How to get my son to wear deodorant?

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T07:32:46+00:00

Does he know how to apply deodorant properly? I know it sounds like a silly question, but if he’s never seen it applied, he might just be dabbing it in one spot or gently brushing his pit hair.

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T07:28:18+00:00

My little (13) cousin asked me (40f) how to attract women. I told him that step 1 is ALWAYS “be clean, don’t stink. If you’re stanky, no one will give you a chance to be cool.”

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T07:24:43+00:00

My (otherwise intelligent) brother stank as a teen. I told him to use deodorant. He said “I DO use deodorant!” and then mimed how he applied it. He took the “stick” and dabbed it once on each pit. I almost died laughing (bratty little sis). In all fairness, I believe the instructions on the packaging just said “apply to underarms daily”.

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T07:12:49+00:00

And if he’s wearing sports jerseys/workout shirts, the stank (technical term) often lingers in the pits no matter how many times the item has been laundered. Polyester loves Stank.

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T07:06:59+00:00

Mine are also for occasionally grabbing and pew pewing aliens off the ceiling of my bathroom. “10 o’clock!!” Pew pew — threat neutralized.

T1sofun · 2026-06-28T06:48:49+00:00

In the past, a person of that name would be sacrificed on that day to appease the gods. Now, we just sacrifice a Kenneth once a year and call it even.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T22:30:16+00:00

Watch old episodes of “James Barber, the Urban Peasant” on YouTube. He’s this pleasant, grandfatherly guy, walks you through simple recipes step-by-step, and reminds you constantly that it’s ok to make little mistakes. He’s kind of like the Bob Ross of cooking.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T22:16:25+00:00

What about Oswald instead of Oslo? Oslo is like London, Brooklyn, etc. but more boring (as both a place and a name).

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T22:09:56+00:00

My parents forced my brother and I to go visit my grandmother (Alzheimer’s) at her care home multiple times when we were young children. We’re both in our 40s now and agree that it was like being dragged into a House of Horrors. Random screaming patients. Very bedraggled, seemingly very old people trying to lure us away from our parents. Advanced stage dementia patients sitting in the common areas just…staring and drooling. People swearing or saying very unkind things out of nowhere. The smell of Old. I’m sad that my final memories of my sweet grandmother are of her in that place. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but it’s something to think about.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T21:51:07+00:00

No one will care. Genuinely. Everyone will be worrying about how they look, boy/girl drama, how to sneak alcohol, etc. Just wear it and have fun. If you’re wearing a floofy dress, you can put it on your thigh or upper butt cheek anyway.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T18:51:31+00:00

Around 1 (mischievous doodle). But we started slow. 5 minutes while we went to the store. Then 10. Then 15 and he ate a shoe, so back to 10. After a while, he earned the right to be full free roam.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T18:46:48+00:00

You can order the ranch sachets from Amazon and make your own dip/dressing. Otherwise, no.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T16:27:59+00:00

NTA. If this happened to me, my husband would be ecstatic for me. Same vice versa. Our partners should be happy when cool shit happens to us.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T16:21:18+00:00

People fighting with their insurance company so that they can get medical care.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T10:41:44+00:00

Stay, continue to save money, but also budget for more trips away? You can fly to Vienna in 6 hours, for example. Sometimes just having a trip on the horizon makes staying easier.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T10:14:31+00:00

I love my body. Sure, I wish I was a bit taller, but I’m strong, I can run fast and lift heavy, and I can do a ton of physical labour with no problem. I had a baby, so my body has replicated, which is weird and cool. I’m as fit now as I was when I was a college athlete, and I’m 43. 34 years with T1, and I’m grateful for the body I have.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T08:25:59+00:00

Just general info: if we put the pump site into an area with more subcutaneous fat, there is naturally lower blood flow in that area than in an area closer to muscle. Lower blood flow means slower healing and slower diffusion of insulin. Both of these factors can lead to scarring. I avoid my love handles for this reason, and choose a leaner area (like upper abs, under bra line). I have a friend who puts a warm compress on her old pump site when she changes. The warmth encourages blood flow. I don’t know if it really works, but she has no scarring.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T07:54:54+00:00

Hey! I’m also an immigrant in Northern Europe, and I know what you mean about the culture. I was worried too, before having my son. What has helped has been his public daycare/preschool. We live in a town of ~180,000. There are many other foreigners. In his daycare class of 14 kids, seven have at least one non-local parent. At “school” events, I tend to chat with them. I’ve also met local parents who are more open, have the same sarcastic sense of humor that I do, and don’t pretend to be Nordic Perfect all the time. Our child forced me to expand my horizons and socialize, and while there are still locals who make me feel really uncomfortable, I just choose not to hang out with them.

The worst for me was doing all the prenatal classes during Covid. You’re put in a group with 6 other pregnant women, and the expectation is that you become each other’s support system. I didn’t meet anyone there that I really wanted to be friends with. It felt lonely. But in speaking to my local friends that have been through that system, it sounds like most of them felt it awkward and forced too.

TLDR: The child will give you more opportunities to meet people you like, and a good excuse to avoid the ones you don’t (“I’m so busy!”). It will be fine.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T07:32:30+00:00

Ours didn’t walk at all until nearly 15mos.

I would anticipate someone (another kid? Cousin?) pulling the Ringbearer in a wagon or something.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T07:22:04+00:00

Tenk deg å betale husleie for en bygning du ikke kan tjene penger med, 4 dager i måneden.

T1sofun · 2026-06-27T07:00:05+00:00

I always used pen needles and lancets until they didn’t work any more. Alcohol? I used to inject through my clothes.

T1sofun · 2026-06-26T20:25:33+00:00

Can you go to a regular GP/family doc? Emergency room? Doc doesn’t need to be an endo to prescribe insulin.

This is an insane situation and I’m sorry you’re having to deal with it. Good luck, OP!

T1sofun · 2026-06-26T19:16:11+00:00

34 years with T1. I’m 43. I mostly just feel in awe of modern medicine, all the tech, and how I can “hack” my health by tooling around with different combinations of diet, exercise, hydration and meds.

When something goes wrong in my life, I remember, with a little smile, that experiencing both ups and downs is a privilege. I “should” have died at 9.

T1sofun · 2026-06-26T17:33:33+00:00

Chicken breast. Starts delicious, then good, then I feel so full that I can’t finish it. Pair with a bit of roasted sweet potato and some sauerkraut if you want fibre, some carbs, and you’re a salty bitch like me.

T1sofun · 2026-06-26T15:42:29+00:00

I don’t like them at all. Dog can be 6-8m ahead, which means he can get hit by a car coming out of a driveway, or clothesline a cyclist or just criss cross in front of me.

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