How do i tell a girl that she has hygiene problems (BO, smelly feet, lice) without offending her?
I would like to preface this by saying that this girl is more of an acquaintance than a friend, but we are in the same circle where in madalas ko siya makainteract kahit hindi kami close.
She is the type who always wears black, wears leather, wears boots in this climate. You do you, she can wear what she wants. The problem is I have noticed that she has BO not just once but almost every time we meet. I tried to keep this to myself but then my bf opened up about one occasion where he and friends, including this girl, had to remove their shoes when they went inside an apartment, and the room stunk of smelly feet. He said he was sitting closest to this girl and he was quite sure it was her. Some of the people openly joked about the room being amoy paa and he said he noticed the girl stayed quite and she looked embarrassed, even if she was not pinpointed.
That’s the only time i opened up about the BO and my bf confirmed he also noticed but just ignored it. From then on, we noticed she has a problem with hygiene because she also has hair lice.
Even though I am not very close to this girl I feel bad that she doesn’t seem to have other girl friends who might talk to her about this. I want to let her know that her problems can be solved but I also don’t want to offend her, as I feel that she would react negatively and might interpret it as an attack.
This girl has a strong personality and after the smelly feet incident she responded by using a lot of strong perfumes and made it her personality. Many would tell her that she smells good but again, some of these people are making fun of her and im sure she doesn’t have a clue.
How do I give her some sort of advice? Should I just let her be? I just want to help a girl out.