Family celebrate dad after long toilet break
Updated | By The Workzone with Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp
What is it about dads and long toilet breaks...
Toilet breaks are essential in our day-to-day routines, but we know males are stereotypically known for their long toilet breaks.
A family decided to take a fresh approach to letting dad know that he takes a bit too long during his toilet break.
Mom coordinated a whole celebration for dad as he came out of the bathroom. The Real talk show hosts touched on the subject above...
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Watch the video below, courtesy of TikTok.
@erisa_laska A reminder you have a whole family out here 🥹 #family #familytime #husband #surprise #missedyou #wholesome #familyfirst #dadlife ♬ The Good Part - AJR
According to the New York Post, Gastrointestinal psychologist Madison Simons of the Cleveland Clinic says that there is a biological reason behind males long bathroom breaks.
"Men, it turns out, have a tendency to feel more relaxed while on the john than a woman would, Simons explained. That’s because they have a “binary switch” to abruptly hop between fight-or-flight instincts known as both the sympathetic state (tense) and at ease parasympathetic one (relaxed). For digestion to occur properly, a body must be in the second state." (NY Post)
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