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Flash Those Pearly Whites

2/19/2016

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​The sky is never bluer, the sun more bright or the grass greener than the moment we walk out the door after a dental appointment.
Why do we hate dental visits so much? Modern technology makes the trip nearly painless. The hygienist, our first line of defense, is invariably chatty, friendly and competent. X-rays don't hurt. Freezing and a choice of relaxants usually take care of any discomfort during procedures. Most dental clinics even have TVs and headphones to keep our minds distracted.
So why do we hate dentists? It could be loss of control. Someone else has taken over a part of our body and we can't see what they're doing with it. It's a bit like calling IT at work and watching in apprehension and ignorance as our cursor flicks madly about our screen without any assistance from us.
It might be an atavistic fear handed down from our great-greats who really had a reason to fear dental care. Have you ever taken a tour of a dental museum? I thought not. No one in their right mind would want to vicariously feel that pain.
Then again, some of it might be hype to get a little TLC from our family. A little moan, a little touch of hand to cheek, might just get an offer of some delicious treat.
Whatever the reasons, there is little similarity between the head-bowed, leaden-footed creature who enters the dental clinic and the joyous creature that exits it.
I'm still reeling from the heady joy of completing yesterday's visit. Total freedom!  Well, almost total. Now if only they wouldn't hand out those little cards with notices of my next appointment written on them.

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What's Next After HEA?

2/5/2016

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We all enjoy a good romance. The couple meet and feel an instant chemistry. They make their way through all sorts of obstacles and conflicts to discover their Happy Ever After. We might shed a little tear as we close the last page of the book.
But what happens to the characters then? What about Kate and Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew? Do they settle into domestic bliss? Or does Kate regain her feisty self and see Petruchio for the misogynist he is? Maybe they begin to hurl abuse at each other, apply for restraining orders, and launch into a bitter divorce.
And how about Rhett and Scarlett in Gone With the Wind? Could Rhett discover that after all, he really does "give a damn", and come back to sweep Scarlett off her feet? Could they set up a love nest on Tara and raise a houseful of children? Maybe Rhett would become a slippers and pipe in front of the fireplace man and Scarlett transform herself into whatever the late 1800s version is of a soccer Mom.
Then there's Romeo and Juliet, the template for young love. If the family feud hadn't resulted in their untimely deaths, could they have become just another humdrum suburban couple as the years passed, Romeo becoming a serial philanderer and Juliet finding solace in the arms of a local artisan?
Or would they be true to their love and become one of those couples who walk together hand in hand into the future, coming to think and even look alike, ready to take their 60th anniversary vows on a Mediterranean cruise?
It's fun to speculate, but not for too long. A true romantic knows that, when the last page is turned, the couple is truly headed for that HEA. We wouldn't have it any other way.

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