# Ladies.. Um, well this is just TMI come inside if you dare.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421 "2006-09-27T22:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421/21 "2006-09-29T08:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Nasty odor that doesn’t go away after a fun and water-efficient (two clean bodies for the price of one! California needs your help) shower probably means she needs to see a gynecologist. **It’s awkward, but it’s for her health, so suck it up.** [/QUOTE] I really can’t see that being good for anybody’s health. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421/22 "2006-09-29T10:07:18Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Nasty odor that doesn’t go away after a fun and water-efficient (two clean bodies for the price of one! California needs your help) shower probably means she needs to see a gynecologist. It’s awkward, but it’s for her health, so suck it up. Are you kidding? You’re missing out. [/QUOTE] When my brother was getting married, we took some househunting trips: the future SiL, her best friend, my Mom and me. One flat had been a 3/1 but they’d converted it into a 2/1 with a huge living room (the original was tiny) and an ohmygod bathroom with mosaic tiles and a Jacuzzi. SiL couldn’t see the point of the jacuzzi; the three of us just looked at each other and shook our heads. Pregnancy informed SiL that sometimes there IS a point to bathtubs. Bro hopes to get her into a jacuzzi by her third pregnancy or so, maybe… /hijack Thirding or something that if she smells bad at that distance she may need to see her doctor. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421/23 "2006-09-29T16:38:40Z")
I’ve never smelled a bad one yet, I guess I’m lucky. You could say “Honey, do you ever have that not-so-fresh feeling?” Cue the pastoral scenes and heartwarming music. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421/24 "2006-09-29T19:48:16Z")
Is there a nice way to go about this? No. But hell, I think she has a right to know. I am a neurotically clean person errrr, inside and out. My ex husband told me a story about a gal he was seeing after me. He had never experienced that kind of odor but being the blunt man he is, he drew her a bath and handed her the douche he had bought earlier that day. She was embarrassed but the problem never occurred again. If this is going to be a relationship, this is something that needs to be remedied now. She must not be aware (or is just a skank, in which case, what do you expect?) ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421/25 "2006-09-30T12:12:52Z")
[QUOTE=SHAKES] My friend and I thought about the shower thing but we figured that would be rather transparent seeing how neither of us are the “Let’s shower together” type. [/QUOTE] Even if she realises why he’s suggesting it, it lets her know about the problem. This is without the embarrasment of your friend having to bring it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-um-well-this-is-just-tmi-come-inside-if-you-dare/374421.md?page=1)