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Hey, your breath stinks!

A reader wrote to us about her little dilemma. She's falling madly in love with a guy but he has bad breath. 

We asked some of our Facebook followers how they think she should deal with this and here's what they had to say:

Sbosh: There's no easy way to tell someone they are smelly. Just be upfront with them, they will respect you one day.

Heidi: Be super conscious of your breath around him. Start chewing gum after dinner and offer him one. If you're intimate keep mints on the bed stand for 'you' or say you like to brush your teeth beforehand. Hope your breath consciousness will catch on...

Sara: I'd tell him straight. Really, what's the worst that could happen? If he's mature he'll take the advice and try to fix the problem, if not, well then he's really not worth the time or effort.

Mmapoo: I will drop him so fast, he wouldn't know what was the problem. I can't deal with smelly breath. I would disappear before things get serious.

Dzunani: Just say ''I'm bored...let's go brush your teeth!''

Lauren: I would tell him politely that his breath is bad. Or I'd kiss him with lots of toothpaste.

Siobhan: Offer chewing gum and tell him he needs it and then laugh it off!

Leticia: This is a very difficult situation. Depends on his personality and how he would take something like that. I once broke up with a guy (mainly) because I couldn't stand the fact that he chewed with his mouth open and didn't have the heart to tell him for fear of hurting his feelings (he was a real softy). In hindsight I probably could have dealt with it better but I reckoned if something like that was enough to make me leave, I probably wasn't the right one for him anyway.

Ezinwanyi: Really is not easy to tell the person ,but it will be better if u let the person know to avoid further embarrassment.

Linda: Honesty is the best policy, could be that he is constipated, when your constipated you get db (death breath). Come out with it, or if you must be very diplomatic say you have a dentist appointment because you have a thing about bad breath he might catch the hint but I doubt it.

Tania: Tell him about the "lick" test. You lick the back of your hand, wait a minute, and sniff. If it smells bad, so does your breath. Sinus can also cause bad breath. Buy the man some Allergex.

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