Friday, January 8, 2010

You have braces too??

Tonight I was standing in line next to a woman about my age and I noticed she was wearing braces! "Hey! You have braces too!" Instant friend.

When I am out I find instant friends with:
-any white woman with interracial children
-anyone with Hawaiian or DK a bumper sticker (Denmark)
-any haggard looking mom with young kids
-and now I can add any adult wearing braces!

(I still haven't found anyone, in real life or on the internet, who has had my same surgery....it makes me feel sad sometimes because I can never talk to anyone else who has gone through that and understands it. It would be nice to talk to someone who understands what a pain in the butt it is! (Get it?!!)..oh well...at least I have Megan B. She is in a different "club" than me but is great to talk to! Thanks Meg!)

3 comments:

Megan B ♥ said...

I'm sad too that you haven't been able to find a network of just this specific problem. But I'll talk about you surgery all day long it you want :)

I got your text, sorry I missed it! Let's get together soon! Maybe even on Friday or something, after Ray gets home you could come over? Kinley is off track right now.

Melynda said...

Hey - now I *know* we were meant to be friends! I have braces too, but mine come off in about two weeks. How sweet is that?

To top it all off, I had a surgery done in 2006 that (a) no one likes to talk about [I don't blame them] and (b)I have never met any other woman that has had it, especially my age! Maybe we can commiserate together about out respective surgeries and lack of support...

M.

Anonymous said...

Hey - I have a DK bumper sticker! What's your connection with Denmark? I'm Danish and mother of two boys: One bio and one adopted. Great to find your blog. :-)