22 Things All Girls Who Went To School In The 2000s Will Understand

4. Putting Bets On To See Who Would Get Braces Next

Everyone you knew had braces, and people who had perfectly lovely teeth would feel left out because they wouldn't have any. Most teenagers needed fixed braces when they were growing up, but the important thing was deciding which colour you were going to get. You would normally discuss this with your friends and even though you had picked which colours you were going to get, they would ruin it by choosing the same ones just days before you. They made you look like a copycat and it ruined your life for the next six months.
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