Lady R and I have just returned from a few days away in Somerset, during which time we stayed in an ensuite double room.

Now, whilst I am no stranger to en suite rooms, the one thing that puts me off them is when the bathroom is right next to the bed with no sound proofing or masking, so that when one of you goes to the toilet, the other person has to endure the...er...sound of them performing their ablutions. Call me strange if you like but, fond as I am of my good lady, I have no desire to hear the noises she makes when she is on the bog and I would like to think that she feels the same about me. Yet the fact that most hotel double rooms these days are en suite suggests that I am in a minority here. Hence, given the choice, I'd much prefer an en suite bathroom for showering but a separate toilet a few doors away.

So - is it me that's odd? Are you and your partner quite happy to share your bowel habits? Do you even have no objection to both using the bathroom at the same time - ie one of you takes a shower while the other defecates? Please do tell!

Nope. I'm with you. I honestly can't bear to have someone hear me or hear someone else. We've just been on holiday and I insisted Mr S sat out on the terrace whilst I abluted.

When Mr S is drunk he sometimes sits on the en-suite throne in our room and leaves the door ever so slightly ajar so that I get little glimpses of his efforts too!

The next day, bizarrely, he finds me unwilling to have sex with him. Or indeed look at him. Or indeed remain married to him any longer:rant::hihi:

I dont mind him being there if im just having a wee wee, but not when its the other :hihi:

I agree, I have never understood this obsession with en-suites. A lot of my friends were aghast when they saw how much we were paying for our house, when it didn't even have an en-suite.:rolleyes: They are totally overrated and apart from the sound factor, there's also the olfactory one. Our bedroom is very big and I'd rather keep it that way than shoehorn an en-suite into it, yet when we looked at houses 5 years ago, we saw a lot of master bedrooms that had been converted thus.:(

It wouldn't bother me - as my son believes - my poo is pink, floats out like a butterfly and smells of flowers.

My ex used to think it was perfectly acceptable to drop the kids off at the pool, so to speak, whilst I was having a shower.

It's one of the (many) reasons he's now my ex.

To avoid further problems when staying in hotels, take a portable radio with you to mask any unpleasant noises you or Lady R (or the product of your functions) might emit.

The whole thing makes me laugh, to be honest. I stand outside the door making encouraging noises and he gets performance-anxiety-related constipation. I know, I know, I'm awful.

I'm quite happy to have a wee with the door open but the poo thing upsets him so much its not worth my while. When I'm alone in the house, however...;)

I have friends who have been known to hold it in for whole weekends when with their loved ones. Utter madness.

My ex used to think it was perfectly acceptable to drop the kids off at the pool, so to speak, whilst I was having a shower.

It's one of the (many) reasons he's now my ex.

To avoid further problems when staying in hotels, take a portable radio with you to mask any unpleasant noises you or Lady R (or the product of your functions) might emit.

Or just stick the TV on!

The whole thing makes me laugh, to be honest. I stand outside the door making encouraging noises and he gets performance-anxiety-related constipation. I know, I know, I'm awful.

I'm quite happy to have a wee with the door open but the poo thing upsets him so much its not worth my while. When I'm alone in the house, however...;)

I have friends who have been known to hold it in for whole weekends when with their loved ones. Utter madness.

I can do a week no bother. I hold in my wind too. I sometimes float round the bathroom like a released balloon when hes gone:hihi:

Or just stick the TV on!

That's an even better idea - you can tell I don't stay in hotels very often, can't you! :hihi:

I have friends who have been known to hold it in for whole weekends when with their loved ones. Utter madness.

God how anal.:hihi:

Am quite happy to pee in front of almost anybody; the kids are forever barging in when I'm in the loo anyway. There's virtually no privacy in our house.

I can do a week no bother. I hold in my wind too. I sometimes float round the bathroom like a released balloon when hes gone:hihi:

It's not good for you, you know :hihi:

I wish I could hold it in on purpose. I just don't poo very much to start with, whereas boyfriend can go 4 times a day. What's that all about?

No wonder I talk so much crap ;)

I can do a week no bother. I hold in my wind too. I sometimes float round the bathroom like a released balloon when hes gone:hihi:

....then you let it all out in the form of your forum posts?

The whole thing makes me laugh, to be honest. I stand outside the door making encouraging noises and he gets performance-anxiety-related constipation. I know, I know, I'm awful.

I'm quite happy to have a wee with the door open but the poo thing upsets him so much its not worth my while. When I'm alone in the house, however...;)

I have friends who have been known to hold it in for whole weekends when with their loved ones. Utter madness.

Oh, but you're such an evil little creature :hihi:

Personally, I've always preferred privacy for a poo, and prefer others poos to be private, too!

I couldn't imagine being able to hold it for a whole weekend though - surely it's possible to just to tell your partner to bugger off for a while because you want to commune with nature? Or is the partner supposed to believe that you're so fragrant you don't acually have bowel movements???

Am quite happy to pee in front of almost anybody;

..are you sure you've never been to La Chambre Suffy?? :hihi:

My ex used to think it was perfectly acceptable to drop the kids off at the pool, so to speak, whilst I was having a shower.

It's one of the (many) reasons he's now my ex.


I'm guessing there a wasn't a custody battle, Chopsie? :hihi:

Or is the partner supposed to believe that you're so fragrant you don't acually have bowel movements???

*looks round for LordC*

Yes, in some cases. My best friend's fiance won't tolerate any discussion of bowel movements. If you say to him, 'Mike, women poo as well you know' he will just say 'No you don't' over and over again, while holding his hands over his ears and looking anywhere but in your face.

How he manages to overcome his scrupulousness enough to have sex (also a messy, dirty business, although marginally more fragrant ;)) is beyond me. :hihi:

*looks round for LordC*

Yes, in some cases. My best friend's fiance won't tolerate any discussion of bowel movements. If you say to him, 'Mike, women poo as well you know' he will just say 'No you don't' over and over again, while holding his hands over his ears and looking anywhere but in your face.

How he manages to overcome his scrupulousness enough to have sex (also a messy, dirty business, although marginally more fragrant ;)) is beyond me. :hihi:

Dearie me, that is a man with a problem! I hope to goodness they never get to the stage of breeding - he probably thinks the stork brings babies and would no doubt die of shock if he had to witness a birth :hihi:

It wouldn't bother me - as my son believes - my poo is pink, floats out like a butterfly and smells of flowers.

I will have whatever you are eating :?

When we go away i make the o/h go and do his business down stairs in the bar toilet :hihi:

Yes, in some cases. My best friend's fiance won't tolerate any discussion of bowel movements. If you say to him, 'Mike, women poo as well you know' he will just say 'No you don't' over and over again, while holding his hands over his ears and looking anywhere but in your face.



Oh dear, have I set my baby up for a lifetime of denial?

I'm guessing there a wasn't a custody battle, Chopsie? :hihi:

that is just wrong!!!!!

We have two bogs here, one upstairs in the bathroom and one downstairs next to the porch.

When I get out of bed in the mornings, I like to use the downstairs bog for my first wee-wee of the day, I like to open the back door to let the cat out and leave it open because my first wee-wee of the day always has an added treat.

A treat that arrives in the shape of a colossal fart.

Because the back door is open, I KNOW that any neighbour who is in their back garden is going to be pleased to hear my anal "Morning chorus"

I see it as my liffle gift-ette to Leicestershire.

We have two bogs here, one upstairs in the bathroom and one downstairs next to the porch.

When I get out of bed in the mornings, I like to use the downstairs bog for my first wee-wee of the day, I like to open the back door to let the cat out and leave it open because my first wee-wee of the day always has an added treat.

A treat that arrives in the shape of a colossal fart.

Because the back door is open, I KNOW that any neighbour who is in their back garden is going to be pleased to hear my anal "Morning chorus"

I see it as my liffle gift-ette to Leicestershire.


The moment I started this thread I thought "I bet Jabbers turns up within a couple of hours". For some reason, every time I think of bowel movements, I think of you, sir! Have I been on the forum too long?

Oh dear, have I set my baby up for a lifetime of denial?

I'm sure he'll be fine :)

Mike's is actually just for show (somehow he must think it's endearing, in an 'I'm chivalrous to this ridiculous degree, women will love me and think they are angels' kind of way).

He knows damn well that women can be all kinds of disgusting - he's a doctor :hihi: Hopefully that'll see him through the non business-end of childbirth, at least...

..are you sure you've never been to La Chambre Suffy?? :hihi:

You're obsessed.:hihi:

You're obsessed.:hihi:

Just out of interest, do you own a glass coffee table?

Just out of interest, do you own a glass coffee table?

I know where you're going with this. :nono: Nope, far too contemporary.

God this thread is hilarious, and they think we are hot stuff in the evenings on SF !:rolleyes:

The moment I started this thread I thought "I bet Jabbers turns up within a couple of hours". For some reason, every time I think of bowel movements, I think of you, sir! Have I been on the forum too long?

Im like an internet version of the bluebottle, if there are turds around, ill be along before much time has passed to land and add my.... stuff...

i am quite comfortable (and used to) hearing my partner, and vice versa. at home he leaves the toilet door open so i dont miss out on the action

i hate it when i go away with friends, go out on the lash and then need the toilet the next day. i have to hold it in as i dont want to shatter their perfect illusions of me! :hihi: