Hm, I'm gonna take a guess and think that he has some sort of lip/tongue piercing? Don't feel too bad. Lip/tongue piercing are a huge turn off to me. It's like, I wanna kiss the person, not the metal!

But anyway, if that's not it then don't feel too bad. And, wow, the falling deal sounds very clever!

Hahaha I'm glad you all liked that :) I've been thinking of sooooo many other fall/trip maneuvers to use too! Really, if you're holding a bunch of books and lob a textbook at someone's back, they're near guaranteed to stumble and then if you know them or they're a potential relationship person, they'll probably pick the book up for you! If not, you still get the benefit of an apology-talk to!

A part of me still wonders about someone I know being gay and reading this and connecting dots, and worrying about it being my CRUSH... but I'll tell since you've asked nicely!

Toph was close, I didn't give much in the way of clues, but the issue isn't OUTSIDE his mouth, it's semi-fortunately INSIDE his mouth! Can you say: palate-expander, SEVERAL front teeth removed, and braces on the bottom? He honestly didn't tooth-grin very much before and I knew he didn't have perfect teeth, but I was talking to someone who said he got it by a cyclist in Toronto and ta-da, messed up mouth for LIFE.

And then I didn't and WOULD NOT want to comment about it! Even though I feel incredibly sympathetic and wanted to hug him when I heard the story, but when we were talking he also did flash the front teeth and it was a million miles south of super.

Ok I just looked for a pic for you all, and Google wasn't amazing BUT I found a relatively accurate pic. To get to it (and you have to do this since the webpage no longer exists somehow...) just google pictures 'missing front teeth' and the 5th page in (I don't use a filter on google, haha) with the pic from www.drsnapir.com is similar to what my crush's pearly whites are like now. Except crooked. And with metal on the bottom. And the top is forever.

And trust me it looks WAAAAAAAY worse in real life, especially since he has an otherwise very attractive face and body! And I still feel shallow about it, especially when it COULD be much worse. Still, it is a consideration to me because just imagine that mouth on your OWN love interest, except the front teeth are spread out, crooked, and the base is enrobed in metal. He can actually speak clearly still though. But even though making out = little consideration for teeth, just thinking of him grinning makes me cringe a bit. They're visible enough that it's even less pleasant too. I know I'll get over it, but right now I'm ugh at the teeth and at myself for being so critical.

I still want to hug him, at least. Thinking on teeth in general, it now semi-astounds me that he has the worst teeth in my school at this point, and the majority of people within 3 years of me, braces or no... have near perfect straight teeth. Colour and sizing may vary, but yay for me being a privileged upper middle class North American who deems to bear down on my sweet, cuddly crush's messed up mouth. DAMN DAMN DAMN.

And for Toph or any wonderers: Yes, a piercing would be better, even if it were a God-ugly, giant lip piercing that would mar his beautiful face. Your teeth like to show themselves pretty often and the damage to his are very obvious if you look for just a second more. :(

^ Amazing v