15 Signs You’re The 'Stinky One'

By Editorial Staff in Amazing On 9th February 2017

Most everyone has experienced body odor issues before. Whether you stink because you worked out and forgot deodorant, or you just have been eating poorly and smelling awful is a result of that. Some people are just lazy about their hygiene. The majority of people know when they stink and try to correct it, others have no clue there is a problem. One of the best ways to determine if you have a body odor problem is to the ways in which others react when around you. You might hope that nobody else smells you but the facts are that others will smell you before your own nose does, and it can turn people completely off forever. Here are 15 ways to tell if you might be where all that foul odor is coming from.

#1 Infrequent Kissing

We tend to associate body odor with our armpits, feet and private area, but other parts of the body get foul smelling as well, like the mouth. One way to know if you have bad breath is the lack of kisses you receive. If nothing else has changed int he relationship but those smooches top coming, check your breath. You would hope you have a strong enough relationship that your partner could tell you about the issue, but that's often not the case. Take the hint and brush often, pack along mints, or see a dentist about your mouth hygiene!

#2 No One Wants To Partner Up With You

You would hope that a close friend or family member would step forward to tell you about your odor problems before they got out of control, but often they do not and it begins to affect your social status. A sure sign that you mike smell foul is when nobody wants to partner up with you at work, school, or playing a game. At first mention of pairing up, people disperse and disappear out of your line of vision and you are left alone. This can be very hard on a person emotionally, and makes them feel unwanted or that something is wrong with them. If you smell it, tell it. They'll thank you later on.

#3 Friends Buy You Scented Gifts

Another way that can be a tip off that you might have a body odor issue is the gifts you start receiving. Friends, coworkers, and family might be trying to be subtly telling you about your odor by giving you scented candles, soaps, perfumes, body sprays, colognes, and powder. They are trying not to hurt your feelings or be rude while giving you a useful gift. Don’t take offense. Instead take it as though your friends are looking out for your best interests. Use the products and take note of how you smell!

#4 No More Hugs

If your friendships or relationships have always had a physical aspect to them, and you're used to greeting and departure with lots of hugs and body contact and suddenly notice that they are becoming less frequent, this is a good sign you may smell bad. If comfort from a close friend suddenly becomes a pat on the head or back, take note. It is human nature to be repelled by bad scents and want to avoid contact with them. Our noses are made to identify different smells and those that are pungent and bad are ones that our body tells us to avoid. If your hugs are limited lately, take a look into how you smell.

#5 Friends Avoid Hanging At Your House

Meeting up with friends is always fun and it's great to switch up the locations from time to time. If recently you have noticed that whenever you offer to host they insist against it, or maybe they always suggest a café, heads up! They may be trying to avoid your house for a reason! Your hose can become pungent from your body as the sweat and smell seeps into the sofas, chairs, and furnishings. If you are unaware that your body odor is bad, your house probably smells of it as well! It's time to take not and start using scented candles, fabric freshener, and probably a good upholstery cleaner as well. Give it a clean scent, and as long as you keep your own body odor clean, your house will match!

#6 Boyfriend Doesn’t Hold Your Hand

The most common cause of body odor is excessive sweating. This can be a direct result of just overheating, bad diet, poor hygiene, not using deodorant or even a medical condition. The sweating can be under your arms, your back, your feet, and even your hands! Your hands can become very sweaty and you may not have been aware of the increased moisture they are experiencing. If you realize that your boyfriend isn’t holding your hand and prefers to link arms like an old couple, take it as a sign! If the relationship seems to be fine otherwise, your hands may be sweaty and stinky. Wash them continuously throughout the day.

#7 People Make Faces Near You

From a young age, we are taught that different expressions match different emotions. A smile means happy, a frown means sad, and a screwed up face means disgust. When we are disgusted, our nose wrinkles, our eyes squint, and our lips turn up. Bad odors often cause people to turn their faces up in disgust (just watch anyone coming out of an outhouse!). If you see people that come near you are squinting and making strange faces, it may be a clue that you stink! Most people can control their faces to be polite, but others may not. Watch your friends’ faces when you come close to them and see if they have the look of disgust. If they do, you will know that you are pungent smelling and need to do something about your body odor.

#8 People Use Weird Excuses to Get Away

If people start running in the opposite direction as you approach, it may be a sign. If you are not aware that you have body odor issues, you may find that people seem to make weird excuses to leave your presence. Unfortunately, body odor can have bad impacts on your social life and people will avoid you to avoid the smell. You could be the nicest person on the earth and people would still try to get away. If people are leaving you in strange ways, it may be time to give yourself a good smell-over!

#9 People Spray Other Scents When You Are Around

Have you noticed that when you are with friends they often light candles or incense? Have they developed a recent habit of spraying air freshener in the house whenever you come over or begun using Febreeze? Don’t come to the wrong conclusion that they are just enjoying the smells of other scents. They may be trying to cover up your body odor! Instead of being brave and confronting you about your smell, your friends will take the matter into their own hands and try to mask the smell that comes along with you! As terrible as it may be, this is a clear sign that you might have body odor issues. A good friend would eventually tell you, but think about how difficult that would be.

#10 You Always End Up Driving Alone

Everyone is gathering at a local bar or for a party, and they all connect and share rides. Except for you. They'll meet you at the party. Friends make excuses like they are “close by,” that they are getting dropped off by a significant other, or that they decided not to go anymore. Now you are left driving yourself and unable to drink too! Cars are confined spaces that don’t allow much room to breathe. If your body odor is out of control, people will do anything they can to avoid being in a car with you! It's a good idea to keep your car seats fresh and odor free as well, since that's where your stinky butt sweats the most.

#11 Your Clothes Really Stink After Wear

It’s the end of a long hard day and you are slipping out of your clothes to put on your pajamas. You may not have noticed anything during the day, but once you grab your clothes to put them away, you smell a strong odor. Taking a sniff, you realize your clothes reek and may need to be incinerated. If you are noticing that your clothes are really stinking after wearing them for one day, this may be a sign that you have body odor issues. During the day,while you are busy you are distracted from the odor, but it may be time to start a new hygiene routine if your clothes reek after you remove them.

#12 Conversations Revolve Around Scent-Related Topics

Your conversations have always been scattered and random and usually jumped from topic to topic, but lately there is one major theme. Smells. Take the hint if after a few different conversations the discussion is based on their favorite perfumes, stories of this guy back in high school who stunk but didn’t know it, or how they love the smell of fresh laundry. Take the clue and understand that your friends are trying to help you in a sneaky way. They are too scared to say anything directly to you, so instead, they are trying to make you think of smells more often and therefore hope it indicates to you that you smell bad. If the majority of your conversations include talking about odors and cleanliness, take the hint and get it together!

#13 You Never Get Introduced

Lately, you run into your friend with their friends and you aren’t given a proper introduction. Maybe your friend has been dating someone for almost six months and you still haven’t met the guy! This may be a sign that there is something else going on – and that something else may be your body odor. Of course, there may be other reasons why you have not been introduced, but if you're the stinky one, they may not want to have people know that they hang out with you. Do yourself and your friends a favor and start smelling your best!

#14 You Are Offered Mints and Lotion Often

Have your friends started pushing lotions, perfume samples, breath mints or gum your way throughout a conversation? If they have, take it as a subtle hint. They might think you need them to mask your odors. They are trying to use their own use of a product to help you cover up the stench of your body. Accept the offer and use it as a way to understand that you need to do more about the way you smell. If they always pull out the old tin of mints and insist you should have one, don't get angry, take it and then focus on cleaning up your act.

#15 Friends Keep Their Distance

With friends and family like those previously, who needs enemies, right? They are not brave enough to confront you on your odor issues so they play games instead, trying to spare whose feelings, yours or their own? But it can become even worse. If you begin noticing you no longer have any close friends at all, or they are becoming reclusive, something is definitely wrong. If your friends begin keeping their distance, especially in a social setting, they may be totally turned off by your body odor. It is a reaction to avoid something unpleasant and that may involve trying to distance themselves from you.