We Just Aren’t Like That
Posted By AmyD. on October 16, 2007
My husband and I are pretty old-fashioned, I guess. I hadn’t really thought of it before but I guess we are. While we are best friends and business partners, we’re also respectful of each other’s privacy. Which is why you’ll probably never hear about or witness us:
Using the restroom in front of each other.
Passing gas while conscious in front of one another
Making out without the benefit of brushing our teeth first
Or doing the sloppy kiss thing first thing in the morning.
Although, now that I think about it, some of those aren’t really privacy issues as much as they are uh… I dunno, good hygiene practice or something.
The downside to this is that you won’t catch my husband holding my hair back while I yak. Although, he has been known to be a solid leaning post when I am too inebriated and has been more than happy to run down stairs for 7up or grab a wet washcloth while I am yakking. While he may not be “there” for me physically (ie. holding my hair back) he is usually there for me emotionally (ie. on the other side of the bathroom doors saying, “are you ok, honey? Can I get you anything?”).
Except for that one time that I got sick on the deck and he encouraged me just to yak off the side but to make sure I hit the grass and not the cement. He was even cool enough to say things like, “there ya go… that’s it. Good job.”
For my part I don’t comment on the stench in the bathroom when he is done “reading.” If he’s sick I usually try to allow him to “crawl off and die… alone” as he puts it. If he is yakking I run downstairs and get everything he might need but I never… NEVER enter the bathroom. Not because I couldn’t handle it, but because I respect his privacy.
Unlike some other horror stories I have heard, when I was in labor with Maggie and nearing the “delivery” portion of our little adventure, I requested (ahead of time) that Mike not look “down there.” He was more than willing and happy to accommodate my request. I’ve heard of other men who were not as considerate. Personally, I think men like that should have their dick slammed in the hospital room door… repeatedly.
The flip side to all of this is that we are pretty open and honest in our communication, some might say too honest. I think that’s far better than hanging out in the bathroom with your dearly beloved, we’re honest and upfront, we just don’t have to “see it” or “witness it” to believe it.
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“Using the restroom in front of each other.”
I have never understood couples who do that. Some things should forever remain a mystery!
While I don’t agree that men who want to witness the birth of their child should have their dick slammed in a door, I’m with you on the rest of that shit, for the most part.
My parents do the bathroom no privacy thing. When I go to visit I close their bedroom door so that I don’t have to witness any open air bathroom stuff since you can see in there from down the hall. So gross.
Growing up I thought it as normal. Glad I moved away and formed my own opinion.
You forgot to add…
“buuuuut, I still totally love and respect those of you who do pee with the door open, fart in front of one another, and make your spouse clean up your puke if necessary – AND have heard about the view from “down there” during child birth.
I just don’t want to come visit you freaks.”
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Mr. Fab – Exactly! I couldn’t agree with you more.
Avi – I don’t have a problem with men who want to witness the birth of their child… I have a problem with men who do so against their wife’s wishes. Doesn’t matter whose child is using the exit – it’s still HER vagina.
Giving birth is a very personal thing and when it comes down to THAT moment some women don’t care, some do. It’s bad enough having a room full of strangers staring at your whoo-ha. I personally didn’t want my husband viewing mine in THAT state.
DeeJay – My parents were pretty close and all that but uh, yeah, no open door bathrooms. Thank God!
Miss B – HA! But I DO want to come visit you freaks. Oh wait, were you being hypothetical? Did I just “out” you? :whistle:
Out me?
One of the side effects of being a “what the hell is privacy?” freak is that it is ALMOST impossible to be “outed”. Because you’re already wayyyyy out anyway.
You should e-mail Tense and get her to tell you about our “birth story”. Its better from her point of view. Oh and I wouldn’t dream of seeing that ever, I didn’t even look when we had to watch “the miracle of birth” In our preggo class. Y’all sound a whole lot like Tense and me…
Miss B – This is so true. Hadn’t thought about it. I mean, after the whole missing tampon fiasco surely you have no shame left, right? ROTFLMAO
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Geek – I’ll do that!
Since I am so secretive with gas passing, Sweety is always trying to catch me doing it. He woke me up one night to let me know that I had just done it in my sleep. Thanks, buddy.
And you didn’t punch him in his junk for:
A.) Embarrassing you
B.) Waking you up
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I have no comment for I have no life…