<p>Wow, Crickett, kudos to surviving such torment! lol</p>
<p>Why thank you, everyone.
After 8 months of that horrible and sick bathroom that I was subjected to, I should AT LEAST get into one boarding school. You know. As compensation.
Haha!</p>
<p>My son was home for the w/e (just brought him back this evening). Aussie...he says if you are a guy, he can't understand why you'd be worried about the BR situation at all. His dorm has one BR per floor with stall toilets and several (not sure how many) showers with curtains. The guys really don't give a darn, though, about running around the BR in towels/or not. There is a cleaning woman who comes in and the area is clean.</p>
<p>I don't know about the other boarding schools, but at Choate, the bathrooms are cleaned every morning during classes. There is a bathroom on each floor having at least two showers, two stalls, sinks, and a mirror. The cleanliness definitely depends on the students on your floor, but don't forget that you can bring up the cleanliness of the bathroom during dorm meetings if it's bad.</p>
<p>Well Keylyme I have never really shared anything in my life. My room has it's own bathroom, I don't even share with my family! So I think it will be very different, and I am nervous about sharing, in general like my room maybe, but also the bathroom. The times I took swimming classes I was grossed out about all the "openness", and I only changed in the stalls. In my school lockers I do the same and not only do I feel uncomfortable, but it's also not the cleanest locker room. And just to point out not all "guys" are so open like your son might be, take me for example. It does not make me any less of a "guy" if I do not think in a certain fashion.</p>
<p>Musiciancien, I totally forgot that these are the kinds of topics dorm meetings tackle! Thnx, now I know where to hint if I think the bathrooms are spotty! lol</p>
<p>Aussie...just letting you know what he said, indicative of most of the guys in his dorm, anyway. It's pretty inevitable that, if you go, you will share. Good luck!</p>
<p>I have a hard time picturing a group pf guys sitting around at a dorm meeting in the common room and listening to one complain about bathroom cleaniness!
Aussie - I wonder if dorm life will be for you.</p>
<p>Hmmm, Im sorry, come again, I couldn't quite understand your comment, would you mind restating it in different words. YO!SON. ?</p>
<p>Guys I know in dorms aere pretty laid back about stuff like bathrooms, nudity, etc. like keylyme implied. It's kind of a "locker room" mentality and there can be a lot of joking around, tackling in the hallways, that kind of stuff. I just think you need to be prepared for that Aussie. No offense meant.</p>
<p>I think you got my drift that offense was taken....but it would have been better if you posted this from the start, wording is important......</p>
<p>Aussie...he's right, though. I have two son's who have lived in bs dorms. You know, college dorms aren't much different.</p>
<p>Actually, college dorms can be much worse.</p>
<p>..and to be blunt, if that's what you desire, your ability to easily take offense won't serve you well in a guys' dorm either. A thick skin will come in handy!</p>
<p>Ohhh, gosh this is going to keep on going, lol!
Ok when I go to BS, if I get accepted, I will have to deal with it! I will learn to share a friggin bathroom, I will learn to shower in the same shower cubicle other guys use.....ughhhh........I will learn to share a room........ I will maybe learn to share clothing....... lol, and I will basically have to learn to share and be comfortable with others in the bathroom no matter what is going on!
I can't believe I had to post this! Hahahahhaha</p>
<p>........Cough, Caugh Keylyme!!!!!!!!! lol</p>
<p>Sharing is a skill we all should have learned 9+ years ago.</p>
<p>Friggin friggers *******, listen up, I challenge people into confrontations, meaning fights and arguements, more then the normal person, people I know learn to not mess with me if they do not want a black eye or a tormented mind! If someone messes with me, even in front of a cop, teacher or headmaster, whatever it is I will get my shot back, and it will hurt......no matter what the consequences, so back off...........</p>
<p>Crickett, dont become involved....this is my fight, and if you want to take sides be my guest....just make sure you choose wisely...</p>
<p>yep - that's the attitude that will serve you soooo well in a guy's dorm at a boarding school. It'll make you realllyyy popular. yep -sarcasm implied. BS guy dorms are notorious for practical jokes and pranks. If you display the attitude there that you displayed above, they WILL get you - when you least expect it! :)
Again, not trying to be an ass, just telling it like it is so you can think about it.</p>
<p>no need for fights. Stating facts here, Aussie.
Are you an only child?</p>
<p>Hahaha, let them touch a single hair on my head, and we'll see what makes it on the headlines. And if they do like pranks, my pranks may not be the same as theirs, and we'll see a headline "Boy's eye gouged out in freak Accident", and they will feel pathetic when they find out they cannot even touch me, or they will have a pack of wolves after them, most likely the attorneys my dad hires. And I have 3 sisters to answer your question.</p>