Turns out, part of marriage is just always asking "What's that smell?"
@LikeItOrLumpIt J skips that and goes straight for "Was that you?"

@scribblanitea

Considering it's just the two of us. I know the answer!

One time we passed a stinky leaking septic field in the car and Hubs turned to me and told me to put my skirt down. ๐Ÿ˜‚ His humor...omg...jerk.

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Haha... We live in a pretty remote rural place (also just the two of us), so there are often quite rich smells drifting across the place from one farm or another.
It is often a race to get the 'Was that you?' in first when one becomes apparent.

@scribblanitea

๐Ÿ˜‚ universal truths of country life

@LikeItOrLumpIt And โ€œdoes this milk taste bad?โ€

@AppleFangirl

"Here, sniff this"

@LikeItOrLumpIt Always hated that one. โ€œSmell it your own damn self!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚
@LikeItOrLumpIt @AppleFangirl I have a terrible sense of smell, so I ask my spouse this question on the regular when it comes to food past its expiration date.
@LikeItOrLumpIt hello Annie! Yes indeed, you are right, and yes it isโ€ฆ

@Theosuwb

Hey Theo! ๐Ÿค— Happy Tuesday. Hope you're having a good one. ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’•

@LikeItOrLumpIt

Also: "Does this smell spoiled to you?"

"If you think it's spoiled or are unsure, feel free to toss it. We don't need a consensus on whether the milk has gone off."

@Sir_Osis_of_Liver

So, I shouldn't knock on the neighbor's door and have him sign off on it?

@LikeItOrLumpIt

Nope. Make the call. You're a strong independent woman. You've got this.

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@LikeItOrLumpIt the answer is usually "me"
@julianlawson ๐Ÿ˜‰
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@julianlawson

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@LikeItOrLumpIt

My SO has a better sense of smell than me. She's helpful like that.

@LikeItOrLumpIt That's a one-way interaction in my house!
@LikeItOrLumpIt One time I woke up and thought something was on fire. I walked around the house, smelled nothing, so I went back to bed. As I opened up the bedroom door I found the "fire" was in the bedroom, up my ex's butt. 

@Elleaster

It was those spicy smoked ribs from the night before.

@LikeItOrLumpIt @fuzzyduck and the response from the other room is usually a distracted โ€œWHAT?โ€

@coffee4danz @fuzzyduck

Also marriage...yelling questions that go unanswered. ๐Ÿ˜†

@LikeItOrLumpIt @fuzzyduck Truth. It wasnโ€™t covered in my Sociology of Marriage and Family class, but thanks to my silent, farting father, I understood enough to manage not killing a certain someone ๐Ÿคฃ
@LikeItOrLumpIt
It slacks off as you get older. Not the actual smells, probably, but the noticing of them.

@qurlyjoe

Maybe losing sense of smell a little?

@LikeItOrLumpIt
Yeah, which can be scary because it can be a symptom of Alzheimerโ€™s. So sometimes I go around sniffing stuff just to make sure I still can. I remember several years ago my FiL was in assisted living and one of the staff told us theyโ€™d test residents with stuff like peanut butter.

@qurlyjoe

I'm not sure my Mom ever complained of it. But it could be, because her appetite was affected.

@LikeItOrLumpIt I thought that was having kids even more ... or even, "Don't touch it. You don't know where it came from."
@LikeItOrLumpIt Another part is knowing when NOT to ask that question.

@anca

Like when you're spouse is about to eat a nice dessert, you don't swoop in with a questionable carton of milk. "Smell it!"๐Ÿค—