this_life Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Shared houses- the OCD cleaner versus the busy sociable sportsman. Heard it, heard it again. Life is hard, deal with it. The messy/smelly house mate is NEVER EVER unaware that he is this. He simply doesn't care. Deal with it. The clean freaks of this world are very good at uniting against the messy people in this world. He is your housemate. You must be young, you're probably a student. Accept you no longer live in your family home. Live a little. If his sports kit smells, go out, get drunk, go to a party, the cinema, join his sports club. He has probably had 18 years of being nagged by his Mum/Dad/Teacher, do you really want this role. If you are bothered enough to complain on here, do his washing for him on the day you want it done. He clearly has more interesting, more fun things to be doing after sports than washing and drying his clothes, probably things like socialising, dating, pulling. In ten years time one of you will regret a few things from their youth, I guarantee he won't regret doing his washing the morning after the match, or even a week later. You may regret alienating your housemates and cleaning your shared house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Socialising, Dating and Pulling? If the scruffy fellow cant even wash some clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_life Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Clean freaks make boring housemates, friends and colleagues. He plays sport twice a week. The complaint is he doesn't wash his sports kit immediately. I suggest psychotherapy as the best solution to the ongoing relationship difficulties. Sport in general is a team activity, and requires and develops good interpersonal skills, particularly to sustain the twice weekly commitment required for the sports kit to become an issue for Cutie. I advise Cutie to join a sports team twice a week for a year, to experience and develop her understanding of her friends perspective. It would be a good all round solution. One year on I am certain they would both be a lot happier and getting along much better. They can also wash their sports kit together when they get home, share stories of achievements/losses and the socialising that goes with team sports and massage each others aching limbs with Deep Heat. QED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 If the smell is in his room, how is it your business anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Start spraying lots of air freshener about as he's walking past.. He may just take the hint.. Crap answer; passive aggressive and just horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 It would smell my clothes! The smell is very strong and needs special sports detergent! Rubbish. 'Special sports detergent' is nothing more than a marketing ploy designed to part fools from their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_life Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Also passive aggressive complaining about him on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShefChipShop Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 If the smell is in his room, how is it your business anyway? Crap answer; passive aggressive and just horrible. Rubbish. 'Special sports detergent' is nothing more than a marketing ploy designed to part fools from their money. So after three comments can the fishy one provide a solution to the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_life Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Sounds like one person trying to control another to me, that's generally what 'cleaning issues' in shared houses are about. What's the real problem, apart from the sports kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Web Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Clean freaks make boring housemates, friends and colleagues. Not always, gays tend to be hygiene freaks and most camp ones are also naturally entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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