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In article , "juliasb(nospam)"
writes When my girls were very little my now ex would take them in with him only AFTER he checked to be sure there was no one in the rest room. If there was he would wait. He also kept a small note that he could attach on the door if necessary to say 'father taking daughter to the bathroom please wait 5 minutes for us to complete her task.' Just as a matter of interest, why do Americans use euphemisms like " rest room" and "bath room?" No criticism intended: I am just interested. To explain to those who do not know, the British term "loo" comes from the old cry "Garde à l'eau", distorted to "Gardez-loo". This meant "look out for the water" as people in earlier centuries emptied their chamber pots into the street below! We also use "toilet" (the usual term), "bog" (which is slightly improper) "lavatory" which is incorrect, of course and other terms. -- Marie Lewis |
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In article , georg
writes But I don't want a man in the women's bathroom, with or without small child in tow. Why? What are disabled people meant to do? -- Marie Lewis |
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In article , Charlie
writes I personally don't think it's right for men to go in a women's loo Why? Can my husband not help me, when I am in a wheelchair? -- Marie Lewis |
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In article , Sharon
Harper writes I usually manage to avoid the boys in ladies/girls in gents by using a disabled toilet. Yes I know they are supposed to be for disabled but sometimes it gets around this problem. You really should not do this, just to save embarrassment. Since I was in a wheelchair, I really get miffed at able-bodied people using disabled people's toilets. -- Marie Lewis |
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In article et, Teresa
in Colorado writes We don't always have separate for the disabled - sometimes the handicapped stall is inside the mens/ladies restroom. Yes, this is a problem for the disabled. -- Marie Lewis |
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In article , NBennett
writes I would never take a 3 yr old to an opera because they couldn't behave appropriately. I also wouldn't take a child of the opposite sex somewhere where the washroom situation was not suitable to the child's age. This means if the child was not old enough to go to the washroom alone, I wouldn't take him/her far from home. Do you never go on holiday? -- Marie Lewis |
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In article . net,
Jalynne writes She will take him in, and try to use the wheelchair accessable stall (heck, i use that stall with my own child) Please! do not do this. It is only one step from using disabled people's parking spots. -- Marie Lewis |
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In article , Piglet
writes I'd call the cops. An adult male doesn't belong in the ladies' unless he's the janitor and it's vacant. ("one-holers", of course, are an exception---doesn't really matter who's in there since it's single occupancy.) My goodness, I am so glad you are not disabled with only your husband to help you! -- Marie Lewis |
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"TwinMom" wrote in message ...
answers interspersed in snips: 1) How do you feel about a father accompanying his very young daughter into the women's restroom to use the facilities? Would you feel threatened or offended, or would you understand the situation? At first I'd scream, "Ahhh! Man in the bathroom! He's going to buy all the candy!" and run to the tampon machine and hug it and protect it from him!!! Just kidding. I would feel very awkward seeing a man in the woman's bathroom. But if I looked down and saw his daughter, I'd probably just shrug it off and open the door to the handicapped stall for them so as to hide the male in the female bathroom. 2) If you, or your family has experienced this problem with dads/daughters, how did you address it? Um, right now, my dad just opens the restroom door for my 3 3/4 y.o. and she goes by herself until I hear her screaming, "Mommy! I can not open the door! Mommy! Mommy!" Then I run to rescue her, not realizing what my dad had just done. Yikes. I guess even HE doesn't want her in the filthy men's bathroom of Wendy's (yes, the food chain, not frood's house )! 3) Not important, but I am starting to get "looks" at having my little boys in the facilities with me. Do any of you take offense at boy children, say under 10, in the woman's restroom with their mothers? I don't take offense at boys under the age of 10 in the woman's restroom. If it's safer for them, so be it. It's the middle-aged men wearing pantyhose and lipstick that stand to pee that bother me. hee hee! HTH! A Joy in Hawaii...trying to get my sense of humor back! |
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I'd have no problem with either parent accompanying children of either
gender into the women's restroom. (Have a lot more trouble understanding why anybody would want to go to McD's, but that's just me :-) Roberta in D "TwinMom" wrote in message ... OK, so to make this a bit OT, I was away this weekend at a quilting retreat (Had a GREAT TIME btw!) and the following item came up between DH & I. We have a 3yo DD and twin 7yo DS and our DD had to use the public restroom at McD's. DH took her into the men's room, which I found really gross, not only because the men's rooms are, generally, filthy, but I don't want her exposed (no pun intended) to strangers using the facilities. I felt he should be taking her into the women's rooms, whenever a single use or family restroom is not available. She is not old enough to go unattended and, after all, I take the boys, now 7, into the women's with me. A lengthy discussion has ensued, so I'm seeking the opinions of follow females, as many as possible, on the following issues: 1) How do you feel about a father accompanying his very young daughter into the women's restroom to use the facilities? Would you feel threatened or offended, or would you understand the situation? 2) If you, or your family has experienced this problem with dads/daughters, how did you address it? 3) Not important, but I am starting to get "looks" at having my little boys in the facilities with me. Do any of you take offense at boy children, say under 10, in the woman's restroom with their mothers? No flames please, I'm just trying to get a cross section of opinions from various ages, w/ and w/o children, etc. TIA Lorraine in Los Alamos |
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