Today we decided to go and see a 4:30pm movie at the theatre. We don't go to the theatre often, but with the snow in August and a low-key weekend, we thought it could be a nice date.
I have come a long way in coming to terms with some brief embarrassments when it comes to my gastrointestinal illnesses. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter if I am in public or at home, I have no control over when my body requires a washroom.
Having been pretty ill the last few days from having friends over earlier this week, these GI habits aren't exactly silent.
Anyways, the theatre was virtually empty, but a moment after I went into the washroom, two young teenage girls came in, along with one of their mothers. The two girls took the two stalls on either side of me.
All of a sudden: "EW!!!!! _____ was that you? That's SO GROSS!"
Teenage girls.
I got a good chuckle out of it... But I definitely waited until about five minutes after they left the washroom... I didn't feel like having to avoid the stares and the smirks and the snide remarks whispered to each other. Better them not see what I look like, or see my flushed cheeks from embarrassment.
It's absolutely not a big deal - at ALL.
It's obviously not in my control, and it seemed as if it was more of a reflexive remark on her part... But I realized that, even after almost 15 years of GI issues, you are never too old to be embarrassed by the comments of a teenage girl.
With that said - what is with this trend to build bathrooms with no main door to the washroom itself? I am guessing that it is meant to decrease the amount of germs that can be transferred onto a door/doorknob/doorframe... But this whole open concept idea kinda sucks. And really, we ALL know that running the tap doesn't muffle the sound for anyone other than the person who turned on the tap. I do this a lot... More to make myself feel better really... But I know it doesn't really have the effect that it is intended to have.
After a big sigh, a little chuckle, rolling eyes, and shaking my head, I chalked it up to teenage naïveté.... It's not like those comments are rare, and it's going to happen lots more, but It's much easier, as an adult, to just shake it off.
:)