Sister Wendy Beckett

Her first brace had blue stones - her latest has red!

How about suggesting she has red in one half and green in the other!

I wouldn't dare - she is too likely to take me up on it!

Braces are now definitely a fashion statement.My GD has pink ones and her friends are envious.

Wow, I live and learn. Have things changed? My first daughter had her orthodontic treatment on the NHS, other daughter and son, I had to pay. Given that they do seem to be endemic, are they now on the NHS or do they preclude cosmetic reasons?

My GC aren't yet of an age to need them.

I do remember myself suffering with a brace and my Mum telling me 'you'll thank me when you're older' True, but they are horrible; coloured, jewelled or with feathers on - they hurt!

My 14 year old GS has just had a brace fitted. It was touch and go if he warranted such treatment on the NHS or not. Turns out he did otherwise the cost would have been several thousands of pounds.

When I was a child it was suggested by my dentist that I had a brace because my front teeth stuck out like a rabbit's. My mother said, rather impatiently I thought, well do you want a brace or not? I said not and that was that.

I can't say the teeth have had that much of a negative effect on my life. Can speak and eat fairly well and managed to get a few boyfriends in my time.

But standards for teeth may be getting higher, following in the footsteps of the United States who are teeth obsessed.

That was so funny.

I just posted on teeth and was then surprised when going back to the active list that my name came up on the thread for Sister Wendy Beckett.

How on earth did we get on to teeth? I thought it was a teeth thread.

petallus I would say 'go figure' but I'm trying to erase sooo much from my vocabulary It's quite funny how these threads bear no relation to the heading at times. I love that: 'My mother said, rather impatiently I thought' Seven words but I know what you mean.

Blame jeni for that diversion

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I know she's very nice and knowledgeable, but it's her teeth I always see in my mind when I think of her?

But at least she didn't fancy collecting machine guns and have a son.

Eh!

Well there would have been a lot less sorrow in the US today if Laura ....had collected art books like Sister Wendy not guns.