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25 Mar 2014, 6:51 pm

So, I have a male housemate and he has really bad aim when urinating; there's frequently urine on the seat, on the back of the toilet, and/or on the floor. I mentioned it once, briefly, and now he eventually cleans it up if it's been on the toilet for a couple of days, but the splatters on the floor just dry there.

Suggestions for how to breach the topic a second time? He's in his mid-30's, probably another Aspie.

I've taken to using the toilet on the other side of the house so that I can sit down without having my naked skin on someone else's pee, but the other bathroom doesn't have a sink or any of my supplies, and I still have to walk in there barefoot when I'm taking a shower.



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25 Mar 2014, 6:59 pm

Make him use the other toilet!

A lot of men just can't be trained; maybe they're half asleep or something. But they can understand the unfairness of it. Therefore, one hopes that he might agree to use the other toilet, and remember that he agreed. And he can be the one that cleans it.



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25 Mar 2014, 7:16 pm

LKL wrote:
So, I have a male housemate and he has really bad aim when urinating; there's frequently urine on the seat, on the back of the toilet, and/or on the floor. I mentioned it once, briefly, and now he eventually cleans it up if it's been on the toilet for a couple of days, but the splatters on the floor just dry there.

Suggestions for how to breach the topic a second time? He's in his mid-30's, probably another Aspie.

I've taken to using the toilet on the other side of the house so that I can sit down without having my naked skin on someone else's pee, but the other bathroom doesn't have a sink or any of my supplies, and I still have to walk in there barefoot when I'm taking a shower.


Try keeping a toilet brush, cleanser, and alcohol wipes by the toilet. Put a large sign above the toilet to wipe and clean the toilet after each use, on penalty of death.



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26 Mar 2014, 12:18 am

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Try keeping a toilet brush, cleanser, and alcohol wipes by the toilet. Put a large sign above the toilet to wipe and clean the toilet after each use, on penalty of death.


I lol'd.

Maybe use positive reinforcement and give him a cookie every time he pisses the right way.



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26 Mar 2014, 4:43 am

P192 wrote:
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Try keeping a toilet brush, cleanser, and alcohol wipes by the toilet. Put a large sign above the toilet to wipe and clean the toilet after each use, on penalty of death.


I lol'd.

Maybe use positive reinforcement and give him a cookie every time he pisses the right way.


You also might want to have him sit down in order to take a whiz, unless his aim is off when he does that also. If that's the case, then tell him to do his business in the forest.



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05 Apr 2014, 12:10 am

P192 wrote:
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Try keeping a toilet brush, cleanser, and alcohol wipes by the toilet. Put a large sign above the toilet to wipe and clean the toilet after each use, on penalty of death.


I lol'd.

Maybe use positive reinforcement and give him a cookie every time he pisses the right way.


Growing up, mom made a needlepoint sign with the image of a toilet with the sear up, and the message "We aim to please. You aim too, please!" 8)