How would you tell your friend that she has body odor?

I would have no problem telling my friend something of that order. Our friendship would validate the fact that I wasn't being mean or trying to hurt his/her feelings. I would feel that I owed that to them. Honesty is an important factor in any friendship, and its not always good news. If the situation was reversed I would expect that my friends would tell me.

he he he,let me think first,i have a friend like that,i bought her a deo and i told him that try this deo and told him "im using this kind of deo,pls try it by yourself"

That would be hard to do but because she is my friend and i don't want to put her to shame if other people would notice her bad odor.Perhaps i could tell her in a nice way since we are friends and she could understand my concern.

It will depend on how close we are. If we are not that too close, I will ignore it. But if we are really close, if it is a guy, I will tell it to the closest guy to him and he will tell it to him. If it is a girl, then I will tell him when no guys are around.

If she was a really close friend, like someone that I had known for a while I would just let her know hey, you stink. But if it someone that I just met or hadn't known for a while, I don't know, I don't think I could tell them because you wouldn't know how they would react. They may be offended.

Considering that she's a girl that would be hard. But if both are you are close friends then that won't be hard to do. You should tell it in a way that she won't get embarrass. Say it with humor. She'll understand it.

hi djoyce, you are right that it's better to tell her than ignore it. but it's always difficult the get the ideal come to reality i usually just ignore it, pretending to feel comfortable near by her. i got a friend whose body odor is so strong and suffocating. i think it's because she don't usually eat healthy food. it's also said that our mind is also affect our body odor in some degree. if our mind is dominated by crude and evil thinking, it will influence our body producing bad smell. in that case, any perfume or deo won't help much.

This is a tough situation. But there is no other way but to tell my friend in a nice way that she has a body odor. I want to be the one to tell her instead of anybody telling her. I love my friend that's why I am just doing her a favor because i am concern of her well being.

It really is hard to tell someone that. As much as possible I really don't want to offend anyone. I could probably be outspoken about it to my cousins or any close relatives. But I could not bring myself to say it to someone I barely know or to a friend. I just pretend that I have something else to do so I could stay away from him or her.

of course if you are a true friend you will tell her cause you care. it will maybe hurt her a little but it will help her. hygiene is very important to all of us.

Few of my friend have this problem. I believe it is mostly according to nation and foods. If I know one of my friend has body odor, I will not tell her because she will be offended. It is not her fault, she should not be blamed. I will try to ignore it. If a strange has body oder, I will keep away from him. It is really unbearable.

ya thats right!! but still if that person is your friend then you can tell him! i think he wont mind it!!!! if he get that comment from a stranger then he would obviously get embarrassed!!

I sure as hell would tell her about the body odor or bad breath. It is always better to tell one's drawbacks and shortcomings rather than ignoring it. Although most people get hurt by such comments, but they are not rational.Those who point out our shortcomings are the real friends.

if you are really a friend of her tell her but ya its a bit difficult

that is very difficult for me to tell her/him,but I will tell her/him the truth that she has a body odor or she is bad breath,I think this is the best way to do because were friends and Im willing to help her if she want,I will teach her how to prevent the body odor.

I was in that situation , it depends , if she was my very good friend I will tell her . I think she had better take care of herself ,some body odor or bad breath means not under good health . If we are not so good friends ,I think tell her will make her embarrassed , I can leave this chance to her better friend or families .

During her/his birthday or during Christmas, give her a gift like deodorant or mouth wash, he/she will take the cue from there; or you should be the real friend that you are and tell her/him frankly when there's only the two of you. "You see, I would like to tell you these, because I'm your true friend...." and then start from there and tell her everything. Good luck.

oops thats really hard..........try gifting her a deo..........

I think the best thing to do would be to personally speak to her about the problem but not in front of anyone else otherwise she would feel insulted and hurt. Tell her that your care for her and hence you would like her to improve on a few things such as her body odor and bad breath. You could suggest to her some good measures and also tell her that you have nothing against her but doing this in order to help her out so that others think good about her. That's what I would have done if I were you.

I'm in the same situation, my friend smells so bad and I have to work with him all day. I came across this site www.smellyfriend.com they tell your friend that they smell bad anonymously.