There's a lot to be said for what goes on in the marriage bedroom, but what about the bathroom? Plumbing giant Roto-Rooter recently commissioned a survey of 5000 married men and women to figure out how well we really get along behind that particular closed door.

1. 7 Things to Know about the Marriage Bathroom
There’s a lot to be said for what goes on in the marriage bedroom, but what
about the marriage bathroom?
Plumbing giant Roto-Rooter recently commissioned a survey of 5000 married
men and women regarding their bathroom habits, providing a glimpse into the
sacred throne room and offering some interesting insights into how men and
women really feel about their bathrooms.

2. He thinks she has too much stuff.
15.6% of men surveyed revealed that their biggest
bathroom pet peeve is the sheer number of hair and
beauty products that their wives possess! Do women really
need that much stuff? That mystery may be the one that
goes unsolved.

3. She doesn’t really care about the toilet seat.
We expected “leaving the seat up” to be the number one
pet peeve of women everywhere, but that annoyance only
ranked #5 among respondents! What annoys women
most in the bathroom? 14.3% say they hate it when their
husbands don’t replace the toilet paper!

4. Personal boundaries can erode with age.
Do you talk to your spouse while sitting on
the toilet? Newlyweds (married 2 years or
less) didn’t even report this communication
tactic as a pet peeve, but among men and
women married 20 years or more, 11.2% of
respondents say their biggest pet peeve is
when their husband or wife tries to talk to
them while using the bathroom!

5. A shared bathroom means double the disarray.
Nearly 40% of newlyweds count hair in the shower drain,
beard stubble around the sink and urine on things that are not
the toilet as some of their biggest bathroom pet peeves. Too
much bathroom clutter remains a top pet peeve even for
marriages of over 20 years.

6. Luckily, the bathroom is an equal opportunity mess.
Cleaning the bathroom is a less-than-savory chore, but 31.9%
of respondents said that they split cleaning duties equally with
their spouse! Surprisingly enough, only 1.3% of couples report
that their kids are responsible for cleaning the bathroom. Let’s
hope those kids are earning their keep somehow!

7. Sharing is caring, but hands off my loofah!
Only 7% of women responded that they share a loofah with their husbands. Interestingly
enough, 13.1% of men reported that they do, indeed, share their wife’s loofah.
Something is amiss here—there must be some top secret exfoliation going
on behind closed shower curtains.

8. At least there’s something we all can agree on.
An overwhelming majority of respondents, nearly 80%, agree that the ideal length of
shower time is between 5 and 15 minutes. Over 40% of both men and women also
agree that taking 15 to 30 minutes to get ready is about right.