If your spouse has bad breath?

ESTHER
It’s a big slap when this happens, especially if someone tells me out there that my spouse has bad breath.
Medical research has revealed there are certain hormones responsible for it, but as long as one identifies his or her problem and shares it with another, it would no longer become shameful.
Among couples, in a relationship or in the family , it can be quite embarrassing . Bad breath results, for example, due to poor dental hygiene, eating late at night without brushing before going to bed, when some food particles get stuck in your teeth and you do nothing about it, chewing kolanuts without rinsing or brushing afterwards.

It can ruin a marriage, because the wife might not want to be so intimate with the husband in terms of kissing for instance. If my husband has it, it shows I’ve been negligent in managing him, and I would take steps to treat it.

FUNMILAYO
I would pretend not to notice; say thank you to my friends, and others who noticed, then when I get home I would discuss it with my husband and together we shall consider seeing a dentist.

SARAH
It can be quite bad and embarrassing, but anyway, I would tell whoever that noticed to mind his or her business, since I didn’t notice it. What’s the person’s business in such a private matter?
As long as I never noticed it, there is nothing anyone can say to convince me.

GOLOBA
I will not wait for anyone to tell me, if she has bad breath. It can be painful and embarrassing. Secondly, that would have been too much for someone to say to me. He or she could have been more discreet or courteous in telling me. Sometimes, it’s not everything you see that you are expected to say. You need to be tactful.

IJEOMA
If my husband has bad breath, I think the best thing to do, is to help him out with some active mouthwash like Hexedene. Constant usage would help. He is my husband and I will stand by him, no matter what.

FRANCISCA
I’ll be embarrassed, because I should have known and found a solution to it. I would not marry a man with bad breath in the first place, unless it’s a result of old age or poor hygiene. That being the case we would have found a solution to it before an outsider notices.

SADIQ
It’s embarrassing and nothing could be worse. It’s a disgrace. It means my spouse has neglected her hygiene. We shall seek a remedy.

YOMI
If someone tells me that my wife has bad breath, I think it’s a slap on me, but on getting home I will tell her. She can get rid of this unwanted odor by frequent brushing. But that would not stop our kissing, because we have been kissing before marriage.

AYOTUNDE
It’s embarrassing, if someone else notices my husband’s foul breath.
It can create a bad impression about me as well.
I would advise him to see a dentist. In Yoruba land, it’s disgraceful too, although sometimes it is the work of the evil ones. So is body odour, but in a nutshell, it’s always good to care of one’s body.

JOHNSON
I will not be embarrassed, but rather I will take her for what she is.
Whoever the observer is, it’s his own problem. I don’t care. If he cannot mind his business he should avoid my home.

FOLASADE
The manner in which the person tells me matters.
I would wonder how the person knew, if she’s female? A guy too could suspect that his woman is cheating on him, for a man to have noticed. I will simply tell the person to shut-up, though I will feel bad and embarrassed.
It means I’m not doing my duty as a wife. Perhaps we have not been kissing long enough or frequently to know, because you cannot conceal bad breath.