How can you let someone know they have bad breath without hurting their feelings?
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at
1:57 am
Without hurting someone’s feelings or being too direct, how can you let someone know that they have bad breath?
My teacher has bad breath and so does the girl next to me.
I have thought of offering them mints, but even that may be a bit direct.
Any suggestions?
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Oh man…bad breath drives me crazy!! I dated someone who always chewed gum or mints…and after a while stopped. He had bad breath 80% of the time. I finally told him…I can’t remember how the conversation came up…and he didn’t believe it. So now he still had bad breath and I got teased for mentioning it. No help.
So though you can’t fix the problem of their bad breath, at least you can fix the problem for you having to smell it. I would definitely pop a mint in your mouth (breathe out of your mouth to help camouflage their bad smell) and offer them one constantly. People tend to catch the hint or at least joke about having bad breath when offered gum/mints alot. Plus, when your teacher leans in to talk to you, lean back a little, just slightly so he/she can catch a hint.
Hope this helps!
just pull them aside try not to let anyone else hear you. keep it simple.
I would offer dem d mints becoz bad breath is mank by!! I wudnt b able to stick it!!!!
yes, my teacher also has bad breath my friend told my techer and she said i will clean them next time" pretty weird but true!
Just take out some mints, then be like hey do you want one? And ask your teacher too, lol. They won’t think anything of it, they will just think your giving them a mint!
Offer the mints, if they say no thanks, tell them they need one! I’d rather be told, than not told!
hahhaha well simply just ask them what they had to eat
and from there just pop out a gum eventually they’ll ask for one…….
I feel your pain
sometimes you’ve just got to tell it like it is….
hmmm difficult one lol
we have colleague and daaaaaaaaaaamn i can’t even breathe when he is next to me it’s awful.
we had to tell him direct. you can tell the girl next to you something like: babes did you brush your teeth today? lol
with your teacher it’s more complicated as you may end up being the non favourite one if you say something
HOLD YOUR BREATH!!!! lol
just offer the girl some mints every now and them to the teacher you should write an anonomous lettersaying that she has bad bread
Yea I agree just pull the girl aside and let her know… as far as ur teacher IDK you may have to just deal with it, bc you don’t wont he or she to retaliate on you… I had a teacher who had bad breathe every class period. ( we just kept bringing gum and sharing LOL)
If you don’t want to be too direct, you can set an example of chewing mints yourself first. Grab a chance to offer just pretend that you want to share it. Then tell them the goodness of chewing that kind of mint. If they are interested to try, explain to them slowly.
Pray to the God and wish that they realize their bad breath if you believe in the power of prayers. When I want to change my habit or someone else bad habit, I will pray if there’s no way to tell directly. Usually this works. It depends on you.
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