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Tale of stinky laundry.....ooff....and I mean STINKY

halo1998's picture

Ah..SD....she seems to following in her mother's footsteps....

SD's room at our house looked like a nuclear bomb had been detonated in it.  Generally, I just close the door at this point..and try not to be wigged out about the state of the room.   Now, I have told everyone leave your crap all over the common areas and I will throw it away if not picked up after I asked you too.  BTDT...and several chitlins have lost their stuff over the years. The smart ones learn to pick up their crap, DH included.  I do not like clutter or mess....

Now...I noticed that last few weeks SD would wear the same outfit at our house when she got off of work or while she was not working.  It was a halter top and jammie pants..she also slept in this outfit.  Nope...this outfit was not being washed..just taken off and put back on. After 4 days of this...I asked if she was going to wear something else since has been living in that outfit.  Nope...SD's response was that this was her lounging outfit and it was fine.  Mmmmhmmmm...ok.  I left that alone.

I mentioned to DH that SD's room was starting to smell and that I had taken to walking on the dirty/clean clothes that were all over the floor when I went to give the hamster fruits and veggies. (Yea..I know I said I wouldn't take care of the hamster but I feel sorry for the poor thing and I can't stand to see an innocent animal suffer).  DH then poked his head in and about had stroke.  He saw the old taco bell wrappers, the old micky D's wrappers, the moldy cups and plates and all of the laundry on the floor.   

Now, I will say about DH..he can live with clutter...utter filth is a no go for him.  I also mentioned the wearing of the same thing for days on end.  DH is very very fastidious about his appearence....so this also cause a small coronary for him as well.  

DH told SD...she needed to clean that room and do laundry and he took her car keys and told her ...do it or your going nowhere.  I own your car and thus....either clean up the pigsty or lose your car.

SD got to a cleaning and took her laundry to the basement to wash.  Only, I was there first.  SD tried to take my laundry out of the washer to wash hers....that was NO....she was told to wait.  In the meantime, SD had to go to work.  So..I left her laundry in the basement, unwashed. (Not my job to do her laundry and I'm somewhat annoyed over the whole graduation ditching).  DH went to down to do our laundry (he does our laundry)...and noticed SD's laundry.  He went ahead and did her laundry.  I went down awhile later to grab something and noticed the laundry sitting there.  I figured I would help DH and pop it into the washer.....

OOOFFFF, open the washer and the smell hit me...I gagged and almost barfed into the washer. HOLY BO .....good lord it was awful.  It takes a lot to make me barf..I mean I'm the one to call to clean up barf/poop, etc.   Need a cleaning after a dead body..I'm your girl.  But this..oooofff....combination of bo, soap and really bad cheap perfume.  I got DH to come down and said don't you smell that...DH..nope...smh...Covid apparently took his sense of smell.  (explains why he didn't notice the smell from SD's room).  

WE had to wash that shiznit...another time on deep cleaning with 2 gain pods to get rid of the smell.

I asked DH ...where in the heck does she get this from.  Not from me...I'm boarder line anal retentive about keeping things clean...and DH isn't far behind me.

DH...informs me..nope she gets that from her mom.  He would come home from traveling for a week and Beaver would be in the same clothes as when he left, not showered and there would be moldy dishes in the sink.  Beaver also had a habit of not brushing her teeth as well.   I turned to him and said..and yet y'all had two kids..did you hold your nose while you were tapping that?  I mean seriously.....wtf....

Is it wrong to wish..stinky SD would move to her mother's permanently?  I mean my kids are known to let things slide..but not like that.

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Harry's picture

He letting his DD disrespect your home.  He not teaching her to be a person.  It's easy to let her run a muck ,he's taking the easy way out.  Easier to do her wash then making her do it. What does that teach?  

AgedOut's picture

I'm not a clean freak but I do have clean freak traits. I think the line is drawn when their filth and smell starts affecting more than their room. Ewwwwww on the washer full of eeu du toilette bouillabaisse of stench. Just thinking about it makes me gag. 

Dogmom1321's picture

Biohazards are where I draw the line with SD14. She is welcome to use the washer/dryer but I will NOT be doing it. If the washer is done, but SD14 hasn't switched it over yet, then I give her one notice. If I have laundry to do, I've asked her to move it and it's STILL in there. Then everything gets moved over to the high heat setting. I refuse to sort and decide what should be hung to dry, tumble low, etc. I've only done that once and she was annoyed her Lululemon was put in there, so I think she finally got the hint. 

halo1998's picture

I do not like when things smell...like rooms, dishes etc.  Blech..no.

Rags's picture

You and daddy were too accomodating. When the wave of stench in the laundry room smacked me in the face, I woudl have bagged it all up and put it on the curb, and not said a word.  She is 18, a HS grad, and has a job. She can buy new clothes.  

So, why did daddy let her take the car to work after he took it?  Was her room sparkling clean and odor free? Her laundry certainly was not done.

halo1998's picture

so I bite my tongue alot.  Let me say this...DH is not the strongest of parents...he knows that.  I on the other hand, I am a strong parent.  It shows....it really does.  

I told DH...he can deal with it..or I would and he knows if I deal with it....then it will be thrown out.  I have no effs to give....even with my own kids.  (remembers that time I tossed some perfectly good clothes of DD's because they graced her floor a little too long).  

Thumper's picture

Wait a second..........

She has a car?

And now, daddy is saying 'if you don't clean your room you will not use the car'

Why do parents do this?

The kid is not mature NOR responsible to have the keys to a car. She can't manage to pick up her junk off the floor but by gosh, toss her the car keys.

UGHHHH

Hope things turn around for you. I'd call a cleaning service and use dh's card to pay for it. 

 

 

halo1998's picture

cause it came down too...either help me clean cause I'm not the wife applicance or figure something else out.  He opted for the cleaning lady.  I don't let her in SD's room....I like her and wouldn't want her to deal with that mess.

Cover1W's picture

Yeah, been there. OSD walked by me once in the kitchen and I gagged and had to leave the room. She would not bathe at our home, sometimes for a week or more, and never do laundry. She'd wear her pajamas for months and months and don't get me started on the dirty underwear we found when DH and I cleaned up her room once it was clear she wasn't coming back and we needed the space. And the lovely pink sheets were GRAY, literally gray with filth. DH was shocked, just shocked. Yes, I made him clean up the worst of it. Thank goodness the comforter was OK as was the mattress (mattress pad replaced). It was just disgusting what she was ok to wear (this doesn't cover the old food and other things in her room).