braces again?

So about 3 years ago, at 13 years old, Doodles got braces on.  Things went well, the teeth moved, and she got them off in about a year and a half.  Now, a year and a half later, the teeth have moved despite her wearing the retainer as instructed, prompting the dentist to recommend she go back to the orthodontist.  Today we went to see him and got the bad news that there was nothing he could other than put braces back on her.  The good news is that he won’t charge us for this and he could get it done by the time she will be leaving for Spain.  Yay.  Well that’s not what Doodles thought.  She does not want to get braces on again, especially with this being her last semester of high school here and senior pictures coming up this summer.  I really want her to get them because after paying so much for the braces, I think she should have near perfect teeth.  I also think she needs to look at it long term rather than short term – she would only have them on for 7 months at the longest.  However I also recognize that she’s old enough that she needs to make the decision herself and I won’t give her a hard time if she doesn’t make the same decision that I would.

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