OK so, I'm in this situation. I live with my girlfriend. We've been together a long time. Early in our relationship, I visited once and her room stunk of 'period'. I asked why and she, like many girls(I don't know why!!) put her pads/tampons wrapped up in toilet paper in a little bin in her room.
Now, I have an extremely sensitive nose. I can smell when women are menstruating. Its not the best superpower, if I'm being honest, it kinda sucks. I'd rather not know. But there is a VERY intense smell to it for me. My girlfriend was pretty cool about it - I just said you need to be putting that shit strait in the garbage bin outside, not in your room - if you want me to keep visiting anyway. And hey, she just said sweet and even not long after that converted to 'cups' for her period, which I cannot detect/smell. Problem solved!
Well, her friend has moved into our place recently, and I can INTENSELY smell her period. She clearly uses pads/tampons, and is storing the used ones in a bin in her room. It stinks out the hallway when I go to my room. I gag, it is horrible. Some of you here might be thinking WTF kind of chicks do you know, but this is surprisingly common(I've lived with many many women).
Thing is, my GF is a strait up good lady and I can have any conversation with her. Its why she is my lady. Having that conversation with her even early on in our relationship was not difficult. However, in my experience, most girls are not this reasonable and get very hurt by bringing up something like 'Hey, I noticed intense used-menstrual product smell wofting from your room, and it makes me gag everytime I walk past' won't go over well.
I'm honestly just.. I have been so happy to not deal with this shit for years and now its back!
Any advice? I don't want to come across like a creep/asshole. Which, I feel is very likely.
Now, I have an extremely sensitive nose. I can smell when women are menstruating. Its not the best superpower, if I'm being honest, it kinda sucks. I'd rather not know. But there is a VERY intense smell to it for me. My girlfriend was pretty cool about it - I just said you need to be putting that shit strait in the garbage bin outside, not in your room - if you want me to keep visiting anyway. And hey, she just said sweet and even not long after that converted to 'cups' for her period, which I cannot detect/smell. Problem solved!
Well, her friend has moved into our place recently, and I can INTENSELY smell her period. She clearly uses pads/tampons, and is storing the used ones in a bin in her room. It stinks out the hallway when I go to my room. I gag, it is horrible. Some of you here might be thinking WTF kind of chicks do you know, but this is surprisingly common(I've lived with many many women).
Thing is, my GF is a strait up good lady and I can have any conversation with her. Its why she is my lady. Having that conversation with her even early on in our relationship was not difficult. However, in my experience, most girls are not this reasonable and get very hurt by bringing up something like 'Hey, I noticed intense used-menstrual product smell wofting from your room, and it makes me gag everytime I walk past' won't go over well.
I'm honestly just.. I have been so happy to not deal with this shit for years and now its back!
Any advice? I don't want to come across like a creep/asshole. Which, I feel is very likely.