Every time I read an article like this one, Managing Body Image Issues from Hitched, it gets me thinking about my own body issues. I’m not one who has let my body image negatively affect my sex life, though. I figure if a someone is attracted enough to want to get me naked, and I feel the same way, I’m not gonna let a little cellulite spoil my mood. But, when it comes to average, everyday appearance, and shopping for clothes that I have to wear in public, that’s when my body image difficulties start affecting my confidence and toying with my self-esteem–My thighs are big and so are my teeth.

I guess the thighs can be a fairly standard focus area for women, especially for those of us with pear-shapes. I’m fine with my big ass, it fills out my jeans nicely and I know how to use it. My thighs, however, are another story. I mean, I suppose they are proportional to my butt, but I just feel there could be a little less of them in my life and I’d look a lot better. Now it is true that I could work out more (or at all really, I’ve been a slacker lately), and that would tone ‘em up. I could also restrict my diet to lose weight. Or, I could save up for liposuction, although that’s really not my style. Basically, until I either get off my ass and work out and stop eating crap, my choice is to accept my thighs for what they are.

I have taken action to correct my ‘prominent’ teeth, though. As I type this, I have rubberband spacer thingy’s in between my molars and on Thursday, May 7, I start my 21 month adventure into the world of braces. I’m getting the good ‘ole fashioned metal kind and I can’t wait.

My whole life I’ve felt like Mr. Ed with my two front teeth sticking out and my bottom teeth all mushed together. I always feel weird when I’m smiling, but soon that weirdness will be replaced with a whole new feeling–probably pain, but I’m willing to suffer for my beauty. Plus, maybe the pain from the braces will prohibit me from eating as much, hence causing weight loss and per chance, smaller thighs? (Yes, I’m reaching here, but it could happen).

Overall, my point is this: Everyone has some sort of body image issue. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be so many people writing about the topic. And, that means I am not alone–we, the big-thighed, big-toothed women are not alone.