tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25736696.post2183761326982931998..comments2023-08-15T03:41:10.398-07:00Comments on little pitchers: by the skin of my chipped teethapril.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01000579676367341448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25736696.post-8918466297309819212008-01-14T16:22:00.000-08:002008-01-14T16:22:00.000-08:00I remember when it women didn't worry about their ...I remember when it women didn't worry about their upper arms. Didn't even think of them! Or how "toned" any pert of their body was for the most part. Everyone still thought thin was the best- but even then there were varying sizes of thin. Like you could be curvy and not be considered fat like nowadays. And there were different sized breasts too! Evey now and then I'll see a very small breasted actress on t.v., but it's rare. It's like that's not allowed anymore.<BR/><BR/>The white teeth bother me. When I was little, the only people past 30 with really white teeth were wearing fake choppers. All these dayglow teeth look weird to me. <BR/><BR/>I sound so old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25736696.post-27689624966013683552008-01-13T16:23:00.000-08:002008-01-13T16:23:00.000-08:00I do sometimes feel sad that my teeth get yellower...I do sometimes feel sad that my teeth get yellower every year. I just know a day is going to come when I will hear a private conversation in which my teeth are described as "horsey".<BR/><BR/>That being said, I happen to be a big fan of diversity in teeth. I especially like mildly crooked teeth. I don't mind straight teeth but only if they aren't uniform in shape and length. I like white teeth, but I don't like blaring white teeth. I love gaps between front teeth and am sad to this day that both my mom and my sister had theirs closed as teens. <BR/><BR/>I am not sure I ever make friends with people whose teeth I don't admire in some way. Which is really weird to think about and is certainly not conscious.<BR/><BR/>I have only one real prejudice and that's unfixed missing teeth. I am not proud of that. I think seeing big holes in sets of teeth immediately makes me think of rough living and bad health. What isn't fair is that some people don't fix their missing teeth because they don't care, or they can't afford to.<BR/><BR/>I have terrible teeth and I just know that one day soon I'm going to start losing them. It will serve me right, I suppose, if when that day comes I find I can't afford to replace them.Angelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216322840161752535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25736696.post-22825307489251672542008-01-10T20:58:00.000-08:002008-01-10T20:58:00.000-08:00I must admit I've thought of whitening my teeth. ...I must admit I've thought of whitening my teeth. It's hard to resist b/c everytime I go to the dentist (about every 6 months), I'm told what a great candidate I am for whitening! I don't drink coffee or tea or smoke cigarettes.<BR/><BR/>But I don't trust their chemical whiteners. They make me nervous. I worry it's like smoking or DDT or unlimited sun bathing or something: we just haven't seen the long term effects yet. I wonder that it's one of those things where people will look back and say, "And people thought there were no side effects? Of putting chemicals on their TEETH?"<BR/><BR/>I suspect someday that people who whitened their teeth will be sorry. Sure, they got a few good years of white smiles that made them look younger and healther, but now they have sprouted another ear on their forehead OR now their teeth have turned to a powdery dust OR their gums just won't stop bleeding.<BR/><BR/>Then you and I can sit here w/ our chipped, yellow teeth and laugh and laugh and--you know-- chew our food.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com