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[theinevitable]

How does the "eat it and shut up" method work if the person you live with is happy living in their own shit?

I just spent well over an hour cleaning my bathroom. Due to the fact that this house is old, it will basically never look clean enough for me. I WANT TO RIP APART AND RE-DO THIS BATHROOM. ahhh.

1. re-do floor, so that it is not lots of tiny tiles with dark-colored grout in between. the tiles have lots of spots on them and stuff from wearing away over the years, and so the floor always looks dirty
2. re-install toilet so that it is connected to the floor (the grout has worn away, and it basically shimmies around at will)
3. actually probably replace the toilet with one that is not at least 50 years old
4. new shower rods that are not rusted (i guess I could do this one.)
5. swap out window so that it isn't all drafty and frigid in there... come on!
6. make the window-sill like 4 inches lower, for shower make-outs.
7. replace sink, which has worn away in some places so that there is a permanent brown spot

...yeah, I would probably start these projects and never finish.

I spent so long scrubbing the tub with every possible bathtub cleaner, but it is still not clean.

proactive steps I will take to make this bathroom infinitel cleaner:
1. buy a toothbrush holder/ put a cup in the bathroom to hold toothbrushes.
a. no toothbrushes lying around on the counter
b. no toothpaste
c. avoid having to be the ass who is like, "dude, put away your toothbrush, come on."

[Arachno-capitalist]

So basically you live in the fight club house. Thats kind of cool.

[jay-ell]

My bathroom is also dingy and old. I am redoing it in bits as the finances allow. Next up: the leaking, shimmying toilet.

[theinevitable]

it isn't as gross as the fight club house. it's just... old.

[Mr Trout]

Yeah, if you live in an older house those are all things you simply have to get used to, unless you own it and are able to do renovations yourself. Windows can be extremely difficult and expensive to replace in old buildings, but you can help eliminate the drafts by taping plastic over them. They make kits for this that work really well. The floors you can hide with a big bathroom mat.

You are in college though, so as long as your place doesn't have a bug problem and you only see the occasional penis you're doing pretty good.

[spinn]

Sometimes the wife and I feel guilty about out lack of organization and basic adult skills. She said once: "we're just adult enough to get along."

I said this to my therapist once and she said "and you know, God bless you. I see so many people twisted up over planning every little thing."

So, I dunno. It's good and bad, I guess.

[wombat]

Oh god inev, you will have plenty of time later in your life to replace toilets. At your age you are just supposed to pee in them and then go out and live life.

[greenkoolayd]

Oh god inev, you will have plenty of time later in your life to replace toilets. At your age you are just supposed to pee in them and then go out and live life.

youre right, but on the other hand, its good for a person who has a naturally self-lit fire under their ass to keep that aspect well exercised. knawmean?

[Arachno-capitalist]

Oh god inev, you will have plenty of time later in your life to replace toilets. At your age you are just supposed to pee in them and then go out and live life.

And now i have a new signature

[wombat]

If I'd known that sentence was going to be semi-immortalized I'd have edited it a bit, but anyway it's nice to know an upstanding young fellow who appreciates the wisdom of his elders.

[greenkoolayd]

also, what about #2?