by Elise w.
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December 15, 2007

Kids and Toilet Paper

June 05, 2008 12:19 PM EDT
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What is it with kids and toilet paper?

Before I really get into my rant here, let me just tell you my kids that are still living at home are 13 and 19.   Now you're probably thinking, "Well THAT explains it right there!" 

I keep, at least, 4 rolls of toilet paper under the cabinets of all three of the bathrooms in this house.  They are very conveniently accessable.  You can sit right there on the pot and reach over and get a roll out of the cabinet.   The only thing that would make it easier is to stack them on the back of the toilet, but I'm not going to do that - it's tacky.

My office is upstairs.  Their bedrooms and bathroom is upstairs.  Naturally, when I'm up here working I will occasionally visit their bathroom.  I go in there and I'm sitting there and I'm looking around for the toilet paper and all I see are bottles of soaps, lotions, air fresheners, toothpaste, crap, crap, more junk, and do you think among any of that stuff there could possibly be a roll of paper???  Heck no!  And I ask them, "What do you wipe with?  Your hand?  A dirty sock?  Someone's washcloth?  The bathrug? What???"  They just laugh, as though I'm just trying to be funny.

The answer here is that they don't use their bathroom if there is no visible toilet paper. 

My kids would rather find another bathroom that has a roll already hanging on the toilet paper roll hangy down thingy. 

 

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Comments: 66

Elise w. Jun 5, 2008, 12:32pm EDT
Thank you Jessica :-) I doubt my situation will improve until the kids grow up and have kids of their own. By that time I will surely have grandkids who will stay here and re-enact the whole scenario again! It's a neverending cycle. LOL
Ginger R. Jun 5, 2008, 12:50pm EDT
My husband is 32 and does the SAME thing. Drives me nuts. But, at least he'll go GET toilet paper for me if I holler. I have to give him credit for that. LOL!
Karen Lerner Jun 5, 2008, 12:52pm EDT
Yeah, I kind of remember being like that. If we had more than one bathroom, I probably would have moved on. Why? Because I was lazy. Pure and simple.
jennifer b. Jun 5, 2008, 12:53pm EDT
Isnt that funny, I love also how my husband can lay the roll on top of the holder, why not just put it on!!!!
Elise w. Jun 5, 2008, 12:56pm EDT
YaY!!! I'm not alone! Thanks for the comments! Dealing with stuff like this isn't so bad when you realize there are other people in the boat with you. :-)
Janet H. Jun 5, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
I keep toilet paper on the hanger and some on the back of the toilet right handy. My hubby and some grown kids will use up all the paper hanging on the hanger and not put on a new roll. I hate that, especially when there is a roll of paper right on the back of the toilet ready to be put on the hanger. Guess they think I'm the only one that can hang it.
Elise w. Jun 6, 2008, 3:58pm EDT
So, you use a bidet, instead of toilet paper. hmm....so, what do you do after you get sprayed off with that new-fangled butt sprinkler? You just stand around with your pants down until you're dry? Or do you, infact, still need some type of paper to wipe the water off??? I'm a little bit confoozled about this. Maybe you have butt dryers too that are attached to the floor instead of the wall - like the hand-dryers. Is that what y'all do??? :-)
Glome . . . Jun 8, 2008, 1:07am EDT
I have 6 adult children and everyone of them have been 13 and 19 :) I understand just what you're saying.
Elise w. Jun 8, 2008, 1:14am EDT
Oh Glome, you really do understand don't you? I actually have 4 children and NONE of them ever replenished the toilet paper. Thanks for dropping in. :-)
David P. Jun 9, 2008, 12:25pm EDT
Hi, my name is Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. What's the big fuss about toilet paper. I never use it. When someone calls me a dirty name, I poop on them. No one wipes me. The same with other dogs. The other day I dropped my cigar and someone pooped on it. There wasn't any toilet paper needed. I put the cigar back in my mouth and then pooped on the other dog. Toilet paper is overrated anyway. I keed, I keed, I'm a keeder.
Elise w. Jun 9, 2008, 10:11pm EDT
LOL@David, you keeder you! If you live in the city, which I don't, but if you do you may not need tissue, but you're supposed to use pooper-scoopers or you'll get in big trouble by the bigger dogs, cause no matter how big of a dog you are, there's always one that's bigger and bigger dogs have bigger poop. lol
kids think they need to use half the roll on each wipe...
Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. Jun 11, 2008, 2:32pm EDT
Take all the toilet paper and hide it. That way they'll have to come to you if they want to wipe their ass. Great story! LOL!
Elise w. Jun 12, 2008, 10:48am EDT
Thanks Gary! I don't want them coming to me. I already have to do EVERYthing. lol I want them to do it themselves. :-p
Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Jun 13, 2008, 1:15am EDT
This is just the way it with some people as my room mate uses the toilet tissue up then never puts more on the roll. If I scream out for him to get me some he gets all flustered. If the bathroom were small or if I could reach it from beneath the cabinet would be one thing but I can't reach it as it is at the other side of the room. Same goes with soap in the shower. I'm left with slivers as he never pulls out a new bar and there I am yelling for him to bring me a bar of soap, that or get out dripping wet to get one myself.
Paul Kurrey Jun 13, 2008, 11:07pm EDT
I know same stuff here really gets you nuts!
Rachel M. Jun 14, 2008, 4:21pm EDT
I also have a husband that is 32 and you would thinki they would learn by then, he can't even but it on the holder but would rather put it on the (sometimes wet) sink or bathtub rim. I mean how hard is it? Don't even get me started on how much he uses>>>>
El Toro Bravo de Amor Jun 17, 2008, 12:44am EDT
Take it from me. Laziness is an art. You have to work at it if you want to excel. They sound like my spiritual doubles.
Robert - just a simple man - B. Jun 17, 2008, 2:56am EDT
First I will pas son the bidet.

Secondly, Elise, I feel your pain. Excluding Streaker but not me, I live in a household of, err let me count - just a sec; ONE. That's it, ONE and more times than I care to remember, I have sat down on my throne, finished the throne business and, ahem, discovered that the last user did not bother to replace the roll. If it were physically possible to kick this said culprit in the ass i would.

Anyone know a good yoga instructor?

(btw: I'm pimpin' this article)
mary J. Jun 17, 2008, 3:28am EDT
"They don't use their bathroom if there is no visible toilet paper"... Lol. I think this is a common behavior. My mom is suffering from the same problem with my younger brother and sister. They feel that it's wasting time to go and get a new roll.
Shelbia C. Jun 17, 2008, 4:40am EDT
same thing goes on in my house..
Jacqueline B. Jun 17, 2008, 5:21am EDT
I can't explain it to you either but it does make for an interesting article. I hope things start to go better with your kids. I can understand your frustration.
Donna S. Jun 17, 2008, 6:52am EDT
I have 2 things that I nEVER run out of at my house toilet paper and coffee. As for cant find any tp i say when in doubt shout. Usualy someone comes running to help the other out.
Donna Hammett-Tooker Jun 17, 2008, 8:08am EDT
It seems that this is a genetic flaw - perhaps some of the billions of dollars spent on research could be used to discover which of the human genome components are responsible for this flaw and how to breed it out as time goes on...
John B. Jun 17, 2008, 8:18am EDT
Well mom some day they will have to do for themselves but right now they are letting you do it. Kids will do what ever you let them do. And they will not learn to do anything else until they have to. We did the same thing growing up. Why should they change? Mom will make sure the paper is in the other bathrooms. As long as you will do for them they will let you!
Heidi C. Jun 17, 2008, 9:13am EDT
This was a great way to start my day!! I loved your atricle and have to tell you, my hubby must be some strange kind of guy, he accutally does put the tp back on the roll. What a goof!! If I leave it sit, which I do, he gets so mad, btw, I do it to tease him!!!
Elise w. Jun 17, 2008, 9:43am EDT
wOw Robert! You really did!!

Thanks for the load of fun comments! I've enjoyed reading ALL these!

LOL@Heidi - a kindred prankster :-)
Dawn S. Jun 17, 2008, 10:22am EDT
Oh sister, I feel your pain! In my case its my 40 year old husband and 14 year old son. Unfortunately it is way past toilet paper here. Mine are also complete and total SLOBS and put empty boxes and containers back in the pantry, fridge and bathroom cabinets. A reasonable person see the box and thinks, hey there must be at least one of whatever was in the box, but NNOOOOO, LOL, never trust that in this house. Also never trust their answer if they say they don't need things added to the grocery list or bother asking them if we are out of something. I lirerally am home fromk the store 5 mintues sometimes before someone comes and complains of being out of a personal item! Why do they think I ask! LOL
pamela r. Jun 17, 2008, 10:35am EDT
I can commiserate--used to have the same problem with my kids at one time.
Elise w. Jun 17, 2008, 10:38am EDT
LOL@Dawn!! I know what you mean!! I do my grocery shopping once a week. They do usually call me and tell me while I'm at the store, but occasionally they'll wait until I've already checked out and put all the stuff in my trunk. I usually have to make another trip to the store a couple of days later. I usually have my list posted on the fridge or I'll put it on the dining room table and tell them to write down what they need on the list. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. lol

Thanks for the comments! It's fun reading about how other people are going through the same issues. :-)
Sharon B. Jun 17, 2008, 12:20pm EDT
funny
Ravichanthran P. Jun 17, 2008, 12:59pm EDT
You can discuss anything here!!! eh...
Andrea P. Jun 17, 2008, 1:33pm EDT
When we first got married, my husband stuffed every roll of toilet paper he could find into a gym bag and stormed out shouting, "I'm going home!" 15 years later, I still sometimes leave an empty cardboard roll, but he's over it. We clearly had no idea what a real problem was back then. He almost left me for toilet paper!
suey v. Jun 17, 2008, 3:39pm EDT
LOL....I can relate...Mine won't put a new role on the despencer and heaven forbid they have to get some from the closet. Being the only female I use more paper but once you are sitting there anyway....I don't get it!!
Andrea (Ms. Conservative) L. Jun 17, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
Because it would be too much trouble to replace the roll
Elise w. Jun 17, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
Andrea, you are so right!
Sharon P. Jun 17, 2008, 7:35pm EDT
Along with that, my brother took 2 hours in the bathroom at times.
What does a BOY do in their for that long?
Elise w. Jun 17, 2008, 7:48pm EDT
haha Sharon! I'm pretty sure they flex their muscles in the mirror and make faces :)
Kerrell g. Jun 18, 2008, 12:12am EDT
Wait till they have kids!
amy s. Jun 18, 2008, 6:54pm EDT
hillariously funny
necee t. Jun 18, 2008, 7:29pm EDT
oh fran, this is hysterical... thanks for the laugh...

the kid is grown and now i'm accused
of eating the tp because i seem to use more
than my share....hahahahaha
great comments here... love it...

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Angela A. Jun 18, 2008, 10:14pm EDT
Kids! Sounds like something my kids might do one day. My son hates to get some things for himself. He would rather that I do it. But, hopefully one day it will sink in that they have to get their own toilet paper.
Karen W. Jun 19, 2008, 12:41am EDT
We have toilet paper in the closet. If I go into the bathroom, seems that the person before me hasn't replaced the TP after they were done. Sounds like the same problem....
Jan S. Jun 19, 2008, 1:28am EDT
This is the mom's eternal lament. My advice is to hide an extra roll somewhere where they won't find it. It's your only chance.
Kimber L. Jun 19, 2008, 11:25am EDT
I would hate that!!!! LOL
Sharon R. Jun 19, 2008, 12:17pm EDT
And if by some chance they do put a roll on - they put it upside down!!!
Elise w. Jun 19, 2008, 1:11pm EDT
Oh my goodness Sharon! Toilet Paper Roll installation is an entirely new subject!! LOL
When I visit the restroom at someone's house and their toilet paper is on upside down - I am just totally sure that it was accidental. So, I eagerly fix it for them. :-)
Cheryl R. Jun 20, 2008, 2:35pm EDT
It's Robert's fault.
Elise w. Jun 20, 2008, 3:36pm EDT
Robert did it? He's sneaky isn't he? :-)
Beth G. Jun 21, 2008, 6:50pm EDT
lol Maybe you should keep the toilet paper under lock and key until they learn their lesson the hard way
Elsie Duggan Jun 22, 2008, 2:09am EDT
I just a while ago brought in a "six pack" because I saw there was only a bit left on the roll and said to myself,well I hope he has to go get it, my grandson, and then I thought, no, it will be me that gets caught, I can't win either.
Elise w. Jun 23, 2008, 7:55am EDT
haha@Beth! Do you remember my question to them? And I ask them, "What do you wipe with? Your hand? A dirty sock? Someone's washcloth? The bathrug? What???"
**If I hide the toilet paper, what WILL they use? That's the scary question!!** LOL

Elsie, I have been called "your name" all my life. Have you ever been called mine? :-)
You know my pain. Often I will buy the family size pack and put 4 rolls on the steps and then I say in a volume everyone can hear, "THE NEXT PERSON THAT GOES UPSTAIRS PLEASE TAKE THE TOILET PAPER ON THE STEPS TO THE BATHROOM." Who do you think ends up doing it? I'm sure you got it right on your first guess.

If I was not here I'm sure that whomever lives here but be wandering aimlessly, nude, and hungry! LOL
Sophiya S. Jun 23, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
lol
Roger C. Jul 6, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
It's not uncommon for me to go into one of our bathrooms and find a roll of TP sitting on the counter, with an empty cardboard tube on the holder. For Pete's sake! They took the time to get a new roll from the cabinet; why not just go the extra tiny step and put it on the holder? Sheesh!
Bill W. Jul 7, 2008, 11:37am EDT
What if you hooked an I Pod through the new roll, routed it through the old roll and the spindle? Wouldn't they have to retreive the new roll to get the I Pod? No! They'd propably screw it up and end up with a roll of TP coming out of one ear.

Rest easy
Elise w. Aug 11, 2008, 3:18pm EDT
LOL@Bill!! You're so right. They would figure out a way to turn the ipod into a musical toilet paper dispenser without the paper. Well, at least you've got the tunes and that's all that will matter. Forget the paper. Who needs it? lol
Elizabeth S. Nov 12, 2008, 7:56pm EST
I was married to a man who would use the largest dutch oven I had if it meant he didn't have to take a clean pot out of the dishwasher. Heaven forbid he actually wash a dish. I'm trying to remember if the tp ever came up. Bet it would have behaved just like your kids.
Gretchen Lee Bourquin Nov 13, 2008, 7:05am EST
I don't have this particular problem, but food wrappers cannot find the garbage 2 feet away. (My kids are 16 and 17)
R B Nov 27, 2008, 9:27am EST
Great down to earth topic with interesting variety.
Current Resident Nov 30, 2008, 9:29am EST
Wow... funny kids.
Elizabeth S. Dec 4, 2008, 5:07pm EST
Always thought it was a male thing. Men in my household think the elves clean dishes, install rolls of toilet paper on the complicated push in holders, pick up clothes out of the floor and launder them.

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