I (20M) recently have been sexually active with my girlfriend (21F). I’ve noticed a pungent smell coming from her vagina that vaguely resembles dried salted fish except it is noticeably unpleasant. It isn’t revolting, just unpleasant.
I’ve only had two sexual experiences with her so far, one when she just showered a couple hours prior, and another after being out the entire day in hot humid weather. Both times, they smelled the same.
We were both our first sexual partners so I’m concerned because I don’t know how a vagina is supposed to smell like. I am aware that a healthy vagina is supposed to have a musky scent which isn’t unpleasant, but I find hers to be unpleasant.
How do I know if I’m just bothered by the smell of a perfectly healthy and normal vagina, or if she actually has an infection like BV that she is unaware of? How do I bring this up with her in a respectful and accepting manner? I love her very much and don’t want to scare or embarrass her unnecessarily. Any advice?
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r/sex I (20M) recently have been sexually active with my girlfriend (21F). I’ve noticed a pungent smell coming from her vagina that vaguely resembles dried salted fish except it is noticeably unpleasant. It isn’t revolting, just unpleasant. I’ve only had two sexual experiences with her so far, one when she just showered a couple hours prior, and another after being out the entire day in hot humid weather. Both times, they smelled the same. We were both our first sexual partners so I’m concerned because I don’t know how a vagina is supposed to smell like. I am aware that a healthy vagina is supposed to have a musky scent which isn’t unpleasant, but I find hers to be unpleasant. How do I know if I’m just bothered by the smell of a perfectly healthy and normal vagina, or if she actually has an infection like BV that she is unaware of? How do I bring this up with her in a respectful and accepting manner? I love her very much and don’t want to scare or embarrass her unnecessarily. Any advice? submitted by /u/jxc_f [link] [comments]
I (20M) recently have been sexually active with my girlfriend (21F). I’ve noticed a pungent smell coming from her vagina that vaguely resembles dried salted fish except it is noticeably unpleasant. It isn’t revolting, just unpleasant.
I’ve only had two sexual experiences with her so far, one when she just showered a couple hours prior, and another after being out the entire day in hot humid weather. Both times, they smelled the same.
We were both our first sexual partners so I’m concerned because I don’t know how a vagina is supposed to smell like. I am aware that a healthy vagina is supposed to have a musky scent which isn’t unpleasant, but I find hers to be unpleasant.
How do I know if I’m just bothered by the smell of a perfectly healthy and normal vagina, or if she actually has an infection like BV that she is unaware of? How do I bring this up with her in a respectful and accepting manner? I love her very much and don’t want to scare or embarrass her unnecessarily. Any advice?
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