It’s really embarrassing to admit that we have four full bathrooms in this house. We worked with the architect on the design. We had NO idea what the taxes would be like for four bathrooms, or we might have reconsidered that splurge!
At any rate, normally there are just four adults in this house. I share one of the bathrooms with Dear Husband, Elegante Mother uses the main bath on the first floor, and Step-Son2 uses the bath in the loft. The last one is in the basement. It was SUPPOSED to be the place where Dear Husband started his return home from work, but it hasn’t worked out that way. But, when you’re working in the basement, it’s really nice not to have to run up a flight of stairs to get to a john!
At any rate, we had five adults and three teenagers use two of those bathrooms today. Can you imagine the log jam, the delays, the fierce pounding on the bathroom door? #### I NEED to get in there!
I can’t figure out why no one ever thinks of the basement bathroom. I’m going to have to decorate it girly style, I think…….put fou fou things in there and then clean a path to it.
I was thinking about my sister’s comments about Officer Candidate School in the Navy. It seems to me that she told me they had ONE MINUTE in the bathroom each morning. I can’t recall if that included shower time. Don’t ya think she could hurry her daughters along in the shower, or is she being compassionate after her experiences in the Navy??
I think things actually went a bit faster today, because one of my nieces has brought her boyfriend on this visit. Perhaps they are trying to avoid him hearing the “pounding on the door” rite.
At any rate, everyone is clean now, and ready to face the day.
Hard to believe that, sixty+ years ago we sometimes had 18-25 people at my great-grandparents’s house for lunch and/or dinner–with one bathroom. But, at least it was inside, and most of the people weren’t there overnight. We had an outhouse at home–for two or three adults (depending upon who was living with us at the moment) and at least three kids.
For this house, the blueprint that we used as a baseline for design had three full bathrooms on the main floor. Hunky Husband objected when I suggested removing one of them from the plan–until I asked if he wanted to take over cleaning four bathrooms (counting the one in the basement). The saved space was split–half is incorporated into the mudroom, the other half into my den.
As we only have two bedrooms, and Hunky Husband and I normally occupy them both (we are poor sleepers and good snorers), when we have over-night guests, I happily relinquish “my” bedroom and “my” bathroom to the guest(s). Of course, during that time, I sleep with Hunky Husband (poor guy!) Depending upon the length of our guests’s stay and activities during their stay, I may just share HH’s bathroom, or take over the one in the basement, or do both.
I’m really comfortable about sharing “my” bathroom with any woman, but lived by myself too long to be comfortable having a man use “my” bathroom. Thus, normally, HH’s bathroom functions as the “men’s room” and “my” bathroom as the “women’s room”. The bathroom is no longer “mine” when I’ve happily moved out to accommodate guests!
P.S. In the Navy, a shower that lasts more than one minute is dubbed a “Hollywood”.
Hey girl, four bathrooms! It must be heaven on earth. I have toi stand in a corner with my legs crossed praying for my turn!
Yeah, Joe, it IS! No waiting here, or very little. Unfortunately, the State of Illinois sees that as a luxury, and taxes the heck out of you for it. One day we’ll be back to one bathroom, so I’m enjoying this while I can.