Do boys mind braces on girls?
I had this American girlfriend once. She had the most amazing set of teeth I'd ever seen. They were straight, even and as white as Marilyn Manson.
We were chatting once; I remember it clearly because I was eating a packet of cheese and onion. I casually mentioned the fact that I'd never worn braces and she almost choked on her prawn cocktail (I always made her eat prawn cocktail because they made her breath smell goooood).
She claimed that all the kids in America (woah-oh!) wear braces because everyone knows they make your teeth look hot. She also said this explained why British people had rubbish teeth, which caused me such offence that I involuntarily spat out a crisp. This then made me even angrier and I ended up punching a fly.
But anyway... the point is that braces - annoying as they may be - are worth it in the long-run. Plus, boys aren't even bothered about them. I could name you 17 things a lad notices on a girl before he clocks her train tracks. They become invisible after a while - and some lads actually find them endearing.
Plus there are advantages to wearing braces, like being able to store food in them for later. It also takes you one step closer to being a robot and robots are ace.
Sure, people might tease you, but you'll have the last, and most aesthetically pleasing, laugh when they wind up looking like an extra from a Lord of the Rings battle scene.
Meanwhile, you'll have glorious gnashers like the American chick... who incidentally is now with someone hunkier who doesn't force-feed her prawn cocktail crisps. Her loss.
Please remember: Kev is not an expert, he is just a boy and sometimes quite a silly boy. The main thing to remember when it comes to lads and relationships is to expect respect as the absolute minimum. Find out more about a Women's Aid campaign of the same name.
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