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I “stink”.
It’s not a bad stink. It’s a deodorant stink. I’m fine with it. Coworkers seem to be fine with it. Random fellas I engage in friendly rabble-rousing and headlock tomfoolery don’t seem to mind. They actually remark how I smell reminiscent of a fresh spring day in Duluth. I blush.
So who thinks my deodorant stinks? My pregnant wife and her super heightened olfactory senses. What a terrible super power. Also offending her senses are certain foods, the smell of our basement and the ladies of The View. The only one I can do anything about is the underarm offender. I’m not really a creature of habit and don’t stay loyal to brands so changing to whatever fragrance doesn’t make her want to vomit is fine. I’ve also got other ideas.
She relayed this problem to a friend who told her about her friend that actually got sick of the smell of her husband. Not his cologne. Not his clothing and their detergents. Not his Right Guard. His smell.
I’ve been told by previously pregnant women that once they got sick of something during pregnancy it scared them for life. A coworker who loved pickles before being preggars got sick at the sight of them during her nine month stint with child. Still can’t look at them some fifteen years later. No, she’s never been on Maury.
What if the wife can’t stand the smell of me anymore? Not just my underpits but my entire scent. How does a man change his smell? Does it involve skin grafts and mud baths? Exorcisms and oils? Will I have to shower more than once a week?
I guess I’ve got to do, what I’ve got to do. I’ll worry about it should it happen. Right now I’ve got bigger issues.
I’m sure the ER has seen it all but this new gel stick is leaving quite a rash on my freshly shaved underarms.
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Sometimes just thinking of a smell made me nauseous. But poor woman who can’t look at the smell-offending food. I’d have to find all new food groups to eat then bc I couldn’t stand to look/smell/touch meat and salads: two of my favorite foods.
Maybe see what smells she likes and just smother your body in that? You may be the first expectant father who ’spritzes’ body spray in the morning and is fruity fresh all day.
Don’t worry about it - I’m exactly the same way when I’m pregnant. My husband’s Right Guard will literally send me running to the toilet. Same thing when he switched brands. And the smell of just his sweat was almost as bad. I move his pillow to the farthest edge of the bed every night because I can’t stand the smell of it. BUT. It all goes away after the baby is born! I promise:)
Both times I was pregnant, I was nauseated by the smell of men who had pregnant wives. Go figure.
best line of the article = will I have to shower more than once a week?
um, change what you are eating. I love garlic, but it dont love me. I avoid it , health benefits not withstanding. The,smell comes our of my pores. But I know what you are talking about, and it is a serious problem. Several years ago, I worked at a company where you traded pick up trucks. Nobody wanted ” joes” truck, cause frankly , it stunk. bad fashion, hanging your head out of the window bad. Yet ” joe” did not smell. Just his sweat, I guess. Still a mystery to me. But I floss, brush and wash every day. Jeze, they might be saying that about me. But I swear to gpd, that truck smelled like a goat had wintered in it. And you can’t cover it up with CK or Brut or nothing else. Evevyone is diffirent, yet the same. First thing is change what you eat, though. if that dont work, be a nice person. Every body avoided comments,cause he was a good guy. Now you got me sniffing MY pits. Tom
Im sorry, most persons but most persons cant smell at all, except those that go to extreams, ( ie those that dont wash, ot those that wear a suffocating amount of scent). And no, I am not like a dog, deer, carribou, or elk or wolf. but I know when to stay away, thank you very much. That kind of problems I dont need. got enough already. jezzze, keep digging myself in deeper, dont I. I will shut up. just call mr. penguin. tom
I cant resist, Chris. When I was a kid, my parernts would take us to the beach, about 150 miles away. As we neared the coast one time, my Dad said “mumm smell the ocean”. My Mom, who was from Bristol England, (a sea port in southern England , they met in WW2) rolled her eyes and said ” thats not the sea. The sea don’t smell. That’s the smell of land and water meeting.” That vacation went downhill from there.
Wow, I didn’t have that problem when I was pregnant, though I started craving really odd things. For instance Chef Boyardee’s Dinosaurs and it had to be that kind…when my husband bought ABC123’s they had to go back to the store! But the good thing is that this is just a small thing you can change for the woman you love. Hopefully it’ll end after she gives birth
Awe Chris- that stinks! lol! I’m sure it’s just the scent of the deodorant- not the type. I know when my ex used to where certain colognes anything that smelled spicy it made me want to yack too! I’m just not into spicy things- I’m sure you can find something that she’ll like. Take her to the store and make her smell them all until she finds a good one! lol
I’ve since switched to “unscented–for her pleasure”
Just a heads up: my olfactory heightened issues have yet to go away. My baby is six years old. Just keepin’ it real.