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Am I being AIBU to think 25 is too old to be wearing Lynx

41 replies

BoysWillGrow · 09/03/2012 16:59

It's targeted towards teenagers, I've yet to come across one that doesn't smell of hairspray, today my ds (4) sprayed nearly a whole can in the hallway (it stunk for hours)

I just think he's too old now, he's been wearing it since we were teenagers and it's really starting to grate on me. I think the fact he can never throw away an empty can either really bothers me too. So AIBU to just ask to change it for something else?

OP posts:
mopbucket · 09/03/2012 18:51

Yes but clothes men are not adults just grown up boys GrinGrinGrin

My Dh wears it as do my ds's so my house stinks of the stuff but rather that than BO Wink

Shutupanddrive · 09/03/2012 18:57

Yabu, DP wears it and he's 35. I quite like the smell of most of them. A whole can is going over the top though! Shock

MamaMaiasaura · 09/03/2012 18:59

YABU. Dh 41 uses it, I like it. Grin

MonsterBookOfTysons · 09/03/2012 19:00

YABU I love Lynx Africa on my Dh! :)

GrittersWifeAndProud · 09/03/2012 19:06

Oooooh I love lynx, it's the only brand DP can wear as everything else makes him itchy. I love lynx fever, yum yum!

KLou111 · 09/03/2012 19:12

YABU, my Dh is 37, and wears it occasionally (we got a free sample when we moved in a redirection box from royal mail!)

ipanicked · 09/03/2012 19:12

My 36yr old friend wears Lynx. I take the piss out of him a lot Grin. It does remind me of being 16! Having said that it does smell nice so I can see why he does.

DialMforMummy · 09/03/2012 19:53

DH wears it as a deodorant. He is 35, he does not remind me of my teenager pupils, thank the lord!
YANBU.

lolajane2009 · 09/03/2012 21:27

yabu, my hubby wears it at 41 and i love it.

RachelWalsh · 09/03/2012 21:48

Lynx is for teenage boys. It smells bogging.

Impulse is for teenage girls. It smells bogging.

HTH

Robinredboobs · 09/03/2012 22:09

Wow! I'm really surprised so many like it.

OP - YANBU it is a really overpowering-teen-going-on-first-date hideous smell. I would discreatly bin it and buy him something classy instead.

troisgarcons · 09/03/2012 22:27

Love it! and I gaze at the geriatric in the corner - I might go and inhale his armpit. Or not.

Birdsgottafly · 09/03/2012 22:57

How can you refer to Lynx as 'it', there are over ten different types Confused

GreatGretzky · 09/03/2012 23:01

YABU, my 35 year old DH uses it and I like it!

Piggles · 10/03/2012 05:10

Does he still use it like a teenager? Half a can in each armpit to save him showering more than once a month week? If so, YADNBU.

But if he is using it like a normal person then you probably need to just accept it as a valid deodorant choice. Is he particularly attached to his Lynx? Or just stuck in a rut, buying what he has always bought? Is it worth you getting a can of something you think smells delicious, and asking him if he will at least try it?

RealLifeIsForWimps · 10/03/2012 05:18

God- takes me back to my yoof, when every boy in suburbia doused himself in a can of Lynx Oriental before stepping out of the door to hook up with girlfriend doused in a bottle of White Musk or Dewberry from the Bodyshop.

So yes, IMO, you stop using Lynx when you leave school, but that's probably just me.

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