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WSJdpatton writes "Marriage often requires coping with the loss of some individuality, whether it's adopting a spouse's last name or setting up a joint bank account. Now, some couples say it can be equally tricky to navigate intimacy in the digital sides of their lives. They are running into thorny questions regarding how much to share and how much to keep separate in areas ranging from email addresses to online calendars.
For some young newlyweds, this means a debate over whether to combine their blogs. Longtime spouses, meanwhile, say perennial arguments about who has more closet space are now joined by bickering over which TV shows get deleted to make room on the TiVo."
My solution was to close both the seat and the lid. This gives neither side the advantage of default position.
"A good compromise leaves neither side satisfied."
i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]
If the person wants to stand and the seat is down, lift the seat. ...
If the person wants to sit and the seat is up, possible ass contact with disgusting toilet water.
We have to check the position of the seat before we use it standing up, and it takes no more effort for them to put the seat down than it does for us to put it up.
You're the one not displaying logic.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
"Each of us has our own checking account that the other one can't access, plus the joint account."
That can be a really bad plan. If you or your wife die then that account will be locked away from you until the estate is settled. Why not each have access but don't use it? You put your wife's name on your account and your name on her account. You then lock away your bank card for her account and she locks away her bank card for your account. My wife and I have separate accounts because of bank cards. We have one savings account but our living money is in our personal accounts. That way I don't get over drawn getting gas because my wife just bought groceries and hadn't transfered more money into the account yet.
I really suggest that you and your wife to be work out your money problems before getting married. Just having different accounts will not prevent the problems you fear. What happens when you two decide that you want to same for something big? Like a house, car, college for the kids, vacation, and retirement,
The biggest problems in marriage happen you and your wife don't share the same goals in life. Marriage is supposed to be forever. You two need to start planning for forever.
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I know guys that have simply settled it by leaving the seat down for a while, not taking careful aim, and then not cleaning the seat. The women seem to relent on the issue after the first few times they sit in piss. At least the ones that aren't into golden showers...
Sorry. I don't buy into the "I'm a girl. I'm special and don't have to see where the toilet seat is" argument.
Like I said in another post, equal rights also means equal responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is the same one that guys have - to make sure the bloody toilet seat is in the position you want it. You're no better than anyone else.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Yes. Poo is everywhere! What are ya gonna do?
That myth was busted on MythBusters. Poo is everywhere, no matter what precautions you take. I close my lid to avoid dropping things in.