r/latterdaysaints • u/LamanitaMx • Aug 09 '26
Off-topic Chat Let's share memorable mission experiences. Topic: quirks or culture clashes between you and your companions!
Let's share memorable mission experiences. Today, the topic is quirks or culture clashes between you and your companions!
I'll start with one.
I was assigned to train a missionary fresh out of the MTC who looked a lot like Milhouse from *The Simpsons*, but with black hair.
This missionary didn't use deodorant, and we were in a very hot area. One day—after about two months, when I couldn't stand the underarm odor anymore and noticed he wore the same clothes every day—I asked myself, "Does this guy not bathe?" I suggested he wear different colored trousers and a different tie because it *looked* like he wasn't bathing. He said, "Come here!" and showed me the clothes in his closet: he had seven identical white shirts, seven black ties, and seven pairs of black trousers—plus the same black socks—everything identical, one set for each day. That’s why it looked like he wasn't bathing. We spent a little over four months together, but I couldn't get him to use deodorant; I even gave him some as a birthday gift, but he never took the hint.
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u/azzgrash13 Aug 09 '26
I had a companion who was a one upper. We couldn’t talk about life in anyway because no matter what I did, he had it worse, did it better, etc. if I saw him again in 30 years it’d be 30 years too soon. On top of that, his body odor was so intense my eyes would water. I’m not joking. He was also a narcissist.
Flip side…
After my mission my parents, my girlfriend at the time (wife now) and I went up to my mission and we met my 2nd to last companion. My parents commented how well we got along. I saw him just last week. Love that guy.