Vanity. It is an interesting concept. Americans are facinated in trying to look 25 when they're 75. Look at Hollywood: Cher, Dolly Parton, Joan Rivers, Joan Collins...OK most of these are examples of cases going bad. But you catch my drift.
So here I am in my mid-30s. Yeah, I've got some gray hair. Pregnancy does that to you. It sucks all your vitamins and minerals from your body & puts them to your baby. So all your lovely, natural hair color vitamins leave & gray hair sets in. This, I am surprisingly OK with. Like the 'war wounds' of stretch marks. Gray hair is my battle scar. I made the decision a few years ago to 'go with the flow' on the gray hair thing. Au natural. Let it be. Perhaps I am OK with this because my hair is lighter and the gray isn't noticeable unless you know its there. Oh, and in the summer when my hair is naturally sun-streaked, you can't see it at all. But I do kinda have the Jay Leno thing going on - a patch at my cowlick on my forehead. So now you know exactly where to look when I see you again! Or maybe the reason is that I wouldn't get my roots done when I should - and gray roots sticking out is ickyer than just having the gray hair to begin with. I dunno. But I'm sticking to my 1st story...I like it better...and I can!
So here I am on Wednesday, getting a retainer. For my teeth. I never had braces or retainers growing up. Nope, lucky me & I had great teeth until 2 years ago. I did not know that your teeth kept moving around as you age. For me, they kept squishing together, so my bottom teeth started getting crooked as they had no other spaces to take up. Some people spend thousands of dollars to have straight teeth. Neither I, nor my parents had to go down that road. And I certainly didn't want to go down that road in my 40s. So here I am in retainer-ville. I shook my head in disbelief all the way to the dentist office on Wednesday. I even expressed my dismay in the office. The response was 'Hey - it could be a new way of looking and feeling younger.' Well this really isn't 'me'. (As evidenced by the gray hair thing above.) To me, 'feeling young' is a mental state - I reach this several times daily acting silly with my kids. I certainly don't need a retainer to feel young. And really, the retainer doesn't make me feel young at all. If anything, it makes me feel OLD. But for those of you out there who need a kick - it may work for you! If you try it, you'll have to let me know if it 'worked' for ya.
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If it is only a retainer that reminds you that you are getting older, then applaud the retainer! And if it saves you from dentureville - well then jump up and down!
Ohhhhh man - dentureville??!!! Shame on you! Or as K3 now says "Shame you!"
No, the retainer just saves me from having completely crooked teeth on the bottom. So only the bottom middle 2 are messed up... and only if you look hard will you see it. I'd actually have to SHOW you for you to see it.
I was just celebrating that the dentist caught this now! It is true our teeth move. I wore braces for a year and had beautifully straight teeth for a few years, but now the bottom is crooked. But I wasn't offered a retainer! LOL!
The dentist didn't catch this. I did.
So I asked what could be done with it, because I didn't really care for going down the orthodontics road at middle age!
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