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Thanks to whomever left me the anonymous rep with this comment. Got a good laugh out of it.
This is a forum, people give opinions, and my opinion is that if you teach your kids to "hold it" just because they're in public, and public restrooms are "omg teh NASTY!" that could cause some problems for them in the future.
It's okay, I got a great laugh out of the anonymous rep left for me calling me a "lost moron". Funny how some people are afraid to take credit for their comments.
You and I can sit in the corner and chuckle together...
I would like to understand how teaching you kids not to use a gross public restroom, unless they really really need to go is bad parenting? Those bathrooms are gross. When my kids have to go and just can't hold it, I OCD the whole time for them not to touch anything and to use a paper towel to turn ont e faucet adn opent he doors. Do you know how many people wipe and don't clean their hands. Yuck!
I didn't say anyone was a bad parent. Typical overreaction by parents.
What I meant was that having them hold it in public might lead them to holding it anywhere that isn't your house, which could be a psychological issue. I to this day still have problems with using the bathroom in public, because somewhere along the line someone scared me into thinking those toilets were "bad" ... i remember when I was really young in school trying to hold it all day long because I was afraid to use the restroom in school.
THAT'S what I was trying to get at, ok?
But if you think I was calling you bad parents just keep right on believing that.
There's a thread over in "Parenting" about a guy who got all bent out of shape because his 8-yo daughter went into the ladies room, and told her dad there were boys in there. A woman had taken her 3 boys, all age 5 and under, into the ladies room with her because she didn't want to send them unescorted into the mens room.
People get so uptight about such unimportant things.
I didn't say anyone was a bad parent. Typical overreaction by parents.
What I meant was that having them hold it in public might lead them to holding it anywhere that isn't your house, which could be a psychological issue. I to this day still have problems with using the bathroom in public, because somewhere along the line someone scared me into thinking those toilets were "bad" ... i remember when I was really young in school trying to hold it all day long because I was afraid to use the restroom in school.
THAT'S what I was trying to get at, ok?
But if you think I was calling you bad parents just keep right on believing that.
My dear, don't blame it on me if you miscommunicated your point. A poster mentioned he would ahve his kids try and hold it instead of using a public restroom, and instead of staying on topic, you decided to make an issue of his parenting style by your snide remark "Healthy habit to teach your kids there."
We all knew what you meant by it. So if you want to take it back or if you miscommunicated your point, then you can kindly say so. But don't place it on me and say I'm overeacting as a parent and get all pissy towards me. Take responsibility for what you typed and move on. I think you've hijacked this thread enough anyway. Try to stick to the point, or close to it anyway.
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a while back, I was working at a retail store in a mall and I went to one of the main bathrooms. there was some big commotion going on there and mall security had to be called. apparently, a transgendered man (who looked pretty much like a woman and was hearing a skirt) had gone to the women's restroom and some lady w/ kids "noticed" (I have no clue how she noticed this unless she was peering into the stall and noticed him/her peeing standing up!) him/her standing and realized she was a he and freaked out. apparently, she was concerned about her kids being exposed to the sight of a man part of something, who knows.
I don't remember how that ended, since I moved on to the next restroom, but a situation like that does bring up an interesting point. a guy dressed up as a woman who truly feels he is a woman isn't likely going to feel comfortable using the men's room, even if he/she has the equipment required. I don't think many guys would care if a transgendered woman came into the men's room (though that a big assumption on my part), but I do believe many women would be more freaked out if a guy came into the women's room. I guess a lot of transgendered folks are stuck using private family restrooms until this whole thing can be figured out
Should we bend our laws to accommodate a small group of folks who would feel "uncomfortable" using a restroom with folks of their same gender? What about the majority of folks who would find it uncomfortable having a person of the opposite gender sharing their restroom?
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Unfortunately, this is a non-issue that has been made into an issue by prudes and bigots.
Why can't we just be minded more like the Europeans and have uni-gender bathrooms?
How exactly do these uni-gender restrooms work? I personally do not wish to have a male in a stall next to mine regardless of what gender he thinks he is!
A woman's locker room has an open area where women change in the view of other women. Would you want a male viewing you while you change?
No, but I don't consider transgender females to be male. So if I was comfortable changing in front of women, then it would make no difference to me, because I view them as women.
BTW, if you are that concerned about someone viewing you in the wrong way while changing in a locker room, I woudl think you would use the stalls. I mean there could be a lesbian checking you out, so are we going to have seperate "straight" restrooms?
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No, but I don't consider transgender females to be male. So if I was comfortable changing in front of women, then it would make no difference to me, because I view them as women.
So if a transgendered male-female begins to change in front of you and the she-male pulls out a penis, would you be ok with this?
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Funny how some people are afraid to take credit for their comments. 
