I have no teeth - dating.

[guywithnoteeth]

I'm in a LTR, due to a medical condition my teeth basically disintegrated by the time I hit 30 and I've worn dentures ever since. My partner and I had a small heated debate about my lack of teeth and she is of the opinion that over 90% of women would refuse to date a man (or woman) who wore dentures. I said that was a rather shallow opinion. I'm mid-40s, FWIW.

AIBU - A woman WOULDN'T date someone with dentures.
IANBU - A woman WOULD date someone with dentures.

Why is she so unsupportive? Sounds like she is worried you will run off and find someone else OP. It's not like it's your fault you don't have teeth.

Anyway, most decent people wouldn't be bothered.

Sounds like she's warning you not to leave her by telling you that no-one else will have you.

Didn't vote.
It is not something I ever had to think about, that is until before December when I got a small partial plate with 3 teeth .
I would hate to be judged on that.
I think you love the person for who they are regardless.
If not then is it really love?

Absolutely wouldn't bother me at all

I hope not I wear dentures and I'm only 30. 😂

Tbh I thought most men would like it.., we have no gag reflexes. 😂

Also your dp sounds a bit horrible, that's something you'd say to scare someone into staying with you. Just saying.

Really wouldn't be bothered.

I'd also be concerned if she's implying 'you're lucky to have her as no one else would' to excuse less that nice behaviour towards you.

Was the debate her suggesting implants? And you took offence? I'm wondering how else you could have got into a 'debate' about them.

I've seen the difference in people who have had implants following a medical issue - the change is incredible and significantly better than the results from wearing dentures, for their confidence as well as in terms of aesthetics, both just as 'teeth' and for the shape of their face.

I also remember the sounds of a meal with a boyfriend's parents when a teenager. Both wore dentures, one a partial, and the sounds of them eating (including a sucking sound as the plates lifted on and off their gums) was only surpassed by his mother declaring she'd had enough and removing her partial, dumping it on the table still covered in food and then the sound of her gumming and slurping mashed potato and gravy around her mouth instead. Mind you, she tended to leave hers on the sink until she had 'company' (ie, people significantly more important than me) and just give it a quick rinse when the doorbell went, so maybe they weren't representative of other people with dentures.

That sounds very unkind. An odd way of talking to someone you are supposed to love.
It sounds a bit like she is trying to keep you down. I don't know what she is like the rest of the time. Does she put you down often?
I have lost a lot of teeth due to a genetic issue and mental health issues.
I wear a temp partial . I would be devastated if my husband said something like that to me.

It would not bother me at all, and I think anyone who would be bothered would be a dreadful partner anyway, as they might just stop loving you if you lost a limb/teeth/hair etc.

I would personally struggle to even be proper friends with someone who couldn't date someone wearing dentures.

My dad has worn dentures for the same reason most of his adult life, you wouldn't even know...YANBU

@pineapplecat21

I hope not I wear dentures and I'm only 30. 😂

Tbh I thought most men would like it.., we have no gag reflexes. 😂

It’s not something most people would look for but it’s not a big deal. It wouldn’t attract or repel me as having dentures is a small part of you as a whole.

I saw this today while giggling something else..

www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/15283955/proud-catfish-never-hide-fake-teeth-incredible-transformation/

Light hearted but shows what can be done!

Not a lot of people know this but I have false teeth

Sometimes they can get a bit wobbly and the best thing I have found for keeping them in place is Super Glue. It sounds ridiculous but it really works and using glue has saved me from several potentially embarrassing situations

My teeth started to fall out when I was 15 when I was punched in the face by a lad at school

I arrived home in such a state that my father, who was also called Robson, saw red. He went straight round to the lad’s house, headbutted his dad and then threw him in the dustbin

My dad was a coal miner for more than 40 years and was this big, tough guy who nobody messed with

The above is a quote from Robson Green. I doubt he had trouble getting dates!

It would bother me if he had no teeth at all. Wouldn’t bother me if the teeth he had were real or dentures. YANBU.

Your partner sounds like a real prize.

YANBU

Not just shallow, irrational. The vast majority of modern film celebrities have false teeth. Implanted teeth are false. Crowns are false, Veneers are false. People pay a fortune for false breasts, fake hair, plastic surgery.

When I met my husband he was missing several top teeth, I think it might have been 4 or 5, it was disconcerting and I did hesitate a bit but I was really attracted to him physically and emotionally, so we got married and a few months later he got his teeth fixed (implants) and I haven't thought about it since.

It wouldn't put me off personally, man or woman. I had to have a tooth out ten years ago and even just losing one dented my confidence. I am a smoker so will probably lose more as that's the natural progression of smoking. What I do have I take care of, using interdental brushes once a day, brushing twice and visiting the dentist and hygienist, etc.

My Mum also lost all her teeth to decay after having my Sister at 39 and me at 40 years old. She said her teeth were fine before children. But also hated the dentist and wouldn't go. She had dentures.

Waffling on here, but it honestly wouldn't bother me.

Just wow, thanks for the massive confidence boost you're giving me

DP has a couple of - what she calls "my issues" - that she focuses from time to time. I thought it was par for the course, really. Beginning to realise it's actually not on.

IANBU. She's a bitch! What a nasty thing to say to you! Dump her. Her attitude and her teeth are ugly.

Your DP sounds like an arsehole.

My DH has a missing tooth that is visible, it doesn't bother me and nobody else has ever commented on it.

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