sons smelly clothes

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Not sure if this is the right thread to post on but here goes anyway. DS adult lives at home a NEAT has not washed day clothes (leisure top & pants) for poss 9 months. Can't force, suggest or nag. Does have other clothes, but omg the smell! Any ideas? Washes smalls & bedding regularly (except pjs, same thing here also)!

Hmm. If ds who's an adult lives in your home and is very smelly, can you not tell him how smelly he is and insist he washes his clothes if he wants to stay living in your house?! I haven't got adult ds's but I've got pre-teen ds's who are already smelly and they know they have to put their clothes in the wash and ds1 (12) now puts washes on regularly as he knows he has to if he wants his clothes ready for use!

I know you said you can't force him, but if he washes other stuff, can't you insist that he washes his clothes at the same time if he's so smelly?

Thanks but he flaty refuses and it would only end in a row with the problem still unresolved. I think it's just the clothes that smell don't want to chuck him out seems too trivial.

does he do other stuff - cook for you, clean, shop for food etc? sorry I don't know your circumstances - does he work? I just wouldn't want a smelly grown man in my house... I probably can't be any more helpful though -so hoping others come along who have been in the same position and have got through it!

Id just chucke them in the wash

Place them in bin.
Add paraffin.
Add lit match.
Job done.

Sod that, I would burn them.

Snap, ooerrmissus - great minds!

I'd get rid of them. What does he say when you tell him that his clothes smell really bad? What about friends and colleagues?

Surely, when he's asleep (pjs?) sneak into bedroom, steal smelly clothes & wash. When he's awake, in newly laundered clothes, sneak into bedroom, steal pjs and wash. Repeat as often as necessary. If he complains, give him a piece of your mind to the tune of 'a real adult would wash their clothes so if you insist on acting like a 6yr old, I'll have to treat you like a 6yr old...

It wouldn't be a problem for me as I'd chuck them out.

Why would you sneak into people's rooms and wash their clothes? Are they not adults and fully able?

Grab a bin bag, scoop up all the smelly clothes and dump the bag in the garden. He knows where the washing machine is. Tell him his clothes are not allowed back in the house unless he, himself, is putting them in the washing machine. By the sound of it, they may need to go through two or three cycles (ick).

I'm surprised they haven't gotten up and walked themselves to the washing machine! I'd do as Evans said and put them outside.

Has he got mental or emotional health issues?

I'd throw out the clothes, but obvs a softer approach might be needed if there are other issues.