My friend has had a body odor for as long as I’ve known her.
We are in our early 30s. I’ve known her 25 years. She’s stank since we were kids.
I can’t tell any of my other friends about this, and obviously can’t tell her about it, so here I am to vent.
Like anyone, I absolutely HATE bad smells. And she just smells bad. Sometimes she sits in my car and just stinks, and I get aggravated but don’t say anything or show it, obviously. Some days are worse than others. I find that when we’re in a car, it smells worse. I think it’s kind of like a hot box.
She knows she has a slight odour issue and blames it on excess sweat. She showers daily, sometimes twice, and tries to avoid things that makes her sweat. Other than the sweat, she does not have a medical issue, as far as I know (we’re really open with each other).
But the smell isn’t sweat. It’s just a general stink. Sometimes it’s her breath that stinks (she brushes twice a day) and sometimes it’s just her. Sometimes it’s both.
I don’t need advice on this - I won’t be telling her about this. I don’t want her feeling bad over something she already knows about and is insecure about. But I needed a place to vent my frustrations into the nothingness.