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Advice needed

5 replies

ThisMintWasp · 15/08/2025 19:02

I've been talking to this guy a while now, but hadn't met until today, so we really get on, the vibe is really good, he's not my usual type but attraction growing a lot with how easily things flow.

Now here is where I sound really shallow and I feel super guilty about it, we have done videos calls etc but always dimly lit.

But today when meeting I noticed he has quite a lot of damage to his teeth and before anyone says I'm a horrible person, I feel bad enough and I don't know the circumstances to what caused it and didn't ask as obviously I wouldn't want to make him feel uncomfortable and when laughing he covered them so clearly is self conscious of them!

Does anyone have any advice, because I really like him and could see things working out with him, but feel like a bad person if I continue things with this sort of judgement and it feels super rude to ask about them and what happened etc 🤦‍♀️

OP posts:
Lennonjingles · 15/08/2025 19:06

Depends on the damage, just chipped or broken teeth, maybe ok but I couldn’t be with anyone with discoloured, rotten teeth.

ThisMintWasp · 15/08/2025 19:41

Lennonjingles · 15/08/2025 19:06

Depends on the damage, just chipped or broken teeth, maybe ok but I couldn’t be with anyone with discoloured, rotten teeth.

One is chipped and also discoloured and at least another two discoloured, I'm not entirely sure about the rest, I was trying not to make it obvious I was looking at them 😅 I'm not entirely sure what has caused it, whether like an injury or something like that, as in a video I've seen of him in 2018, they looked normal and white, so I'm not sure what's happened with them, but I really want to ask but know it's not really nice to ask 😅

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Nosdacariad · 15/08/2025 20:45

If he is not missing teeth does he play a sport that could cause damage?

Not sure that would cover the discolouration.

Does it speak to health in general?

MiloMinderbinder925 · 15/08/2025 21:47

OP decent, kind men are few and far between. It seems as though you've met someone who you get on well with, I assume he's respectful and has a decent vibe and you say the attraction is growing. I would give him a chance because teeth can be fixed and the pickings are few.

Jk987 · 15/08/2025 22:12

its a hard one as you don’t want to embarrass him. I just don’t understand why people look in the mirror and decide to ignore the state of their teeth! He’s clearly very conscious about it so why not see a dentist?

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