Brush your teeth. Not just right before dates but all the time. And use mouthwash. And mints.
I can't count the number of times I thought I was attracted to a guy, got within the breath radius, and WHOOOF. A whole evening's worth of flirtation undone in a single pungent blast. Now all I can think, no matter how good-looking or charming he is, is "if I had sex with him, I'd have to breathe that for like a half hour."
Cigarette breath is even worse. Yeeeesh.
ReplyDeleteIf you keep your teeth brushed, you don't need to be crunching mints all the time.
ReplyDeleteI have now scientifically determined that no matter what I say on my blog, someone will disagree.
ReplyDeleteCigarette breath is pretty awful, so because I'm a smoker I tend to just chew gum pretty much constantly, which might also be not that hot. And then there's coffee breath.
ReplyDeleteI actually don't mind cigarette or coffee breath because there's a certain rough-edged bad-boy appeal; what gets me is just the plain old unwashed food-breath.
ReplyDelete@holly: do you tell them about their bad breath before leaving?
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