My Buck Teeth Are Like Skinny Legs.

It’s not always obvious, but I have semi-buck teeth.

Like ONE tooth decided to go crazy and tilts in such a way that I look like a Simpsons character from one side. I’ve been self conscious about it all my life.. amongst many other things. Let’s leave the eye bags for another post.

So we took this shot of ourselves yesterday and I made an observation.

I told the hubby, You know what? It’s ironic.. the one thing I’ve hated all my life might just be the one thing that can keep me looking younger now.

I think that slanted tooth actually makes me look kiddo, like my toothy grin may just pass for cute. Hee! Okay, fine, go ahead and puke now.

The hubby then proceeded to tell me a “once upon a time story” about a deer who would admire its antlers in its reflection in the river water every day.

The deer loved its beautiful antlers and hated its skinny legs. It always wished it had better looking legs. One day, a lion hunted it down and it was those “ugly” legs that allowed the deer to run away so fast and didn’t get caught and become food immediately.

But then his antlers got caught in branches a few moments later and the deer was stuck. In the end it got killed because of those beautiful antlers.

My husband has grandfather tales too. I’m not the only one.

So yeah, gotta love that buck tooth now.