keep loadsa gum around handy
If she is a friend she is unlikely to be upset by you telling her. All she has to do is buy some mouthwash or mints and problem gone!
These days most smokers realise most other people don't like it (speaking as one who goes outside the pub for a cigarette when I'm sitting with non-smokers!) I'm sure if you tell her she'll understand. If she's very sensitive about criticism, maybe an email would be better than face-to-face? Then you can explain your problem clearly and make sure she realises it's not her, it's the cigarettes, and she'll have time to get over the embarassment before you talk about it?
If I was with someone like that I would tell them, in as diplomatic a manner as possible, that I find the smell and taste of nicotine in their mouth a turn-off. If they didn't storm off in a huff I would recommend strong mouthwashes and mints to mask the smell.
Who knows, telling them the truth might motivate them to address an issue that they may not even be aware of.
Generally speaking, I don't mind snogging smokers. But the taste of some smokers can be overpowering. Fortunately it is only some.
I have avoided getting involved with some people who otherwise I found very attractive solely because their mouth stank or tasted like an ashtray
er thanks for that De Sade.....
such a horrible picture you painted.... that I am now all shaky...
I need a fag....
Stop meeting her if her breath turns u off, nah serious, if its nsa fun we havn't really got the rights to be telling people to change things we don't like about them, if i meet someone and theres something i don't like i simple wont meet them, i met a guy once who asked me to take my clit ring out cause he didn't like it i told him to take a running jump and the same would aply to anything, if someone said to me sorry but ur breath smells of fags i'd say go find a none smoker then lol
Obviouly these rules don't aply if ur in a relationship, but in nsa fun i think u take people 4 who they are not say i'll met u but u have to.........
I didnt get the impression that the original poster was trying to himpose his views on the other party.
Hes just asking for suggestions on how to tactfully get round the problem
Myself id say that telling the smoker by email would be less embarassing for them and then its up to them, if they want to carry on stinking of nicotine then can decline to see him again, But maybe they will want to clean themselves up a bit!!
Being a smoker, I've never been in this position - and I've not been on the recieving end of a request to mask the smell.
However I think it is like anything, if someone asks me nicely, I would do want I could to help out - to the extent of going out to a shop or garage to buy gum, or breath freshners, or mint strips, whatever. If the request is not so nicely put, I would quite cheerfully say "haven't got any" and make no move to the shops on principle - and if an abusive request is put to me, I'd rather walk away.
One thing though - I do not foresee myself giving up smoking. I have done it before, for 3 months after cold turkey, but I do enjoy it too much, whether I have a tailored, RYO, or Dominican cigar ( none of that cheap papershop shit neither ) and no doubt at some point I might try a pipe.) In my sig I have Pigdin Latin for " I smoke, therefore I am." - it is a big, proud part of my life, respect my liking of it, and I won't be offended if you point out your dislike.
( Ramble over - where's the bus stop? )