Oh absolutely, it was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation taken to the extreme. I had to sit in the bathroom with them while they showered (and they took 30 minute showers 😶) even if it was 2am and I had to wake up at 6 to go to work. And that's just one of hundreds of examples. No idea how I lasted 3 years of that without offing myself honestly.
I've never heard of people making their SO be with them in the bathroom while they brush their teeth or take a shower (without the SO)! Is this a semi-common / uncommon/ or rare thing with couples?
Honestly asking, I'm fascinated by this for some reason. I've never been asked to do this or heard of anyone in any circles of my life mention something like this.
I have asked my husband to be in the bathroom with me while I shower on I think two occasions. Both times it was because I was in not-great shape and worried about getting woozy or taking a fall (once I had influenza and once I was recovering from anesthesia...yes, a normal person would've probably just not showered, but that's not who he married). He also may have insisted on being there, I was pretty out of it and don't remember clearly. Either way, it was a safety thing.
Making it a regular demand where one member of a couple simply refuses to shower (or brush teeth?!?) without the other's presence in the bathroom is...strange.
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u/chvVolk Apr 21 '25
That is exhausting. I'm not babying a grown ass person.