BAD BREATH, How do you tell them?

My brother went on a raw garlic binge awhile back. He was putting 8 to 10 cloves of raw garlic in one can of tuna and eating the whole thing. Every day. The minute he entered a room you knew it. If he talked in your direction it was enough to knock you out. Not telling him was not an option. My family members and close friends I would tell if it was making me uncomfortable having to smell it, but I don't think I would tell that to somebody who was just an acquaintance because I wouldn't want them to take it personally and be embarrassed.

i don't know...when i was in college, i have two friends...we are always together...and then, one of my friends has bad breath...my other friend and i had a difficulty on how to tell that friend of ours that she had a bad breath and we just cant stand it...we can't use our body language (that is to cover our nose) because that is too obvious and that might offend her... so, what me and my other friend did was, we agreed to just take her to the dentist...we went to the dentist together and me and my other friend also went through a dental cleaning...(gee!...we even paid for it)... then, after wards, the doctor advised our "smellee" friend that her decayed tooth must be pulled...imagine, she even rejected the doctor's advise...so that time, we were unsuccessful... we still had to go with her (holding our breath because of her smell)...after a few months, me and my friend decided to do another step...we told her, that we will go through the dentist again...we kept on encouraging her to have her tooth pulled...then, finally, she decided to do the procedure... finally, we were successful...

I have this friend of mine in my church choir and we normally share the mike with each other..!! And in this case bad breath is really awfull thing to get....you can not take your mouth away from the mike either as you have to continue singing until the hymn finishes..!!! I get damn compelled to tell her about her serious bad breath problem but I am kind of hesitant to that as she may get hurt. Some times I get her some cardamom to eat in before church by telling her that this will be helpful for her throat to open up fr her singing and some time I casually give her some mouth freshners so that I can stand standing with her. But now I usually avoid sharing my mike with her any more, cause bad breath and body small are the two things that I can't stand!!!

hi, i think my breath stinks too some times. my gf always told that your breath are so smell, get away from me. i dont know how to fix that. so, i tend to speak little to people who will tolerate my smell, i dont want to make other people holding their breath when they have to talk to me. as for me, i think i can take it if someone tells that your breath has smell.

Hello.. I will react to them by my body language, I will bring my finger to partially close my nose opening. Normally they understand my body language. There are three(3) sources that course bad breath. From your stomach, tooth decay and tongue infection. For stomach we have to take more alkali food such as green vegetables (or chlorophyll/chlorophyll type of chewing gum). For tooth decay we have to attend dentistry treatment. Finally for tongue, while brushing our teeth we have to brush our top-part-tongue. **prettyhanan**

u just tell them....if ur a good friend....some times people do feel offended...but say it in a friendly manner....to point out that it is done for their own good.. Regards Harry

Hi Menctomas, Sometimes this is a medical condition, but most times I think its just the fact that a person has failed to scrape all the germs and build up off their tongues. Thats where most bad breathe comes from. I offer someone a mint, if its not someone that I dont have to deal with all the time, perhaps someone random, I dont say anything. If its someone close to me, like hubby or friends, family, I will tell them in a funny way and we laugh about it. Maybe you can mention the tongue brushing thing somehow. I have been exposed to someone like this, and yeah its pretty bad when your sitting behind someone and you can smell their breath as they talk. Ive had that happen to me. lol Bay Lay Gray xx

U know U could give em a breath mint, or give em a stick of gum that has mint in it. If they don't catch the hint.U could try the direct approach, and tell them their breathe stinks. They need to do something about it, like brush their teeth, use mouth wash.

hello i think its impotant to be clear that no one know if he have abad breath so some pepole when you tell him the true he maybe take your advise and use some thing to help him self but the other he will hate you for your honest

I think that you should ask him when was the last time he went to the dentist because he could have gingivitis or something, that causes bad breath. Maybe you should make sure he brushes his teeth and rinses with mouthwash, and afterwards eats peppermints all day.

Well i dont tell them rude but if their a good friend i let them know and i am a goofy person so i pull them to the side or bump them on their shoulder and give them sign language about their breath. If you are a good friend, they would appreciate that you don't want them walking around talking to people in their faces and their breath smells.