I remember one day I forgot to put my work sweater in the washing machine. Next day I had to wear the same sweater but it stank like sweat from hard working from the day before, but I had a shower, also wore perfume and deodorant. Some people said I stank lol, but it was not me, it was the fucking work sweater. Brutal. I was pretty ashamed. And there's no point in telling them, because they won't believe me anyways. Imagine saying "It's muhh work sweater, not me"
I can feel you, there are times i don't go outside if I'm aware my only available clothes are dirty/smelly. KNOWING that people tell you smell is awful.
And this goes even worse, because i work in a kitchen environment - not only do i cook for myself and my sister, i also go to cooking school and work at a kitchen place from time to time.
So whatever clothes i wear that day, will SMELL AWFUL untill washed, which leads to very high amounts of cleaning product expenses, and if i forget to wash them for one day I'm left with either stinky or bad looking clothes.
There's nothing more looksminning than smelling or looking like a homeless bum.
This is a very valid point — like Koreans, I have dry earwax which is linked to little to no body odor. However, if I wear the same clothes continuously (I normally wear the same set of clothes for days because they don’t smell bad easily), they can start to smell off eventually. It’s a gift and a curse because I know I can get away with wearing the same clothes more often than others, and not showering often either. Plus, I’m incredibly lazy, that’s something else that I should work on.
I have wet earwax, as all poles do. But that's not a problem fortunately because i shower daily out of habit. Even if sweat doesn't come to play, i feel dirty and my hair is greasy if i don't shower for a day or two.
I'm also a lazy ass, but if you make it a habit it's not hard to just hop in the shower in the morning.
I remember when I was younger, my parents used to smoke indoors while I was home. I'd go to school, and my clothes would sometimes smell like smoke & kids would comment on it. Made me highly self-conscious about how I smell later in life.
Smelling good makes you feel great about yourself.
Smoking is an awful habit, my mother would also smoke all the time (although at younger ages she'd try to do it away from me, but that vanished as i got older), so i know exactly how you feel, as my hair would smell like cigs all the time which only got worse when she started smoking "iQOS". People would comment on it a bit and some would always assume I'm a smoker, my teacher literally couldn't be convinced that I've never touched a cig.
Unfortunately my mothers actions also translated to my sister, which now is addicted to smoking. It's annoying because my PC (which she uses for work) is in my room, so when she smokes, which she always does, she turns my entire room into a gas chamber. I always scold her for it despite her being older but she just can't help herself i guess.
Also, this is my first post, wow!
I saw earlier that you did it, before I saw this message.
