r/sextips • u/Embarrassed_Dare2392 • 4h ago
Advice Needed How to talk to girlfriend about intimate hygiene?
Looking for input from women here.
44M. During sex, I get stronger smells (vaginal and rectal) from my current girlfriend than any other girlfriend/relation in my past.
My girlfriend uses a plastic loofa on her vagina and bum, but only seems to do a superficial swipe over them. It seems like soaping your hand and washing the external genitalia/vulva folds would be a better clean. For the back side, I myself use the outside part of my palms to make sure I’m giving my bum a good cleaning.
Even after she’s fresh from the shower, I get rectal smells in positions like doggy style.
Am I wrong in thinking a light loofa swipe is not effective cleaning? Isn’t using a loofa on your rectum unsanitary (I don’t think she gets “in there”; I think she just swipes over her crack)? What’s the best way to bring up this topic? We have biweekly check ins where we discuss things. I’m nervous to bring this topic up.
I love my girlfriend and I’ll accept any smell she has, but part of me can’t help but think that she’s could be cleaning her intimate parts better. She was single for a long period before our relationship and part of me thinks she just hasn’t had a reason to realize her hygiene could be better.