Ok I have been reading all of this, and as a single man living with two women(mother and sister), The toilet seats are usually down, and the lids, too. In my opinion, if a little thing like that would cause a divorce, then the couple should not had gotten married in the first place-- considering the way some people I know, who stay married, to spouses(M and F), who cheat do drugs, lie, and so on).
Yeah, it reminds me of one conversation on "The Waltons" where one of the younger brothers asked John Boy about, "what if I get married and my wife sleeps with a teddy bear?" John Boy replies, "well if you love her so much, it wouldn't bother you" or something to that effect.
As for pets... I have a big cat, who loves to knock things in the floor. He used to drink out of the toilet, too. One time, he reached up to get a drink, and the lid was up, and somehow, it fell, and I saw him running out of the bathroom sacred to death!! Lately though, he has been knocking pans and dishes out of the dish drainer and onto the kitchen floor. He also LOVES to claw the rug, couch my speakers, us, etc.. ESPECIALLY when he wants something.... Pets... what are you going to do?? you love 'em too much to get rid of them, you know.
Me, I have 8 cats. B-) One time, my 16 year old Corky, when we got her in 1989, I left the seat up, she jumped in accidently, since then, she has been wary of the commode. B-)
Corky - 5-12-1989 -
BTW, she looks ready to Zot. B-)
BTW, keeping it TV related, I'm on the other computer in the back room, I'm watching Survivor on my 1966 Sony B&W TV. B-)