Bad breath

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Is bad breath in a new partner a deal breaker to you?

Is it constant? Or just occasional, like morning breath? If it's a regular feature I doubt I'd be able to keep an attraction going.

It's constant yes. I have told him about it but he is denying it.

Constant bad breath might be a deal breaker. Being a knob and denying it when I'd got the guts to point it out DEFINITELY would be.

He should see his dentist! Also: Buy an electric tooth brush as a present and demand it to be used.

My dh had bad breath, turned out he had a rotting tooth.

I would tell your dp he needs to see a dentist. If he says he doesn't, ask him why he believes you are the sort of person who would make something like this up and that you are concerned because both the bad breath and his lack of faith in you is now affecting your relationship.

This is a new relationship and you're having to deal with deeply unromantic issue like bad breath? The fact that he is disrespectful enough to 'deny' having BB is enough for me to say LTB. BB is something you deal with immediately. You don't 'deny' you have it ! Personally I would shrivel up and die if my new BF told me I have it, but I sure as hell would sort it after I'd got over the embarrassment

Would you want to be intimate with a smelly git? No? Then it's a yellow card.
Will he take action to stop being a smelly git? No, you say - then of course it's the red card and relationship's done. Durr!

Perhaps he has dry mouth. Does he take any medication? It can be a side effect of some meds.

Anyway, denying the problem would be a deal breaker for me as it shows a lack of respect for you.

Plus, if he is like this about bad breath, what would be like about say a potentially more serious health issue? Would he be the type to avoid the doctors etc?

Ewww, no. As a PP said, if he is in denial, then he won't do anything about it and you will have to tolerate it indefinitely. Not something you want to do.

Bad breath would proper me off someone. I have been talking to someone with quite bad breath a few times, and you have to sit 6 to 8 feet away from them, and even then you can still smell it

How can you possibly continue a relationship with someone with very bad breath? Yes it would be a dealbreaker for me.

It could be tonsil stones.