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H won't brush his teeth! Gag...
Recently I've been under a lot of stress and I'm noticing that little things are REALLY starting to bother me. For instance, H doesn't feel like it's necessary to BRUSH HIS TEETH. It's always bothered me, and he knows it, and every day I have to ask him to brush his teeth, like a 2 year old. I don't remember the last time he brushed his teeth twice per day. And every morning an night when I go to the sink to brush my teeth, I see that dry tooth brush and I get instantly disgusted. And every time I ask him to brush his teeth, he gets all ticked off and gives me dirty looks. I don't even want him around the baby because I don't want to subject her to that nastiness. Why wouldn't he WANT a clean mouth??? And how do I make him understand that it's not ok to literally have a filthy mouth?
Btw: I just asked him to brush his teeth,he comes back after "brushing" like 30 seconds later and opens a can of coke...
Re: H won't brush his teeth! Gag...
2) Get a Sonicare toothbrush because there's a timer
So his dental health wasn't the best --- you knew this in advance.
I would refuse to kiss him and refuse any close contact until he got to the dentist.
Your bigger problem here: he is lying about brushing his teeth. That supercedes his dental health problem, imo.
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BAZINGA!!!
1. Don't get a divorce that's stupid.
2. Sit down and talk about it in a calm manner that it is unattractive to you and makes you not want to be intimate with him. Sex and touch are very important in a marriage and as a man if you threaten to take it away he should shape up.
3. Talk about his dental health and that dental corrections are very expensive. And that having a child should mean he wants to take care of his body and be around for a long time. Infections in the teeth and gums can be very serious. He should take his dental heath seriously he is a grown adult. You only get one pair once they rot out he is done. He will be wearing dentures by 45 if he doesn't start taking better care of them.
"A women who can kneel before the Lord can stand up to anything"
Maybe he can't brush because now he's in a lot of pain dental wise. He's got to get to a dentist.
If he's got a fear of the dentist, find one that specializes in patients that are a bag of nerves.
He's far too young to be in need of serious and extensive dental work due to years of neglect....but that's what you get when you won't take care of your teeth.
This all the way. My husband used to be very lax in his toothbrushing too. I finally explained to him that when he did not brush his teeth, it made his breath smell [really!] bad, and that it made me not want to kiss him. And then I made a point of kissing him after he brushed his teeth and making comments about how good he smelled after he brushed. Honesty and a little positive reinforcement go a long way!