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This may seem like a ridiculous topic but believe me, it isn't. I live with three men. My sister-in-law was the only girl with four brothers, then when she married, she had all sons. She had it worse. It isn't easy being the only woman in a house full of men. The topic here is urinals in private homes. I think this is the greatest idea since sliced and single wrapped plastic cheese slices!! I thought it was such a great idea that I had my husband buy one when our boys were little. Little did I know that I was attempting to be an innovator. This week, I read a big article in the newspaper about urinals being the newest trend in really expensive upscale homes. Obviously, they didn't know about our neighbor down the street who had 9 kids and 7 of them were boys. He put a urinal in the laundry room in their basement. Talk about a mother's little helper! Before I married, I lived alone and never ever cleaned one drop of urine off the side of my toilet or off the floor. Since those pristine days, I have worked hard on training my men to aim well (little paper boats in the toilet for them to sink as toddlers) and wipe up their mistakes - Yeah, right! Try enforcing those rules with sleep-soddened, bleary eyed guys who are on their way off to work or school long before the sun ever comes up. I figure that my mother - a stay at home mom - lied to me in a way. I had three brothers and a 6'6" father and never in my life did I see the aftermath of men and toilets. She was a cleaning machine!
If the truth be told, standard toilets are not made for use by men, at least for urinating. Think about it. Even men who pay close attention to what they are doing, keep their eyes open, and hold on to their equipment to control aim, simply cannot control the power of the flow, and when their bladders are empty, there is always those last few drops that spurt out. I have a heck of a time with the garden hose when I go to turn it on. I usually get myself pretty wet! Imagine trying to control the direction of that garden hose from 18-24 inches into a target not bigger than two handspans across. Then had the pressure of getting yelled at for missing, and FOR LEAVING THE SEAT UP!! It is hard enough to pee without all that social pressure. I know ladies, I know, I, too, have staggered down to the bathroom in my sleep and have sat down on a toilet with no seat. It's not pleasant but not worthy of the fuss women make over it. In fact, the whole thing should be closed, including the lid. Close it all up before you flush, so that the atomized spray from the flush does not cover everything in the bathroom. If you think sitting down on the toilet to find the seat up is awful, try sitting down on the lid in the middle of the night. Believe me, that will get your attention ROFLOL.
Men, give yourselves a break. If contractors can sell bidets for women to wash their dainty parts after whatever, you all can have them put in a very nice, artsy wall urinal for you and your sons. The one we have closes up and is flat against the wall. Every home with men in it needs at least one urinal. The newest ones are clean, odor free and make cleaning a bathroom so much easier.
Until urinals are in every home, men give clean up after yourselves, and ladies, give it a rest.
