I've been with my boyfriend for almost two years. We don't live together. He has 2 son's full time and I have 1 daughter full time so it is hetic.
Ive only just been realizing over the past few months though how dirty and messy he is! His the type of guy who won't shower for a day or two in a row even 3! He never washes his bed sheets unless I do it. His oldest son's room's window was cracked before I meet him and he still hasn't got round to fixing it just put a board up over it. I decided to change his kids sheets the other week and omg where they discussing. So his room has been locked up in the dark for almost 2 years so it's covered with dust and just so depressing in there. He doesn't teach his kids to lift the toilet seat so there is always wee on the seat and they always miss but he never cleans it up. I went to his on the weekend I hadn't been round for a while and the dishes were to the roof mouldy food on the bench the house smelt bad from the toilet room. His shower had slim on it. His a smoker to so his always coming to bed smelly and wants to have sex! Ha no way buddy haha. But on top of all that. He doesn't bother bathing his kids most nights and they always smell and look mucky. Not to mention all their teeth are never brushed and their breath stinks. I don't know how they arnt sick.
I've always been the clean girl. So it's driving me insane. I've got a love for linnen too. I've always been the Egyptian cotton girl who sells her arm and leg for sheets and dooner covers and he will just put his sons to sleep in the bed and him self so I'm forever washing the sheets. As they stink and have marks on them. When he drinks his red wine his clumsy and spills it on the couch and the carpet. My bench is stained, and will he bother to clean it up. Nope!
This morning one of his kids got into my daughters left over birthday cake and put it every where all over the house. But my partner didn't see this as a problem. It wouldnt really be if he helped clean it up off the walls and floors. And their all very rough too. They have put a hole in on my my doors and his oldest a while ago through a toy truck at the wall marking it. My boyfriend did go off at him and took the truck to he cleaned the wall but an hour later he just gave the truck back. There is blue food die all over the carpet in one room. Why does he see this all to be okay. I wouldn't really be this up set it's just I'm renting. I won't be getting my bond back at this rate.
I changed his oldest one day and told him he had to out on clean underwear he did but then went to put the dirty pair in the draw. I told him they had to be washed but he told me they don't have marks on them so they are clean. Turns out his always been doing this.
I walked into my bathroom last night when my partner was finally in the shower and there was this smell it was coming from his clothes. I've never smelt anything like it!! It was a terrible terrible smell. I felt sick. His only just getting worse
What does every one suggest I don't know how to come to terms to tell him he is dirty and I don't think I can ever live with him to he changes but to me that sounds horrible. He isn't a scummy type of guy very polite has a very good job, earns alot of money owns his own house. I'm beginning to not be so attracted to him any more and I don't want that. When he scubs up nicley my stomach flips his a very good looking guy. But I guess only when he is going some where nice and decides to shower and put on clean underwear. So I don't get why he is like this when the rest of his family arnt.. am I being awful? I just don't know how to be around him sometimes and how to tell him why I don't want to have sex with him. His dick smells so bad too š
Messy boyfriend
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Seriously! Why are you with him? No one forced you to be with him so if you dislike his lifestyle (and him by the sounds of it) break up with him and move on.
Have you discussed any of this with him or shown him how to clean? Maybe he isnāt aware just how to do it properly? Otherwise as above, thatās his lifestyle so you need to accept it.
Ewwww have you ever just said to him, "babe you really really stink!!!"
This isn't just messy behaviour, its simply not hygienic! The moldy food everywhere? Gross!
Our houses all get messy when you have kids but actually leaving dishes for days and days and never washing sheets or the kids sheets and not even making sure your kid's clean their teeth is kind of neglectful!
I'd tell him. You've been together for two years. You definitely need to talk to him about it.
Don't ever ever live with this guy and stop sleep overs!
Sorry but that is bordering on abuse and neglect of children. I could never be with someone who treated there children that way.
It's not an option to have his kids in your home anymore and it's not an option to have your kids visit there.
You are being far too nice. He is a lazy dad who is neglecting his children. He knows what he should be doing, he chooses not to do it!
Totally agree!!!
Poor little kids.
I am a messy person, I'm untidy, disorganized and there's usually some pile of clutter or another lying about my house but his lifestyle goes well above a normal level of messy. This is unhygienic, unsanitary and quite frankly unhealthy. From what you've described it's almost at the point of intervention from child protection, honestly this kind of squalor is borderline neglect.
If you want to work past this I would be bluntly telling him he needs to pull his socks up. Sending the boys to bed unclean and teeth unbrushed is not acceptable and the unwashed dishes and mouldy food is so detrimental to their overall well-being.
I wouldn't even consider moving in together til he can keep on top of things and when they're visiting your house you pull them ALL up on their lack of respect for your property (even if you owned your home you'd still have the right to be upset).
Ok there could well be a lot more to for him with routine, lifestyle, values and mental health etc but Im going to suggest something extreme - sit him down, tell him how bad and unacceptable it is, tell him what his children are missing that other children have in terms of experiencing a nice clean fresh bed and good hygiene and also learning selfcare skills for life.
Then give him a challenge to let you show him how for two weeks, but he has to do what you say. And do it without shaming him, let him really enjoy it. Then hopefully by the end he'll be kickstarted to keep it up so you can help him with rosters etc.
Hahaha sorry but I did giggle at your last sentence - his dick smells bad. Yuck! Keep that stinky thing in your dirty jocks buddy š¤¢
There is a HUGE GINORMOUS difference between messy and dirty. And he isnāt messy, he is disgustingly dirty by the sounds of it.
If youāre committed to staying with this guy, Iād start by dropping hints. Maybe just say āgee, did you shower yesterday? And your not showering again today? Maybe you should! Itās really not good not to shower at least once a dayā and start putting in some ground rules for his children when they are at your house, a good start is to treat them the same as your own, and if your own wouldnāt get away with it, neither should they. Other wise tell him to take them home. Iād mention something about the state of his house, and tell him that you donāt really enjoy going there while itās so filthy.
Could you complain anymore? Jesus!
Could you complain anymore? Jesus!
Most of the comments on the facebook page are pretty Incompassionate. I really think he might be struggling with life, poor hygiene/self care is a good sign of that. It needs to be discussed but if you genuinely want to help I'd ask him how YOU can help HIM, maybe he's never been taught to look after himself and by extension his kids, maybe he's so used to people enabling him he can no longer see how abnormal this lifestyle is.
lots if judgement I'm reading on here š Write a list pros and cons and decide if the pros balance out the cons. You need to set the benchmark at your house, set rules like cleaning and no eating on the carpet, only eating at table, shoes off in house dishes cleaned straight after dinner etc. carpets cleaned straight away if there is a spill. if he is smelly speak up and say it, sounds like a communication issue, maybe if you would just tell him what you would like him to do, he will do it, or not and you can decide to break up with him. Decide to either a) help him or b) leave him.