Question Posted Thursday December 14 2006, 3:52 pm
okay so my boyfriend does dip and i really hate it..ive told him this before and his last girlfriend even broke up with him because of it..you guys are probally gonna say if he loved you enough he would stop and you should end things but i really really like him and i dont want us to break up..how can i help him quit..or atleast convice him too?
Cavatica answered Friday December 15 2006, 11:57 am: Hello,
OK, so you like him and you don't want to leave him because the relationship is pretty decent IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE DIPPING (which can cause mouth and tongue cancer).
He probably thinks 'dipping' is cool (it's not) and it may be just a phase. (I remember when I was in junior high; most of the guys dipped during class and spit the remains in a plastic bottle....ewwwww!!!)
So fast forward six months - say he's still dipping. In fact, say he never stops. Would you stay with him?
Think about what you want out of a relationship. What behaviors will you and won't you tolerate? It's perfectly OK to want him to stop (anyone would) and to say to him, "As long as you're dipping, I can't be in a relationship with you." In fact, if he sees that you won't kiss him if he dips, that's incentive right there for him to stop.
NinjaNeer answered Thursday December 14 2006, 6:11 pm: Has he seen the pictures from health class? The ones with cancer of the lip, leukoplakia (the hardened white patches on the lip and gum), of people with amputated jaws, things like that. Facts work.
I saw a girl quit smoking cold turkey when she saw pictures of "hairy tongue", which is a nasty tobacco-induced condition that causes your papillae on your tongue to grow really long. [ NinjaNeer's advice column | Ask NinjaNeer A Question ]
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