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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9610022" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Ah, you haven't experienced the joy of not having to pick up your stuff. Separate bathrooms are nice, but even having two sinks with ample counter space can make a huge difference. One thing I miss from living in Taiwan is because most people live in apartments and just don't have a lot of space, it is common to have shower and toilette in a room behind a door and just outside of it is the sink, vanity, medicine cabinet. Larger apartments in Taiwan and Japan will often have the toilet separated from the shower area. From an American standpoint it is a single &quot;bathroom&quot; in terms of functionality (shower, toilette, sink), but broken up into 2 to three areas. This setup makes a huge difference if you only have one bathroom and both have to get ready at the same time.That said, having multiple toilettes and showers, in addition to sinks has been a very nice QOL improvement since I've moved back to the US and was able to afford it. Perhaps we are unusual, but having a guest room has been more of a game changer than multiple bathrooms. We are not shy and never really waited in turns to use the bathroom. But for much of my career, I've often had to get on calls or web meetings with clients and co‑workers in other parts of the world. So I would be getting up from or going to bed at strange times. My wife is a light sleeper. I'm a heavy sleeper, so getting up may involve two different alarms at different parts of the room, plus an annoyed spouse shaking me. But even getting into bed, no matter how quiet I tried to be would wake her up. Having another room to sleep in when I know I'm going to have to get up very early or go to bed very late helped a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9610022, member: 6796661"] Ah, you haven't experienced the joy of not having to pick up your stuff. Separate bathrooms are nice, but even having two sinks with ample counter space can make a huge difference. One thing I miss from living in Taiwan is because most people live in apartments and just don't have a lot of space, it is common to have shower and toilette in a room behind a door and just outside of it is the sink, vanity, medicine cabinet. Larger apartments in Taiwan and Japan will often have the toilet separated from the shower area. From an American standpoint it is a single "bathroom" in terms of functionality (shower, toilette, sink), but broken up into 2 to three areas. This setup makes a huge difference if you only have one bathroom and both have to get ready at the same time. That said, having multiple toilettes and showers, in addition to sinks has been a very nice QOL improvement since I've moved back to the US and was able to afford it. Perhaps we are unusual, but having a guest room has been more of a game changer than multiple bathrooms. We are not shy and never really waited in turns to use the bathroom. But for much of my career, I've often had to get on calls or web meetings with clients and co‑workers in other parts of the world. So I would be getting up from or going to bed at strange times. My wife is a light sleeper. I'm a heavy sleeper, so getting up may involve two different alarms at different parts of the room, plus an annoyed spouse shaking me. But even getting into bed, no matter how quiet I tried to be would wake her up. Having another room to sleep in when I know I'm going to have to get up very early or go to bed very late helped a lot. [/QUOTE]

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