People who don't use public toilets

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MrDudeMan

Lifer
Jan 15, 2001
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My wife won't, and it drives me INSANE. We'll be 20 miles away from home shopping, cart full of stuff, and then she'll suddenly say "WE HAVE TO GO...NOW!"

Don't they have pills for this or something?

I don't know if pills will help her, but a pair of nuts might help you... ;)

Personally, I would never entertain that kind of request unless the bathroom was very obviously unusable for legitimate reasons. If my wife yelled at me to leave right that moment, I'd probably just ignore it and keep doing what I was doing unless there was no bathroom nearby.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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I don't know if pills will help her, but a pair of nuts might help you... ;)

Personally, I would never entertain that kind of request unless the bathroom was very obviously unusable for legitimate reasons. If my wife yelled at me to leave right that moment, I'd probably just ignore it and keep doing what I was doing unless there was no bathroom nearby.

I've been happily married for 21 years for a reason. I know what I'm doing! Happiness is just saying "yes dear" and letting her drive. That way:
1) She's in control, so she feels like she gets whatever she wants
2) If something screws up, it's her own fault
3) Letting her drive comes off as being "good" to her, which means she's good to you in other ways ;)
 

MrDudeMan

Lifer
Jan 15, 2001
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I've been happily married for 21 years for a reason. I know what I'm doing! Happiness is just saying "yes dear" and letting her drive. That way:
1) She's in control, so she feels like she gets whatever she wants
2) If something screws up, it's her own fault
3) Letting her drive comes off as being "good" to her, which means she's good to you in other ways ;)

I'm just saying I'd never bow to that demand and I've been with my wife for almost 20 years as well. I'm not the type of person to try to appease people when it makes no sense just to keep the peace, though. I'd rather get to the root of the issue and stop it from happening even if it causes an argument that isn't settled immediately. I sleep in my own bed regardless of how she feels about it, so that one doesn't work on me either. I know the saying - happy wife, happy life - but I guess I just don't care as much as most guys would when she tries to make me miserable during an argument that I perceive to be irrational. I've been called a robot in the past, which may have some truth to it.
 

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
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I thought my shitting story in Morocco was epic. I'm upset it didn't get more likes. I'm gonna hate post the next time I am dropping a deuce.
 
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nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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I don't care at all. If it's time to summon the fudge dragon, I'm gonna find a place to perform the ritual.
 

brianmanahan

Lifer
Sep 2, 2006
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I thought my shitting story in Morocco was epic. I'm upset it didn't get more likes. I'm gonna hate post the next time I am dropping a deuce.

best and most disgusting post i've read in a month tbh

ok well maybe it's tied with TFP's
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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I'm just saying I'd never bow to that demand and I've been with my wife for almost 20 years as well. I'm not the type of person to try to appease people when it makes no sense just to keep the peace, though. I'd rather get to the root of the issue and stop it from happening even if it causes an argument that isn't settled immediately. I sleep in my own bed regardless of how she feels about it, so that one doesn't work on me either. I know the saying - happy wife, happy life - but I guess I just don't care as much as most guys would when she tries to make me miserable during an argument that I perceive to be irrational. I've been called a robot in the past, which may have some truth to it.

My wife is a huge germophobe. Not going to cure that. Gotta live with it.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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My wife is a huge germophobe. Not going to cure that. Gotta live with it.

Maybe you can fill a spray bottle with distilled water, tell her it's a 6-hour effective germ shield designed by medical science for CDC and military scientists working in hot outbreak zones around the world. Just spray a little cloud and walk through it, and it infers the greatest protection when venturing outside.
 

WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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I've been happily married for 21 years for a reason. I know what I'm doing! Happiness is just saying "yes dear" and letting her drive. That way:
1) She's in control, so she feels like she gets whatever she wants
2) If something screws up, it's her own fault
3) Letting her drive comes off as being "good" to her, which means she's good to you in other ways ;)
Plus you get to go home early from shopping! Win win.
 
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MrDudeMan

Lifer
Jan 15, 2001
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My wife is a huge germophobe. Not going to cure that. Gotta live with it.

Yeah, I get that.

My wife used to be a bit of a germaphobe. Not bad, but it was definitely there. I replaced all of the cleaning products in the house with things that weren't cleaning products at all. After six months, I let her in on the secret that she'd been doing practically nothing by cleaning things in the house for that long. Of course, I paid attention for things like raw chicken on the counter, but, in general, people overdo it by about 10000x when it comes to cleaning a house.

After the experiment concluded, she initially resisted, but then she remembered all the times she did ____ or ____ and it never got cleaned the way she imagined it did, so she adjusted. She's not quite to my level, but she'll pick up chickens and then not wash her hands now whereas she used to get in a hazmat suit before going into the coop.