S/o s/o code word for pooping

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S/o s/o what are your code phrases when telling your partner you need to poop?

[bowies]

I don't. I will just announce that I have to take a shit.

I lived in a frat house in college. I'm barely domesticated.

[havarti]

Dh was just telling me some of the phrases he and the guys were coming up with at work, among them:

Going to the Super Bowl with the Browns
Dropping the kids off at the pool
Laying down some hot snakes

I'm disgusted at myself for giggling so much.

[jr009j]

DH likes to say he's dropping Theo off at the pool. This is why Theodore wasn't allowed to be on our baby name list.

[SJ]

Why on earth would you need to tell him this?

I am genuinely confused.

[h]

In the 18 years we have been together, I have never once informed my H that I need to poop, in code or otherwise.

[Deleted]

H will announce that he has some reading to attend to upstairs. Or that he had a lot of fiber today and needs to sit down for a spell.

He is a leisurely pooper, which drives me fucking nuts. He likes sitting there long enough for his feet to fall asleep.

[Deleted]

My brother has a ton of them. His favorites are "dropping off the Jackson 5 at the pool" (this is so wrong) and "laying some cable."

I dated this guy in college who would say he "had to see a man about a horse" for peeing.

We just say "Can you watch the kids a minute while I go to the bathroom" if needed. Otherwise I don't feel an announcement is really necessary.

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Jan 14, 2015 19:18:32 GMT -5 SJ said:

Why on earth would you need to tell him this?

I am genuinely confused.

It's the middle of bath time and I need to disappear for 10 minutes. I need to call him in to watch DD and give him a reason to quit doing the dishes ASAP and come upstairs.

[SJ]

Oh ok. Yeah I just tell him he's on DD duty for a few.

Sometimes it's to go to the bathroom or to lay down or to pour a glass of wine or to take a walk or to GBCN.

Even if I must say I'm going to the bathroom, I feel zero need to clarify exactly what I will be doing there.

I am very prudish about potty talk though and so is DH. Doors closed in our house.

[waterchurch]

I just say I need to use the bathroom. My mom calls it "big potty." Like if we're sharing a hotel she asks if I need to pee before she goes big potty.

[GotWine]

We don't ever share specifics. I'll just mention that I need to use the restroom if there is a reason for him to know I wont be in the room, like if I'm with the kids or something is on the stove.

[mainelyfoolish]

We say, "I'm going to go think for a while."

If there aren't children around to be watched, then we don't generally tell each other. But when there are kids that need to be kept from killing each other or destroying the house or fed or bathed, it's polite for one spouse to give the other an indication that they will be unavailable for several minutes.

[noodleskooze]

@idaholakelady my DH is the same way!

[bowies]

I will say we plan to be more polite about it once DS gets a bit older. Minding my manners might be the toughest thing about having a kid.

[Deleted]

Either nothing or I have to poop... Shame and I are not familiar

[linz]

He grew up that if you poop you shut the door and turn the fan on so I do that too.

[YahYahs]

DH has to "do some light reading."
I say nothing, or "I'll be right back."

[sarahsas]

I don't have one. I usually don't tell him I have to but if I do I just say I'm going to poop.

When my h tells me he's "going to use the restroom" I know it means poop. He never tells me if it's pee.

[thebreakfastclub]

H will sometimes announce that he is crowning.

He also seeks the opportunity to poop in as many different public restrooms as possible. Lowe's was finally crossed off the list a few weeks ago, thank goodness.

[humpforfree]

Jan 14, 2015 19:40:11 GMT -5 @bunnybean said:

" I also have said, "I'mma go take a dump."

this is ours. Lol

[gibbinator]

I need to go do my business

I'm going to hide for a bit

Please don't come upstairs (this is if ds1 is following the would be pooper around because he likes to open doors, and does not tolerate locks, and dh and I prefer not to poop in front of one another).

[timorousbeastie]

I don't generally volunteer it, but H almost always asks where I'm going when I start heading toward the bathroom. So my answer is simply "I have to poop."

I will admit, though, that it took *years* for me to get to that point. For the first several years of our relationship, I did whatever I could to not have him know I was pooping. H, on the other hand, H's always loved to announce to anyone and everyone in any number of colorful ways. The man has no shame. (Except he won't poop in a bathroom other than our own.)

[mrsdoe]

My husband says "I'll be in my office." I say I need some alone time.

[mpc]

"I've got an urge"

[browneyedgirl9]

I just tell DH i need to use the bathroom if i want him to watch DS quickly. In general we don't announce when we are pooping. We are not that couple

[sent]

I need to take care of business.

I have to say something to be left alone in peace like a PP said. Or when we lived in the apartment with the single bathroom that had a broken bathroom lock, to ensure he didn't come barging in. Going forward, I am only moving to places with 2 bathrooms. I can share a lot of stuff but not a bathroom.

I also make him tell me if he needs to take care of business when we are out in public. Otherwise he'd say "I have to go the bathroom" and bolt off. I'd be thinking he's coming back in 3 minutes and wait and instead he'd be gone for like 20....

[havarti]

Jan 14, 2015 21:05:26 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Jan 14, 2015 19:18:32 GMT -5 SJ said:

Why on earth would you need to tell him this?

I am genuinely confused.

I should have just looked for your response to like before posting mine. 

We have one bathroom. It's kind of a "last call " thing.

[AlpineSlide]

DH says he's "going to sit down for awhile"
I say nothing or "I have to poop"

[shellbear09]

Um no need for me to share that. My dh will sometimes say "making bread", there is a story lol.