Get in touch with your dilemma tonight, great telly, bad breath...
Going in to Sky news for a chat about Kate Winlet's winning speech at lunch - should be interesting!
Soooo looking forward to my regular radio agony slot on Sue Marchant's BBC Eastern regions show tonight. Sue’s a broadcasting ‘wonder’ - always inquisitive and often informative.
If you have a dilemma you can get in touch after 8 PM tonight - go online to BBC radio Cambridge and go to her show for contact details.
Incredibly disappointing end to The Killing - they're making us wait even longer to get to the complete bottom of the mystery!? What are they thinking!? I hate it when you have to wait nine months for the next series... no telly patience!
Last night we curled up on the sofa and watched the return of Downton Abbey - perfect way to end the weekend...lurve period dramas. The opening war scene with Matthew Crawley was so limp it struck fear into my heart the second series wouldn't live up to the last - but things could be improved.
Then onto Spooks off the Sky Planner - again a weak start got better.
But back to thinking of the agony slot tonight - we cover all sorts of relationship and life issues because these, of course, crop up all the time - like this weekend a girlfriend told me about her date Friday night with a lovely man who had... very bad breath!
These pesky issues are so troublesome - someone is super likable but then you don't want to kiss them because you’ll feel sick to your stomach. Nice!
TODAY’S TIP: you might wonder how on earth someone wouldn't realise they have bad breath - but with 25% of the population suffering from bad breath there's a lot of people walking around wondering why they never get a second date... check their breath and they might have the answer.
It's ‘cruel to be kind’ though and if you don't let someone know (in the nicest possible way) they have a hygiene problem they could [and you could] miss out on a beautiful thing.
I think a tactful, caring, straightforward approach is best. Say something like, "I've had such a great time, would love to see you again, you have such kissable lips but you smell a bit like garlic [or mention whatever it is they smell like]". They might feel embarrassed but they'll get over it and hopefully get their mouth sorted out.
Or if you're a big chicken you can take the "offering them a breath mint" approach just before you kiss them. But that's not going to solve the problem if you end up in a long-term relationship... you can't be continually offering them breath mints!
I know I'd want to be told if I have bad breath - wouldn't you? If you like them, go for it.
Happy Monday, Pam x