It all started in a strange and, to be honest, embarrassing way.
My husband started to smell awful. It wasn’t a normal smell of sweat or poor hygiene—it was strong, persistent, and almost impossible to mask. I changed the sheets, the soap, washed the clothes twice… nothing worked.
After weeks of trying to ignore it, I made a decision.
“Let’s go to the doctor,” I told him. “This isn’t normal.”
I made an appointment with a urologist and decided to go with him to support him. He was nervous, but he agreed. We arrived at the office, and he went in alone. The doctor closed the door.
Five minutes later, the door opened.
The doctor came out with a red face, clearly trying not to laugh. When he saw me, he cleared his throat and said:
“Perhaps you’d like to go in and see for yourself.”
My heart raced.
“Doctor, what’s going on? Why are you laughing?” I asked, imagining the worst.
At that moment, my husband came out of the office, scratching his head, visibly embarrassed.
“Honey…” she began, without looking at me. “I don’t know how to tell you this, but… I…”
He took a deep breath.
“I’ve been using your bath sponge.”
I remained silent.
“The one on my face,” she added. “Every day. For months.”
I looked at him and then at the doctor, who could no longer contain his laughter.
The doctor explained, still laughing, that the sponge had accumulated bacteria and that using it in intimate areas could cause exactly that terrible smell — without any disease present.
“Never share bath sponges,” she said, wiping away tears of laughter.
I left the doctor’s office not knowing whether to laugh, scream, or buy a whole batch of new sponges.
That day we learned two important lessons:
communication avoids embarrassment,
and bath sponges are never shared .
Since then, my husband smells wonderful.
And I… never left my sponge within his reach again.
