Today, my grandma threw away my clear retainer thinking it was plastic from packaging. She has done this three times now. They cost 300 dollars to replace. FML
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Hey guys OP here. To answer some questions, yes I have told my grandmother various times that I have a retainer, and that it looks like packaging and to not throw it away. I do keep it in a plastic case but I only wear it at night so when I am out shopping for her or walking her animals she snoops in my stuff. I have tried keeping it in my room to keep away from her but the door always "accidentally" opens and her animals find it and play with it because animals like the saliva taste on the retainer, it is then she thinks it's packaging and throws it away.
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Sea_shelle 12
Time to find a good hiding spot for those retainers!
604 11
That'll take a bite out of your budget.
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Comments (174)
paradoxparadise 11
Buy a case? That may solve something.
numberswoman 14
You deserve it since this is the THIRD time! What's wrong with you?
queerdragon 20
Maybe stop getting clear ones, or purchase a case.
sandy105 3
Um, why dont u just HIDE it then or lock you bedroom door...???
katejones 8
First time FYL. Second tome too maybe. Third time YDI - should have known by now to put it in a case marked ' this is my $300 retainer, gran: do NOT throw this away '.
thick_lesbo 8
I assume ur grannys giving u $300???
snapdragon1100 7
If she always throws them away because she thinks they are plastic from containers maybe you should get one that's not clear?
asherm 15
Yeah label it w/ "$300 retainer, don't throw away!!" Or keep it where it does the most good- on your teeth.
worldclassrager 41
Get them colored...that's what I did...or just have her pay for them...or the easiest way keep a case on you and never leave them out in the open...
Xalandra 17
Why are you not putting your retainer some place safe? Keep it in a case in your freaking medicine cabinet or something. Unless your grandma is really that nosy and thinks you keep clear plastic packaging in a case. Throw it in your pillow case if you have to! Hide it from her nosy ass (fingers too) or just put it away where it belongs! Problem solved!