Anonymous
10/01/2013 10:28
Subject: how to tell your spouse something he is doing is grossing you out?
we pop ours in a glass of water and use polident to clean it. just start doing it.
Anonymous
10/01/2013 10:24
Subject: how to tell your spouse something he is doing is grossing you out?
Why can't you just say "Sweetems, I've noticed that your breath smells bad after you put in your mouthguard - I think you may need to clean it with something extra strength to get rid of whatever is causing it."
Anonymous
10/01/2013 10:20
Subject: how to tell your spouse something he is doing is grossing you out?
My DH does this too, takes it off, rinses and put it away until the night time. I take it and clean it for him. I've mentioned it several times but he doesn't care and since I do, I do the cleaning/brushing myself (I handle with a pair of thongs ofcourse).
Then again, I'm a germophobe.
Then again, I'm a germophobe.
Anonymous
10/01/2013 10:16
Subject: how to tell your spouse something he is doing is grossing you out?
I don't know why I can't figure this out, but it's hard. My DH would probably say I often don't have a problem telling him what I am unhappy with.
He doesn't clean his mouthguard at night. He gives it a cursory (2 second) rinse in the morning. (And this is a guy who up until now, always seemed obsessed with oral hygiene, brags to me about his "perfect" teeth - according to our dentist.)
Unfortunately, he puts it in right as he finishes brushing at night. So it sits in his mouth for 10-20 min before we actually go to sleep. And then his breath smells disgusting. I'm not sure he even knows it. Like - I can't even kiss him anymore (of course, he removes it first) - it smells so bad, and now, psychologically, I can't stop thinking about the bacteria in there. And I am in no way a germophobe.
I tried to bring it up a few days ago but it didn't really register.
How do I address this in a non-hurtful way?
He doesn't clean his mouthguard at night. He gives it a cursory (2 second) rinse in the morning. (And this is a guy who up until now, always seemed obsessed with oral hygiene, brags to me about his "perfect" teeth - according to our dentist.)
Unfortunately, he puts it in right as he finishes brushing at night. So it sits in his mouth for 10-20 min before we actually go to sleep. And then his breath smells disgusting. I'm not sure he even knows it. Like - I can't even kiss him anymore (of course, he removes it first) - it smells so bad, and now, psychologically, I can't stop thinking about the bacteria in there. And I am in no way a germophobe.
I tried to bring it up a few days ago but it didn't really register.
How do I address this in a non-hurtful way?