This triggers me. Don't shove your flossist point of view in my mouth. Oppression is wrong.

Good body hygiene including dental, is a must for me and is certainly a deal breaker.

I prefer to suck bits of food from between my teeth right at the table after a meal.
No good?

How would you know? I drink enough vodka that I'm pretty sure my gum are sterile and my live is pickled.

Word.

Oh FFS, I can't believe there are guys here that are questioning this. I brush and floss after every meal if I can. I have floss in the car and the desk at work and in the wallet if I'm on a date. Don't be the guy with the broccoli between his front teeth to go along with the bad breath. What is so hard to understand?

Floss, or not , bad teeth or breath, will likely keep me from getting close.

Goes out in date with Pepper.

I see your big on flossing.

Yes I am.

Pulls out dentures and floss. Hands them to her.

Knock yourself out.

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"Flossing is perhaps even more important than brushing because it removes bacteria that are the precursors of plaque, which if left to fester will turn into tartar that cannot be removed by regular brushing or flossing. Tartar is what eventually causes the damage that leads to decay and tooth decay."

American Dental Society

Agreed. I won't kiss a girl if she smokes or chews tobacco. Yuuuck!

"I don't smoke, I don't chew, I don't go with guys that do" - Geewhillikers I'm OLD to remember that one!

Two additional words: Minty. Fresh. Just saying...

Just plain excellent advice!

How about if you show up smoking a really GOOD cigar?

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Personal hygiene is a good thing, flossing and brushed teeth are a plus few times a day, plus a shower lols

Before bed, I floss and brush my teeth, and when food gets caught between my teeth. I carry dental floss in my purse and day pack.

Through online dating, I met a man who never flossed. His breath stank of rotten meat.

"Can I ask you a personal question?" I asked. "How often do you floss your teeth?" Never, he said.

Although I handed him breath mints, it didn't help. Sitting side-by-side in a theater, I leaned away from his revolting mouth.

Ugh. Can't imagine kissing that.

Totally agree! My recent-ex bf brushed his teeth less and less the longer we were together. If he was trying to passive-aggressively push me away, he was successful. His breath got so bad that I refused to kiss him and the turn-off level was second only to his cheating on me (yes, he somehow still found other women to sleep with him!). He was proud of his tartar buildup the way only an immature boy can be. Fucking gross in more ways than one!

Smoking of any kind, including weed. Not scrubbing your tongue. It’s the little things that push me off

If you have plaque built up, go get a dental cleaning, it’s not expensive and only take about 90 minutes if it’s really bad.

You're really making an assumption on what other people do or don't like

I guess it’s good I floss.

Does this come up? Goodness.

(Insert "butt-kissing" joke here)

Wow! It looks like the fence is being built. People are presenting a norm that everyone should follow. maybe we should all go back to believing in religion and a slave master god? Social protocol. I don't care how much one flosses and brusthes, kissing is germy and should be done with someone you love and don't mind getting sick for. It's not a phobia, just the best hygiene. I haven't had the flu in almost ten years now. The humorous side of this is should I expect perfect dental hygiene to get a blow job?

I prefer to kiss someone who didn't floss above someone that smokes. Kissing an ashtray, yagh! Even if it is a gorgeous ashtray. Beauty is not everything.