<p>I still don't understand why you can't speak directly to you roommate!</p>
<p>"Roomie, I am really concerned about the odor coming from your clothes cupboard. Can we resolve this issue together?"</p>
<p>...and then you can offer to help her wash clothes and sanitize the cupboard and room. Sanitizing the physical space is expremely important. Also, DO NOT COMBINE YOUR CLOTHES WITH HERS, as they may be lice infected or something. </p>
<p>I am not trying to make a joke!</p>
<p>Your roommate sounds like someone with many good qualities that you appreciate. ..since it is midyear..Ask her if there anything at all about me that I could be more aware of that would make you more comfortable? (My roomie 25 years later made loud Shwish Shwish noises whenever she saw me because I used to drive her nuts underlining my text books while she was trying to sleep. I also didn't smoke in the room, but entered our room reeking of cig smoke on weekends and my roomie was a voice major and this was problem that was not good for her, but that she had trouble asking me to stop)
Tell her that the storage area is smelly and affecting you, while giving her permission to give you a heads up on any little issues. I notice at Bed Bath and Beyond they sell odor absorbing bags...I sent my freshman with a couple since I figured laundry might not get done that often. They are pretty unobtrusive..look like rocks or sand in a netted sort of bag.<br>
I might risk telling her that closet has an odor and that you are about to wash your sweaters--which you do say two or three times a year by hand..then do yours in Woolite and insist on hers...and roll the water out in towels and spread them out on a radiator etc to dry for a day or so..offer to do hers on a Saturday. Make sure to do yours also. They also sell a product at the Grocery that is Drycleaner in a Bag...can put most anything in the dryer with these damp clothes and get some results. Just don't do but a couple articles at a time to get the best outcomes.<br>
There are solutions to this issue, even though odor may still linger. It can improve. I really like how much you value her so make sure that comes across most.</p>
<p>Why don't you wash her stuff while she's gone and see if it helps?</p>
<p>Though the intention is honorable, "messing around" with a roommate's personal property, including clothing, is definitely a NO-NO !!! </p>
<p>It amounts to "snooping around" when roomie is away, which opens up Pandora's box and leads to many negative reactions!</p>
<p>Why is it so difficult to just talk to the roommate?</p>
<p>LOL at steal her spices.</p>
<p>wow this thread is completely hilarious
i'll bet it's the oil thing
I know some people who use oil
it stinks</p>
<p>pretend to trip while holding foor or drink and stain her stinky clothes. then she'll HAVE to wash them and it'll be percieved as an accident.</p>
<p>^that might backfire and the roommate might make her wash the clothes for her haha.</p>
<p>If my room stank, I'd rather wash the clothes myself and fix the problem than have to sit around and bask in stench.</p>
<p>You could get a lot of mud on one of your socks, then say
"ahh, i need to get this into the wash! I don't want to waste detergent on just one sock, but I just cleaned my clothes last night. How about I through your sweatshirts in there too? It seems like they are up for a cleaning by now." </p>
<p>It will definitely work...</p>
<p>Be like, "Girl, you stank. I'm sorry but I give up."
Then proceed to douse her and her clothes in your preferred perfume.</p>