Bad breath remedies

I suddenly have the urge to go make a film about a gang of peanut butter-addicted vampires.

i recently told my friend he bad breath

i just sat him and down and said "friend, you have bad breath. this is a warning sign that you need to go to the dentist, and could very well be why you're not getting laid."

look he woulda been mad if i did not tell him

I am forever telling people that their hygiene is poor, and further pointing out that this makes them sexually undesirable in a general way. Oh, how they thank me.

i mean, they'd rather know, right?

Just the other day I said to a freind of mine, "You have a sparkling personality, love" -- it's best to lead with a compliment, I find -- "but you could stand to lose twenty or thirty pounds. I mean, be honest with yourself? Would you want to wake up next to you?" Then I talked at length about how she drinks too much.

i feel like you just turned into alan cumming in a jane austen movie for a hot minute

surm, you did the right thing and i can tell you are the sort who would do it in the best possible way and solely out of love.

how did he react?

he was ok about it, after giving me a little bit of a look...

So, how close do you have to be to a person to have this talk? Any tips? My friend has a long-term girlfriend, surely he knows about it and is trying to deal with it and doesn't need me reminding him that it's a problem.

kenan, no one appreciates your brutal honesty that you mention upthread. Most overweight people are pretty aware of that fact already. Bad breath, however, most people are not aware they have so I can see that might be actually helpful to know.

I live forever in fear that I have bad breath.

Chlorophyll supplements apparently help.

Tongue scraping and meticulous flossing are a part of my life

less rimming

ha!

I came here to ask how best to navigate this.

any, like, actual advice about how to do it?

sometimes a sinus infection will cause bad breath. if that seems possible, try decongestants, especially before sleeping. look to see if your tongue seems coated. if so, scrape it or brush it as best you can. plus the obvious tooth brushing and mouth rinsing stuff.

that's all I got.

Sorry, i meant how best to tell a friend about theirs.

surely depends entirely on yr relationship. mb you cld do the classic managers trick of talking about somebody else's bad breath and get it all out that way

if you do it directly + impolitely: btw your fucking breath smells like a cow-pat - they will probably think you are a twat. If you approach them with more subtlety and politeness they might still think you are a twat because most people don't like getting managed/handled, and sometimes even more so when it is done "nicely". I don't know of a way that they won't end up harbouring recent mints resentments against you.