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A Betoota Heights man says he’s being gaslit by his domestic partner about him allegedly leaving the toilet seat up – despite not having a memory of doing so.
Marc Poink, who during the day does something with a computer in an office downtown, sat down with our reporter on the D46 bus back to the Heights this afternoon to chat about what’s going on at home.
“Like this morning,” he said.
“My partner, Brickie, comes into the kitchen nook where I’m trying to read The Advocate and eat my Frosted Hoops in peace and yells at me for leaving the toilet seat up,” he said.
“But the thing is, I distinctly remember treating myself to a sit-down wee earlier that morning. I sometimes do it when I wake up in the middle of the night with a bladder full of pineapple juice,”
“Anyway, I get up from my bowl of Hoops and go into the shitters where Brickie is pointing at the toilet. Sure enough, the entire seat was missing!”
“She said, ‘Where do you expect me to go? Where is fucking toilet seat, you fucking idiot?! Is this a joke?’ and then I was all like, ‘Baby, just go in the sink with the tap on like I do when you’re in the bathroom,’ and she really flipped out then.”
Our reporter and Marc sat in silence while he looked out the window.
“Sometimes I think I’m losing my mind,” he said.
“When are you getting off? Do you want to have a few at the Speared Coloniser with me? I don’t want to go home.”
Our reporter agreed then texted their neighbour, asking if they could feed the cat for them.
More to come.
