I recently moved in with my SO and we've been totally enjoying just being together and intimate at all hours of the day. It's nice to be able to share in simple everyday things together (we were doing long distance before) such as grocery shopping or watching silly reality tv shows and what not. Sleeping together in the same bed is also such a treat. Except... when you reach the inevitability of waking up.
Now, I know how cute it can be when you or your SO are still in the early stages of consciousness. You look over at the other person (or they at you) and you just want to kiss them, because, goshdarnit, he/she is soooo adorable. Just like a sleeping angel! So you reach over and go in for the moneymaker... and oooof, that garlic bread or Indian food from last night is still processing nicely in his stomach. And it's oh so foul.
So now what? He smiles and pulls you in closer and all you can think is, "No no no!" What do you do then?
Do you do a hug and wriggle and a mad dash to the bathroom (or just out of bed), or do you take it like a champion because it's the au naturale beauty of your SO? And conversely, what do you do if you're the one who has morning breath and your SO wants to kiss you?
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you could always kiss other places other than the mouth...
That has never mattered to me at all. I figure if we're sharing a bed, we take all that comes with that, including "gross" things.
keep mints on the nightstand.
I think you should be straight with him. Failing that, leave some Wrigleys on his bedside table. He'll get the hint.
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Especially when you live with someone, 'gross' things are inevitable, and this is the 'make it or break it' moment for many couples. I take it like a champion. I'm not gonna jump out of bed at 5am to brush my teeth just so that he can sniff my minty breath. Naw, if he loves me, he'll take the occasional bad breath. We usually wake up at the same time, roll around, fool around and then wash our teeth together.
If it really bothers you that much though, I suggest either telling him [in a nice way] or as someone else was suggesting, kissing other places then the mouth.
we don't kiss before brushing our teeth... although i'm sure we've had sex... but usually if i sleep over i'll go brush my teeth and come back to bed... he doesn't care enough to go do that. so we converse in a way that doesn't put the other person's breath in your nose. sometimes though he'll get annoyed cause i keep telling him his breath stinks and he'll start breathing in my face on purpose :vomit: it doesn't kill me though...
I would definitely do the wiggle mad dash to the bathroom. =P
But I think since you've moved in together, you can probably just bring it up and laugh it off. That's how I handled it when it first happened to me. "Mmm good morning hun," small peck on closed lips or neck or as another person said, somewhere else and make a bee line to the bathroom. Hopefully he'll follow suit, if not, just tell him dragon breath will knock you out so gurgle a little mouth wash at least...We laugh like hyenas if we accidentally catch a whiff of the other's halitosis.
if you're going to stay with the SO for a long time, bad morning breath is prolly not that big of a deal. are you going to take a mint every morning for the rest of your life? it's natural. get over it. appreciate the fact that you have someone you can be completely natural with, even the gross stuff. =)
keep those mint stripes that dissolves in your mouth by your bed and don't breath through your nose if he leans in first and opens his mouth.
Brush my teeth and then chew gum just in case.
@radicalsounds@xanga - Yup, I agree.
If you are comfortable enough to live with the person then you should be able to deal with those little things.
When I used to sleep over at my ex's place when we woke up in the morning we would kiss eachother on the lips and not just some small peck on the lips, it would be a full out kiss, just like any other time of the day. Morning breath is normal, everyone has it, but if it bothers you that much then give him a kiss on the cheek and cuddle with him in a way that you don't have to smell eachothers morning breath.
@radicalsounds@xangaand @Cest_LaxVie@xanga - exactly the things i was thinking :)
Who cares? If it really smells that bad, you probably need to go to the doctor.
Take Chlorophyll with a meal daily. No bad breath within about 2 - 3 days and never stop your intake . . . Also no flatulations that stink . . . Also a possibility of never ever having heart burn, upset stomach, sour stomach, or any other discomforts associated with indigestion. Good luck . . .
Haha, I don't really care. Little kisses are nice until you can brush your teeth. But it's really not a big deal.
Just get up and refreshed and then we go back to bed. Then kiss.
So there used to be this toothpaste called Arm & hammer P.M and it was designed specifically for nighttime/morning breath and you would wake up with sum serious fresh breath. I guess it never caught on cuz they discontinued it. Luckily my aunt's a dental hygienist and we have tubes of the stuff.
I would wake up with sum seriously nice breath. I guess all i can say is get a tongue scrapper cuz thats where most of the bad breath comes from.
I find it amusing that you would post about morning breath. I've always had problems with my breath. I've had surgeries done, pills taken, and a whole lot of other stuff (It's been a problem since I've been like 11 I am now 24). Sometimes it's bad around him, and I told him to tell me whenenever it was bad (as maybe if it's caused be a food or something, I can avoid eating that food). But lately it's been him that's just...almost knock me out. We shower together (it's our thing. We do it more as a trust thing, than anything else) when I'm up by him those mornings. He has a very tall, but very small shower. I once said something about it, and wow...did I learn my lesson. I know I"ve had a breath problem, and it's not as bad as it used be (maybe as I grow up the problem fades away? idk), but I remember how it was for me, and I figure I can cut him a little slack.
But as for normally dealing with it. I just don't face him when he talks to me...Or else I snuggle/spoon with him. It's affectionate, yet you don't get it full blast.
brush teeth before bed, and only drink water after brushing teeth.
Never had to deal with it. I imagine if her breath stinks though, I would just not kiss her in the face until after she got up.
just get up and brush your teeth. or the both of you can resort do do something else.
We just kiss lightly on the lips and get it on with the Oral B and Colgate.
Listerine strips?
I brush my tongue...