r/stepparents • u/Kitchen-Country-39 • 2d ago

Win! MIL told SKs they stink 🤣

MIL got SKs cologne and perfume for Christmas. She said “I got you something to cover up the stink. You’re at an age where you can’t shower enough”.

I’m rolling 🤣 I know that sounds really mean, but SKs DO stink and DH doesn’t enforce proper hygiene. I don’t think this will change the SKs or DH, but at least I’m not the only one acknowledging there’s an issue 😅

The only downside is that the SKs will pour the entire dang bottle on themselves, even though MIL reminded them that a little bit goes a long way, and that’s a whole other stink.

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u/YoshiSunshine14 2d ago

I think it must be an age thing. My SK is going through an anti shower phase right now. We have two options…

  1. Take a shower when we say you need to.
  2. Don’t take a shower and have everyone at school make fun of you for smelling bad.

I don’t know why showering and having good hygiene has to be a fight every single day. SK got a lot of BBW body sprays for Christmas… so I expect my house to smell like that for a while now.

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u/overflowingsandwich 2d ago

Yeah it’s super common, and can have a variety of reasons. Teenagers are generally lazier than a lot of other ages and just find hygiene boring. Some don’t want to shower purely to piss off their parents because they’re at an age where they want to assert independence but are still immature so they do it in stupid ways (or sometimes dangerous). A lot it’s bc parents don’t properly teach just how important it is and then puberty is a time when people become smellier due to hormone changes and stuff.

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u/YoshiSunshine14 2d ago

I get that. We have taught proper hygiene in our household. I think with my SD it’s just to piss us off. She is very open about the fact that she also does it at her mom’s house… She is constantly mad that she is losing privileges for fighting showers. I don’t know. I feel like the reasonable thing to do is just hop in the shower and take 10 minutes to wash yourself. I don’t know why it is so hard for my SK right now. We have explained to her that she spends more time fighting it every time than she would take in the shower, but that doesn’t seem to matter. 😵‍💫

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u/overflowingsandwich 2d ago

Teenagers are weird as hell honestly, and they’re often completely irrational.

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u/throwaway200884 1d ago

I mean she’s a teenager they’re not known for being rational creatures