He is a school mate and I sit at a table with him, and I reaklly have to sit far from him, due to his bad breath.
2006-08-18 04:43:46 · 35 answers · asked by tweishan_2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Look up online: TheraBreath.
They will email him anonymously - it's great.
Typical mints mask the smell, but don't get at the root cause of it. The website explains the science of bad breath.
If you really value the friendship don't do it yourself directly.
The website is a handy thing to use.
2006-08-18 04:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by Lake Lover 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Be honest and polite. Tell him that you value his friendship & would never want to lose him. And as his friend you notice that he has not the best smelling breath. A breath issue.
I would go and look up solutions online so you can offer advice. He may or may not be ware of his breath so don't make it a personal attack.
He might pull awat at first because he's embarrased. Don't take it personally & stay available. He'll come back around.
2006-08-18 05:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by ~*~*~*Jenny Anne~*~*~* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pull him aside one day and simply tell him. There are many causes of halitosis (scientific name for bad breath). The most common is obviously bad oral hygiene, but the second to that is the decay of teeth. He may not realize this is a problem and if so, he will certainly be appreciative of your concern. Tell him in the context of concern and all should be well. Beaware that his problem could be of dental decay and one that he may not be able to address because of financial issues. Try to help him get a handle on this by suggesting that you will be there for him to provide a gentle nudge (or secrect word or phase) to tell him that his breath is out of control and he could then take a mint or two.. or three.
Tell him with concern, respect and the desire to help and I'm sure he wil appreciate your being honest.
2006-08-18 04:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by wrkey 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
tell him how you feel about his breath he may feel bad but you have your own right as a human to like and dislike things so if you don't feel comfortable with how his breath smells tell him that he breath smells bad because it is your life and if you will have to sit beside him all through the year then you will have to tell him what you think about him and that may make him brush his teeth even if he fills bad or maybe he doesn't know that he has a horrible breath then may be apologize
2006-08-18 04:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by minty1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I give the thumbs up to wrkey... nice thoughtful answer.
I'm going to have to change my usual approach to the problem after this; generally I'm with the 'kick him in the nuts' guys... I have to admit that it hasn't had the best result.
Well anyway... I hope this helped solve the problem. I have to go now. I'm due for a court appearance cuz I met sombody with bad breath.
((( r u randy? )))
2006-08-18 05:15:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough one. When I was a kid I had a girl friend with a knock out bod and bad breath. I hoped her breath would get better but no matter what I tried, it never got better.
I dropped her.
2006-08-18 04:51:53 · answer #6 · answered by Matrix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-05 02:28:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I told a good friend once that his breath would knock a buzzard off of a s-h-i-t- wagon at 100 yards, so over the top that we both laughed, but he got the point.
2006-08-18 04:50:56 · answer #8 · answered by helixburger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAKE A JOKE OUT OF IT SO AS NOT TO HURT HIM.....THEN SAY SERIOUSLY THAT BREATH NEEDS MINTS NOW! IF ITS THAT BAD PROBABLY HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM.....GIVE EM GUM THE STRONG FLAVORS OR USE BREATH SPRAY AND TELL EM HEY TRY THIS IT KILLS THE DRAGON BREATH
2006-08-18 04:51:44 · answer #9 · answered by flowerspirit2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Offer a breath mint.
2006-08-18 04:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by umwut? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋