Check out funny response from Nigerians: Can you leave your spouse because of mouth odour?

Intimacy between spouses , especially in the modern world , is not complete without the act of whispering sweet words into the hearing of loved ones , complimented with passionate kisses . But if all of a sudden, one of the partners in marriage is afflicted with mouth odour , such intimacy may be strained because people could be very sensitive to smell .

If in an event of such infection, Saturday Punch asked Nigerians whether they would on account of that leave their spouses

Our love is forever – Olanike Oguntimehin

I can’ t leave my husband because of mouth odour . There is a reason our marital vow was “ For better or worse”. Mouth odour is like the least of things that can make me leave him. I know it is curable though, it might be embarrassing at first because I am very sensitive to smell but I can never break my happy home for that reason . I can’ t even dump a friend because of mouth odour either .

It’ s going to be embarrassing – Oginni Dolapo

We will have to visit various dentists and start with immediate medications even if he has to start walking around with a mouth spray . I am not leaving my husband for such little reason. If it has no cure, he would have to use mouthwash more often than ever. I would make sure he brushes his teeth when he eats anything . It’ s going to be an embarrassing moment but I would make him feel loved like never before. When it comes to kissing, he will wash his mouth or take mint . Mouth odour to me is preferable to body odour , I cannot stand that one .

Kissing will be suspended- Adeyi Nike

Since it is not something I married him with , first thing we would do is visit a dentist, a specialist preferably . We have to find out what prompted the sudden smell in the first place . I am 100 per cent sure it’s going to have a remedy even if it means to fly him out of the country for better treatment. I am not leaving the man I love and that loves me for who I am . But if he is reluctant to get help , I would be left with no choice but to leave him . We should be able to go through thin and thick together because , that ’s what marriage is all about . It takes a lot of tolerance. In terms of kissing, it will be suspended. For the time being, we will do just pecks and hugs till we arrive at a solution .

Mouth odour is not a disease -Yewande Adenaya

There are worst things than mouth odour for me to leave my husband . We are in a modern age and things that are hard these days have cure except HIV . Mouth odour is not like a sickness or disease without cure, we would work hand in hand to make things right just like the way it was before . We would kiss , romance, do everything couples are meant to do , I would not want him to feel bad and unloved because it would look like I married him for my selfish reason. I might even jokingly bring up a talk about purchasing mouthwash and we could take it up from there. But trust me , I would never leave my husband for such reason.

I love him for who he is - Olatundun Ade

No, I ’m not leaving my husband for that reason, maybe for something extreme . There are drugs that can cure mouth odour , as far as I am concerned. I would not let my true love go for something not reasonable . There is a reason I fell in love with him and decided to be with him through every situation , not because he is rich or handsome, I love him for who he is. I believe we can visit the dentist together and I am sure there is something that can correct his breath and my husband is not a stubborn man .

Mouth odour is not HIV - Baderin Mojeed

I cannot leave my wife because of bad breath , maybe for some other reasons but not that . Bad breath can be minimised to the minimal level medically. I love her with all my heart and leaving her would not solve the problem on ground at all and it might even prove to some people that I married her for her beauty which is not true . Why would I leave a woman whom I love and have compassionate feelings for just because of a curable situation when it is not that she has HIV / AIDS or some other form of terminal diseases? Love conquers all and I will stand by her in all situations. We will work towards getting things back to the way they were .

We will seek medical solution - Ilori Ogoluwa

Marriage is sweet ; perhaps one of the best things that could happen to humans but the sweet roller coaster doesn’ t come without its own challenges. I can ’t leave my woman due to bad breath especially when it was not like I married her that way, maybe for other reasons but that should be the least . Although it’s pretty annoying and embarrassing for both of us either I like it or not but for the fact I love her so much, we will find a solution. I cannot because of that leave her . I would rather take her for medical corrections no matter the cost .

I would be a coward to leave her -Kehinde Ilesanmi

I don’ t care about any other man but for me , leaving my wife would not solve anything at all . I didn ’ t marry her with mouth odour . If I met her with it, I would not have even married her because I hate smells. Based on the saying that marriage is for better for worse , till death do us apart, we will be in it together . If I decide to leave her for this minor infection that can be treated , I would be seen as a coward and I am not one either . I believe, since she is my wife, we are married , we have become one and we should be able to stand by each other in good and bad times . Pending the time of the treatment she will undergo therapy for bad smell , we will kiss but I might just have to chew gum or some sort of mint to ease the smell . We might not kiss all the time . We will find a permanent solution to the infection. So , I am not leaving her .

Kissing will be difficult- Sheidi Ankuri

The only part that would be difficult for both of us is when it comes to kissing because I love kissing my wife every time . If I decide to leave her because of a sudden infection, who knows what the next woman I end up marrying will have? It might be something even worst . She would secure an appointment with a doctor and if she wants me to go with her , I will. This will be the best time to prove to her that I love her unconditionally and not for any other reason . Therefore , I am not leaving my wife because of mouth odour , we will fight whatever it is and win together .

Too flimsy an excuse to leave her -Fayemi Demola

As much as I claim I love my woman , I am definitely ready to endure the smell and enjoy her since she was not born with it. At this point, I will not be far from her at all because she has to feel loved and not abandoned . I will make her comfortable though, it is going to be a little bit hard . I will also try my best to pull every string to make sure we eradicate the bad smell in her breath. I am sure the only infection without a cure now should be AIDS, not mouth odour . We will find a way to make her breath normal again. She is my wife, and I will not leave her for such flimsy excuse that can be treated and corrected . Nothing will change with us , we will be the way we were before the mouth odour started.