My (35F) mom (65F) smells like literal poop. How should I approach this?
Over the holidays, I visited my parents. I noticed my mom's breath was a little... welll, it smelled like literal shit. I sat next to her in the car on the way to dinner one night and the smell of literal shit filled up the car so much that my eyes were watering. She visited me last month and the smell had gotten even worse.
I asked my sister who also visited my mother recently if she noticed and my sister confirmed that she did. My sister says that our mom must know because the smell is overwhelming and surely her husband or co-workers must have mentioned it to her.
But I'm not so sure. My mom always likes to dress well. She never leaves the house without a full face of makeup and a nice outfit so I can't imagine she would be okay with this if she knew. I am certain she would at least have a purse full of breath mints and mouthwash that she carried everywhere with her even if she couldn't solve the underlying problem.
I am afraid my mom will think that I'm just being mean if I bring it up. But she has a professional job in an office and I'm afraid that this isn't the best way to present herself and that she might be grateful to have an opportunity to fix it if she actually believes me.
TL;DR: my mom's breath smells like poop. Should I say something to her?