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rebster35's picture

Submitted by rebster35 on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 1:15pm

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Blended Family Issues

This is not something I am proud of, but I have to admit it to someone and there's no better place than this forum!
My S-kids dirty laundry makes me ACTUALLY nauseated. I cannot touch it or even look at it without gagging. Even moving it from washer to dryer makes me gag. I folded it once under great duress . No little boy laundry is a pleasure....but this response is so over the top. I'm ashamed, but the smell of my s-kids disgusts me. I can usually tolerate them fairly well from a distance. Its awful! I'm so affectionate to my own kids and even some of their friends...but not the s-kids.

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Submitted by rebster35 on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 2:48pm

They probably are....8,9,11,12. That would mean getting them to contribute to the household in some way. They are all spoiled rotten princes, mine included (mine just don't stink!) Wink

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Submitted by Orange County Ca on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 3:06pm

The cause is obviously mental and I don't mean that offensively. Try a counselor.

And obviously you need to put all the kids to work.

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Submitted by sbm014 on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 7:01pm

Do they do any activities just them?

I notice I can do laundry even when my DH is gone and pull out a shirt to wear to bed and it has the smell of our shop area. It doesn't matter if I have washed it several times since him wearing it the smell is stuck in the stitches I guess.

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Submitted by rebster35 on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 5:29pm

I'm pretty sure it is mental. I do have a sensitive nose, but I think my hostility towards skids is coming out in my revulsion of their scent!

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Submitted by Dizzy on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 11:19pm

Make the kids do their own laundry! They are all old enough to operate a washer and dryer, and fold and put away their own clothes. My SD10 started a bit late, but she has been fully doing her own laundry for over a year, and was folding and putting her clothes away for about a year before that. My BD6 does her laundry fully on her own, except I sometimes help her fold. She also puts her clothes away, including hanging stuff in her closet.

Train those kids! Like I tell my DH "I am NOT the maid. I am here to serve you, but the kids need to learn to do things for themselves!"