As a teenage girl I was privileged to have my own bathroom. [Let me tell you that I would appreciate a single user bathroom so-o much more now.] My closest sibling is 6 years older so she was out of the house six years before me. With the privilege of my own bathroom came the responsibility of cleaning it. I did that once a week – whether it needed it or not.
In my mind I can still see and hear my mom one time she came up in between cleanings and saw my toothpaste spotted sink. At least my mirror was clean; I always brush with the mirror open. Spots go on the inside and blend in with the white that way. 
Mom said, “Why don’t you just wipe your hand around the sink while you are washing your hands and clean up the spots?”
I cringed as she proceeded to do it. Her hand, blue sink, running water, MY toothpaste spots. ”Yuck,” I thought. I always used a rag or sponge.
A couple months ago I caught myself doing something. Did you guess what it was? Yep. I was using my hand and swiping around the inside of our sink. This time there are 5 of us that use that sink. As a teenager I would have gotten sick at the thought, but as a mom I didn’t even blink an eye.
The moral of this story is multiple choice:
- Children will remember things you tell them even if they don’t like the idea.
- Motherhood changes your yuck level.
- I was a priss.
What kind of bathroom cleaner are you? Do you wear gloves? Do you use a rag? Do you always use a toilet brush or do you just plunge your rag in? For the record – if I don’t have a toilet brush that potty ain’t getting cleaned.
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That was good…. As a mom now I find myself always remembering that my mom told me to do that or said that to me. Sometimes I even get upset with myself because I say something and remember that I HATED when my parents said that to me! LOL
As for bathroom cleaning…. I use a rag(although I have always used my hand in the sink for toothpaste spots and I have never had my own bathroom!) no gloves they just get in my way. But I do agree if there is not toilet brush there will be no clean toilet!!
I don’t remember my mom teaching me how to clean the bathroom, but I do remember us gettting in an argument over when to dust the bed. She thought I should do it while the sheets were off, I wanted to wait till they were back on. Now that I think about it she was right, but my 13 year old mind didn’t think so. I have scrubbed the toilets without a brush, I was trying to get rid of a ring inside the bow, but I did wear gloves. I really should be cleaning the toothpaste out of sinks right now!
I am cracking UP over this. There are so many things I’ve found myself doing as a mom that I never considered doing before marriage & motherhood – and like you, they mirror my own mother’s actions. It’s pretty funny to think about. Maybe it’s part of the whole genetic makeup – something kicks in when you become a mom and all of that imprinting comes back!
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