they’re willing to send me stories like this!
English: An used toilet paper roll Português: Um rolo acabado de papel higiênico. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There’s your Portugese lesson for the day. I just can’t get over why someone would take a picture of this. And why would wikipedia want it?
I was in the bathroom taking care of business while my two children milled around on the floor of the bathroom and my bedroom. Upon finishing, I came to the awful realization that not only was I left with an empty roll of TP, but there were no extra rolls in the bathroom either!
The only help I had were a nearly three-year-old and a 10-month-old. I said to the elder, “Please go get some toilet paper for me from the other bathroom, but not too much!” I should never have added the addendum because lo and behold, the child who I have to regularly stop from unrolling entire rolls of TP onto my floors came back with exactly ONE square of TP!
I told him thank you and said, “Well, I need more than that. Please go get me some more.” And, what did he come back with?
One. more. square.
Instead of a third run for more, I just made do with those two squares and washed my hands REALLY WELL!
Thank you for sharing, Rebecca, mother of 2!
Readers, what would you have done in this situation?
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
Haha, that sounds about right! I remember those days of no bathroom privacy. There are some good things to having teenagers who want little to do with you, that’s for sure. 🙂
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Of course then, if you were in desperate need of tp, you’d be screwed! Knowing what I know of your boys, you’d never hear the end of it, either!
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Oh, you’ve got that right!
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🙂
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I’d have done the same thing! hahahaha
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I may have too, but my daughter is older, so it’s okay. She’s very good at changing the roll, so this is rarely an issue any more. Thank goodness!
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Ha! Yup- I think I would have done the exact same thing.
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There aren’t a lot of options, are there? 🙂 Thanks for visiting, Nina!
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Sounds like she made the most of it! I would have given my 3-year-old the same warning, because she also will sit on the potty and unwind the tp until there is a pile of it on the floor.
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Oh, yea. Undoubtedly a problem known by moms the world over!
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Ha! I would have asked a third time, and told them to bring me the whole darn thing hehe.
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Yea. Depending on the need and what you can really get away with using to get the job done!
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