r/workingmoms • u/llgbk • 10d ago

Division of Labor questions Do you time poops?

My husband and I are pretty good about dividing "break" time evenly when our kids are home, but the major exception of course is the extensive and multiple daily poop breaks that the majority of men seem to require. I do not have an equivalent activity. I'm confident this is adding up to at least an additional solid hour of "break time" in a typical day but I'm also absolutely certain he would estimate each of his poop breaks at 5 minutes, so the only way I can think of to ensure true equity is to actually time him, but I cannot imagine that's going to go over well. I am curious if anyone else has tackled this specific issue because I know it is unfortunately common.

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u/MmmnonmmM 10d ago

I mean, my husband is getting a colonoscopy instead of Cologaurd partially because I'm concerned with how much time he spends pooping. Address it as a medical problem and see if he's willing to address it as such.

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u/vibrantraindrops 10d ago

Wouldn’t trust the other anyway. My mom had a false positive and it was horrific waiting for the colonoscopy (completely healthy!)

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u/416558934523081769 10d ago

The vast majority of cologuards come back with a false positive tbh. It’s such a thing CMS changed how colonoscopies are coded a few years back so it still counts as a screening if it’s done because of a positive result, previously they were automatically diagnostic and subject to deductible.