Cheerful Frugality Flushes
Every tightwad has a secret stash of toilet paper, bought on sale and squirreled away for a rainy day.
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I replaced my husband's beloved Charmin with a paper thin generic, but that only doubled the paper clogs. And the misery.
It's been a grim season, folks. In the grand scheme of things, the toilet paper fiasco has tested my cheerful frugality more than I ever expected!
How do I strike a balance between teaching him good habits and micromanaging this most private of functions?
- Will he tell Oprah one day about his tightwad mom who dispensed Charmin by the square?
- Will we go extreme with cloth wipes?
- Or just smile and keep clipping those coupons?
I'm always saying that cheerful frugality is a choice. Perhaps I'll just be grateful that he's wiping at all!
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21 Responses to “Cheerful Frugality Flushes”
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 am
In the end (haha) you may just have to chose to be cheerful about it, huh? It is one of those things that you really can’t mocromanage. You might want to casually mention the environmental aspect of it to him though, if you haven’t already. Andrew is such a bright boy that doing a little study on de-forestation or septic systems may be motivation enough for him. If he still insists on using tons of paper – yep, be glad he wipes at all:)
March 31st, 2008 at 10:04 am
What if you already tore off the appropriate amount and had it there for him? I did this originally for our daughter when she was using the potty chair–which wasn’t anywhere near the TP roll. (My rule, by the way, is 2 squares of thick TP and 3 of thinner.) So I made up a bunch of pieces folded and put them in an old wipes container. The problem is that she can’t open the container, so she still needs our help. LOL So for now we still have to go in an hand the TP to her (she can’t reach the roll from the toilet seat–she’s only 3.4). I suspect that when she’s older if she takes too much I’ll go back to the folded pieces in a box. I can’t stand the waste, either!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:10 am
I say you cheerfully teach him how to use a plunger and how to clean up the bathroom if there is overflow. Really, isn’t that what keeps us from using too much some of the time…the consequences? You could also have him buy the toilet paper, but I think he is really too young for that one.
And, yes, you should be WAY grateful that he is into the cleanliness factor! It will save on laundry soap! : )
March 31st, 2008 at 10:35 am
aaah. The joys of parenting.
Keep clipping coupons, keep reminding, be thankful he’s wiping and smile because this too shall pass waaaaaaaaaay too soon!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:59 am
You might suggest that he wet some tissue a bit if it’s a cleaning issue. Or you could just invest in a bidet, *lol*.
Don’t give up on finding a good cheap toilet paper. If you have a Sam’s Club membership, check out POM (in the restuarant supplies aisle). It’s not even labeled for residential use, but it’s good stuff, dirt cheap, and 2-ply. My husband and I have long been Charmin-snobs, but we switched recently and love it so much that we put the rest of the Charmin in the guest bathroom. Their paper towels are good, too.
It’s a shame we aren’t neighbors. Right now we’ve got more toilet paper than we know what to do with since we bought the paper in bulk. We have several rolls in each bathroom cabinet, plus we’ve filled the bottom of our linen closet.
March 31st, 2008 at 11:05 am
If you’re already used to paying “charmin prices”, you might want to try Cottonelle for Kids. It has a print on it that helps kids understand the correct amount to take from the roll. We are having good luck by using that with my two year-old.
I know, it’s not a cheap solution, but I frequently get CRTs from Target for Cottonelle.
Good luck!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:05 am
I would by the Marcal TP. It’s environmentally friendly, at least! And a lot less expensive than seventh generation. You’ll have to re-mortgage your house if you use that one!
Here’s a link to Better World Shopper. They rank stuff based on it’s friendliness to the environment, and have a section on tp:
http://www.betterworldshopper.org/r-toilet_paper.html
Lisa
March 31st, 2008 at 11:35 am
Have you tried flushable wipes? Although more expensive than tp it helps children feel clean in the second area which I find is the biggest culprit in tp overuse.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Haha! This sounds like my babysitter, who I love, but she uses half a pack of wipes in the 6 hours I am gone…what the heck!
And she will “help out” by running a load of baby laundry that consists of three bibs and 2 burp cloths. What a waste. It drives me insane, but she loves my babies and that is what counts!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I trained all of my children (8) using Charmin. The instructions are,”You may have toilet paper as long as your arm”. You don’t let your children decide the amount of other things they use that you pay for, do you?
March 31st, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Keep clipping those coupons. We have the same kinds of issues at our house and with things like this I just have to let go sometimes. It’s the micromanaging that wears me out and wears me down, both in the pursuit of the frugal life and in parenting.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
My child (who is now 20) never did learn to use an acceptable amount of TP. She has her own apartment now and has to do her own plumbing and she still uses enough for 4 people. I love her anyway.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:02 am
Family cloth isn’t as extreme as people think. Just sayin’. And it’s as close to free as it gets!
(and it gives a super thorough wipe)
Family cloth is GREAT!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:23 am
I find it’s not the child using an unusual amount of toilet paper, but the dog, who likes to grab hold of the end that hangs down and run around the house spewing TP all over the place. We’ve learned to shut our bathroom doors….
April 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am
i try to cut costs where i can, but i will not remove flushable wipes from the budget! my girls know they can only use one at a time, so while they may be a little expensive i consider them worth it. and they are better at cleaning than TP.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:31 am
My kindergartener leaves the roll of TP on the floor. (Ok, I should put the roll on the dispenser, but they go through it so quickly, it’s hard to keep up! {and even when I do put it on the dispenser, she leaves a long puddle of paper hanging down onto the floor}) Then she gets the floor wet when she takes a bath and wets the roll. I told her the next time I saw the TP on the floor, I was going to put up all the TP and make her go get a basket of pine cones to wipe with. Lacking pine cones in our yard, I told her to gather some pine straw from the flower beds. I did not acutally make her use it, but I thought that the absurity of wiping with pine cones would help her to think about it whenever she used the TP and hopefully to make sure the roll was not on the floor.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:40 am
If I’ve learned anything from being married to a hard-headed man, it’s that nagging never works. You have to make something beneficial to him before he will do it. When I began training him financially, I offered monthly rewards for no ATM fees. Make it a contest and offer rewards. Estimate the time that you would like for a roll of tissue to last and offer a prize if it lasts that long. The prize doesn’t have to cost anything; it could be something that you do for him, or the entire family. You can be sure that the TP culprit will not only be mindful of how much he himself uses, but will be vigilant of how much other people use as well.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I don’t know how much of a pain it would be to remove the toilet paper out of the bathroom and just have him yell for some when he needs it. I have a serious fear of an overflowing dirty toilet though.
I guess you should be glad you’re not still doing the wiping. I still get called to do a check wipe everyday (which I don’t mind too much since I know then that she’s clean).
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
LOL! I’m sorry for your misery, but that is rather funny. Perhaps I should be grateful that my daughter is going the frugal route of avoiding the toilet paper altogether? Seriously, I’d rather pay a little bit extra… but maybe not half a roll’s worth. Can you find a compromise at one good, long pull- enough to make a pleasant wad but not drive his mom to insanity?
April 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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April 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
i hoard tp….usually Scotts brand. given a choice between buying that expensive bread or tp i will buy the tp even if i have to store it under the bed for awhile.
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