I (31F) have been with my partner (29M) for over 5 years, and only recently did I figure out what this awful smell was.
My partner tends to exhale through his nose when we kiss, and I always get a whiff of some of the most sour smell. For at least a year I thought it was his mustache, but I realized over the weekend that's not it. It's literally his air. The air he exhales from
his nose smells so bad it makes my stomach turn sometimes and makes me not want to kiss him at all
How do I tell him without hurting his feelings or making him feel like I'm attacking him? I've brought up the smell in general before when I thought it was his facial hair, and he always gets so hurt and upset. But it's genuinely so bad.
Also like… what can he even do about that? I don't even know what causes "nose air" to smell bad. I've never experienced this with someone before. Any advice welcome 😭
EDIT: Ok general consensus so far is this is medical. He doesn't go to the dr like ever, I think he's gone for one physical in the 6 years I've known him so I'll get on him to go and get this checked out 🫶🏻