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| Mon, 09-06-2004 - 3:17am |
LOL, I know, i know - this is a really an ODD question but i notice this happening with a friend of mine with her mum (and mind you, my friend is 28) at this hotel they were staying at. Let me give you an example:
My friend goes into the toilet, and it's barely 5 minutes when the mom comes in from wherever, needing to go and she slams the door
'Oi, honey, HURRY UP, I need to GO!'
My friend says, 'A minute, mom'
and barely ten seconds passes when the mom slams at the door again,
My friend goes all quiet bec obviously she isn't done.
Another ten seconds, bang... bang...'Honey! Get out! I need to GO! NOW!'
Well, my friend was here for a family gathering, and so two of her other aunts were here as well with their kids, ages 8 through 28 also, at the same hotel and throughout the one week they were here, this pattern was repeated throughout this family: the parent always demanded the perogative.
I have never seen anything like this before. I'm not sure if it's because the hotel rooms have only one toilet. To be quite honest, I find this a bit distressing. What do you think?

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Nope... He was being obnoxious, so I was being obnoxious right back.
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I know, i know... I'm mean!!!
I don't know... some of the kids, (ages 8 through 28) some really bright ones too... are really not doing alright, they have major self-esteem issues, to say the least... but my friend seems to have turned out alright. *seems to*
Me, I would have been MAJORLY distressed if I couldn't do my basic toileting in peace, sigh. Thanks, folks.
how do you feel about what your mom did, in general? Have you ever made an issue out of it with her? If you did, how did she react?
Ummm...you don't hav to answer anything you're not comfortable with, k? :-)
I was just searching the net for "bathroom etiquette." Hmmmm.. did ya know there is a "world toilet organisation?" There are lot of joke sites... lots of guy bathroom etiquette sites... and geesh, Emily Post has nothing on bathroom etiquette.
I'm reminded of being in a restroom earlier this year... a woman ventures into a stall, yakking on her cell phone, yakked right on through, was still yakking after and on her way out the door. There is no way on earth I could do that.
(((((( Hugs )))))
No worries about asking me things, I'm a very honest and open person :o) & therapy is helping me deal with my childhood!
Thanks, next time i see a parent holler their kid out of the toilet, (If there are no bladder problems present) I know better now to be keeping an eye for other signs of abuse...
I'm not really into toilet etiquette and stuff, i basically don't care either way it's just that the attitude i saw that day, and the many days after bothered me and i wondered if it was a symptom of a bigger problem.
Yeh, if it's just a prank, it's alright, if there's a long line, that's understandable too but honestly, it's just the way things work in that family!! But her mum isn't abusive, not that I can see... neglectful, maybe... and my friend is quite a coper, too.
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