Everyone constantly says that your children’s first five years we’ll go by incredibly fast. The next thing you know, they will be full-blown kids who dislike you… You’ll spend the next ten years dealing with unfathomable emotional responses and hormonal outbursts. I have to say, I legitimately didn’t believe that this was going to be the case with my child. She enjoyed me so much as a child that I couldn’t foresee our relationship degrading during his tough teenage years. And I was completely wrong. Now that he is a teenager, everyday is a challenge. The stinks alone are enough to supply me a migraine. You see, my child has developed a penchant for pungent, floral, sweet perfumes. She’s continually ruining our indoor air by dousing his bathroom with airborne contamination in the form of cheap colognes. As soon as the stinky indoor air reaches our air return vents, we’re doomed for the central heating and cooling system to disperse the stinks throughout the entire house. The awful Heating and A/C system is just doing its job, efficiently transferring air throughout the entire house; Unfortunately, it results in lower quality indoor air and respiratory distress for those of us who are sensitive to airborne toxins. I grew so tired of developing painful migraines and allergy symptoms because of his cheap attempts at air fresheners that I eventually called out an Heating and A/C worker for help. I had his room removed from the central heating and cooling system and my buddy and I installed a mini split ductless heating and cooling unit instead. Now, he can stink up his room as much as he wants and the rest of us don’t have to suffer.
