Tahitiii wrote:
For anyone who has false teeth, how's your love life?
I've been out of it for a while. Divorced after a 20-year marriage, swore "never again" for the past five years...
Lately I've been warming up to a certain guy. Not sure where that's going.
Anyway, I've acquired new teeth while hibernating. I've never been with a guy while wearing these awful things and I'd like to hear how it works. It'll-probably end up in a PM - I don't imagine anyone else wants to hear the indelicate details.
Here's my context/background:
Got partial upper plate in 2010, to cover/fill in two side incisors on top that are missing.
Had an FWB already at that point, later got a LDR with someone else.
Wore my fake teeth at first when meeting & spending time with both those people,
but as time & repetition wore on, I explained and said I feel more comfortable without the denture.
Both of them claimed to be okay with that, that they wanted me to feel at ease (mentally & physically) around them.
While I do feel self-conscious/weird about the gaps between my teeth, I also felt self-conscious while outfitted in the fake teeth.
Both in regard to how I appear up close (the false teeth are visibly so)
and when it comes to the tactile properties & even the fluid mechanics (!) of kissing.
So I was/am uncomfortable & insecure either way, there is no perfect answer-I feel nervous no matter what.
Since then, I broke up with the LDR bf, went back to my FWB, and continue looking for a new relationship.
I generally only wear the fake teeth when going out into the world, public-which is not very often.
It is stressful worrying about whether a new guy is going to find my dental situation a dealbreaker,
but there's nothing I can do-sooner or later he's gonna' figure it out, and I can't talk someone out of their turn-offs.
Haven't (knowingly) been with (for possible romance/lust) someone who has fake teeth, so don't know my reaction.
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