Times When I REALLY Miss My Ex-Wife

My sniffer has been broken for more than 5 years.  I literally can not smell poop and pee 99% of the time.  Bad when you have a cat.  I don't miss my ex-husband, but I do miss my sense of smell.

I always have to ask other people to sniff test things for me (like: Is this meat/milk spoilt?).  

Well mabe not her sniffer but, what I do miss is having coffee with her while she tells me stories of her day. I miss her voice. I miss the since of purpose I once had.

I miss my ex-wife so very much, but not really for what I called her "wolf nose" - yes, she had the olfactory power of a blood hound and it just amazed me that I could be completely oblivious to some rank smell that she was hot on the trail to discovering!  I miss her for every reason that people miss the ones they love.  Everyday.

Check the sack of potatoes, sometimes a nasty rotting one in the bottom of the bag will stink up the whole kitchen.  Also, check under the fridge sometimes water spills or other liquids can coagulate, and literally reek havoc....:)

I am the husband with the very acute sense of smell!

This made me laugh - because I am the wife with the amazing sense of smell!!  Do you have a front-loading washing machine?  I'll never get one, because they are famous for getting funky - something to do with the seal around the glass door.

@Katarina Dobrick But at some point even if it was just for a little bit they made you happy. Remember that and let the anger go.

My husband and I are going through some tough times and reading some of these comments makes me realize how much I would miss him if he were gone. I will make sure we work like hell to keep our relationship alive because losing your husband and best friend over something that can be fixed just isn't worth it.

i dont miss my ex husband one bit or my ex who I thought was "the one"....they can both go rot in hell for all I care, lol

We had an awful smell on all our clothes every time we took them out of the dryer for a while and it kept getting worse and worse. Finally we smartened up and unhooked the dryer from the wall. There was a dead pigeon inside, the guarding for the vent had fallen off and he must have got stuck and was slowly cooking/rotting as all the hot air came out of the dryer. ew.Goodluck, you never know what you'll find.

@ReynoldsCren Awww, I love you too. :)

I miss my ex's handyman skills at times, but my brother thankfully has stepped in.  You are right though and the main times I miss him is when I want to turn around and brag on the boys.  He is the only one that gets that same, known them since they were born, smile and is like "Yep, he's mine!"  But, then he would actually have to be there and there is no telling if he would say something that makes me mad, so I'll take the little pang of "crap I wish he had seen that".  Does Noah have a good smeller?

Well, if it is a rat, rest assured the smell will fade as it's body decomposes. I know from experience. ;)

Try running disposal with ice cubes in it.  the sharp edges of the ice will scrap any remaining food particles off the sides and under the blades.  Noise but it works.  Just don't overdo it and put too many in at a time.

I have a very good nose too.  Hubby not so much.   I can smell water getting hot on the stove - weird I know.  Coffee pot been on too long?  I know it.  In the office I have been known to track burnt coffee down from all the way across the building.  It is a blessing and a curse.  Especially when someone burns popcorn in the micro wave! 

And wash all your rags. And throw any old sponges away.

Try some actual disposer cleaner or something that will actually kill the bacteria.

If you have a food saver shrink wrap kind of machine.... Check the liquid's tray. It always sucks out a bit of liquid or juice or whatever whenever you shrink-wrap food. My husband kept packaging meat for MONTHS and never cleaned that thing. Until like you I smelled something FOUL and after a few days figured out where it came from. I have a strong stomach, but almost puked when I cleaned it.... Husband got an earful.... It was SO gross.

Check the drip pan under the fridge. That is where ours was after checking everything else mentioned here.

Yep I agree with the masses. A potato in the pantry or a mouse in the toaster....broccoli in the fridge but it's a bit more obvious cause you smell it mostly when the fridge door is open.

My boyfriend seems to think I have this magical ability to detect when food has gone bad. He doesn't understand how I can smell something and just *know* whether it's okay to eat or not. I try very patiently to explain: "If it smells good, then it's probably good. If it smells BAD, then don't eat it." After a year of living together, he still doesn't understand. :D

Through some oranges in the garbage disposal.

Clean your floors really well.  Sometimes the smell comes from the floor :)

funny

You ought to see if a mouse died in your wall, or in your floor ect.  I have had the same thing happen to me, and it turned out there was a mouse decomposing in my wall. Its gross, and theres nothing you can do about it if this is the case until the mouse has fully decomposed and the smell goes away. just a thought! LOve your blog!!

Spiders.  I really miss having a resident spider/insect killer in the house. 

Potato or the trash can.

Wow...I'm learning a lot here! So many great stories that may help you. :) 

I'm lucky to still be friend's with my ex. The really only thing I miss from him is our financial stability that we had with our combined incomes and the health insurance that I lost when we divorced. I'm self employed and my job doesn't offer benefits.

I'm sitll happily married, so I don't have an ex to miss.  But one time I had a rank smell in my kitchen, took me awhile but figured out that the sink pipe thing was leaking slowly and the smell was from the pool of water collecting in the cabinet under the sink

When that happens in my house its usually a potato gone bad...

Wash out your trash can. Beyond that it's probably something that fell behind the stove or the fridge. Check under your couches too...I'm always finding presents from my kids under there...I once found curdled milk under there and they know they're not allowed to eat or drink anywhere but at the table...

Do you have a front load washing machine? Since I'm currently shopping for a new washer and dryer, I have learned these are notoriously stinky.

Since I spent my day shopping for a new washer and dryer yesterday, I wonder if you have a front load washing machine and if that's where the smell is coming from? I've learned that are notoriously stinky. And since I didn't real ALL the comments, sorry if I'm being redundant! :-)

Do you have sewer or septic? I would just start moving things and cleaning everywhere.

I had that happen a few weeks ago, turns out one of the kids had moved a partial bag of potatoes that ended up going bad, one of the worst things I've EVER smelled!

YOu can always ask her over to sniff it out OR when she comes to pick up N, maybe she will just find it herself.

YOu can always ask her over to sniff it out OR when she comes to pick up N, maybe she will just find it herself.

Haha!

I agree with Megan. Probably a bad potato in the pantry!!

CHECK YOUR GARLIC!!  I know this isn't what the article is about, but, If garlic goes bad, it is HORRIBLE, and you can't tell unless you at least pick it up or unpeel it!

It's always the potatoes here.

Yup...my guess was dead mouse in the wall...

^ that was the #1 answer on the post lol other than that all i can say is clean out your drains

Okay Dan - You got a dead mouse in your wall.

Rolled away potato or onion, rotting in the corner or a pantry?