A woman that lives down our street asked if I wanted a lift. I accepted as it was raining really badly and I knew her from school. The car absolutely reeked awful like a mix between mouldy food and sweat. It was a complete tip, crap everywhere.
The next day she asked me again, I declined but she persisted and seemed offended so I begrudgingly accepted. I had to get in the back as her blind husband was in the front (blindness is significant later on). Anyway they had their toddler in a car seat in the back and she was filthy. She was covered in dried food, she was holding a bottle with had dog hairs and general dirt all over the teat and her fingers were actually STUCK TOGETHER with mushed up rusk which had dried.
I had to ask to be let out of the car early because I started to feel sick and the baby kept touching me and the crap all over her hands was being wiped all over my new coat and I'm quite 'sensitive' to dirt and stuff at the best of times. I thought I was going to be sick.
But since then I've seen the blind husband wandering around and his clothes are always filthy. Covered in dried food, dog hairs, paint and god knows what else. The other day their little girl whispered to me "dad has got dog shit on him but he doesn't know!" and giggled.
As he's blind, I'm assuming he relies on the woman to point stuff like this out to him but as she keeps the baby in the same state, is it possible they're just a family that don't mind dirt?
I feel for all of them but I know I am a bit of a 'clean freak' so perhaps I've over-reacting or BU?