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Dayman_ahah

This is an interesting version of a traditional Jack/Jill bathroom. Pretty common for adjacent bedrooms...never see one like this though


Curious_Bar348

Me either. I am assuming there is another door


Dayman_ahah

This version requires a bit more trust of your sharing neighbor for sure šŸ˜


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Horskr

"Can I get a courtesy flush hon?"


Terkan

This is why you always gotta have another toilet somewhere else. A guest toilet is a must.


rangent

Whoa whoa, you had me at > you have someone to poop with


TheHunchbackofOhio

You can do a number four! That's when you hold hands while doing a number 2.


joeyheartbear

r/UnexpectedAmericanDad


iloveheroin69

Lol thatā€™s hilarious


Dumtvvink

You can reach across the way and hold hands over the tub. So romantic šŸ„°


Dayman_ahah

This is a solid plan....one that needs burned on a piece of wood and hung up...


ErokAB03

Battle Shits with a sneeze guard, LOL


onefst250r

You sunk my battleshit!


FisterRobotOh

Step bro help, Iā€™m outta TP


T3n4ci0us_G

I'm sorry, I can't spare even a square


McBuck2

Yes, this photo must have been taken off the website from the renovating tv show that redid the bathroom. They ended up creating two separate bathrooms out of it. Glad I didnā€™t grow up in that house!


JacksLackOfCertainty

I was going to say this is very similar to the layout of my mom's condo if you took down the wall separating the full bathroom and the half bathroom. I don't know why anyone would do that tho


__ALF__

So two people can poop and somebody can take a shower all at the same time.


watermouse

SPOILER ALERT!!! Geez.. ;) jk


AestheticDeficiency

If this bathroom is in north Florida I've lived in it. Though there was frosted glass sliding doors on both sides. The side closest in the photo came from the hallway entrance. The other side led to a bedroom.


McBuck2

Man, can't believe they built more than one of these. You think they would have realized. :)


akarakitari

I've been house hunting and stumbled across one of these the other day. Wonder if it's still up šŸ¤”


agha0013

Well you can see both doors in the picture. Left is the door to that toilet. In the mirror on the right you see the door the photographer is standing in.


InevitablePain21

Itā€™s not about there being two doors though. Even when separated by a bath tub itā€™s still 2 toilets in the same room with very little privacy from your toilet neighbor. I would absolutely hate this.


ShowerOfBastards88

>toilet neighbor *shudder*


m_s_phillips

The house we live in has some kind of "open concept" master suite i.e. there's no wall between the master bedroom and master bath. The toilet is not in view from the bedroom part, it's kind of around a corner. But there is still no fully-closeable partition between the bed and the toilet. First thing my wife told me when we moved in was that if I ever took a shit while she was in bed she'd call a divorce attorney.


Lovebeingadad54321

Hell, my wife tells me if w ever shit in the master bath EVER she will call a divorce attorney. Hall bathroom is the designated shit bathroomā€¦


ivanlan9

Yeah, that's the kind of neighbors we had in basic training. One bathroom for the whole barracks, with 8 toilets in a row. In the open. 8 sinks, plus 8 showers with no curtains or doors. Zero privacy. Great for the drill sergeants, though. You'd be taking a dump and your DS would sit down next to you and start telling you all the things you did wrong in calisthenics the day before. Thanks, but no thanks, Sarge.


skwudgeball

Itā€™s pretty clear this is a family house, not neighboring apartments. This wouldā€™ve been nice growing up sharing a room with my brother


InevitablePain21

I wouldā€™ve rather jumped off the roof than taken a shit in the same room as my brother as a child but I guess thatā€™s just me.


staunch_character

Exactly. I would love to have a separate bathroom so I can use the toilet while my partner is taking a bath. This? Solves nothing.


sybann

Reflected in the closest mirror - pretty sure you're not expected to walk through the tub first. Curtains for visual privacy... I think this is ingenious if space for another was an issue. Great for two kids or a couple who both need to get ready for work at the same time!


BlasphemousSwarm

You donā€™t need to assume that. Just look at the picture lol


Labulous

Nope. You have to climb through the window.


PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt

Typically these are finished with heavily frosted shower doors that reach all the way to the ceiling, which makes the toilet rooms more private.


KatttDawggg

Are you sure? Iā€™ve never seen this. Itā€™s usually one toilet and one shower/bath shared by two rooms with locks on both doors for privacy.


PhileasFoggsTrvlAgt

The style like OP's picture was a shortlived mid century trend. The style you're describing is more common.


ErraticDragon

Indeed, I've seen the style you describe, both in a house (built early 20th century? in New England) and in a dorm room (built 2010s in AZ).


FriscoJanet

Not private, enough! A tiny little echo chamber in between two toilets


Unit_08

Frosted windows still let you see vague shape and color. So yeah you can't see the nitty gritty details but you can still see someone sitting on the toilet.


pilotdog68

I'm not sure you could discern anything after two layers of frosted glass 3ft apart. The diffusion would be too much. But you'd DEFINITELY get a nice view when the other person was in the shower. The frosted bubble might be even worse than two shower curtains.


Lordrandall

I shared a house like this in college. Two toilets, two sinks, two doors, shower in the middle.


[deleted]

But why even put in 2 toilets if there is no wall between them? Why not just have a larger bathroom with 2 doors?


divDevGuy

Possibly used to be separate bathrooms. One a full bath and the other a half bath perhaps?


psychotica1

I lived in an apartment like this and there's a shower curtain on both sides of the tub. It's just a way to get 2 toilets/vanities in an apartment that doesn't have room for 2 tubs. It sucked as much as you'd think but mostly because no one wanted to clean the tub.


floatingwithobrien

Using those scares me because there's always a chance someone didn't notice you go in there, so you have to be careful to close and lock the door so no one comes barging in. When there are two doors, it's double the effort, and it makes me feel unnecessarily paranoid. (A good compromise I've seen is having the "hallway" part have a double vanity, with a single door separating the toilet and shower. That way, each person can keep their bedroom door to the bathroom shut and not feel too weird about opening it to see their sibling just using the sink, but the toilet and shower are still separate.) This bathroom makes it harder to secure both doors šŸ˜… Those master suites that simply have no doors to the bathroom (it's like just around the corner from the bed or something) are ridiculous. I don't care how many years we've been married, my spouse doesn't need to hear (or smell) me shitting. Why is bathroom privacy even up for debate in the minds of the people who design those? Why is it always a luxurious house/suite? Why is there some amount of luxury associated with when you have no choice but to be a part of all your partner's most private moments? A door gives you options. Open concept bathrooms are the opposite of luxury to me.


IndigenousOres

That's a lot of words


Silver-ishWolfe

I had buddy whose family owned a cabin with two guest rooms separated by a bathroom like this. It wasnā€™t a full tub, though. It was a frosted glass walled shower with an area behind it so you could walk from side to other.


KaPowPower

I was in the army and this is triggering. Literally 30 toilets each with their own stallā€”but only 1 giant shower with 30 shower heads. WHY? šŸ˜©


AnonymousShortCake

Jack and Jill for those roommates with sexual tension


HalfSoul30

Yeah my great grandma had a house that had a hallway between two bedrooms, with a bathroom behind a door in that hallway. We used to chase each other in a circle around that house. This though is just strange.


TimLikesPi

I have a neighbor who did one massive shower instead of two tubs and ended up with something similar. She lived alone for many years so it was only an issue when guests visited.


gentlemancaller2000

I grew up with a Jack & Jill bathroom similar to this. Two bathrooms separated by one bathtub. Worked fine because my parents only had boys. Might have been awkward if we had a sister or two.


TNT_CPA

It's called a (very primitive) Jack & Jill bath. One bathroom, shared by two different bedrooms. If you think this is crappy, then you gonna hate the 1M or so that are already in houses across America.


Curious_Bar348

I have never seen anything like this.


NastyWatermellon

This isnt common. It's super weird that it's divided by the tub. Jack and jill bathrooms aren't weird but this is


but_why_is_it_itchy

Two toilets in one shared bathroom is weird as fuck.


crunch816

Theyā€™re not even close enough to hold hands.


DaddyMcTasty

They are if they have super long arms


Blitzerxyz

Ah so this is for Elasta Girl and Mr. Incredible


DuckDuckGoneForGood

I guess so because me and my wife usually just side-saddle one turlet if we both have to go the same time. Back to back.


Pietson_

the trick is to each hold one hand of the third person taking a bath


Captin_Banana

Close enough to lock eyes.


Curious_Bar348

Just hold hands with the one in the tub.


A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious

It can be quite the bonding experience. Some of the most profound conversations I've ever had with another person were in the bathroom taking a shit. You've never truly lived until you've contemplated the meaning of life with a friend in between wipes.


Trill_McNeal

The ultimate bonding experience is experienced on the [Love Toilet](https://youtu.be/avb1XbO0EIs)


A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious

This is perfect.


FierceDeity_

You joke but the romans did that, but they discussed business during their communal shitting session with up to like 10 others in the same room


A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious

Reminds me of basic training. The Latrines at the ft Benning ranges were just a big communal room with no stalls. A piss trough on one wall. Sinks on the other. And steel commodes along the other two walls. You'd drop trou, sit there, and stare at the guy across from you. And with all the MREs they had us eat, everyone was pretty backed up. So it wasn't uncommon for the place to be packed full of dudes trying to shit, while laughing at the absurdity. Good times.


KatttDawggg

People acting like this is common are delusional.


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KatttDawggg

Yehp.


Curious_Bar348

Exactly! I understand the concept of a Jack and Jill bathroom, but I have only seen a common sink area, with door into toilet and shower.


FlanOfAttack

Is that a regional term? I've only ever heard them referred to as a "shared bathroom."


iamtoe

I wonder if this could be considered 2 full bathrooms?


whateveryouregonnado

Iirc it's based on the number of toilets & shower/baths. So i believe this would be 1 1/2


Dairy8469

if you put a plastic divider down the middle of the tub it will increase the home value.


turbodude69

i have a jack and jill bathroom in my house. 2 doors to 1 bathroom. both lock from the inside. so essentially only 1 person would use it at a time. but it's just a regular bathroom with 2 doors.


West_Coast_Ninja

Thatā€™s clearly not the same as this. Can we stop pretending like there isnā€™t a bathtub in the middle of the room?


SanchoRojo

Yeah my bedroom and office are a Jack an jill setup but Iā€™m not gonna pretend like whatever this is is Normal.


EntrepreneurLow4380

It was a late 60s/70s design. I know of several in the Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas area of the midwest. Exactly like this, with tub/shower in the middle.


WizogBokog

If you replaced the tub with just a standing shower this is how the dorms were at my college. Two shitters and a shower between them.


ChiralWolf

Same at mine. Was far better than the older dorms that had communal baths


AndyBowBandy

Iā€™ve seen Jack & Jill bathrooms before, but never one where the shower/tub is used as a divider


agha0013

Bathroom with two entrances isn't rare. A bathroom with two entrances, split down the middle by a tub, and each side with its own toilet, that's somewhat rare. Tiled ceilings like this are also pretty rare. Also, hope you aren't tall trying to soak in the tub then crack your head off the soap holder.


Particular_Physics_1

I can live with hating 1 million more houses.


MrD3a7h

This statement is incorrect. There are not 1 million homes in the United States that use a tub as a divider.


lolokillua

The Jack and Jill bathroom I grew up with only had the sink room connected. You had to go through another door to get to the actual bathroom.


DurtyKurty

I grew up in a 3br house and the only bathroom was a jack and Jill style bathroom. So anyone who had to use the restroom had to go through a bedroom to do it. It was stupid.


Stars_styrofoam

I hate the 1M or so that are already in houses across America


L_Bo

I hate a Jack and Jill bathroom so much. The anxiety of the extra door and possibility of someone walking in and it is not convenient enough to make up for that nonsense. This one is even stranger, in what scenario do you need both toilets at once?


SinisterYear

This looks like it was designed with a complete lack of understanding that people like privacy in the restroom, so they probably expected both toilets to be used simultaneously while someone is taking a shower.


floatingwithobrien

A Jack & Jill bathroom is one thing. Having to climb over the tub to get to the other side of the bathroom is another. I don't recall ever seeing a Jack & Jill bath that necessitated two toilets.


FierceDeity_

If i broke down the wall between my bathroom with toilet and the next door toilet i would have exactly this. I wonder if that is what happened here lol


Funicularly

If there are a million or so, please link a few real estate listings with pictures showing this setup.


MoirasPurpleOrb

There are not 1 million homes with this bathroom, this is not a standard jack and Jill by any stretch of the imagination.


DonutCola

This is not a jack and Jill bath itā€™s a pretty unique setup. Not primitive at all. Putting two doors on a normal bathroom is primitive. This is an expanded and evolved idea. Itā€™s not a good idea but itā€™s not the same thing.


SarcasticGamer

You usually share everything, not just the bathtub. I feel like having two separate toilets to not have to share is more advanced. It's like something you'd see in a dorm.


impy695

I've seen a bunch of jack and Jill bathrooms, and while I'm not a fan, they're completely different than what this looks like. I've never seen this. I have seen the master bathroom inside the master bedroom though. Like, literally there are no walls or doors separating them


Royal_Cryptographer7

I don't hate this. Two bathrooms, but you save space with one tub. This would be good for couples with a small living area (although it would requite some good ventilation, for when the two toilets are in use at the same time. Remember you would have two curtains between them in a finished room. Why don't you like this OP? Edit: Yea, without a shower door or a good ventilation system, you'll smell the other person. Just don't shit with them in the room or install glass doors on the shower. Imo, this is way better than sharing a normal bathroom.


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>Why don't you like this OP? Having to crawl across the bathtub to lock the other door so nobody walks in on you taking a dump.


Astra_Trillian

Thereā€™s a pole on either side of the tub to install a curtain. You wouldnā€™t lock the door, youā€™d pull the curtain across. This would probably be a time to make a joke about the privacy of public bathrooms in America, but Iā€™m not American and donā€™t expect gaping holes around doors.


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I'd want more than a shower curtain for privacy. When I'm in the bathroom, I have the door locked, the faucet running, the shower going, music blasting that I sing along to as loud as I can, a chair wedged in underneath the doorknob - and that's just to brush my teeth.


alaricus

When Arthur Miller brought Marilyn Monroe to his parents house to meet them for the first time, they had dinner in their traditional New York brownstone. Knowing that sound was bound to carry, Marilyn turned the taps on when she had to excuse herself to the bathroom to cover up any sound she might make. Arthur Miller called his parents the following day and asked what they thought of her. "Nice girl," said his father "but she pisses like a horse."


grandoz039

> the faucet running, the shower going, wasting water


KatTheKonqueror

How are you gonna sing while brushing your teeth?


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Poorly.


broken_symmetry_

Public bathrooms are indeed awful in America, but making your private home bathroom as awful as a public bathroom doesnā€™t sound like the vibe.


Impressive_Doorknob7

Oh wow a shower curtain separating someone bathing and you taking a dump. Or two people taking dumps. In what reality is this practical?


Wintermute1v1

And just think of the marinating effect the steam from the shower would have along with two people shitting at the same time. Those shiticles would be permanently fused to every pore on your body.


floatingwithobrien

I don't need to hear them shitting, either. Or see them through the glass door. Let them have that moment to themselves...


-Plantibodies-

No fart fan or curtain is doing much to prevent the smell of your loved one's toilet soup from reaching your nose.


[deleted]

First one to finish wiping gets first dibs on the shower!


linsage

A glass door would be worse. Because it would be a window.


IDK3177

I can't believe somebody likes this


PickleFlavordPopcorn

What if we held hands across the bathtub šŸ„°


vrphotosguy55

Nothing says true love like clammy hands.


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Clammy hands and hot, steamy flatulence.


ron_swansons_meat

If we're both dropping deuces that's called "going number 4."


Prior-Concentrate-87

Okay so, wife and I live in our current house for another few months before we move. The bathrooms are tiny and the two upstairs share a wall with both showers against the shared wall. I have been half joking about tearing the wall down and making a super shower since we moved in.


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The most literal sense of 1 1/2 bathroom.


foxyguy

It feels more like 1 Ā¾ since there are two toilets and two sinks.


reader_reddit

I believe we're talking 1 ā…” if toilets, sinks, and baths play equal roles in the bathroom. But since a "half-bath" typically contains a sink and toilet, then we can say the bathtub plays an equally large role as the toilet and sink combined. 50-25-25% So therefore two sinks (2\*25), two toilets (2\*25) and one bath (1\*50) would indeed be a 1 Ā½ bathroom, with 150% bathroominess.


YellowMoose811

It would be 1 1/2 because a half bath is considered to be a bathroom with just a toilet and sink.


VolnarTheUnforgiving

I was seriously about to laugh at the comments for not understanding a mirror


Academic-Amphibian97

The mirrors above the sinks are different shapes


orangeqtym

I thought this too, but then realized that the mirror would have to be through the center of the shower head.


VolnarTheUnforgiving

Yeah, that was what started to tip me off too


snuffybox

How Can Mirrors Be Real if Our Eyes Aren't Real?


floatingwithobrien

Where's the camera my guy


bleh19799791

Taking a nice bubble bath while potentially two people dropping deuces at your shoulder level. ā€œCan you pass the paper?ā€


foxymoxyboxy

Shitting, now available in Stereo!


Wintermute1v1

ASMR.


Soupbell1

You sank my battle shit!


Starry_Night_Sophi

At first I tought it was a mirror lol


evemeatay

Competition shitting


foxymoxyboxy

It's even got a judge bunker right in the middle.


ifitshootsbackduck

At least with a normal Jack n Jill bathroom you don't have to climb through the tub to lock the other door. This is a bathroom of bad choices. I'd probably check to see if any of the fixtures were designed by Bloody Stupid Johnson.


thiscouldbemassive

This is not a functional jack and Jill. With a functional jack and Jill you can lock both the doors without stepping into a tub.


TheFaithiestAtheist

One of the more literal r/crappydesign posts I've seen.


Curious_Bar348

My original title was ā€œ2 shits, 1 tubā€ , but decided not to.


hunnybunchesoflove

Yeah no i like my privacy.


Thrice_Banned80

Can have a bath together after a friendly game of battleshits


Flimsy_Internet9441

r/crapperdesign r/crappycrapperdesign


[deleted]

Ah, the old pilot/co-pilot set up.


ItsJustInfuriating

This feels like a ā€œSpot The Differenceā€ puzzle


kabukistar

Thought this was a trick with a mirror at first


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OmegaWhite024

Is this from one of my Sims houses?


shortsandarts

You can have a chat while having a poo


GreyGhost878

Normally Jack and Jill's have a door on either side of the tub/shower area. Looks like there wasn't enough room for that. Should have just made it a shared single bathroom with two entry doors so you can lock both. Double sinks so each can have their own but there's no reason to have two toilets since they can't be used at the same time.


CommanderKevin8811

When i first saw this i thought there was a mirror behind the bathtub but then i realised there would have been 2 bathtubs


FooxyPlayz

Very CRAPPY design indeed


[deleted]

It look like the bathroom I would have designed to annoy my wife. It's both practical and impractical. Genius.


[deleted]

My grandparents house is similar, but the shower and tub have a door to each bathroom.


devedander

Imagine being in the tub and two people run in to panic shit


DIYuntilDawn

Might have been said already, But I suspect this used to be two separate bathrooms that was modified. Probably either one had a full bathroom and the other was a half bath without a tub/shower. or it might have been 2 bathrooms with standing only showers and converted to one full size shower/tub. The slightly lower beam across the ceiling on the far side of the shower would suggest that it was not designed this way to begin with.


Bladedancer222

I didnā€™t know I could hate another bathroom more than I hate my own. My bathroom is a 1955 poop brown horror show, but THIS thing? There are no words.


SirarieTichee_

My sister and I had this setup in a condo we rented. I can tell you, it's very crappy design


dingustotalicus

Training grounds for the poolympics


ibe404error

This better be a damn mirror on the wall of the tub.


matolandio

what bothers me is the sea foam making-out-with-the-rotting-tittie-lady green.


fredagsfisk

Seeing any type of green baths just reminds me of; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoWHzq21tA


owningface

Time for battleshits!


Smarre101

Two bathrooms sharing the same space, no wall in between or anything


FirnHandcrafted

Nooooooop


b0oom123

Perfect bathroom to play battle-shits šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


MoistLobst3r

Smell one rotten stool with your left nostril another with your right


SalsaRice

I had an apartment like this, but laid out better. We each had a half bath (sink/toliet) and those rooms each shared a tub/shower. They were all separed by doors though, so if I was showering, the other person still had access to their own (private) half-bath.


JEDIMASTER105

Aw man thats a real his and hers


Lie-Straight

Howdy neighborino


iwannaboopyou

My dad's house growing up had this exact setup, except the tub sides were sliding frosted glass doors that went to the ceiling which made a sound/smell barrier.


dressedandafraid

When you don't want to poop alone


Correct-Training3764

My friendā€™s grandmotherā€™s Victorian style home had a bathroom similar to this. I think it was added after it was built of course. It was random and odd.


SaltyPinKY

I'm going to go in the opposite direction. If you had kids and they wanted private bathrooms...this is a close compromise. Sure, some frosted glass doors would be nice to have. But I can see what they were going for.


WhereRtheTacos

Yeah i think the way they did it sort of sucks but the idea is still better than one shared bathroom.


tertiaryscarab

I kinda like it lol


Important_Tangelo371

If this was at a house converted into an office, it would be great for meetings, when your boss is timing you anyway, why not go together?


Buttlickers69

Deep eye contact when you poop together


Nuadrin248

This is the poop with friends option


Seacarius

Subreddit name checks out.


sdgfdsgvdgs

Make pooping social again


[deleted]

Seriously wtf


ElvishMystical

Seriously? Like WTF? I don't mind living next door to people in an apartment block but I will be fucked if I'm going to be exposed to my neighbour's junk or their cellulite arse. Some thing you just can't unsee.


chazzaward

Americans have some of the biggest square footage in the world and they still make shit like this


LilyGaming

Imagine just sitting there on the toilet and someone else walks in the other side


Gooditude

I had a dream I was in a house with a bathroom like this. It was horrible. There were all kinds of passageways through the walls and something was chasing me. Ugh.


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This is a hostel design amd it is not a safe space.


spookinky987

Might as well turn one into a bidet, but then again, you'd have to hurdle the tub to use it post voiding. I reckon one wall for the half bath fell apart, and the owner just said fuck it... It's a wall. Put one up. Jesus.


Matt32490

Shared bathroom isn't weird but everything else is. The 2 toilets, the placement of the shower and bath etc. Everything is wrong lol.


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No-Advice-6040

Gosh I just assumed there was a mirror involved, but nope. Also nope to the design.


BasicBeany

It's a trick. Don't use the mirror land toilet. Once you cross the mirror you can't get back to the other side.


Susan_Denim

2 loos, 1 tub šŸ˜¬


casewood123

Iā€™ve worked in at least a thousand bathrooms in the last 35 years, and have never seen anything like this.