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Thursday, April 21, 2005

13 Again

When you think of yourself at 13 what is one of the first things that comes to mind? For me it was braces. I have two loving parents that put me through the torture of three years with braces. And because I love myself I am going to put myself through it again.

Over the last ten years I have had a gap between my two front teeth that seems to be getting larger all of the time. During my last visit to the dentist, he asked if it bothered me. I thought about all of the people I know that have such beautiful teeth and how they smile so big and it looks so great. I thought about my husband who has perfect teeth and then I thought to myself, "Nah, it does not bother me a little bit at all.... It bothers me a lot".

I was referred to the orthodontist that I used for my braces and we had a reunion this morning. After filing my two front teeth so they will fit perfectly together once she brings them back together and fitting my retainer, telling me to bit, open, bit again, she advised braces.

Me: Ahh!!! No, not again. I did that once.... Please do not make me do it again "How long will I have to wear them?"
My Orthodontist:It will be a couple of weeks. Your teeth really are straight. It is just your gap we need to fix."
Me: "Okay, I wore them for almost four years. I think I can handle wearing them for a couple of weeks.
My Orthodontist:"I will even put the clear ones on you again."

So, here I go again. I am going to wear braces- again. In a strange way I feel like Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality. Remember the part of the movie where she is getting her complete make over? Yup, that will be me. I will be having laser hair removal done while I am wearing braces. While this is for me, I have to admit that I want my husband to like as much as I do. My hope is that he will always think I am attractive. Plus, I want to stop thinking every time my picture is taken that my gap is going to be the first thing that you see.

But the craziness stops here. I will not be writing soon about how far apart my eyes look or how big my nose is and that I am going to have plastic surgery. And my breasts are as large as they are ever going to be so the world will just have to live with it.

This is such a far cry from the "Dear Diary" days...

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