"I never feel like this bathtub is truly clean. That's the bad thing about old apartments like this."
"That's funny," he said, "I never feel like it's truly dirty.
A simple fact I never fully realized until recently is that no one will be able to appreciate our clean bathtub except for me. You see, while I have perfect vision, Nathan can't see much of anything without his glasses. I might worry about a single hair or spot of soap on the floor of the tub, but Nathan wouldn't even know there was a floor if he weren't standing on it. While it's possible that we will have a guest who can see in the shower, all of the guests that have used our shower so far wear glasses.There are plenty of things I do solely for Nathan's benefit, like attempting to neatly fold his underwear just how he likes it, but the cleanliness of the bathtub doesn't really matter that much to him. I clean it because it matters to me. I like to shower in a clean bathtub, and I want our guests to be able to shower in a clean bathtub, whether or not they can actually tell the difference.
Yay, Amanda, for clean bathtubs! I'm like Nathan--I never feel mine is truly dirty. But, like Nathan, I cannot see hairs and spots of soap on the bathtub floor once I take my glasses off. But I guess it's good to know they're not there anyway! Thanks for taking care of us guests, even when we're incapable of appreciating it. :)
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Is that someone who sings in the shower? Or a kind of bathroom tissue?
So true that we vision-impaired folks can't see the tub! We both wear contacts/glasses and I always think it looks good. Then later, I might stick my head in to grab something and I'll go yuck!
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