since I’m sharing these with a friend, I wanted to take a quick moment to talk about that thing I’ve
since I’m sharing these with a friend, I wanted to take a quick moment to talk about that thing I’ve been embarrassed and ashamed of for most of my life.my big ol’ chompers.by the age of six, both of my two front baby teeth had fallen out and in mere days, my new adult teeth had come on. except they had come in on an angle, and also my jaw had jutted itself forward. so, from ages six to about twelve, I had a pretty cartoonish overbite. like, teeth-sticking-out-of-my-mouth overbite. Of all things anyone could make fun of me for, this was the thing that made me the most insecure. a small child could see my teeth and know exactly what they were: buck teeth. buck teeth weren’t on smart people, or pretty people, or people who other people respected. they were on clowns, on “nerds”, on people who were talked down to and made fun of.I wore a pre-braces retainer, I wore a night brace (yes, that thing with the giant ring that went around your head – luckily I only wore it at night), and had braces for four and a half painful years. what you see on the left is what it’s been reduced to. If I was more diligent in taking care of my teeth, I probably could have reduced the damage a little more, but this is where I am at 21. though, as a sort-of adult, I can pretty confidently say that I am smart, pretty, and respected even with an overbite. I can look at my face and see something unique with the way I smile, and other people see it too. I don’t really know if there’s a moral to this post, and it’s sort of tough to put all this out here. I’ve deleted and remade this like, three times now. I guess if you’re seeing this and you hate your teeth, or you’re in the middle of dealing with shitty teeth maintenance in some way, know that it’s not so bad? beautiful, intelligent, and amazing people can have silly teeth??? I mean, there’s no reason they shouldn’t. -- source link
#things