Yeah, I did a search and found little to nothing. So, what do you men folk think? There was a time when being married was part of my scenario, and generally, the women in my life had expectations. I've always struggled with the one about expecting the man's attention to leaving the seat down after having used the commode. I view this as a spoil, that women expect. (watching for lightening bolts)
I am almost certain, that if she was at someone else's place, she'd check for that....eh? Why do they think it's an obligation on a mans part to make sure they are protected from the, "ass gobbling porcelain throne?"
I'll sum this up with an opinion some of you will not agree on, but it's always been in the back of your mind. If they can can manipulate you into believing it's a requirement, you are easily controllable.
Thank god I don't deal with that kind of insignificant importance these days. Counting my blessings again.
I believe in equality of the sexes... that comes with some caveats that women don't like, but that's just too bad for them...
What it means is, If you want me to put the seat up, then YOU (the female) can put it back down (and leave it down). After all, who's to say that *I* (or any other male) might not be the next one to use the can again, and why should *they* have to put the seat back up (and back down again according to screwed up woman thinking??) If you want to make sure the seat is up when a guy pees, then THEY should put the seat up, if you expect me to put it down when I'm through. IOW, one or the other, NOT BOTH. Leaving the seat down isn't a problem for a guy anyway... it's the women that get all hot and bothered by it... so IMHO it's their problem, they can "fix" it... THE WOMAN can put the seat up when she's done (if she wants to make sure that no guy "pees on the seat", AND she can make sure it's back down before she plops her big butt down on the porcelain throne...) Being a fair guy, I AM willing to "meet them halfway" and either put the seat up myself, or put it down for them, BUT NOT BOTH. That's only fair...
The same thing goes "on the job". It p!sses me off royally when on a job, the expectations are higher for a man than for a woman... When I was at the nuclear plant, we'd get a truckload of compressed gas cylinders (welding cylinders, liquid or compressed nitrogen gas cylinders, etc) and the MEN were assigned to wrestle the heavy cylinders off the truck and move them around, while the GIRLS were sent to count washers or some other total fluff job. When I was driving a schoolbus, I had a fellow WOMAN driver, who thought that the MEN drivers on a field trip should unload the coolers and boxes of lunches or anything else being transported on the trip from HER bus... Sorry, but that's not how it works... I told her, "I believe in women's lib... don't YOU?? You get paid the SAME amount of money that I do (more actually due to her seniority pay) so you can unload your own bus, just as I unload mine!" This didn't sit well with "Precious", who replied, "But men are stronger... you men should unload my bus because as a woman I'm not as strong..." I thought about it a second, and said, "So you're saying you're less able to do the job than I am, because I'm a guy and stronger than you are, correct... so if that's true, then *I* should be making more money than you-- after all, I'm doing PART OF YOUR JOB by unloading your bus for you... WHY should I be expected to do that FOR FREE simply because "I'm a stronger guy, and you're a weaker woman??" If what you say is true, then WHY are you making as much money as I am, for DOING LESS WORK?? Since we're getting paid THE SAME, it's only fair to expect you to do THE SAME WORK, regardless of "who's stronger"... that's equality, and it cuts both ways sister! Therefore, you can unload your own d@mn bus!" Same thing with the chicks getting to count washers while the guys have to lug 100 pound cylinders off the truck... if the chicks "can't hack it" unloading the heavy stuff, then they should be making less money than the guys, or they should be working in the typing pool or whatever...
I for one am SICK AND TIRED of women having it both ways... In my house, if momma wants the toilet seat up or down, SHE can do it... it's HER problem, she can work it out. That's just how it is, PERIOD!
Later! OL JR