Mar
29
how do I tell this girl that she has bad breath without being rude?
Posted by admin under Etiquette
worldpeace asked:
I know this girl who’s really pretty and stuff, but she has pretty awful bad breath (I know because I sit next to her in class).
How can I let her know about it so that she can fix it, without being rude or humiliating her?
Rapid Cure for Bad Breath
I know this girl who’s really pretty and stuff, but she has pretty awful bad breath (I know because I sit next to her in class).
How can I let her know about it so that she can fix it, without being rude or humiliating her?
Rapid Cure for Bad Breath
November 26th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
offer her a mint and pass them to others so it does not look bad. or gum.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Keep a pack of gum or breath mints with you and when you see her offer her one…how’s that?
November 30th, 2008 at 5:01 am
keep offering her gum everyday. hopefully she will get the point
December 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
You don’t have to tell her. Just carry lots of breath mints with you and every time you see her offer her one.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
take a Tic Tac and offer her some every day
December 4th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Next time she speaks to you – throw up!
December 4th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
my advise to you is to give her an inderect.
ex: leave a note in her locker/binder/backpack where ever without her knowing who left it there. Thats what i would do cus i dont think theres a good way to tell her
December 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Dont tell her. If her breath keeps on kicking no one will ask her to the big dance and it will finally be you chance to swoop in. After you are dating keep lots of tic tacs and gum on hand.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:29 am
“Your mouth smells funny, I think you need to see a dentist, you have have an abscess or an infection. Sorry to embarass you but I hope you would tell me.”
Maybe someday three or four years down the road she will forgive you.
Are her teeth and gums dirty looking?
I have never been able to tolerate dirty teeth, swollen gums and neglected mouth!
December 9th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Difficult, very difficult. Maybe you can talk about dentists, or mouthwash, but how to get around to that is difficult. Maybe the best way is to take her aside, and ask her if you can talk to her personally, or maybe get one of the girls to do it. Good luck.
December 12th, 2008 at 3:44 am
Thats a good one. Try striking up a conversation about oral hygene. Most people with bad breath don’t floss, so they end up with rotted food in their teeth and don’t know it. But others can smell it. And don’t forget to recommend to clean the toungue often also. And to garggle with a bit of parroxide and water.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
write a note to her with a piece of gum or a mint in it
AND if you are really good friends with her then she won’t take offense to it of you tell her the truth
December 17th, 2008 at 10:08 am
offer her a chewing gum or preferably a mint like ricola etc..
December 20th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
offer her gum or mints every time you see her. Or you could tell her a story about someone you know who had horrible breath and didn’t realize it. tell it like a funny story.
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:07 am
hint it to her by giving her some gum or tic-tacs. ask someone else to do it for u.
December 24th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
EXCELLENT question. I once dated a girl, and on the second date she had really bad onion breath. I was afraid to mention it, and convinced myself that she was trying to ditch me without being mean or rude. So I took the hint and left her alone.
Years later, I visited her just as she was getting ready for a Bible Study. Again, she reeked of onion. My heart fell through the floor.
I had dismissed her merely because she liked onions, just as I do! I kicked myself all the way home to my unhappily married wife.
Don’t make the same mistake! Make sure you are both clear as to her breath. She will thank you, especially if you relate my story.
December 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I’ve never found a way in 60 years to tell some one. I wonder if I have halitosis, and have had it for 60 years, and no one tells me.
I’d just take some Vicks Vaporub or Mentholatum jelly and rub it on my upper lip, so I couldn’t smell it. That’s what pathologists do when they autopsy a badly decomposing body. Just be careful not to inhale any of it; it can cause lipoid pneumonia, a very bad disease to have. Get it, and you don’t have to worry about halitosis any more. Either you’ll have it, or you’ll be dead.
December 28th, 2008 at 1:40 am
I’d recommend being honest (about the good stuff and bad, to soften things) with her, but doing so in absolute private.
I remember when I was in grade 7, there was a guy in our
class who had severe body odor… eventually some people
got his locker combination and packed his locker full of deoderants which fell out on him one day after lunch.
It was a big mess. Left him hurt for along time.
That’s why I wouldn’t really recommend the gum or mint thing.
I think it’s better to be totally honest, but to do so discretely,
so embarasment is minimalized.
December 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Most of the time, bad breath is caused by bad teeth and periodontal (gum) problems. When you are kind to people and they know that you are sincerely interested in their wellbeing, you can get the real stories, such as gastric ulcers, or ulcers due to a certain bacteriacalled helicobacter pylorii, salivary blockages due to post cancer therapy, even some cancers.
Be kind, she may have just survived a life threatening illness.
Another cause of bad breath is hunger, SHe is burning her reserve glycogen. Offer a hard candy or gum, and not the one with fake sugars.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I think you tell her friend or best friend about it.
December 30th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
That’s a tricky situation – offer her some minty gum or breath mints.
January 1st, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Keep mints or gum with you and when you are around her offer her some and anyone else that’s around so you don’t hurt her feelings. Hopefully she will catch on and things will get better. It’s easy to be mean, be a friend.
January 1st, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Sometimes it is what it is and there is no easy way your just going to have to use tact and tell her; her breath is bad.
January 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Umm either way its going to make her embarrassed. Honesty is the best but tact goes a long way, never blurt out “ewww you have bad breath”
But I would blow into my hand and sniff and ask her if my breath smelt horrid (hopefully you brushed you teeth). Then say oh don’t be offend but it might be your breath that I can smell, and offer her a breath mint, with a huge smile.
Or
Start a conversation about how you love the feeling of freshly brushed teeth, and how your teeth feel so smooth. Then ask don’t you?
Failing this carry breath mints with you all the time, and offer her them when needed. (this option can be costly)
Good luck
January 7th, 2009 at 10:21 am
take out a pack of gum, eat one, and offer her one
January 10th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
While talking to her, somehow mention you forgot to make your next dentist appointment (“I know what I forgot to do today”). Then ask her who her dentist is. If she says she doesn’t have one, offer your phone number (make sure you have it with you).
January 11th, 2009 at 4:25 am
Da mint bomb.
It’s not what you do; it’s the way that you do it.
You don’t even have to be so obvious as to just offer her Listerine mints.
Instead of making it a breath issue, set a personal example. Make it a personal trend, and an obvious personal trend.
I once had this habit of popping Listerine mints when I was working in a record store. My colleague and I had this little idiosyncrasy. Just before the lunch crowd arrived, he would ask for the ‘time bomb’ (a code name for the Listerine) and we’d pop one each at about 12 noon, just in time for the crowd!
No, mess, no fuss – just a personal trend!