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I work with a young lady who has terrible breath. However, she's aware of it. She makes a point of keeping her distance. She's a person that doesn't brush. I'm not intimate w/ her; therefore, I don't care. However, she has an unsightly piece of bread that has been lodged in the front bottom row of her teeth since time immemorial. I swear by the old gods and the new; I want nothing more than to hold her down and excise that bread from between her teeth!
How should I go about talking to my roommate about his horrible breath?
My theory is that the root of the problem is that he only brushes his teeth once a day.
Be blunt about it. Start calling him "Tic-Tac." When he asks about why you're calling him Tic-Tac, that's the best time to tell him it's because of his nasty breath.
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Originally Posted by ThreeSides
I work with a young lady who has terrible breath. However, she's aware of it. She makes a point of keeping her distance. She's a person that doesn't brush. I'm not intimate w/ her; therefore, I don't care. However, she has an unsightly piece of bread that has been lodged in the front bottom row of her teeth since time immemorial. I swear by the old gods and the new; I want nothing more than to hold her down and excise that bread from between her teeth!
If I liked the person, I would be honest and kind. I doubt the bad breath has anything to do with tooth brushing, usually it's more of a digestive or sinus problem. Honesty is the best policy!
****, my roommate's breath is so bad that it literally will stink up the entire apartment. I am sitting 20 feet away from him, and everytime he yawns or says something, I feel as if I need to hold my breath. Once, I actually put my face right next to my panting dog, because the dog's breath was so much better, and about the only thing that will overpower his. I think he has some kind of infection or rotting tooth or something. He still has his wisdom teeth, so I can imagine he has a difficult time getting them clean.
It started about 3 months ago, everyday, but as long as it was shortly after his brushing time, it didn't really spread like it does now. I would passively aggressively offer mints and gum (we used to carpool to class, so being in a car with him was torture). He would never accept, it has progressively gotten worse, so one time after he refused the mint/gum, I just told him, "mint, or no ride home." He tried to refuse, saying he disliked them, acting oblivious to what I had just demanded. So I had to reitterate, "you are going to use these mints, or you are not getting in my car." He finally got it.
Anyway, I tried to talk to him about it on numerous occassions. I have tried doing it nicely, tried to do it humorously, and I have even tried to explain it in a concerned manor, because he has great hygeine. It isn't his hygeine, it has to be something he cannot control, and needs to go to a dentist or EMT for. He drinks coffee and uses tobacco, which I am certIn makes it worse, but not the main culprit; he has been gradually decreasing how much of each he drinks/uses, and the breath is getting worse. It always smells exactly the same, like sour milk or something, and it just gets stronger, so it isn't anything he eats or drinks, or the tobacco/coffee.
He always either ignores me, or tries to tell me, to my face with the horrible breath coming out of his mouth, that he doesn't have bad breath, and I must just be smelling things. Even my significant other has told him that they can also smell it, and he legit does not believe us. I have had him lick the back of his hand, let it dry and smell it... He acts like there is no smell. I feel like I am being a horrible person, because I have slowly been pestering him more and more... But I seriously can no longer breathe in my own home. It has gotten so bad in the last week that I have actually vommitted.
I am seriously worried about whatever is causing this smell. There has to be something legitimately wrong, and it isn't just affecting his life at home. He's a good looking guy, and he can't get any women to stick around because of it, we take some of the same classes, and I am the only person who will sit next to him after the first day. I am also very sensitive to scents, and I have noticed that I am starting to get migraines when I am home with him, which is all the time, because he can't get a date or friends, because of his breath. If he wasn't one of my best friends that I care about, I would make him see a doc or move out, but that isn't an option in this case.
FML
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