<p>Well, I thought that I was going to get my braces off before college, but my orthodontist said that I probably won't get them off until February 2014. Do you think having braces will affect my social life? I'm a dude so do you think it's like a turn off? Any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>They only will if you let them. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, as a general rule people don’t care about that kind of stuff. If they do, they’re probably not the kind of people you want to hang out with anyway.</p>
<p>Man, that sucks. I got my braces off before college. </p>
<p>On the bright side, no one cares about you having braces in college. (They didn’t even care in high school.)</p>
<p>You’re getting a pretty smile. Don’t be ashamed of them.</p>
<p>I know it really sucks, but I guess I’ll just bear with it because I really don’t have a choice.</p>
<p>There are plenty of students at my school that have braces. It really doesn’t matter. February 2014 isn’t that far away. You’ll have them for…what? One whole semester? You’ll survive. ;)</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter. Most people who get them when they’re young, do it to get it over with. And it’s just half of your frosh year of college. It’s hardly the end of the world.</p>
<p>It’s not the end of the world. I’ve always had perfectly straight teeth, but I know a few people with braces and they don’t seem to run into a problem.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think I’m probably worrying about this way too much. I just don’t want it to affect my college experience, but I’m going to try and not let it do that. Thanks!</p>
<p>How would it affect you college experience? You already have braces. If anything having braces your senior year is worse than having braces your freshman year of college.</p>
<p>Nobody cares whether you wear braces or not. There are other things to worry about…</p>
<p>Its not like you have a scar in your face. ;)</p>
<p>^ I guess. I just didn’t want to have braces going into college. As I stated before, I just don’t want it to affect my social life. But I don’t think it will so as other posters have said, I’m just going to suck it up and deal with it.</p>
<p>What I wanted to say was, Braces will not have any effect in your social life whatsoever. Braces are temporary and people know it.</p>
<p>My cousin had to wear braces during college. He had no problems. Also some people look just fine (or even cuter) with braces.</p>
<p>Thanks to all you guys because you have been really helpful.</p>