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writes: OK so I have this thing that shouldn't be a problem but it is. My teeth are a mess. Not so much an overbite but my back teeth close but my front teeth don't. They're all really crowded and I have this bottom tooth that sits way out so I look like a Sesame Street monster. My best friend that I'm madly but secretly in love with just got braces on and when I asked him a bunch of questions he asked if I was jealous and I said no.He knows I'm lying and my parents won't even look at a payment plan. He calls me Shark Boy or Snaggletooth but he also calls me Doc. Mostly Doc. He calls a lot of people nicknames but mostly his little sisters (theyre Monkey face, Stinky Butt, Tumbleweed and Turk). It's just that the first two names really bug me even if it's not personal. He's not mean, he only teases people he likes he says.I don't want him to know how much that bugs me because he'll feel bad (he NEVER gets mad unless someone is getting teased and hates it) but when people he likes tells him the teasing is messed up he says "toughen up buttercup". He's not s bad guy, he's real funny but I swear last time he said that to me I grabbed him by the collar, shoved him into a locker and didn't realize WHAT AM I DOING?! until everyone shut up and I had my fist all pulled back. He literally said all dead pan " it might be wise to switch hands considering you're a southpaw"I just let go of him, said MOVE to everyone in the hall and walked out the door. I hung out by the lake instead of being in school. Its literally a mile from school. We just sort of acted like nothing happened and it's been normal like it always was.But why would something so stupid bug me so much? I've always hated my teeth, I don't talk or smile with them and I hate seeing the mirror even though lots of people say I'm cute. How do I stop being so sensitive and stop caring?
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 May 2016): oh dear, i can totally relate to you
i have really bad teeth too and my teeth has always been my biggest insecurity.
talk to him about it, you guys are best friends afterall.
and about your teeth, if you're a very insecure person like me, nothing would make you feel good except braces.
start saving money for your braces honey. good luck!
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 May 2016): I grew up exactly like you. I had lots of bullies and really bad teeth. My parents were really poor so they could not afford braces. This is what I did, when i was 16 i got a job and started saving all my money. I was able to get braces after two years of working really hard and saving every penny of what I made. So try asking your parents if they can help you with a down payment so long as you get a job and work. Or maybe they can help you pay some of it. But it all depends on how bad you want braces because you are going to have to work really hard to keep them. It was worth it for me though because I had really by my Junior year of high school. If your parents agree you need to take care of your money and don’t spend it, give it for anything other than your braces payments.As for bullies. I learned to be funny by making fun of them. Sure sometimes people didn't laugh or think i was funny but i kept practising and i got better and better. When a bully knows you can make fun of them or stand up to them they usually back of. It's the quiet and helpless kids the bullies go after. Also if you want to toughen up play football for your school. Nothing will toughen you up like the hitting drills in practice. When i first started playing football I used to be afraid of getting hit or hitting someone. The first few times you will feel dizzy and in a lot of pain after hitting someone really hard. But like with anything in life the more you do it and practice the better you get. Football will really make you a tougher guy. You should also start lifting weights if you haven't. Good luck kid.
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