My husband has serious hygiene issues
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Anonymous
| My husband has a lot of issues, but this hygiene issue is the last straw. He is in his late 40s, and should have a routine for bathing, dental care and grooming by now. I have had several discussions with him about this, but he still has not completely solved the problem. We have only been married for 2 years, and I am seriously considering ending this. |
Anonymous
| Is brown-stamping (of bed linens, upholstery, etc. ) on the agenda? |
Anonymous
| If brown stamping is what I think it is, no. But feces breath and not bathing after working out are. I'm not his mother, and I don't want to continue having discussions about these issues. Nor am I interested in having an argument after bringing the issue up. |
Anonymous
| Did you not live together before you got married? |
Anonymous
| Feces breath could be a serious health condition vs not brushing... |
Anonymous
| We did live together before marriage. The hygiene issues weren't as bad then. It was mostly his bad breath. The not bathing after workouts started happening more recently. |
Anonymous
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Can you ask him to have a dentist check his mouth - gum disease, loose fillings or crowns, tonsil stones all cause awful breathe that just brushing can’t fix.
Is he on a Keto diet? I think that makes people stink. |
Anonymous
| You married him—why? |
Anonymous
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The bad breath is at least partly caused by the high amount of sugar in his diet. He went without sweets and sugary drinks for about a week and I noticed that I couldn't smell his breath. As soon as he started drinking soda and eating sweets, the bad breath returned. I can't get him to eliminate the sugar from his diet.
He doesn't brush his teeth as often or as thoroughly as I do. And he definitely doesn't floss. |
Anonymous
I'm in my 40s and didn't want to be an old maid. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think i can really smell my DH anymore. |
Anonymous
Most people don’t. It’s trashy. |
Anonymous
Often wrong but never in doubt. In fact, 60% of those entering their first marriage in the United States are already cohabiting. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.12530 |
Anonymous
Which means 40% don’t. Anyway, cohabiting couples have a higher divorce rate. |
Anonymous
You said "most". Which the statistics show is objectively false. Whether cohabitation leads to divorce vs actually protects against divorce is still an open debate. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/premarital-cohabitation-divorce/573817/ So you are a moron. |