This reminded of taking out milk teeth - for some reason I was deathly afraid of that - and my mom was worried I would grow up with uneven teeth - so she'd yank them out with me kicking and screaming all the ay - oh my - I can't explain why I was so scared of it but I was and the way she went about it was not subtle at all - but I don't have uneven teeth and haven't needed braces so that must count for something, right?

Sigh..,