-- Posted by offshr at 11:23 am on July 17, 2008 I've got a stinky room mate thats been living at my place since last feb. everything was fine this winter cause his stink stayed in his room so it was w/e. now its summer tho and hes stinking up the whole damn downstairs! ontop of that I now have to go to my folks place to do my laundry cause the washer and drier have seemed to absorbed his smell and I dont want my clothes and bath towels smelling like him. so how do I tell him *nicely* cause he's a friend that he stinks and needs to do somin about it? im gettin close to kicken him out so.. -- Posted by iinsurgent at 11:24 am on July 17, 2008 Buy him deodorant, perfumes, laundry detergent, etcetc. -- Posted by mattchew at 11:25 am on July 17, 2008 Say "hey fatass you smell like shit" -- Posted by UltimateSatisfaction at 11:28 am on July 17, 2008 Whenever you come in just say, "OMG! WHAT IS THAT SMELL!?! It smells like (insert smell here). Do you smell that?" and see if he gets the point. -- Posted by offshr at 11:29 am on July 17, 2008 we have a big supply of laundry detergent and the last time I used the washer and dryer I even ran bleach thru it first and my stuff still came out with his stank. and I think he wears deodorant..but he does landscaping and doesnt shower daily or even every other day, I think its a twice a week event for him...and even when hes fresh outa the shower he still stinks cause his clothes all stink. -- Posted by pclueless92 at 11:30 am on July 17, 2008 you stank take a bath -- Posted by offshr at 11:31 am on July 17, 2008 Quote: from UltimateSatisfaction at 11:28 am on July 17, 2008 Whenever you come in just say, "OMG! WHAT IS THAT SMELL!?! It smells like (insert smell here). Do you smell that?" and see if he gets the point. lmao we've tried, I've even had drunk roommates come in and yell ahh it stinks like kevin in here! while hes in his room..I dont thinks hes got the hint yet -- Posted by offshr at 11:33 am on July 17, 2008 *nicely* tell him, if I said that to him he'd take it personally and would go sulk in his room..im getting sick of his shit tho so maybe kicken him out is the best route.. I knew I should of never asked him if he wanted a room. -- Posted by 2kewl4u2know at 11:34 am on July 17, 2008 Leave him a not that says "Dude, really, you stink.  The whole floor agrees.  Please, clean yourself up or I'll be forced to take action with the [floor leader person...can't remember the name:/ ]." -- Posted by UltimateSatisfaction at 11:36 am on July 17, 2008 I cannot stand the smell of BO, I can't imagine having to live with it. You might just have to flat out tell him. He's not being considerate of you and doesn't give a shit about how you feel, obviously. People who smell bad, know they smell bad. They just don't give a fuck. Let him know how you feel. -- Posted by offshr at 11:36 am on July 17, 2008 Quote: from 2kewl4u2know at 11:34 am on July 17, 2008 Leave him a not that says "Dude, really, you stink.  The whole floor agrees.  Please, clean yourself up or I'll be forced to take action with the [floor leader person...can't remember the name:/ ]." well I own the house so..that'd be me. Im often forced to leave notes about cleaning up after yourself cause I work crazy hours but,,I know he hates notes lol -- Posted by offshr at 11:38 am on July 17, 2008 Quote: from UltimateSatisfaction at 11:36 am on July 17, 2008 I cannot stand the smell of BO, I can't imagine having to live with it. You might just have to flat out tell him. He's not being considerate of you and doesn't give a shit about how you feel, obviously. People who smell bad, know they smell bad. They just don't give a fuck. Let him know how you feel. some people cant smell themselves...but you bring up a good point about consideration, I think I'l approach it that way. thanks   -- Posted by Johvanni at 2:05 am on July 18, 2008 Just talk to him nicely. I tried doing that one time with a room-mate and we started fighting. Not like yelling, but duking it out -- Posted by nik1 at 2:34 pm on Aug. 2, 2008 When you and him are together and there is no one else around just say to him, "Joe (?), there is something bothering me and since we live so close together I think we should lay everything out on the table and discuss it.  If you have a problem with me I want you to tell me about it.  You work outside all the time doing really hard work and you sweat a lot.  The sweat gets in your clothes and on your body and it smells really bad all the time.  The smell has saturated everything in our apartment and its getting to me.  Would you please make a big effort to shower every night when you come home and wash your clothes. Now, if I am doing something that bothers you please let me know. -- Posted by offshr at 8:04 am on Aug. 5, 2008 Quote: from nik1 at 2:34 pm on Aug. 2, 2008 When you and him are together and there is no one else around just say to him, "Joe (?), there is something bothering me and since we live so close together I think we should lay everything out on the table and discuss it.  If you have a problem with me I want you to tell me about it.  You work outside all the time doing really hard work and you sweat a lot.  The sweat gets in your clothes and on your body and it smells really bad all the time.  The smell has saturated everything in our apartment and its getting to me.  Would you please make a big effort to shower every night when you come home and wash your clothes. Now, if I am doing something that bothers you please let me know. lol the 1st part sounds good, but screw the 2nd part. its my place if he dont like it he can leave. tuff sh!t for him -- Posted by Majo at 9:26 am on Aug. 5, 2008 Could you tell your RA? Have them take the blow? I never figured out how to tell my roommate that she stunk and she really stunk. I lived with two of the biggest girls on campus...one weighed over 300 pounds and the other weighed over 200. The latter of the two is the one that stunk, the former is the one who thought she could mask it by spraying Febreeze or something all over the room...all it did was make me dizzy, that room was too damn small for all that... -- Posted by offshr at 7:12 am on Aug. 6, 2008 Quote: from Majo at 9:26 am on Aug. 5, 2008 Could you tell your RA? Have them take the blow? I never figured out how to tell my roommate that she stunk and she really stunk. I lived with two of the biggest girls on campus...one weighed over 300 pounds and the other weighed over 200. The latter of the two is the one that stunk, the former is the one who thought she could mask it by spraying Febreeze or something all over the room...all it did was make me dizzy, that room was too damn small for all that... theres no RA, its my house ;) and I wish this kid would spay febreeze on shit especially when he gets outa work and plops his stinky butt down on the furniture -- Posted by Krelian393 at 1:52 pm on Aug. 11, 2008 SEND AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL. Make a fake email, or fake facebook account, or fake myspace, whatever, and EMAIL HIM or MESSAGE HIM and tell him that he smells and people wherever he goes know it, so he must wash with antibacterial and wash often, and wipe (tell him to even use wet-ones, maybe he needs that), and that he must use a full capload of laundry detergent with every wash and a sheet of fabric softener with every dry. If he is stinking up furniture or the air, you should get some high strength febreeze for the furniture/fabrics and odor neutralizer (not those flowery air fresheners) to make things smell better. Crack open windows. And run some things you don't care about in the washer with lots of detergent and in the dryer with tons of fabric softener sheets to help those get clean. SO SORRY