My roommate smells horrendous - r/college

that yeast infection call is actually a good one. My frosh year I was stuck with a dude that didn't just stink like butt but fermenting butt. Genuinely, it was a smell of shit but with this strange putrid sweetness that lingered. Will never forget it.

When I went to college I had my own room- everybody did. WTF is it with Burger schools and sharing dorm rooms? Is it a hold-over from the days of Evelyn Waugh when boys went to university to buttfrick each other?

People can't smell themselves. So tell him. Say simply, 'you may not realize this, but your body odor is very strong and you need to shower daily and use deodorant. If you don't have any or can't afford it we can ask out RA if there are resources you can take advantage of.'

If the smell is that bad it will 100% start seeping into all your fabrics and you will smell the same but become nose blind to it bc it isn't as intense as the source.

Maybe the suitemate had an even smellier suitemate who moved out before the spring term started. Eventually, after enough room switching, the smell will be diluted to where it is barely a problem. Or until the entire male side of the college stinks and becomes nose-blind to it.

This would be a hot fanfic if the roomate wasn't fugly

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