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 youngsters who don’t like you, and you’ll spend the next ten years dealing with unfathomable emotional responses and hormonal outbursts.
I have to say, I truly did not feel that this was going to be the case with my daughter. She enjoyed me so much as a child that I could not foresee our relationship degrading while in her hard teenage years. And I was completely wrong. Now that she is a teenager, everyday is a challenge. The smells alone are enough to supply me a migraine. You see, my daughter has developed a penchant for pungent, floral, sweet perfumes. She’s continually ruining our indoor air by dousing her bathroom with airborne contamination in the form of cheap colognes. As soon as the smelly 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 terrible Heating, Ventilation plus A/C system is just doing its job, efficiently transferring air throughout the entire house, and 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 her cheap attempts at air fresheners that I eventually called out an Heating, Ventilation plus A/C worker for help. I had her room detached from the central heating and cooling system and we installed a mini split ductless heating and cooling unit instead. Now, she can stink up her room as much as she wants and the rest of us don’t have to suffer.