Living with a bestie can be a dream come true… until bathroom habits threaten to flush that friendship down the drain! Join me as I navigate the treacherous waters of roommate life, where tidiness reigns supreme, but one girl’s bathroom anxiety is causing quite the splash! Can we find a solution before the bills (and the tension) hit the roof? Let’s dive in and see! ♀️
Roomie Life: The Good, The Bad, and The… Bathroom?

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Shower Serenades & Flushing Fears

Hot Water Woes: Is a Cold Shower Really That Refreshing?

❄️ Frozen Out: The Saga of the Icy Showers ❄️

WIBTA: To Address or Not to Address? That is the Question!

Bathroom Blues: Can This Friendship Survive the Flush?
Living with my BFF has been a blast, but her bathroom anxiety is causing some serious waves! She’s got this idea that “real ladies” don’t poop , so she blasts music and runs the shower for ages just to do her business. It’s driving up our bills and leaving me with icy showers! ❄️ I’ve tried to talk to her, but she clams up tighter than a toilet seat. The internet has some thoughts on this slippery situation… let’s see what they have to say! ️
Creative euphemisms for bodily functions. Roommate needs to conserve water.
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Cold shower for hiding bodily functions? Not the a-hole.

Fair solution suggested for shower hogging roommate

Being polite while addressing housemate’s water usage and discomfort

Buy her some headphones for her loud music.

Water conservation concerns raised in response to hiding bodily functions.

The pressure to hide bodily functions can be overwhelming.

Helpful suggestion for anxious roommate’s poop anxiety

Wasteful solution to hide bodily functions during a drought

Fair compromise suggested for discreet bodily functions in shared living.

NAH, it’s not intentional. Talking may worsen their anxiety

The lengths some go to hide bodily functions

The great shower deception: a hilarious but absurd solution.

Addressing water waste and the unnecessary poop theatrics

Encourage roommate to embrace bodily functions with compassion and humor

Noise machine in the bathroom? A creative solution!

Using hot water to hide bodily functions? NTA but wasteful

Living together ain’t free, but bodily functions cost extra
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Dealing with IBS noises and water bills in shared living

Suggests a clever solution to deal with water usage issue
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Roommate won’t admit to pooping and it’s causing tension

Toilet splash hack and stool tip for a moaner roommate

Encouraging roommate to be comfortable with bodily functions

Suggests a book for roomie’s lengthy bathroom visits

Shame and guilt as parenting techniques? NTA approach with caution

Taking cold showers to hide bodily functions, but not an a**hole
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Encouraging comment suggesting therapy to overcome bathroom anxiety.

Prankster suggests fart machine to catch stealthy roomie.

Curious about the root of the issue

Is running hot water while using the toilet worth it?

Suggests exposure therapy via Taco Bell for roomie’s behavior

Keeping it consistent with bathroom radio #NTA

The myth of sticking out your pinky while drinking debunked

Tactful solution to roomie’s excessive bathroom noise avoidance

Suggests using a well-timed scream to cover roomie’s toots

Politely suggest practical solutions to avoid roomie’s loud habits

The dangers of extreme prudishness and poop avoidance

Possible learned behaviors from abuse due to hyper-conservative parents
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Respectful suggestion to deal with roommate’s excessive resource usage

Roommate’s hygiene habits causing hot water fights. NTA solution proposed.

Offering solutions for bathroom noise without confrontation

Roommate’s poop-hiding tactics backfire, NTA calls her out

Shower running for bodily functions? Cold water not an option? NTA.

Noise-cancelling shower? Practical or paranoid? NTA thinks practical.

Bold suggestion to confront roommate’s bathroom odor using humor.

Turning on the fan is a reasonable compromise.

Sheltered roommate’s excessive routine wastes water and draws attention

Respectful advice on roommate’s bathroom habits

Normalizing bodily functions is important, NTA for calling out stigma.

Respectful advice on dealing with a roommate’s bathroom habits

Music or water? Both wasteful. But NTA for bodily functions.

Water wasting roommate hides bodily functions; cold shower useless

Bathroom anxiety is real, but running the shower for a half hour is wasteful

A considerate suggestion to solve a roommate’s bathroom issue

Saving money or hygiene? Roommate’s bathroom dilemma

Suggesting scented candles to hide roommate’s bodily functions

Solving roommate bathroom issue with cold water

Solutions for a bathroom noise dispute

Being considerate while addressing a delicate issue.

Confused commenter questions roommate’s hot water bathroom habits

Friend uses water to pee, suggests cold water to hide smell. NTA

Overcoming bathroom anxiety and stigma for a healthy lifestyle

Hot water for hiding farts is wasteful and unnecessary. NTA.
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Hilarious comment about roommate’s bathroom habits
