Today, I got into a screaming match with the mother of my kids. I told her they need to bathe more often. According to her, anything more than once a week is excessive and bad for their skin. My kids play sports and smell like puppies from the pound. She doesn’t care. FML
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Today, my mom yelled at me because even though I shower thoroughly twice a day, I still stink. My mom showers once a week, never wears deodorant, and smells like roses. FML
Today, my mom revoked my shower privileges for a week, all because I'm “using too much water.” I'm the kind of person who will smell like garbage after one skipped shower. FML
Today, I had to have a discussion with my 54-year-old mother about showering. She thinks it's perfectly OK to shower only once a week. FML
Today, my husband is furious with me for hurting his daughter’s feelings. Neither he nor his ex make her shower and she smells disgusting! It’s nearly impossible to even sit in the same room with her, as her odor changes the smell of the entire space. All I did was suggest a bath and she cried. FML
Today, my daughter continues to have acne breakouts. She’s no longer a teenager, which means she isn’t washing her face. I can’t believe I raised someone who ignores her hygiene to this point. FML
Today, my daughter spent three hours crying and having a temper tantrum over being forced to have a bath after four days without one. My daughter is 16. FML
Today, my mother-in-law started chasing my kids around her house to make them smell her freshly-washed underwear. They were thongs. FML
Today, I made my trans daughter cry when I asked her to shower. I love her and full-throatily support her incredible courage for coming out as trans in the USA, but her hygiene has gone to hell. She smells like a pile of dirty jockstraps and keeps saying, "Women don't stink!" FML
Today, my girlfriend got pissed when I told her she needed to brush her teeth more than once a day. I could smell her breath from across the bed. FML
Today, my mom's obsession with cleanliness hit a new low when she bitched at me for having trash in my trash can. FML
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skippydoda 32
If you're no longer together, call CPS and get a lawyer. If you are together then bath the kids
kdmittens 9
if they are not too old bathe them yourself... if they are old enough make them realise how gross they are being and teach them how to use soap etc.. and just be near the bathroom when they are bathing!
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Beth Papili 7
Y’all are ******* stupid with the jump to CPS calls my god communication is all. Stop being ******* rats and trying to destroy families bozos. Tell her she needs a bath 2xs a week at least. Mine is 3xs a week I can’t wash them every night they get one Monday Wednesday Saturday. My oldest fights me every dam way and she’s 9 and shouldn’t need me to wash her ass or do that shit. Kids can be a pain in the ass tell the mom to wash the kids more.
ThatOneLonelyAsian 31
i have always bathed once a week and I'm fine
ViviMage 40
If you bathe twice a day religiously or more, that is too much. Human bodies have 3 times the bacterial cells on and in them than they do human cells. The "bioflim" on the skin, your usual yeasts and bacteria flora, can be wiped out if you overwash, leading to skin disorders. I CONSTANTLY deal with this with my face. Either the fungus overgrows or the yeast does because my face doesn't have the balance it needs. But once a week? Euuugh. If they smell like puppies they need the puppy shampoo and Mom needs a cone of shame!
Susan Yee 9
Take the initiative and bathe them yourselves.
Iluvbvbandbotdf 2
The mother of your kids is a ****** idiot