Dads are finding alone time in an unexpected place.
“We all need a little bit of time to ourselves — to take stock or switch off completely,” saidHelena Linsky, the owner and director of Pebble Grey. “And thebathroom appears to be thego-to place for those moments.
The findings themselves also revealed that 25 percent of men “don’t know how they’d cope” with the stress of home without the bathroom trips, and 23 percent called the bathroom their “safe place.”
“It’s very much a sanctuary, somewhere we cancut ourselves off from the outside world, albeit just temporarily,” Linsky added of the space.
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One-third of the men surveyed admitted to using the bathroom as a getaway placefor “quiet time” and, as the study says, “when their other half is ‘nagging’ them and to avoid the children.”
“As the results suggest, peace and quiet are considered sacred and clearly men take the opportunity to get this where they can — often in the bathroom,” Linsky added.
Despite the surveyed men’s time spent in the bathroom,Pebble Grey reportsthat women (of whom 1,000 were also polled, with 20 percent reporting that they also use the bathroom as an escape) are overwhelmingly (72 percent) the ones who keep it clean on a regular basis.
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What’s more, 10 percent of households have adopted a “do not disturb” regulation in regards to bathroom time — but 85 percent of those rule-setters still get interrupted during it.
“Apparently some things aren’t sacred anymore — includingbeing left alone to use the [bathroom],” Linsky said. “So it’s no wonder so many households have introduced rules to prevent disturbances.”
She added, “Sadly, though, it seems few people adhere to this rule or respect the hallowed ground that is the bathroom.”
source: people.com
