Man Sets “Pee Trap” To Show His Wife She Is Being Irrational About Bathroom Habits

Cleaning up the bathroom is not the greatest chore in the world—especially cleaning the toilet and surrounding area. No matter how neat you think you are, there are going to be all sorts of unpleasant bodily waste products hanging out there. But what if you are so consumed with finding urine splash every day that it starts to affect your marriage?

One Redditor says his wife is obsessed with reprimanding him for peeing standing up and getting urine splash around the toilet, even though he says he does not make a mess. (Cue the pee jokes, everyone.)

“I’m a 39 year old man and am married to a 31 year old woman. First, sorry about the “pee trap” terminology – her words, not mine. Ever since my wife and I were just dating, she tried to be very insistent that I sit down to urinate. I do not want to sit down to urinate, and so I do not. Frankly I don’t think it’s any of her business how I pee anyway,” the OP writes.

Fair enough. 

“For years now, and especially lately, every time she goes to the bathroom she does this crazy-eyed thing where she looks down at the floor, groans, and then pulls out paper towels and cleaning spray to wipe it up. I do not pee on the floor and never have, but she calls it ‘splash mountain’ regularly. Recently I had something of a revelation when, as usual, we were having an argument about this topic, and she said that ALL men pee on the floor EVERY time they go to the restroom. It seems like she is outright hellbent on proving a point.” 

The OP decided to trick his wife. He went to the bathroom for a minute and pretended to use the toilet. Then, he called in his wife and asked her to point to a spot on the floor where he peed. She obliged. 

“The spot was clean. I hadn’t used the bathroom since the day before. I told her as much, and she got incredibly upset. She said I set a ‘pee trap’ and that what I did was really mean to her. Then she insisted that every time I go to the bathroom, I pee on the floor again. I’ve had enough. I think she’s just trying to get out of the fact that I caught her in her crap, but she has doubled down on her behavior and is completely convinced I’m a relentless a**hole.” 

While it does seem really weird that his wife is that obsessed with pee, did the OP act like a jerk? Or is there a larger issue at hand? 

“Your wife has been trying to start problems where there aren’t any just to get you to pee a certain way. Unless you’re lying and actually have been peeing on the floor that’s super weird and slightly controlling of her,” said afuckingpear. 

“NTA, but I’d like to provide an alternate explanation. It could be that she’s suffering from OCD tendencies and is having obsessive compulsive worries and invasive thoughts about urine around the toilet. Maybe she wears socks, maybe she goes barefoot, maybe she’s experienced something traumatic that led her to have this irrational and clearly invasive fear that is definitely concerning. As someone who has sat on a toilet and felt backsplash from urine on my skin it is absolutely horrifying and I could understand why that would leave a mark on somebody’s psyche. Especially with the part where OP mentioned her talking about how ‘every man’ does it, that’s really worrisome and speaks to some mystery experience. What I’m saying is that it could be that there is a mental health explanation behind this that isn’t just ‘she’s being controlling’ or ‘she’s trying to start problems,'” suggested SquartMcCorn.