Wife punishes husband who leaves toilet seat up by pouring his beer down the loo 


Wife reveals she secretly punishes her husband every time he leaves the toilet seat up by pouring a can of his beer down the loo – but is she in the wrong?

  • The unnamed British woman took to Mumsnet to share her domestic battle
  • Become frustrated with husband’s ‘unhygenic’ tendancy to leave toilet seat up
  • Said she will pour a can of beer down the toilet every time he leaves seat up
  • However most forum users branded the idea ‘wasteful and controlling’ 

A mother has revealed how she has become so frustrated with her husband’s ‘unhygenic’ tendancy to leave the toilet seat up, she has decided to pour a can of his beer down the drain every time he does it.

The unnamed British woman took to Mumsnet to share her domestic battle, explaining how she has continuously asked him to put the seat down – even resorting to leaving a large note on the toilet – but to no avail. 

Explaining that she is concerned their baby will get into the toilet once she starts crawling, she asked other parents whether she was unreasonable to start pouring his beer away ‘until he noticed’. 

An unnamed British mother has revealed how she has become so frustrated with her husband’s ‘unhygenic’ tendancy to leave the toilet seat up, she has decided to punish him

Taking to the discussion forum, she wrote: Basically my husband and I have an ongoing dispute over the downstairs toilet. I have asked him a million times to put the lid down after he uses it – which is about every half hour.’

She continued: ‘I have sent him links to articles about hygiene and also put a large note on top of the toilet asking nicely to put the lid down in case he just forgets. I have pointed our that our baby is going to be crawling soon and, as the downstairs loo is between the living room and kitchen, she is probably going to end up in there numerous times.’

Explaining her frustration, she said: ‘Every request is met with an eye roll and him saying that’s it’s not a big deal or just ignored.’

She concluded: ‘So tonight I have decided that every time he leaves the lid up I will empty a beer down the sink and leave the bottle upside down. I haven’t told him this and I’m just going to start doing it and wait until he asks or realises what is going on.’ 

But the majority of mothers on the forum felt she was being unreasonable, with some claiming the reaction was 'controlling and wasteful'

But the majority of mothers on the forum felt she was being unreasonable, with some claiming the reaction was ‘controlling and wasteful’

But the majority of mothers on the forum felt she was being unreasonable, with some claiming the reaction was ‘controlling and wasteful’. 

One user wrote:  ‘That seems a bit of a waste and a bit ott tbh. It’s not that big a deal? I’m sure you could get an automatic lid closer if it bothers you that much.’

Another said: ‘I understand that it’s frustrating but emptying his beer sounds a bit ott. I think if a woman posted that she kept forgetting to do something so her DH (dear husband) destroyed something of hers each time she forget then posters would be telling her to run for the hills.’

Elsewhere one wrote: ‘You are not being unreasonable to get annoyed with your husband, but you are being very unreasonable to pour away perfectly good beer. What a waste!’.

One suggested: 'Find something else to do to annoy him instead. When he plugs his phone in to charge it, leave the lead in the phone and turn it off at the mains each time so he thinks it¿s charging but his phone keeps on running out of battery. '

One suggested: ‘Find something else to do to annoy him instead. When he plugs his phone in to charge it, leave the lead in the phone and turn it off at the mains each time so he thinks it’s charging but his phone keeps on running out of battery. ‘

She suggested: ‘Find something else to do to annoy him instead. When he plugs his phone in to charge it, leave the lead in the phone and turn it off at the mains each time so he thinks it’s charging but his phone keeps on running out of battery. ‘

 Elsewhere one said: ‘It just seems kind of controlling to me. I mean you’re going to waste a perfectly good drink each time he doesn’t do as he’s told.’

But one mother agreed, writing: ‘I’m with you OP. It’s unhygenic to flush with the lid open so it should be closed before he flushes anyway.’