Our third official date happened at the dentist’s office. That was the same spot where she accepted my proposal. I had proposed to her three weeks prior. On this day, she told me her routine visit to the dentist was due, so I should escort her. When I got there, she asked me to have my teeth checked too. I ended up having my teeth cleaned and getting a special mouthwash.

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I should have known then that I was in for trouble. Since this relationship started, every three months I have had to visit the dentist with her. The cost isn’t my major problem, but the fact that we do this without fail is. The last time I didn’t want to go, she told me, “I can’t go and have my teeth cleaned and be kissing mouths that haven’t been cleaned for ages.”

I said, “It isn’t ages. Was it not just a few months ago that we did it? My teeth are becoming sensitive.” She responded, “All the more reason you have to visit the dentist.”

I refused to attend with her, and true to her words, we haven’t kissed. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t pick food from the gutters and eat, but my girlfriend wants my mouth washed and my teeth cleaned like I do these things. These days, she tells me my breath stinks, knowing very well it’s a lie. I have to beg for intimacy, and when it happens, we do it with her face turned away from me.

In this relationship, everything I get as a gift from her has to do with oral cleaning. Meanwhile, I’ve never had anyone tell me that my mouth stinks. When she sleeps over, I brush my teeth, use mouthwash, and floss before we kiss. If I don’t, she tells me I will infest her with gingivitis. I even regret that I have teeth, because what is this?

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I will send this story to her so she knows exactly how I truly feel. Maybe, after reading your comments, she’ll let me escape from this oral hygiene abuse.

—Joe Boy

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