Is it bad to tell someone they have bad breath?
Monday, November 16th, 2009 at
3:53 am
What about someone who perpetually has bad breath, from bad teeth, and bad oral hygiene?
Filed under: Bad Breath
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It depends on your relationship with the person.
If it is someone really close to you – you might could talk to them about it (or not).
If it’s just an associate .. not a good idea.
That’s always a hard thing to bring up unless the person is very close to you. Normally I’ll pop in a piece of gum or something around them and ask them if they want a piece.
LC-B
Don’t mention it. You could say "i think you have a little something in your teeth", and maybe they’ll pick up the floss or toothbrush hint… If one of my best friends took me aside and told me my breath was bad, I would be relieved that i hadn’t made a fool of myself in front of more judgmental company.
xx
no because your trying to help them out by telling them.
say brush your teeth 3 times aa day so your teeth is clean
If they are your friend you need to tell them.
If they are a stranger, or someone you don’t care about, it ain’t your problem.
If its someone you don’t like, well I suppose you could run around them shouting "you’ve got smelly breath", even better if they have bad clothes and BO, cos you can throw that all in as well!
No just take them aside and offer them a stick of gum or a breath mint and say I thought you could use this.Tell them you don’t mean to offend them.
It depends on the person, really. What you could do is prepare them for the question as follows:
(you) If I had, say, a smear on my face, would you tell me?
(response is a likely yes… follow-up question:)
(you) If you had a smear on your face, would you want someone to tell you? (wait for answer) .. so you wouldn’t be offended? (wait for answer) .. how would you want someone to tell you? (wait for answer)…
If all signs are positive, meaning the person indicates that they wouldn’t be offended, and are open for such corrections, then go for it.
Tell them to brush & use lots of toothpaste.
You don’t have to be rude to anyone.If it was my spouse I would definitely say something, or my children other than that I would keep my oppion to myself.
How can it be bad to tell someone something that will help them? Is loosing a friendship more important than helping them overcome a problem in their life? Remember, most people cannot smell their own bad breath, so telling someone that their breath is offending is helping them solve a serious problem. Also, most bad breath comes from the bacteria on the top of the tongue, especially the back one-third of the tongue. Brush and floss your teeth and then clean your tongue will cure bad breath. I use OraBrush tongue cleaner to clean my tongue after I brush my teeth. Works really well for me, should work for everyone else.
To be tactful is key to this delicate situation but not at all to tell them esp. if you do care for the person’s well-being. I would appreciate someone doing that if my breathe is funky.
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