Dear Sarah,
How long do I have to be dating someone before I'm allowed to poop in their bathroom?
Holly
Oklahoma City
Dear Holly,
What a great question. I am very pro-poop. If it were a political party my vote would go there every time. I do love a good poop story and I really think you can tell a lot about a person by their relationship with their bowels.
Because of my pro-poo position I decided it might be best to get multiple opinions on this and take a poll. My friends brought up some interesting points, many of which I hadn’t thought of. Yes it does depend on how bad you have to go. None of us want to be remembered as the one who stank up the love den; but, that’s better than being remembered as the one who shit their pants in said love den. That’s not just good advice, its common sense.
My friend Larry thinks girls would generally wait longer to drop the deuce than boys. I tend to agree. Let that be a lesson to us ladies, take a dump for feminism. Another friend, Jon says to wait a month. Keep in mind this is the friend my family refers to as “you know, the one who stinks up the bathroom”. That’s sad considering he has only met them a handful of times. Rob has weighed in saying “never……nothing kills romance like the thought of digestion”. Rob has never shit in my bathroom to my knowledge, so it makes sense he would be hesitant to do so in the bathroom of a lover. Betsy has said she wouldn’t stick around if someone was easily offended by bodily functions. She was the only one of my female friends to respond to my little survey. This could be evidence for what I now think of as “Larry’s Theory”, and may put a dent into the number of picnics I am invited to this summer. Thanks to all those who responded, it’s been informative.
Now for my official advice, wait until after you’ve had sex (more than once of course don’t be THAT person) but before you are seriously emotionally invested. In my experience that happens a little before month 2 of dating. Depending on whom the reader is I now sound like either a big slut or a big prude. Instead of a time frame how about we think of it as a marker in the relationship. If you are staying the whole weekend at the home of your amour and haven’t shit there yet, drink some Metamucil, grab a magazine and get to pushing, its time. If your girlfriend/boyfriend leaves you to sleep in while they go to work or an appointment that means they EXPECT you to shit while they are gone. It would be a slap in the face not to. Now, the Glade/Lysol thing, don’t do it. The canned scents do not negate the smell of all things lower intestine. It just smells like someone shit a summer’s breeze which is; in a lot of ways, worse than smelling shit itself. It takes a lot longer for the smell to clear as well.
I hope this has been helpful and look forward to any comments.
Sarah