body odor

oh no markleob, i don't think your words would help,hahaa..well maybe in my case only.. hmm honestly i also had the same situation, i had a friend, and we're pretty close i think.. we always meet at the gym and often work out together, the problem is, if i get sweating, i always change my tee and back to workout.. while he, keep wearing the same tee the whole evening in the gym.. not everyone can smell it, but if you're standing next to him, and ahh there you go.. lols, trying to not get unconcious i want to tell my friend about this odor thing, but 90% sure he'll take my words badly.. so my only option is, ignore the smell.. i'm not happy.. he's happy.. others won't even care about me.. hahaa anyway, thanks !

well sometimes there are things we cant tell our friends because we dont want to offend them,i cn understand your point here,and am sure your friend will also want a solution to it why not try by getting him a body spray that is strong and then ask him how he feels then am sure an honest and gentle conversation can come up without him taking offense

I guess I would try to speak to him alone about the whole thing. That way I don't have to tell him in front of other people. That may just wind up embarrassing him. I would say that I am saying it kindly as a friend and would recommend some ways for him to get rid of the body odor.

When i was in high school we had a female friend who had this problem and as a group we all chipped in and bought her a gift set which contained bath stuffs and deodarant. She still got upset but we told her discreatly so she didn't get upset too much.

That is the most difficult for us, as a friend to someone who has B.O, I have known of someone here who has a B.O. but I can't think of ways to tell him that he smells bad and that he needs to use deodorant. Perhaps, he noticed our discomforts when he was around & we tried to widen the space so we can comfortably breathe. The next morning when he arrived at the office his B.O disappeared. End of our problem.

Make sure that he isn't a very sensitive person first.

This is always hard, whether to tell them or potentially hurt their feelings. In my opinion, I would much rather have a friend tell me than to hear it otherwise. I only ever had to tell a friend something like this once. I started out by saying that as their true friend I had something I wanted to tell them and I would think they'd rather hear it from a friend than from anywhere else. Then I told them that people were commenting because they needed to use a different deoderant because the one they were using wasn't doing the job. I told them I was telling them to be kind and out of concern, and not from the point of being mean. Then I said I would hope a true friend would be honest with me if I had the same kind of problem. The person I told was actually grateful, and by telling it 'as a friend' who wanted to 'spare them' hurt feelings, I think it went well. It's always hard to tell somebody something like that, but you know, I think friends who are honest with us like that are really true friends who care with good intent.

Oy, stinky, you smell all the best urban

Take your friend to the side privately and nicely tell him that there is an odor coming from him and since he's your friend you felt you should let him know about it so the problem could be fixed. He'll either get defensive or appreciate you telling him. Theres really no way around that but at least he'll be aware and maybe do something about that stank smell.

If there is a special occasion coming up...someone could get him a nice fragrance set. Make sure it has scented soap to match the cologne. It will be a nice gift and subtle message too.

Hi markleob. I think that is the hardest thing to do. I agree with you that it is not easy to tell him about something personal.The better way is by give a present. Buy something relates to perfume or buy toiletries set. Don't ever talk about his problem of body odor in front of friends if he is with you. This could makes him embarrassed because the matter is too personal. Don't ever make joke that relates to body odor. He might feels too depressed with it. Good luck!!