Rants & Raves of Jasmine’s Fiction

The amount of stupid people I come across in my lifetime is mind boggling.  Seriously!  I had the most nonsensical conversation with the girl who runs my mom’s office – she has to be the most superstitious person I’ve ever met in my life!

The conversation started when I went in to pick up some reports that needed translating and she met me at the door with said reports and she commented that she only just noticed that I have “bound teeth.”

I nodded, knowing that she was referring to the fine thin wire attached to my retainer wrapping around the upper row of my front teeth.  For added drama I popped it out to show her and she shrieked at it like I offered her a spider, squealing about how “ugly it is!”

She then asked me what the heck I was wearing it for.  I replied that it’s to correct the shifting of my teeth as I age and then she squealed, “I didn’t know that teeth can move!”

Okay, I mean that’s a fair assumption for people who never had to suffer braces.  But then this next bit came up!

She asked me how it feels in my mouth.  So I told her that it’s a little uncomfortable as I can’t quite taste my food with the plate on the roof of my mouth and then I jokingly said its almost like wearing dentures and that she should take care of her teeth so that she never has to suffer either…

Then she exclaimed, “You CANNOT do that because when you’re 80+ and if you still have all your own teeth you will be stealing the health and prosperity from your next generation to pay the price for you to keep your teeth!”

Yes, you read that right.

I was so flabbergasted at her vehemence on that little tidbit I could only sputter in shock.

Then she offered ‘proof’.  Apparently her paternal grandmother was a healthy old lady of 85 with all her own teeth and completely capable of taking care of herself.  I thought that was something to be very proud of.  But NO! 

Her family starting with the her eldest uncle passed away after being sick for a long time, then his wife followed, then her 2^nd uncle got sick too, then her 3^rd uncle had a heart attack and then before it could “get any worse” they all ganged up and ‘confronted’ the poor old lady who just had to bury her firstborn son and daughter in law and they told her:

“Mom/Grandma, we are very sorry but we have no choice.  YOU forced us into this.  We are going to take you to the dentist to get one tooth of yours removed by force.  Please try and understand this is for the good of the family.”

Like, WOW.  Talk about a kick in the teeth.

I just blurted out “where’s the logic in that?”  She said there doesn’t need to be logic in that belief because it has been proven to be true.

Honestly, if I were that old lady and my kids and grandkids told me that they needed to yank out my perfectly healthy teeth because I’m the cause of making them sick, they will find me armed to the teeth to fight them tooth and nail.

Sweet tooth or eyeteeth, it sure as hell brings new meaning to An Eye For An Eye, A Tooth For A Tooth.

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