Hey guys,
So the title says it all...about half an hour ago I finally decided it was time to tell my dad about his stank after a looong time avoiding it. Why was I avoiding it, you may ask? Well, lemme tell you.
I don’t want to talk shit about my dad, but I gotta be honest here. I love my dad. He’s my only family, the dude gave up everything to raise me on his own, he loves me deeply. But holy shit, the dude DOES. NOT. LISTEN. He is the most stubborn person on the planet and he’s impossible to talk to. At this point I honestly just avoid talking to him because it’s upsetting.
He’s single and has been for like...ever. Pretty much since he had to leave his addict ex (my “mother”) to raise me in a safe and healthy environment. I think that’s when he started to let himself go. He’s actually very fit for someone who’s 70, he dresses well and I’m a barber and I cut his hair every 2 weeks. He looks good, he just smells bad.
The guys nose just doesn’t work, but obviously he doesn’t believe that. He doesn’t smell anything. He’s melted an entire cutting board on the stove and didn’t smell it. Things will be rotting in the compost for days and he won’t notice. He has stepped in doggie doo doo and won’t know. So you can kinda see where I’m going with this.
He thinks he doesn’t produce body odour. He says he’s never had it and thinks now that he’s a ~senior~ it’s impossible. Maybe that’s true for some old men but not my dad, the dude smells RIPE. Like a banana in the hot hot sun. I’ve tried hinting at it, buying him deodorant and the like, he doesn’t use it.
Today was the last straw. I was cutting his hair and I could tell my coworkers were smelling the funk so I had to tell him. I don’t want people talking about my dad behind his back. I don’t want him offending people or them thinking he’s dirty, because he’s not. So I bought him dinner after his haircut to try and butter him up and put him in a good mood. After dinner, I told it to him straight. It went something like this
“Dad, I love you and I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I think you should think about wearing deodorant and maybe some cologne”
“What? Why?”
“You smell like b.o”
“What do you mean? I never stink”
If I’m being honest here I started noticing the smell in like 2014. Obviously I should have said something sooner....buuuut I didn’t because I avoid my problems. Horrible daughter right here. Ok moving on.
“Dad, I can smell you”
“You always say you smell things that aren’t there. I never smell”
“Why would I lie about this? I’m being honest and I don’t want to hurt your feelings”
“Guys my age don’t smell and I’ve never had body odour. I showered today and I wear deodorant”
He does not wear deodorant. The 72 sticks of it I’ve bought for him to gently hint at this are unopened on his dresser.
“Dad come here and let me smell you”
I smell his pits.
“You smell.”
“Well it must be my cheap Walmart shirts, it’s not me”
Now he’s pouting.
I feel SO BAD. I don’t want to hurt his feelings but he deserves to know. I shouldn’t have avoiding it this long but talking to him about things is just so hard because he’s so stuck in his ways and he won’t listen. Even just telling him to stop talking with his hands when I’m cutting his hair because he moves his whole head is impossible. I just want him to smell good and not have people think less of him because of this.
Reddit, help me.
TLDR; my dad has b.o but won’t believe it and doesnt think he needs deodorant. Shuts down when I tried to talk to him. I don’t want people saying things about him behind his back.
Submitted April 25, 2019 at 06:26PM by cutecemetery http://bit.ly/2IIcvix
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