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LaurelBee

Is it ever OK to open someone's medicine cabinet? What if it's the 1st floor bathroom?

monkeybutt61612

I'm nosy, and will usually open people's medicine cabinets.   I would never say that it is okay though, I just can't help myself

thetheisens

It's snoopy unless you ask for something and they say it's in there.

Nechie122

Eh, I might open it if I were looking for more toilet paper or a tampon or something, rather than shouting out into the hallway. I don't do it as a matter of course though. That's just a really weird compulsion.

ETA: I do think there's a difference between a guest bathroom and a master bathroom. When I have guests and I direct them to a particular bathroom, it's fair game. I stock it for them. In someone's apartment where they might have just one bathroom, that's another story.

BluepointToasted

Yes, only if I am looking for a fresh roll of tp.

LaurelBee

I left Dd's eye patches on the counter and Dh's dad put them away in there while he was here for dinner. There is obviously nothing to hide in there, but I'm annoyed he had the audacity to open the cabinet with no reason other than to put something away. Dh is on team nbd.

LaurelBee

I guess I'm more annoyed Bc we have major boundary issues with him already... Keep your paws outta my goods

Monkeybabe

No. I'm assuming that people's medicine cabinets are like the ones I've had and there's no fitting toilet paper in those things. I might search under the sink for toilet paper, but you don't look in the medicine cabinet.

LaurelBee

It's a wall cabinet, no TP would fit.

huntjul

Not unless someone told you to retrieve something from it.

angelashly

Never open it. It's rude.

Nechie122

GhostMonkey said:

Medicine cabinet =/= cabinet under the sink

That's fair but I answered broadly because not all bathrooms have medicine cabinets the way you're thinking of, behind the mirror. Only our master has that. And you can keep personal stuff under the sink (pregnancy tests? Bulk prenatals?) None of that would fit in my narrow medicine cabinet. Plus, what if it's a pedestal sink and linen closet set-up?

As for the OP, while it may be odd to put away something if you don't know where it belongs, I wouldn't think of it as "crossing boundaries" in a first-floor bathroom without some serious back-story.

Nechie122

GhostMonkey said:

Nechie122 said:

GhostMonkey said:

Medicine cabinet =/= cabinet under the sink

That's fair but I answered broadly because not all bathrooms have medicine cabinets the way you're thinking of, behind the mirror. Only our master has that. And you can keep personal stuff under the sink (pregnancy tests? Bulk prenatals?) None of that would fit in my narrow medicine cabinet. Plus, what if it's a pedestal sink and linen closet set-up?

As for the OP, while it may be odd to put away something if you don't know where it belongs, I wouldn't think of it as "crossing boundaries" in a first-floor bathroom without some serious back-story.

We don't have a master bathroom, so you would be rummaging through our main bathroom. 

If there isn't an undersink cabinet, then a good host would leave out an extra role to prevent you from having to search. Opening the cabinet to see if there is a roll is all the is acceptable. That doesn't require rummaging through stuff. 

Opening over the sink cabinets is never acceptable. If you need a pain killer, you ask. And you don't put other peoples stuff away. Maybe it was left out for a reason. 

I don't disagree. I was just explaining why I was using the terms interchangeably. And the OP specifically specified "first floor bathroom," which implied she has another one upstairs. I also agree there's a certain etiquette when you're a guest, but when you're a host, I think you have to assume your guests may take liberties in a guest bathroom and not get worked up when it happens.

HOWEVER (now I'm back-tracking) my mom read my cards on our mantel while she was babysitting and for some reason that struck me as incredibly nosy, especially when she later asked me to explain something a friend said in a thank you note. So, OP, I do get it. Sometimes people are just tactless.

gollywollypog

It depends.  I will always look for floss if I need it.