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i mellow too!

yup-me as well.

My boyfriend mellows, I do not.

I told him he may continue to mellow in our other bathroom, but his mellowing activities may not continue in my lovely bathroom.

Ha.

They call me mellow yellow~

Keep hydrated and the "mellow water" won't smell very much.

I let it mellow when my parents aren't home, they'd probably think I am crazy to let it mellow.

we have reluctantly instituted this practice due to the drought and a general push toward less consumption. it's not as bad as i would have thought.

but no asparagus! ew, i know.

undoubtedly let it mellow. although I've been trying to find a way to cut the odor when me and my partner mix yellows - is there an eco-friendly 2000 flushes equivalent? I don't brown much at home, so I guess we just have to flush more every once and a while. how's that for too much information? oh, we're all adults. you know what they say, don't act like your brown don't stink!

I've never tried it. Flushing is a reflex.

never thought about it, just did it at home. it was "the rule" at summer camp (on a water well in a dry part of the country).

I have cats. They drink out of the toilet (even though they have fresh water constantly.) Despite partner's objections, absolutely not.

I mellow at home, but am embarrassed when I sometimes forget to flush when I'm a guest somewhere else!

I learned the yellow let it mellow after living with my cousin's family on a transition between colleges and moving back to Texas. His wife was a S. Cali girl and had taught her 7 yr old son the "Mellow" rule. I went to use the bathroom that I shared with the 7 yr old, and found the yellow. Asking her later why her son doesn't flush the toilet when he's done....she laughed and recited the "Yellow let it mellow, brown flush it down." Mantra. I still use it to this day in my own apartment. I think it's logical idea.

If you are worried about kitties drinking, just make the "close toilet seat" part of your routine. I close the lid every time now. Also saves things from getting knocked inadvertently into the toilet.

Although....be mindful to flush even yellow prior to people coming over. Oops. My friends gave me hell about that for a little while.

Mellow

A Fellow Mellower!

this country is, on the whole, way too skittish about things bathroom related.

we definitely let it mellow. keep the lid closed, and clean the toilet regularly (baking soda and vinegar works great) and there should be no ill effects or smells.

Mellower.

Although my bathroom has no ventilation whatsoever so I have to remember to flush if I'm leaving the apartment for the day. Otherwise, ew.

gross

Daily nuance--that was the reaction I thought I'd get from everyone! Turns out we're all pretty mellow....

I like the idea of a lot fewer flushes, but I am also aware from my plumber that nothing rots out copper faster than urine.

You might want to check what your plumbing is before you get into a mellow habit. PVC or cast iron, not a problem. Copper, you could end up with a big, stinky mess in a year or two.

I grew up with that saying in Northern CA (1970s)... I let it mellow, especially in the middle of the night... My toilet has one of those hydro-flush valves (no tank) and it is just too loud in the middle of the night. I always flush if company is coming over.

I also agree that Americans are pretty provincial when it comes to bodily functions... I do with they could get over it...

As soon as it stinks horribly. It also helps having only one bathroom.

We have two cats and got into the routine of closing the lid pretty quickly. Now, even when guests are over and they don't close it, the cats don't drink out of the toilet as they're simply not in the habit. Now looking at me balefully from the bathtub so I can turn the water on a smidge for them...that's another thing (something that I do if we're going to be gone for a few days).
We also only have one bathroom-all 4' X 4' of it and we manage to do this no problem.

I like things to stew.

The toilet in our main bathroom is old, so I usually let it mellow. But even with AC, the room gets a lot of sunlight during the afternoon, and sometimes the mellowing can smell nasty.

For those who let it mellow, dropping in a couple of denture cleaning tablets overnight in a non-mellowing bowl helps keep things clean.

I mellow every other time - keeps it from sitting there too long and cuts my flushing in half. It's a compromise!

we mellow at night but this only started because the bathroom is next to our daughter's room. and the toilet is always down here too. babies like to play in the toilet. gross. every time someone comes over and leaves the seat up i think about leaving out a sign :)

oops, meant to say, the toilet LID is always down. i wish there was an "edit" link for my own comments.

Sorry. Not mellow.

I'm sorry, but no. Urine "mellowing" in the toilet makes tha bathroom smell terrible and makes it harder to (and more water-consuming) to clean the bowl. I'll green-up in other ways, thanks.

I let it mellow. But, then again, I drink a lot of water—so it's not actually yellow, per se, but a slightly tinged clear.

Those of you complaining about smell: perhaps you're dehydrated?

its grose my bf does that and i just cannot stand that