IR

Sweat itself doesn’t smell, it’s the bacteria living on your skin frolicking in your sweat that makes the smell. After living together, the various “colonies” living on each person tend to merge — and you happen to be outnumbered by man bacteria. :)

IR

Actually the prevelant smell is hair gel or mousse or whatever… they seem to use it by the bucket load. Thank the deities that your 2 have their own bathroom because somedays it’s like a 1950’s alien movie with the amount of slime that is left EVERYWHERE. I’m just thankful for vodka, and the fact that all my step-tesoterones are old enough to just visit.

maybe you’re best sticking with the stench of hard work,

IR

According to the well known phrase “Ladies glow, Men perspire and horses sweat”. In that case I glow like a pig.

But I only sweat from my head… the result of an overheated me is a flushed face and wet hair (really fine hair just gets wet through), generally I look like a victim of school bullies and have had my head flushed down the nearest loo (how do you say that in American English rather than English English?)

As for the smell, Izzy, I don’t think it is you… honestly, my theory is that their smell rubs off in the laundry with yours, no matter how much you launder clothes, the smell of “boy” just permeates into everything it gets close to.

Once girls are more on the scene with both of them (how is the tall one getting along with the goth?) the smell of boy is replaced with aftershave and soap and hair gel.