The older I get (I’m 62 now) the more intolerant I am of unwanted odors. I started noticing this in my 40s, and it’s gotten progressively worse. Now I can’t go into a public restroom without starting to gag, and people’s various bodily odors have the same effect. Even when being intimate with my SO, I start gagging if he farts (not if I do) or if I encounter a smidgen of poop (his, not mine). I hope this isn’t a “normal part of aging,” because I have more important aging issues to worry about.
Strangely, I started noticing this around the time I stopped having casual sex . . . and there were ***a lot ***of odors involved with that. Have I simply become desensitized?