To think there's no excuse for being smelly?

[ohflowerofscotland]

eating out with DM and a lady has walked in and the smell of body odour was overpowering, so much so that it really put me off eating and made me feel sick.

what's the excuse for such poor hygiene? I've never understood it

Mental health issues, cultural issues, people just don't care or don't realize they smell? 🤷🏻‍♀️

There is literally NO excuse. YANBU.

It's usually a mental health problem and the person has no idea.

YANBU

Other than Mental Health issues or physical disability, I can't think of any excuse.

steff13 in what culture is stinking of B.O acceptable?

They have mh issues? They have a medical condition? They take meds that cause? They have a metabolic disorder? How many reasons did you want?

Hyperhidrosis maybe?

Medical issues?

I don't understand this - it really makes me feel ill when I encounter it. The people I've seen have partners - why don't they tell them?

I wash thoroughly every day, use deodorant and remind my family to tell me IMMEDIATELY if they ever detect an unpleasant smell from me!

YANBU. Ive struggled with mental health issues in the past and am quite annoyed to see it used as an excuse for poor personal hygiene.

steff13 in what culture is stinking of B.O acceptable

I was wondering the same thing.

Might not be poor hygiene. There are medical causes like fish odour syndrome and hyperhydrosis.

YANBU. Ive struggled with mental health issues in the past and am quite annoyed to see it used as an excuse for poor personal hygiene.

You can be as annoyed as you like but no all MH issues are the same as yours.

YANBU at all

I sat next to a woman on the bus once who stank so strongly of cheesy wotsits that I missed my stop and had to walk a mile back in the pissing rain.

I volunteer for a charity and the homeless people often smell really bad. People with mental illnesses can sometimes smell. Some people live in tents or inadequate housing. Some families all live in one room together in hostels with shared bathrooms down the hall. There are excuses.

Unless there is a genuine, genuine medical excuse then there is no need to not have basic personal hygiene.

I've struggled with MH for years but I would never leave the house knowing I hadn't washed or at least put a bit of deodorant on.

I've had to stop what I'm eating because the smell was so terrible

Homelessness and poverty.
Sofa surfing can make it difficult to wash regularly and living in temporary accommodation there may be a lack of clothes washing facilities. Laundries can be expensive and not always easy to access also.
Poverty can make it difficult to wash - and even more so to dry- clothes regularly.
Yes, it's unpleasant, but you have no idea of people's life circumstances.

by homeless I mean rough sleepers. I'm aware that notall homeless people are actually on the street.

I was at school with a girl who had some sort of terrible BO problem. It wasn't just normal stinky pits, it was absolutely inexplicably awful. It must have been down to a medical problem, maybe hyperhydrosis, though she had terrible greasy hair too.

So yes, there is an excuse.

Obviously it goes without saying that homeless people are likely to smell..

Some people have a medical condition where no matter how often they wash or how much deodorant they use, the smell still comes through...so yes, there is an excuse. Quite short sighted of you really.

I’m pretty sure no one wants to smell and it’s rare for someone to simply not care, unless there’s MH issues involved - they probably have no idea! Who’s to tell them? It’s an awkward subject.

FurrySlipperBoots was this in the 1980s in a village starting with W?

“Unless there is a genuine, genuine medical excuse then there is no need to not have basic personal hygiene.”

So what are you suggesting? That they should wear a fucking sign on their back saying “I know I’m smelly , but stop judging because I have a “genuine, genuine” medical excuse!, please ask for more details”

Good god some of you lot are so ignorant!!There are MANY medical reasons (cancer included)that can cause someone to smell!!

I know a woman who smells very badly of BO - like, proper onion BO whenever she is in the vicinity, it permeates everything, sort of BO.

She is a perfectly normal woman in every respect, has a job, 3 kids, has a beautiful house which is immaculately decorated, good looking and successful husband, she just smells really bad. And it's all the time, including when we have been on proper dressed up evenings out, where she is wearing a lovely dress, has makeup on etc.

I have come to the conclusion that she must have a medical problem and I feel quite sorry for her really.

Also, people might have had some sort of brain injury, so they aren't as clued up about cleanliness or forgetful / confused. There are lots of health reasons which you might not be aware of just by looking at a person.