My [18F] boyfriend [19M] doesn’t brush his teeth very often and it’s making me less attracted to him. How can I get him to take better care of his dental hygiene?

I have been seeing my current boyfriend for 2 years now. He’s great and I really do love him, but there’s some aspects of him I find kind of nasty.

The major one is that he very very rarely brushes his teeth. I had a holiday with him recently and over the two weeks he seemed to brush his teeth maybe once or twice. His teeth have notable signs of neglect; his canines have so much plaque on them that they’re almost entirely brown and his incisors have an uneven texture, as if he’s worn down the enamel or something. As you can imagine, this also causes some breath issues. It’s not horrific, but there is a definite smell when you’re very very close to him, such as if you’re his girlfriend and you’re kissing him.

It’s starting to make me really not attracted to him. Whenever I try to picture us doing anything sexual or romantic, I just remember his teeth and it turns me right off.

I also find it quite hypocritical. My boyfriend has severe issues with anything to do with bodily fluids. He refuses to go down on me because he finds vaginal fluids gross and we don’t even kiss with tongues because of the saliva. Yet, he never considers I might find his mouth kind of gross when he doesn’t brush his teeth.

Plus, I always take a lot of pride in how I look when I see him. I dress up all nice, makeup and all, making sure my hair is perfect and whatever, but he doesn’t even take the 2 minutes it would take to brush his teeth.

What can I do about this without embarrassing him?

tl;dr: My boyfriend very rarely brushes his teeth and it’s making me less attracted to him. How can I fix this issue?

UPDATE: I asked him about this and he says he’s aware of the issue and it makes him feel gross too, so he’s going to work on it going forward.

Submitted August 27, 2019 at 02:41AM by ThrowawayShmidley https://ift.tt/2ZvSQWU