there are literally dozens of bad jokes about men, women and the issues of toilet seats. Up? Down? both?
Well, let us add in the issue of animals in the house. Anyone who has a decent size dog knows that the only way to be safe is to always have the toilet seats down. This covers the bowl and prevents said animal from viewing it as an additional water dish.
Then there are cats. They jump on things. After not living with either small children, dogs, or cats in the house for years, toilet etiquette here was a matter of politeness and convenience. But there now is a cat. He jumps up on things. Especially at 0530 in the morning when he has been shut out of the bedroom and needs to inform me, as I wash my hands, that he is starving.
We have both learned….