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To LTB for refusing to recognise my hyperosmia for the superpower that it is and saying it's annoying?

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Gammeldragz · 13/10/2018 12:59

Me after work last night - "it smells of cat pee in here!"
DH "no it doesn't"
Me "yes it does, it's disgusting, one of the cats has peed in here!"
DH "I can't smell anything."
Me "but I can and I have super smelling powers, so there is definitely pee in here!".
DH "no there isn't, you're just being annoying!"

It's not like I WANT to smell cat pee! DH seems to think of he can't smell something, it doesn't exist.

Anyway, today I sniffed around and traced it to the doormat by the French doors, took it up and lo and behold, cat pee! Just presented this to DH for validation of my superior olfactory senses and an apology... Nope, apparently still annoying and not a superpower.

AIBU to LTB for refuses to acknowledge my amazing smelling powers and thank me for my diligence?

I may be pushed to concede that my apparent obsession with smell could get a little irritating, but this is cat pee! Which I have now removed. I should be lauded, right?

OP posts:
Hollydawson82 · 18/10/2018 22:03

Like many of you who have commented, I have a very very sensitive sense of smell. My friends and family have nicknamed me ‘bloodhound’ because I can smell that well.
This is an example of my nose –
So me, my husband, my parents, my children and my parents dogs were sat in the living room. When suddenly I get a whiff of a BBQ smell, so I say ‘mmmm I smell a BBQ, it smells lovely, can anyone else smell that?’ Everyone said no they couldn’t! Then 30 seconds later, the dogs noses started sniffing the air and wagging their tails, my mum shouted ‘YOU SMELT THAT BEFORE THE DOGS 😂😂’
I just looked at my nose and laughed, everyone was laughing, they couldn’t believe it 😂.
That is just one of the experiences I have had, I have things happen like that everyday, hence why I get nicknamed a bloodhound!
Feel free to post your most impressive experiences! I would love to hear any you have!

ToadOfSadness · 18/10/2018 23:16

I have a bloodhound nose and bat ears and also smell things on TV, mostly people that haven't washed. Can be sitting there watching something and I just say, ooh she smells bad.

Sometimes am not sure if the person standing next to me really smells bad or whether it is my sense of smell and they only smell a little bit. Perfume gets me from afar and I have to move out of the way of it. Smoke is another kind of hell, and burning bodies on a barbeque, I have to hide and shut all windows, car vents etc.

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