1. Bubblegum:
I can't eat a single piece of gum without it getting it stuck in between the wires,brackets,metal bands and just about anywhere. Takes forever to get out. I curse my friends every time they start chewing gum around me. They ask me if I want a piece. I always say "Yeah!" and then remember how long it's going to to take for me to get it out later so I just hand it back. Just wait until I get my braces off next year guys, then we'll see who's laughing!
2. Ulcers,Sores and Cuts:
In the beginning I would use the gel that the doctor prescribed for cuts. And let me tell you, that thing is like ambrosia. Like, seriously. It would heal within an hour. But I kept licking the gel off the wound without realizing because it made my entire mouth numb.
Why did that sentence sound so wrong....
Anyway. Pretty soon I couldn't even be able to tell when I got a cut because I got so many. Just didn't care anymore, I guess. Was used to it.
3. Gawkers:
I love little kids. I love making them laugh. But I can't do that when they look at me like I'm a freaking monster about to eat them. I see a kid looking at me and I smile at them and then they look scared for their life. I follow their gaze to my mouth and my braces. I probably look as friendly as Bane from Batman. After the staring, they run to their parents to ask what's wrong with me. I usually avert my gaze because I'd just rather not know what they tell them. I mean what if the parent told the kid I have like some disease or something. Frickin' people are so ignorant nowadays.
4. Pain:
On bad days, my teeth start hurting more than usual and it just really gets on my nerves. This one time, I forgot to floss before I went to my appointment (I ate before I stepped into the office) and he just took out all his frustration on my mouth. He was just like, "I guess I'll have to clean them before I can replace the bands". He jabbed me in the gums a couple of times and scraped my teeth so hard I could feel it in my head.
Some of my very lovely friends enjoy punching me in the face several times whenever we meet up, so this adds onto the pain.
Shout out: I know you're reading this, you sadist.
5. Entangled:
I can't even tell you how many times I've got my braces stuck in an item of clothing.
I was wearing this lace-sleeved dress once in class and was resting my face on my arm and when my friend called for me, I turned around. I was talking to someone so obviously my mouth was open, as soon as I turned around, my braces got stuck in my lace sleeve. It got so entangled that my teeth were starting to hurt. My friend couldn't understand what the hell I was doing or trying to say. After she realized what I was trying to say, she helped me untangle myself. It was pretty funny.
I was trying to bite my way through a loose piece of string on one of my t-shirts and it got stuck in my teeth.
I've got my tongue stuck between the wires way too many times. And it hurts!
6. Painkillers:
Ibuprofen is the only painkiller that my doctor prescribed for me so that's all I use. See, the weird thing about me is, I actually enjoy the pain. I'm weird that way. I don't know why! I guess I want to test my tolerance for pain. My Mother thinks I'm crazy when I tell her, "It hurts. It's kind of annoying, but I like the pain".
So I just randomly took this quiz. "Would you take a pain tolerance test?"
7. Spitting:
I already have very poor control over my salivary glands and with the addition of braces, doesn't give a good result. It's disgusting. I'm not even going to explain this one.
8. Brushing:
Brushing hurts sometimes and it's such a chore. I always get the bristles of the brush stuck in the brackets. And to get those out, I obviously need to brush again. *Face-palm*
9. Carrots:
I love carrots. I like eating them raw but with braces, that's not possible. I was eating a baby carrot once and it literally ripped my wire out of the brackets. I got it fixed back up and the same thing happened again. So that sucks.
10. Orthodontist:
My orthodontist is downright evil. About two months back when I asked him how much longer I need braces, he said barely a month. Last month, when I asked him again; just to be sure, he said 3-4 months and then laughed after seeing the horrified expression on my face. He's a douchebag.
11. Appearance:
Every god damn person always says, "You would look so much better without braces".
I'm sitting there thinking, "Do you remember what I looked like before? You said I should be getting braces then. So shut up and let me suffer in peace".
12. Bands:
My orthodontist used to let me pick the colors of the bands each visit and then *poof*, "we'll stick with gray for now". It's so hard to pick a color while I'm laying down with the over-light piercing into my eyes. If you expect me to pick, then at least put them in my field of vision, moron. Stupid orthodontist.
13. Wiggly teeth:
There is always a tooth that I'm scared might fall out. The braces are putting a lot of pressure on my teeth so it seems logical that a tooth could get dislodged or something.
14. Baby teeth:
It's so annoying when people ask me if I still have my baby teeth. As if that's the reason I have braces in the first place. This question is so stupid because you're not supposed to put in braces until all of your baby teeth fall out.
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