Kissing someone with bad breath
I love to kiss my boyfriend, but he has the most horrendous bad breath. Smells like old cheese. I hate to breach the subject as he has often told me his uncle had halitosis, and I think he has a thing about it.
How can I tell him, without hurting his feelings?
esther-ami Sun 06/07/08 00:37
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I don't really think you can unless you tactfully kept giving him mints or chewing gum!! You could maybe make a joke about it and say have you been eating garlic your breath stinks! That might be enough for him to check himself and realise but if not honesty is the best policy.
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or get soem retardex and leave it on his bathroom window sill
ior just not snog him
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If he's your boyfriend, then you need to tell him. Maybe I'm a wicked person, but I'd just come out with it outright. You are probably a kinder, sweeter person than I am Esther.
Incidentally, my partner would tell me too. I would hate to not know, if I whiffed in some way or another.
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Ask him if ur breath smells.....then pretend you have a 'hang-up' about bad breath (u can always fib and say someone else complained of UR breath) then buy all the halitosis stuff, use it urself and suggest he does the same 'in case he gets the problem'.
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Don't try and skirt the subject or use lies to get round telling him - be straight. Communication is the most important thing in any relationship - if you haven't got that, there's little hope. Your being honest won't 'hurt his feelings'.
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just tell him if he has real feelings for you he will understand you feel for him & know your not the only one to have noticed this in the end he will thank you for being straight with with him
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Ask him if the little man with dogsh!t on his boots living in his mouth pays council tax..... he`ll soon get the message
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I agree. Tell him - without nagging or making him feel even worse about his problem. Sit down with him, and say that being as though you fancy him like mad, you're dying for some lovely long kisses - but just can't, until he's seen his dentist and tried to eradicate the problem. Bad breath can also come from smoking, alcohol and eating spicy or strong foods, but mostly it's because of gum disease or the need for dental work. It's not something that's hereditary, so by saying that his uncle suffers with the same thing, he's probably just very embarrassed and trying to pass it off. Best of luck.
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There's no easy way of telling someone their breath stinks. Its better you tell him now than everyone keep whispering behind his back about his stink breath. Chewing gum and mouth wash only mask the foul odour. The real problem remains underlying. Why don't you encourage him to have a dental check up?
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Have to agree with the previous anssers - be honest, but kind and empathetic.
He is an adult, he needs to take charge of his body, and find out the cuase of this problem, and solve it. More often than not, problems indicated by bad b reath get worse if ignored, so you are not doing any favours by pussy-footing around the problem.
If you want a way to start the discussion - tell him you have learned a new way of checking uyour breath - it's not blowing into your cupped hand, that's useless.
Find an unscented part of your arm - forearm back or front is best. extend your tongue as far as it will go, and lick along the skin for about three inches. Let the saliva dry, and then smell the area. Whatever you smell is what your breath smells like - probably nothing for you, contaminated nuclear waste site for him.
Hey presto! Evidence provided, time for the 'get it sorted' chat.
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