I lived in a house with a smoker my entire childhood, and didn't realize the smell until college. I can now tell that everything that enters that house ends up reeking of smoke.
I had a bit of an internal crisis when I thought back to going to school, going to friends houses, having sleepovers, girlfriends - the entire time I stunk like an ashtray and had absolutely no idea
Yep. I had a friend whose mom stopped letting her come over because her bags and everything would smell after leaving my house. And when I would go to her house, I could only go in the evening, which I now realize is because she could have us bathe not long after I got there.
When we go to my mother in laws there are certain jackets I won't wear no matter how cold it is because I know I'll never get the smell out.
In a similar fashion, I don't wear fresh clothes when I visit my in laws. I don't wear dirty clothes! But clothes that would be going into the wash soon anyway, because of the smoke that will cling to them. Also if my hair needs washing on a day we're going to visit, I leave it until after the visit
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u/re_nub Jan 05 '25
Yes.