I’ve been lucky enough to date two girls with braces, both in their late teens. One was on her second round of treatment after her permanent retainer failed and she hated them. She was always really embarrassed and tried to hide them even though I told her they looked cute on her. The other actually quite liked her braces and didn’t mind showing them off. She even missed them when they were removed. I never told either of them how much I really liked their mouthwear but I did always comment positively and tell them how cute they looked with their braces. All in all three years of amazing braces kisses (and more). My current girlfriend has beautiful straight teeth after a really hardcore treatment in her teens before I met her (maybe worth describing in another post…) but her teeth have slightly shifted since she stopped wearing her retainer in her mid twenties. She’s talked about getting a ‘tune up’ a few times but I think she’s leaning towards Invisalign.. borringgg!! Maybe I can convince her to go for good old fashioned metal?..