TOILET SEAT - up or down?

TluvK

Growing up, my dad and brother always put the seat back down when they were finished. My husband refuses, which grosses me out. Wondering what it's like in your household...

NiciS72

DOWN!!!!! I grew up with the sound of my mother shrieking cuz my dad left it up and she didn't turn the lights on in the middle of the night. Cold porcelein is very shocking!

BTW, I bought these wonderful toilet seats at Home Depot that are non slammable lids. Just give them a nudge and they slowly close-both parts!

Kaycurrier

down, and I am really outnumbered but they all put it down. I hate going pee at 2 am only to dunk but behind in cold water, ahhhh, I go wake every one of them up just to complain about my wet toilet butt!

juliecat1

Ive never understood this argument. Any man Ive ever lived with was nasty and would get pee everywhere. I learned a long time ago to look before I sit.

melaniecheeks

Seriously, I have more important things to get het up about! I really don't care one way or t'other.

CarlaRG

Thankfully it's down here. Our problem is my husband puts the lid down too....when you are drinking 12+ glasses of water a day those extra seconds count! All I want is seat down, lid up please!

lakersfan4life

i suppose that would depend on what i just used the toilet for...................................

TDGee

I have always wondered why there were so many people complaining about the ubiquitous "Splashdown". Didn't anyone learn to look before you sit?
The seats are always down at my house out of respect for the women folk who can't seem to understand this principle. That and the severe beating I took at 3:08 AM on January 14, 1996.

TluvK

DOWN!!!!! I grew up with the sound of my mother shrieking cuz my dad left it up and she didn't turn the lights on in the middle of the night. Cold porcelein is very shocking!

BTW, I bought these wonderful toilet seats at Home Depot that are non slammable lids. Just give them a nudge and they slowly close-both parts!

I'm definitely looking into those - I love that idea! And yes, I have fell in more than once.

TluvK

I have always wondered why there were so many people complaining about the ubiquitous "Splashdown". Didn't anyone learn to look before you sit?
The seats are always down at my house out of respect for the women folk who can't seem to understand this principle. That and the severe beating I took at 3:08 AM on January 14, 1996.

:laugh: :laugh:

OKmac3

I am outnumbered in my house being the only male....I leave the seat down...It is the right and proper thing to do....That is how I was raised

cabaray

We have two bathrooms. He almost always uses the spare and I use the master. He gets to leave the seat up and I don't have to worry.

kennie2

Thankfully it's down here. Our problem is my husband puts the lid down too....when you are drinking 12+ glasses of water a day those extra seconds count! All I want is seat down, lid up please!

nothing worse that sitting down and the lid being shut lmao

microwoman999

When I grew up I only had one Brother living in the house and he just never lifted the seat....instead he would miss and hit the seat I had to sit on! Now when I first started dating my husband seat was put down all the time including the top too. Since we have been married he leaves it up! I fell in once in the middle of the night because he left it up! He still refuses to admit to this day that he ever put the seat down! LOL

Silverkittycat

Lid down - my bathrooms are way too small......don't want to flush and have germ nastiness flying all over the place.

Faery7

You know.. I don't really care if it's up or down. I always check first. I figure what makes it right for us to say that down is right. What we're saying is that we don't want to have to put it down... but they have to lift it up, so really it's the same effort either way. I just don't see one side being right and one being wrong.

mermx

DOWN....eeew there is nothing more yucky than sitting on the toilet rim full of man pee.

Especially if you go during the night with the light off and you lower yourself down expecting the toilet seat, just the 1/2inch makes a difference that you are not expecting to fall... yuk,

whiskey9890

we keep the lid down in our house, that way we both have the same amount of work to do before and after use only time the lid stays up is during the night as its very heavy and does make a loud bang if it slips out of the hand (but the seat is down during the night too, purely cos i'm the one thatalways has to get up during the night)

TluvK

You know.. I don't really care if it's up or down. I always check first. I figure what makes it right for us to say that down is right. What we're saying is that we don't want to have to put it down... but they have to lift it up, so really it's the same effort either way. I just don't see one side being right and one being wrong.

My point with this is, I'm much more of a germ-phobe than my husband. I'm lucky if he washes his hands after he goes to the bathroom. I just REALLY don't like touching the seat.

pa_jorg

Seat & lid down!!! When you flush, germs can go go airborne up to 12 feet...gross!! I read that in a magazine a long time ago...

mermx

I am outnumbered in my house being the only male....I leave the seat down...It is the right and proper thing to do....That is how I was raised

Good for you :-))))) House trained and raised well :-)

shiggyshane

down..just the way i was raised..

mikeyml

Seat and lid down in my house. I lift and lower the seat when I go. She lifts and lowers the lid when she goes. Works out pretty well.

LeeKetty1176

its not guys that leave it up................ but girls leaving the dam thing down !

mommared53

When my son and I had a one bathroom apartment, if I went into the bathroom to use it and I saw the seat was up, I would make him go into the bathroom and put it down. Yes I would! Now we have a two bathroom apartment and he leaves the seat up in his bathroom. I don't care as long as my seat is down when I go to use it.

TheRoadDog

I have my own bathroom in our home. It is not an issue. I am in a home that once had 3 girls and my wife in it. It was difficult to get them to raise the seat when they were done, but I finally got them trained.

Seriously...it's easier to lower the seat than raise it. Gravity does most of the work. There are more important things in life than obsessing about the toilet seat.

AlyRoseNYC

I always bring it down when I am done. I also like to have the bathroom door closed as much as possible.

rmartin72

Out of respect for anyone using the toilet seat. I was taught to put it down after I use it each time. Common Cursity!!

AlsDonkBoxSquat

Down, DH and I had a discussion about this, and really I prefer both seat and lid down. First my argument for having it down was he needs it down sometimes, I need it down all the time . . . he needs it up sometimes, I need it up never, so isn't it more efficient to just put it down always? And then I found a study that talked about how far the spray goes when you flush (6 feet in the average home, much further in industrial toilets), showed it to him and said "I think we should put the seat and cover down" he said "that's dumb" I said "let's get out the measuring tape and see how close your tooth brush is from the *kitten* spray" we now put the cover down.

anewattitude

DOWN!! No one needs to look at a toilet bowl... even though I keep mine very clean!

IMYarnCraz33

Lid down! It's how I prefer it.
plus, having 2 young children that might play in it and a cat that would probably drink from the bowl. EEWWW!
Not only that, butttttt (excuse the pun), I don't like the idea of and if I remember right,
Mythbusters proved it... when you flush there is a back spray...and I don't want that all over the bathroom.