[AzGrown69]

Hi everyone!! I have a ? about whether or not it is a "bad thing"
not mention to your significant other that they have something
wrong with their appearance (ie- food in front teeth, stain on clothing,
the dreaded bugar and or smeared makeup) before they leave the
house and or as they are talking to several other people??And if
one chooses not to does this - should the other feel like they
can not trust that person ???

Thanks a million !!!!

[Soul Quake]

Once a level of comfort has been established, this should be done. It's probably safe to say that most people would want to know if something is in their teeth as opposed to being embarrassed later on once they look into a mirror.

[NuckingFutz]

Saw an episode on Seinfeld about this and it was really funny! I would tell someone in private though.

[beatbyadifferdrum]

hahaha
my hubby let me go to work with my dress on inside out!
I had been up all night with the baby and he thought it was funny!
Course it was. Lucky for me a complete stranger told me when I stopped for gas.

[Rhiannonsmoon]

In the past I've had no worry in telling someone if something was wrong. I don't like the thought of them being laughed at or worse.

I remember one very beautiful young girl/woman was walking across a road in busy Chatswood in NSW and she was dressed beautifully too. As I saw her step onto the kerb I noticed what every woman fears the most, she had been "caught short" and the telltale stain was on her skirt.

I just very quietly caught up with her and said "I don't mean to be rude but your have a fresh stain on your skirt" she was at once both mortified and very grateful because she was going to an acting interview (what ever they are called) and needed to be impeccably presented. She was able to fix that before it turned into a disaster.

But everyone else walked behind her staring and laughing. I thought that was just an awful thing to do. That girl is now a regular on a TV show here in Australia and I smile every time I see her because she had time to go home and change and got the job.

There is cruelty in just letting someone walk away in an embarrassing situation, I can't understand it, but to each their own decision.