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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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How about the Kosmo Kramer?
"You stink."
Seriously, unless this person is a wrecking ball, most people will be so horrified to learn that they stink that they won't even remember to be angry at you for being blunt. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:33 am Post subject: |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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If you're really her friend and it doesn't seem to bother herself, you could simply learn to accept it. As a medical professional, surely you know that the olfactory senses are perhaps the most adaptable.
Otherwise, you can simply tell her that you have an odor problem and you think that it's serious. If you talk about it a great deal, asking question after question and tip after tip, day to day, then your friend will start thinking more about her own smell. That's perhaps the best way to get her to realize that she has an odor as well.  |
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sadguy
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Otherwise, you can simply tell her that you have an odor problem and you think that it's serious. If you talk about it a great deal, asking question after question and tip after tip, day to day, then your friend will start thinking more about her own smell. That's perhaps the best way to get her to realize that she has an odor as well. |
ooh, that's a good one. hell, even ask her to smell you. then ask if you can smell her. lol |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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Thanks everybody, lots of good and bad ideas 
I would desperately want my friend to tell me if I have similar problems, however, not everyone is willing to accept direct advises, especially in this case, it's an issue considered extremely private, especially to an unmarried Korean lady.
Why wouldn't I just live with it, I am usually quite tolerant but it did bother me and I am sure others will find out as well, she should do something to fix it.
Since I decided what to do next, please let this thread go away.
Have a nice fresh smell day. |
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swinewho
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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liveinkorea316
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
Location: South Korea
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Actually I think I have the best solution for you Panda.
Get someone who is not a friend of hers to tell her bluntly. Even enough to make her feelings hurt. This is a win-win. As long as this mystery friend of your never lets on that it was you that put them up to it, she will never know it was you.
Use some Korean aquaintance that you might never see again. Pay them if you have to.
You friend will hopefully come to you and complain about that rude person and you can politely say that maybe she should get something checked.
I think I am Doctor Phil. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| rchristo10 wrote: |
If you're really her friend and it doesn't seem to bother herself, you could simply learn to accept it. As a medical professional, surely you know that the olfactory senses are perhaps the most adaptable.
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Not really feasible. For someone with a keen sense of smell, a bad odor hits the whole body like a shockwave; you can't just fake a smile and ignore it, on the contrary your first reaction is to cringe, cover your mouth, and run away. One of the reasons we have olfactory senses is so they can inform us if something is WRONG.
It may not bother her, but what about everyone else? They have to walk on eggshells just because they don't want to offend the smelly girl? They are already offended by the bad smell. If it really is a friend, better to find a way to politely tell her about it. You're doing her and everyone else a favor. |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| A random note slipped into her mailbox stating as such. |
Bound to make her paranoid of everyone. |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Mix1 wrote: |
| rchristo10 wrote: |
If you're really her friend and it doesn't seem to bother herself, you could simply learn to accept it. As a medical professional, surely you know that the olfactory senses are perhaps the most adaptable.
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Not really feasible. For someone with a keen sense of smell, a bad odor hits the whole body like a shockwave; you can't just fake a smile and ignore it, on the contrary your first reaction is to cringe, cover your mouth, and run away. One of the reasons we have olfactory senses is so they can inform us if something is WRONG. |
Guess the word ADAPTABLE just went up and out of the point...i.e. of all the senses smell usually adapts (even to a bad smell) fastest.
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| It may not bother her, but what about everyone else? They have to walk on eggshells just because they don't want to offend the smelly girl? They are already offended by the bad smell. If it really is a friend, better to find a way to politely tell her about it. You're doing her and everyone else a favor. |
Who said anything about walking on eggshells? We were ask for euphemistic or tactical ways of telling a friend that she smells. If you think that the situation is so bad that it's a matter of "it may not bother her, but what about everyone else," then you can simply un-befriend the girl and move one.
I originally thought the OP was stressing how to diagnose a person who apparently hasn't taken the time to go in a see about a possible vaginal infection. Perhaps I could be wrong, but as a medical professional, I don't see why Panda doesn't just use the badge she's apparently wearing:
"Hey, you know. I smell something from you that I've smelt from other patients and wanted to know if you've recently had a check. Don't take it personally, all-in-all, it could be the foods that you're eating or perhaps I'm just ultra sensitive, but it's a smell that I've encountered often while working with women and was wondering if you'd like me to go with you to get checked just in case."
Sounds like a pretty adult thing to do to me. |
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radcon
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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Create an anonymous email and send her all of these songs
Love the last one 
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madoka
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