Classmate who smells awkward moment

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In summary: But the fact that you find his particular body odor unpleasant probably means he wouldn't be a good life partner for you.
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LOL I feel kinda embarrassed to sit next to him now, and I'm still slightly worried he might smell tbh :P
 
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You don't have to sit down, you can sniff him just walking around. Dogs do it all the time.
 
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Femme_physics said:
LOL I feel kinda embarrassed to sit next to him now, and I'm still slightly worried he might smell tbh :P

It would be nicest if he came up to you, saying he's worried that he smells, and asking you if he does (he might smell like roses :shy:).
 
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LOL! Unlikely. I'm pretty sure I've burned a bridge for life. Oh well.

Oh, and trust me, he's not the only guy who deserves a notice about it in my class. I'll just make sure to stick next to ones who either smell good or don't smell. Made me appreciate my perfumes all the more.
 
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I've worked in an office once for half a year.
When I came there we were taken along to the mess.
On the way, the guy who took us, took us just for fun through a wing of the building that really stank of some perfume. Apparently a woman worked there that used way to much perfume, and not a particularly nice one either.
He explained that she'd been working there for over half a year, and that apparently no one ever told her that she used way too much perfume!

Either way, I was not so brave as to walk up to her and tell her, but during the half year that I worked there, I never went into that wing again! However, we could smell, even passing that wing by, that she still worked there!
 
  • #41
Well, if you'd gotten to know her a bit would you have told her?
 
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Femme_physics said:
Well, if you'd gotten to know her a bit would you have told her?

I'd like to think that I would have.
I guess it would depend on my impression of her, that is, how open she'd be to listen to anyone.
I suspect she wasn't open at all for such things, because I can't imagine that no one was ever willing to tell her.

[edit]Actually, I knew someone at college as well that really stank. But this was a guy that grew a large unkempt beard and who had dirty hair. It never seemed worthwhile to tell him that he stank, since he obviously didn't care how he looked or smelled. Now if I would have been a pretty woman, I might have had more impact ;).[/edit]
 
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Femme_physics said:
LOL I feel kinda embarrassed to sit next to him now, and I'm still slightly worried he might smell tbh :P
:smile:
 

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