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Offline ineedbraces25

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anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« on: 08. April 2023, 08:06:02 AM »
Curious if anyone else is/was like this too. In regular conversation with people, I'd always get extremely weird/flustered/embarassed when the subject of braces came up casually. I don't think I could have physically said the word 'braces' out loud without extreme embarrassment. I would just try to block the thought of them from my mind or something.

I feel like once/if I get braces, hopefully this changes and maybe I'll "desensitize" the kink a little bit to where braces are a mostly normal thing to me and talking about them is fine.

Anyone else feel similarly or used to feel that way?

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #1 on: 08. April 2023, 09:35:37 AM »
Yes, Exactly.  Talking about them is very weird and embarrassing.  And yes, I believe getting any treatment would desensitize me.  However if I got Invisalign, I would not lose the kink for the rest, for example.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #2 on: 08. April 2023, 10:49:02 AM »
Can't say I feel/felt embarrassed talking about braces, but I don't recall having a lot of conversations about them to begin with (outside of this forum ETC)

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #3 on: 08. April 2023, 21:04:31 PM »
Yes, Exactly.  Talking about them is very weird and embarrassing.  And yes, I believe getting any treatment would desensitize me.  However if I got Invisalign, I would not lose the kink for the rest, for example.

would you want to be desensitised or want to keep the kink as strong as it is? I feel like reality getting metal braces could be super fun and exciting but also ruin the kink a bit...with the real pain of it and the social embarrassment I'd feel, and having to talk about them more. It's more exciting because its fantasy right now...a possibility. And the way that I get them on in fantasy is gonna be very different to reality (in fantasy being told I 'need' them/have it decided for me, someone I like wanting me in them)

I had Invisalign before and I definitely didnt lose the kink. Part of why I'm like..should I just do invisalign again even if its slower and the trays are so annoying? Or just screw it and go for the metal and accept the kink will be diminished.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #4 on: 08. April 2023, 21:05:19 PM »
Can't say I feel/felt embarrassed talking about braces, but I don't recall having a lot of conversations about them to begin with (outside of this forum ETC)

oh interesting. They usually don't come up TOO much but whenever the few times they have, I always remember being weird lol.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #5 on: 09. April 2023, 12:33:29 PM »
would you want to be desensitised or want to keep the kink as strong as it is?
Thinking back to school when I got desensitized during my childhood treatment, it came back after a few years of being done with each phase.  I think I'd suffer the desensitization to have perfect teeth again.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #6 on: 11. April 2023, 17:37:44 PM »
I get nervous when it's brought up because I fear that someone will notice my excitement.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #7 on: 12. April 2023, 07:10:06 AM »
i get so nervous talking about braces if they are brought up in conversation. I'm always thinking OMG do they know? or how will my wife use her knowledge of my kink against me. I also got found out by one of my employees due to sending him tiktok's that was primarily  braces content instead of the funny stuff.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #8 on: 12. April 2023, 19:22:52 PM »
I get nervous when it's brought up because I fear that someone will notice my excitement.

This is always my feel- I want to talk about them, but don’t want to be appear too excited.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #9 on: 12. April 2023, 20:51:04 PM »
Sooooo awkward! As soon as anyone brings up the subject I get so nervous! I also never know how much to let on that I know about them. Or whether or not to just play dum.  Afterall most people (especially those who’ve never had treatment like myself) don’t really know that much about them, just what they learn during their own treatment.
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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #10 on: 12. April 2023, 23:09:43 PM »
I agree RetainedJms. Do I play dumb or do I say things. I’ve gotten a strange look when I slipped up and asked a friend what color ligatures they wanted… why would a regular person know what a ligature is? I’m not really nervous per se, but I definitely don’t know how much to reveal about knowing about braces. I have braces, so does it make sense or not to know a lot about them? That is the main thing I feel when braces are brought up.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #11 on: 13. April 2023, 01:37:53 AM »
Braces is not something I bring up during a casual conversation its just too awkward and if you say anything that makes you appear odd people really remember it. Also I find talking difficult  anyway so I keep my interest to myself in the same way as my interest in vintage electrics is rather niche so best confined to people who share a common interest

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #12 on: 13. April 2023, 11:59:45 AM »
I’m not really nervous per se, but I definitely don’t know how much to reveal about knowing about braces.
I've been trying to get a bite plate to use for teeth clenching (basically a night guard) and have had to discuss (argue) with my dentist, an orthodontist, and a prosthodontist and have had to reveal a lot more knowledge about the subject than would be normal.  Still, I try to be careful HOW I say things.  I have gotten some interesting comments about how much I know.  There has been no sign from any so far that I seem weird, but I certainly feel weird.  I still hope to be successful at some point and to help steer the specifications, I have been practicing making a prototype with real labial bow wire and Instamorph using real clay molds of my jaws.  Next dentist check-up I hope to appeal to him by pulling out my prototype and saying "Here!  This is exactly what is required.  This one really works, too."  The Instamorph is a little more flexible than acrylic and it stains rather quickly, but I can use my prototype for a couple of weeks or a month just fine.

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #13 on: 13. April 2023, 15:13:29 PM »
m1090y that situation is a little different your talking to professionals about there subject which is a good thing to be able to do they will realise your you know what's what and are less likely to try to fob you off with a less than ideal answer. Also hopefully they won't be so inclined to over charge you

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Re: anyone else embarrassed when talking about braces?
« Reply #14 on: 13. April 2023, 15:45:48 PM »
For me, because they talk about them, without me being part of the conversation, it makes me nervous (to say nothing else) (only with women, with men it doesn't cause me anything), in fact, a coworker About 3 days ago she started wearing her retainer (unfortunately I didn't see her with braces), she looks absurdly sexy and provokes me, we know that (and I'm not a big fan of retainers), I would love to ask her how her treatment was and everything, but as I said, seeing her with the retainer already makes me nervous, and that is physically not spectacular.  Although I have a friend who wears braces, and she's the only person who knows that she knows my taste, unfortunately, she lives in another city, and to top it off, she's not one to show her metallic smile.