Does it puzzle you that despite your good looks, seemingly magnetic personality, and natural flair for words, that dream girl seems so elusive? This might shock you, but perhaps it's not what she sees or hears, but what she smells! Yes, you read it right. The moment you opened your mouth to speak, she may already have rejected you. Scientifically speaking, her brain which has been designed since ancient times to identify rotten food, has actually considered you a threat to her life. No matter how nice you seem to be, you will suffer the consequences of bad breath, especially in the dating scene. And this is not even a conscious decision on her part, but her brain's instant reaction the moment it detected your bad breath.
Why does one's breathe smell disgustingly bad? Bad breath is caused by a number of foul-smelling chemical compounds. It smells like rotten eggs because it contains hydrogen sulfide. Methyl mercaptan and skatole makes it smell like feces, and cadaverine causes it to smell like corpses. It also contains putrescine which smells like rotten meat. Imagine that in one puff of breath!
These offensive smells all evoke feelings of disgust. When one is faced with something unclean, inedible, or infectious, the brain causes tension in the facial muscles called the levator labii, wherein the nose is crunched and the upper lips are raised. This action protects the mouth and nose from disgusting foul odors or stray particles. In addition, the brain further tries to isolate the body from contamination by having an overwhelming urge to recoil or turn away from the disgusting matter.
Such reaction may seem familiar, and even consistent no matter who is involved. As soon as bad breath is detected, most people usually turn away or step back discreetly, or even bluntly cover their nose and mouth. Once these offensive smells are detected by the brain, the body is literally forced to recoil in disgust. It is an automatic reaction when the brain recognizes a potential source of infection, therefore, your bad breath is considered a dangerous threat to the health and well-being of your dream girl!
In other words, no matter how you strut your stuff and drown her with your sweet nothings, her brains is screaming for her to stay as far away from you as possible because your breath is killing her. Such uneasy feeling on her part, even if she's not aware of it consciously, will greatly influence her decision. In the end, the dream dies and you find yourself alone... again!
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