All 4 of mine now have or had braces... I never did. I wanted them. My dentist at the time said I was "on the fence".... Well. If my folks could better use that money on beer and cigarettes, my teeth were far lower on that list.
The issue of braces was one of the biggest fights I've ever had with H. I never understood it.
Almost exactly one year ago, my S16 who was then 15, was long overdue for his braces. H had a quirky thing about braces for all of my kids. I kept putting it off, and putting it off... H kids BOTH had braces. Why couldn't mine?
Even more odd, because he didn't have to pay for them. Xh has to pay. It was not H decision to make, and it didn't effect him financially. Why the issue??
I was in the emergency room one year ago, endo pain and complications leading to complete Hysterectomy. As I'm laying in the hospital bed, the topic of braces came up non-related to my kids. H started complaining about S15 needing braces, and I explained it shouldn't matter to H. Then he went ballistic and was yelling at me! As I'm writhing in pain!
I had taken S for a consultation the week before, because it was a regular scheduled thing on his plan. H made it into this personal attack on H, and said I did that behind his back. I was like, what???? How does this even effect you? It made absolutely no sense. And the fact that I was doubled over, and he chose then to address this. It made no sense then.
I know now what was going on. He was already spewing.
He threw the braces thing into today's text attack. But.....NOT D13. She can do no wrong. He brought up the fight from a year ago. The issue that had no affect on him. So we need to D.
Yep. On to the future!! It's more clear everyday. The more still I am. The answers come, job. Just as you say. They do.
