I need seriously urgent help guys! I’m a PhD student and recently I’ve been assigned a FYP student. She’s has seriously bad body odour. It’s only been 1 week but I can’t stand her smell anymore. I can’t bring it up to my prof cos I think he can’t do anything about it. I’m also afraid I’ll get into deep S that might get me expelled if I told her to shower and use deodorant before coming to office, and she would report me for harassment at work.

Right now her body odour has been severely trapped in my entire office, and I can’t perform my work tasks comfortably even when I return to work after office hour. Even if I get my prof to get other staff to supervise her, it still doesn’t help because she’ll still remain in the same office/lab. What’s the best way to overcome this situation without getting into trouble?

Thanks a lot guys. Urgent!!!

Here are what netizens think:

• If her BO is due to her personal hygiene choices, do you think by confronting the matter she will care about how u feel or what u smell?If her BO is due to something she has not control over, do you think by confronting the matter it will change anything?

• From the looks of it , it sounds like you are a guy and it’s a touchy subject. Maybe you can approach another female student that you are close to to kindly tell her

• since you are wearing a mask, put axe oil on tissue and place on your nose behind your mask.

• Be direct rather than enduring it. U can buy a deodorant as a gesture that you care for her well being . Just put across it tactfully. I believe she will appreciate you rather than feeling embarrassed.

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Are 170 cm + girls really that super common these days?

I am a guy of height 171cm and I find it kinda repugnant when I talk a walk along the streets and see these fellas roaming, be it in office attire or exercise attire. Whatever happened to the 160 plus or 150 plus ladies?

I remember back then in 2015, when I took a ride in the mrt during peak hours, the ladies will be mostly shorter and it is not common to see 170cm plus ladies. Today it is the opposite. I will be blocked by these ladies and I need to even count myself lucky if I can even see a shorter one.

To those reading this post, if you laugh at this I believe you are the fortunate 180cm + or 190cm +. Probably most of you here cant even relate to this kind of odd and left out feeling though.

(If any of you 170cm guys have grown taller using some medicine or surgery method, please let me know. I believe there is a way.)

End of rant.

Here are what netizens think:

• There’s a surgery to help increase your height by a couple of inches. Of course it entails deliberately breaking your bones, and a few months recovery period at least. But since you’re obviously insecure about your height, I’m sure you wouldn’t mind it

• Not our fault that you’re short (by your standards) AND evidently insecure. I also find it repugnant when men of such a combination walk down the streets, be it in office/exercise/informal attire.If women have to be short to cater for guys- lmao- why don’t you grow taller to accommodate??

• Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Don’t worry, it should be a short one for you.

• The only height that matters is your little brother

I’m 40F, with a well paying job, single with no commitments so money was never an issue. I don’t need a man to take care of me. I have no interest in settling down and the maternal instinct just never kicked in. I’m happy being single. I’ve had a few relationships over the years but never got to the proposal stage with a guy. Sometimes I do feel lonely. I also have friends with benefits and one night stands to ease through the times when I need some comfort. I feel that since I’m single I don’t need to answer to anyone about how I live my life.

Because of my interests and lifestyle habits, most of my friends are guys and most are married. I do talk about my S life with a few of them whom I’m close to. What I cannot stand is some of these wives of my friends openly show that they don’t like me.

Since covid I also feel like all these social contacts have been conveniently cut off by some of these women. I used to be one of the few females among the guys when we hang out. I’ve met their wives in the past but somehow never seem to blend in. I find this is ridiculous. Just because I choose not to settle down and bear children, I am being outcast. Why can’t I be friends with whoever I want without being judged? I did accidentally got a little too close to one of my friends but nothing happened. Nothing started so there was nothing to end. I didn’t think it was a big deal until I notice I was excluded a few times. Why is a little mistake amplified into such a ridiculous situation?

He got to keep our group of friends while I got kicked out. I knew these people for over 10 years and 1 little mistake completely wiped away my presence in the group while he get to behave like nothing is wrong.

Try being 40 and single before you tell me it’s easy to find new friends during covid.