Braces are officially the contraption of the devil. Or a malicious torture device. I swear every second or third person has them, and that if you have the slightest crook in your teeth then the ortho. is like “you need braces!” I swear, my friend, who has perfectly fine teeth is getting braces. And he’s also my crush so i don’t want to kiss him (not that i would ) whilst we both have braces.

Argh, and when you first get them on, its actual agony. I couldn’t eat properly for like three weeks, and that is no exaggeration. Let me tell you a little story of my duke of Edinburgh’s award practice expedition. So, we just had lunch and i was still munching on some food, now i could only eat using my far-back teeth. It was agony if it touched anywhere else. Being able to eat using only four teeth is really quite impractical. So~ we were going over the style, and i had a heavy pack on. Before i know it, my mouth is falling open because i’d put too much pressure on my teeth holding my mouth closed. So, all this saliva and a few bits of the bar had fallen out of my mouth. I was so embarrassed and earned the nickname ‘dribbler’ from the rest of my group. It was completely unfair, and i tried explaining about the braces – two of the others had braces anyway, but they didn’t know what it was like for me because i have particularly sensitive teeth to begin with. I could have died with embarrassment. You can imagine how cringey it was. DX

I haven’t got them tightened yet, but apparently its almost as painful as when you get them on. And bleh. I know i need them, but they get caught on everything – not to mention make kissing really quite impractical.

DX. They’re just so phail.