don't need to.
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My wife watches HGTV obsessively. I'm willing to bet the double sink issue is more for "you clean up yours" and "I'll clean up mine," than sharing the bathroom.
Tony and I have double sinks -- and yes, we brush our teeth at the same time. For me, it's more about not waiting when I want to do something. Plus, I have my own storage area under the sink for my acres of tampons and hair brushes!
JR,
What kind of person cleans a bathroom and leaves a sink for their spouse to clean? That sounds sort of creepy.
Jeanette,
I know you guys have a lot of bathrooms. Is there some reason you didn't assign one of the other ones to Tony?
Geewits, I LOVE HGTV. And that's funny, because I have always wondered about the double-sink thing as well. I mean, wouldn't that take some of the mystery and romance out of a relationship if you were to stand beside your spouse while he or she is flossing? Or brushing and gargling? Yuck!
Cheers,
Josie
P.S. The Kipling poem cheered me up immensely!
I would've but he kept horning in on mine. Pfft!
Josie,
I know everyone is different but I think of that old saying "familiarity breeds contempt." We do not share a bathroom or even discuss bathroom related things except showers. He is even very polite when we vacation and have to share a bathroom in a hotel. He will get up while I am sleeping to perform his ablutions and then when I get up, he will "go for a walk to look for a newspaper." I'm glad that poem made you feel better. As Jazz WOULD NOT say, "It's awesome!"
Jeanette,
And that's crazy. I could search your archives, but don't you have three or four bathrooms? We just have two so we've had our own since 2002. Before that I was a nomad and shared bathrooms with both my daughter and my husband depending on what I was using it for.
A couple of years ago, someone was going to rent our cottage for a couple of weeks. It was all set to go, until the woman decided she couldn't do it because there was only one bathroom. There was her, her husband and 2 kids under 6. What do you need two bathrooms for? It's a cottage!!! You have acres of woods if you need them.
Yeah, the double sink thing is weird. I love watching those Flip the House shows.
I once went to a house party where there was a toilet right inside the master bedroom. I really, really did not want to make any inquiries as to 'why'. I guess I really didn't want to find out.
Ian
Jazz,
Yeah a vacation cottage, I get that - that's like a hotel room. I guess she really had bathroom issues.
Rhea,
Flipping houses has been all the rage, but the market's drying up on that.
Ian,
I don't even want to think about that!
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