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MIL bathing habits

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Bitesize89 · 25/08/2025 06:56

My in laws come to stay with us pretty frequently and I've noticed over time that mil never bathes when she comes. She can be here 3-4 days without a shower or bath. It recently was revealed that she only ever uses baths and no soap in her bath. This came up after she bagged my DD and didn't use any soap on her and she said well there was bubble bath in the water, I was shocked as I don't think that's a proper way to bathe and she said when she bathes she doesn't use soap and only bubble bath. So not only does she not bathe for days on and but when she bathes she just has a bubble bath and no soap.im really grossed out.

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Impossiblyme · 25/08/2025 07:02

Some people are squalid.

It’s just how they are. They are blind to the fact that they smell. I can give you far worse examples than your MIL!

JustGoClickLikeALightSwitch · 25/08/2025 07:02

Does she smell? I wouldn’t bath/shower in someone else’s house unless I really had to, I’d just feel uncomfortable doing so.

BlueJuniper94 · 25/08/2025 07:01

I'm guessing she doesn't smell or your post would have said... so I'm not sure I see the issue