It seems to me that here are two types of braces enthusiast:
Those who like to wear braces or retainers them themselves and those who like to see others wearing them.
Which are you?
Can you analyse any of your feelings about this?
How do they make you feel and why?

I like both:
I like to weaar them myself and love to see them on women

Braces can make women very sexy.
This may sound strange to people outside this site but to me a mouth without braces is no sexier than an elbow.

I love pictures like this:
https://dereferer.me/?https://dereferer.me/?http://nullrefer.com/?https://dereferer.me/?https://dereferer.me/?http://matthew-sonn.tumblr.com/image/109474490373
Braces are stigmatized as juvenile and ugly. The woman in the picture is a model and knows these meanings and choose to reject them.  She knows having her picture taken is an act of defiance.  She not hiding anything, they are metal with orange bands. She is showing them off.  Without braces this picture would be nothing.

Dembones on the form here has done some very nice studio work too, with his Braces are Beautiful series.

A picture of a women in braces who confidently looks right at the camera fills me with joy.  Very sexy. 

I do a lot of media work so whenever I use someone else's likeness, even a link,  I ask myself "how would I feel if was my picture on the screen?".  In this case
Honestly, I'd be shy.  Not only because I think braces look better on woman or I'm not the kind of guy who likes having his picture taken.  It is mainly because I feel uncomfortable to lose my some of my anonymity and wonder where picture might wind up. 

This is me in my fake braces.
https://dereferer.me/?https://dereferer.me/?http://nullrefer.com/?https://dereferer.me/?https://dereferer.me/?http://imgur.com/DsVkYZK

I wish I had the same guts as the women in the picture I linked to.  I'm just not ready to show my whole face online.

I love wearing my fake braces. They feel amazing and awkward at the same time. I'm addicted to that sensation.

Hey, no offense taken.
Yeah, I think about the possibility a lot. Probably everyday since I was eight years old.  I'd love to get them. 
You can't see from the picture but I've got an overbite too, my top teeth overlap my bottom by about 3/4.
Otherwise I don't have any catastrophic bite problems. 

Funny thing is, of all the misgivings of how I look the alignment of teeth dose not bother me. 
I one of reasons got the fakes is to get a better idea of what the real thing might be like.

My dentist has never referred me to an orthodontist, so I've never dared visit one on my own.
But I hope to change that soon. 

The problem is I haven't figured out what I would say at appointment with one.

Both... I've liked seeing braces on girls / women for as long as I can remember - even dating a couple with them. I got braces as an adult - mostly out of curiosity about what they really felt like, but I had some problems to fix too. Now I'm in for "retainers forever"

Oh, I've worn them out in public more times than I can remember.
I'll admit that the lighting in the picture makes them looks kind of scary.  In person they are not conspicuous. 
In public, I take out the bumpers though, they feel good for a little while but they start to be annoying quickly. 

It took some practice but they hardly effect my speech, just enough to keep me on my toes. 

I went out on a two week bike tour once and wore them all day everyday.  I met and talked to lots of interesting people along the way. 

Just one more reason to get the real thing

23BRT How about a pic of the braces themselves?
Have you ever had a comment from anyone when they have spotted them?

Definitely braces on others.

My own experience was not the best (don't ask me to elaborate) which put me off, but I liked looking at others - a lot!