Libido killer between the sheets

He leans his head forward a bit, you still have to take the last centimeters... KISSING, KISSING, drive me crazy. And then, a whiff of unpolished air comes your way that leaves you completely breathless. As in: holding your mouth AND nose closed and taking a breath of fresh, untouched, brand new air on the left. The killer, the biggest passion killer: stinky breath. That he smells like a dead little bird when he wants to kiss you. It seems to me the horror in the marital bed. What am I saying? On a first date (or night) I would already take off.

I'm not alone, research from Parship shows. Smelling your giggle is the number one reason to never text him again. About 60 percent of singles (and the occupied crowd, believe me) run off in a hurry if someone is not familiar with the word toothbrush. I get it. I would prefer to brush my teeth before the morning kiss. Especially if I accidentally indulged in a Turkish pizza with a liter of garlic sauce during the night. I don't know how they do it, but the one from the local shawarma shop smells just a bit worse than the one from the bottle.

But there's more. A clean shirt and freshly trimmed nails are also a must for some fun and entertainment on a relational level. 56 percent finds this pretty important. A gray hair or wrinkle is still covered by the famous pink cloud, because 99 percent doesn't even look at it. Huh, if you had known that a bit earlier... It saves you an extra session at the hairdresser for a few hours and a jar of wrinkle cream for that first date. Also a little burp (everyone does it, read here for a moment), the unavoidable love handle or some slurping at a soup is manageable, says nine out of ten.

After all these external discomforts, the content comes into play. So if you don't have that in order, you can just sit at the table burping; it doesn't matter. Skip those grilled shrimp with fresh garlic for the first ten times just to be safe, you can enjoy them later when you sit down with your best girlfriend. Just like meeting up with unpolished nails and your mmm- smelling shirt after a long workday, that's just not such a great plan either.