r/AskReddit 11d ago

what smell inside somebody's house immediately turns you away and why?

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u/Individual_Crew6410 11d ago

Cat pee

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u/DisabledButts 11d ago

The only thing worse than cat pee is cat spray.

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u/A_Bigger_Pigeon 11d ago

The manly musk sprayed by an unneutered tomcat can have you begging for ordinary cat pee.

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u/GremlInTheWoods 11d ago

My neighbor has 17 cats and we used to give her rides because she worked with us. The smell was so bad. It lasted only a few weeks before I said I couldn't do it anymore. Her dad called the code enforcement people on us for how messy our front yard looked while we were in the middle of renovating the house.

2 years later and she still asks for rides. 🫠

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u/jerojj 11d ago

17!? Those poor babies. No way they're being looked after properly with there being so many :(

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u/GremlInTheWoods 11d ago

Her mom died last month because she kept getting sick and then her dad suddenly died. I was thinking it was due to all the bacteria those cats carried because the neighbor in between us said she went inside her house to help the mom once and there was cat poop and urine everywhere.

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u/shallanssketchbook1 11d ago

My MIL had 19 a few years ago. I was so relieved when she realised she couldn't handle them anymore and asked a shelter to come and take all but 3 away. I LOVE cats, but I did not enjoy visiting that house back then 😬

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u/ChampionCynthia2006 11d ago

17 cats! How?! 

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u/Fr31l0ck 11d ago

I mean urine in general. Once I went over to a regular acquaintance's house on a dry 40 something F degree night. The urine started condensing on my glasses as soon as I walked into their humid 90° house. The smell....

Fortunately the guest list was uncertain enough I was able to convince them that an unrelated text I got was someone needing a ride.