Public restroom-be very aware of your surroundings

[Living42Day]

Um, my bag never touches the toilet. It hangs to the side, by my hip. It only touches my body.

And the flush happens on the way out, usually. You really think your purse is any safer hanging on the door at that point? Aren't you going to pick it up and put it against the same clothes that just caught the toilet particles as they flew through the air?

My crossbody bag would hang off my body and touch the toilet. Maybe my hips aren't wide enough to have it not touch? IDK. Unless you're talking about one of those bum bags turned crossbodies that are in style. That would be something that would hid my midsection and not touch the toilet side.

The toilet normally flushes as soon as I stand up. I prefer to have as big of a space between toilet water flying and my Birkin or Chanel bags as possible. I even bring an extra clip so the shoulder part doesn't touch the holder inside the bathroom.

 

[Imzadi]

Most people have 2 good hands. Who needs toilet paper? My husband has some stories from his time in Iraq and Afghanistan...

 

[Imzadi]

Yikes. I can see why Mikhail Baryshnikov left that place fast. When you've got a burning desire for ballet, you can't be bothered to deal with second world problems like carrying your own TP.

Well, skid marks in tights while doing a grand plié would have ended his career.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I always wait outside for my wife, just do, and she waits for me. It’s something I never thought about.

And as an aside, I won’t leave her alone at the table while out for dinner, it’s just not the right thing to do, that is to leave a lady alone at the table.

Um okay….that’s a new one for me.

 

[disney4us2002]

Driving back to MD home from NC home this evening and I couldn't bring myself to stop at a rest stop to use the restroom. I might have been willing in daylight but no way was I going to stop in the dark. I usually try to pay attention to my surroundings but all I had in my head was this darn thread. I'm glad the trip isn't longer than 5 1/2 hours.

 

[C&Jx2]

Most people have 2 good hands. Who needs toilet paper? My husband has some stories from his time in Iraq and Afghanistan...

Same...

 

[mjkacmom]

I always wait outside for my wife, just do, and she waits for me. It’s something I never thought about.

And as an aside, I won’t leave her alone at the table while out for dinner, it’s just not the right thing to do, that is to leave a lady alone at the table.

Why? Women are perfectly capable of sitting at a table alone, some even choose to fine alone.

 

[DisneyHardin]

Why? Women are perfectly capable of sitting at a table alone, some even choose to fine alone.

I'm wondering the same thing. I've never heard the "rule" that a woman should never be alone at the table. My DH often drops me off at the door of a restaurant and I go ahead in and get the table while he is parking the car. Or if he needs to use the restroom during a meal he gets up and goes.

 

[CdnCarrie]

I'm wondering the same thing. I've never heard the "rule" that a woman should never be alone at the table. My DH often drops me off at the door of a restaurant and I go ahead in and get the table while he is parking the car. Or if he needs to use the restroom during a meal he gets up and goes.

I (gasp!) travel alone! Didn't realize I was so delicate I needed a man to be at a restaurant table with me. And last time I went to a casino was with a bunch of ladies - no man to stand guard at the washroom or the table - and we survived!

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Why? Women are perfectly capable of sitting at a table alone, some even choose to fine alone.

I'm wondering the same thing. I've never heard the "rule" that a woman should never be alone at the table. My DH often drops me off at the door of a restaurant and I go ahead in and get the table while he is parking the car. Or if he needs to use the restroom during a meal he gets up and goes.

It’s something insecure men do — never leave her alone in a restaurant/bar for fear another man may come along and strike up a conversation or buy her a drink.

 

[CdnCarrie]

It’s something insecure men do — never leave her alone in a restaurant/bar for fear another man may come along and strike up a conversation or buy her a drink.

I would be worried they thought we left and would clear the table!

And I would turn to my husband and say "what the heck are you doing?" lol.

 

[Imzadi]

And as an aside, I won’t leave her alone at the table while out for dinner, it’s just not the right thing to do, that is to leave a lady alone at the table.

I saw an old movie, like from the 1950-60s where that was the custom. It was impolite to leave a woman sitting at the table alone.

 

[Imzadi]

Same...

Is it like that due too the wars there? Or is that just the custom in those places?

 

[DLgal]

Is it like that due too the wars there? Or is that just the custom in those places?

It's the custom.

 

[Karin1984]

This thread seems a good place for a tip when travelling to muslim or Asian countries. In many countries you have to use you right hand as much as possible, as the left hand is meant for 'sanitary business'.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I few decades ago, my BFF went to Russia for a semester college exchange program. He had to bring his own toilet paper everywhere. It wasn't even supplied at public toilets.

Good to know, if we ever decide to visit Russia.

 

[Kitty 34]

I (gasp!) travel alone! Didn't realize I was so delicate I needed a man to be at a restaurant table with me. And last time I went to a casino was with a bunch of ladies - no man to stand guard at the washroom or the table - and we survived!

My DH actually drops me off at our casino weekly. He goes shopping at Menards and Lowes and I play BJ and Mississippi Stud (a table game) with mostly men. Of course I'm in my 60's so probably not an interest at all to men.

 

[Alicefan]

Most of us don't need our husbands standing outside the ladies room as a testament of their love and devotion.
When we do this for one or the other partner it's for our own convenience. We leave together and get on with our happy day.

The people who are coming up with all of these goofball ideas and contradictions, know and understand this, they're not that unintelligent, they simply enjoy this group gaslighting thing they've got going on. It's probably best to just move on.

 

[CdnCarrie]

The people who are coming up with all of these goofball ideas and contradictions, know and understand this, they're not that unintelligent, they simply enjoy this group gaslighting thing they've got going on. It's probably best to just move on.

Everyone has their own perspectives. No one is "gaslighting" we are offering our viewpoints.

 

[Orion Nebula]

No need to be sorry. About 25 years ago, I was in Macy's, in the women's clothing section. I was waiting in line to use the very full dressing rooms. I noticed there was a bench just outside the dressing room area entrance and there were three elderly men sitting on it. I thought that was very odd that they would just be sitting there. Why were they just loitering in the women's area???

Then an elderly woman walks out. As she's going over to the bench, one of the men gets up and picks up a purse by his foot, that I hadn't notice earlier. She shakes her head, saying nothing fit. He hands her her purse. She puts her arm in the crook of his elbow and they walk off together. The second and third man did something similar. They would pick up and hold all the shopping bags they had put by their feet, and again walk off with the woman they had been waiting for.

I found it very endearing that these men would sit there and patiently wait for their wives. No trying to rush her. No rolling their eyes in impatience or feeling like their time could be better spent elsewhere. They were waiting for the loves of their lives, supporting her while she was doing something that would make her happy. Then they'd go off and do something else together. That's LOVE.

I always have done that. Worse is when my wife goes into places like Victoria's Secret, things get super awkward. But luckily there are a lot of noticeably uncomfortable men in there also. I just happen to stick with her when she shops etc, usually carrying clothes, purses and such.