Three years after the removal of the accursed braces
xiao: I wanna visit the dentist
pa: what’s wrong with your teeth?
xiao: hereee *bares teeth* see? all these white spots
pa: WHY LIKE THAT ONE!!
xiao: braces la last time
Later…
pa: so how? your teeth? It’s sunken!
xiao: haiyor not sunken la. see again *lets daddy scrutinise* it’s just white on the corners. caused by braces last time
pa: what?! the stupid orthodontist did this to you and got away with it?
xiao: no la, supposedly it’s my bad brushing habits last time.
pa: still. that person should know about this kind of thing when she did you teeth what. stupid dentist
xiao: mmm. *shrug* so now i wanna go visit another dentist to deal with it lor
pa: how to cure?
xiao: well, the dentist i asked told me to get veneering – apparently they’ll put a layer of something in front of your teeth – but the bad thing is it might crack one day-
pa: no. cannot.
xiao: then… i dunno what other methods are there, so i wanna visit her tomorrow!
pa: mm… stupid orthodontist.
After a few lines of bitching about the orthodontist (rather sensitive issue hoho) and daddy pacing around the house
pa: so how your teeth?! It’s a life time thing you know!
xiao: that’s why i saaaaid i’ll go to the dentist!
pace pace pace, dining room-living room-toilet basin
pa: ma so how her teeth?!
ma: how should i know? i’m not a dentist?
pa: … *walks to study* xiao so how your teeth?
xiao: see first la daddy
(he was actually already late for a meeting by then)Pa: *wears shoes* so how? – ma where’s my coat ar?
ma and xiao: in the guest room
pa: oh *gets coat*
and i won’t write what he said after because it was intended as a joke but i’m sure no one would find it funny here. it doesn’t translate well to the net. besides, i was offended by it. my dad can have the world’s most insensitive mouth sometimes.
but i love him anyway =) even though he only noticed today after 3 years that i have horrible horrible teeth. By the way, this is probably as close as i have seen of him panicking. teehee
Mua is a dentist!