By peacechick71 - 22/09/2013 23:30 - United States - Trenton

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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peacechick71 8

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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Top comments

Sea_shelle 12

Time to find a good hiding spot for those retainers!

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604 11

That'll take a bite out of your budget.

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Comments

ElizabethNL93 20

Maybe next time, see if there are a couple of different color options. I had a pink one, but didn't have a choice. Also, it should have come with a case, correct? And if all else fails- hide the damn thing from your grandmother!

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BeeQueenbee60 4

Tell Grannie to cough up the dough, pronto! And tell her to keep her hands off anything that isn't hers.

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jmacfan1 16

$300? Ouch. I have the same one for my top teeth and mine only cost $150. I'd keep it on you

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skyeyez9 24

I had to wear my retainer at all times except while eating and cleaning it. Having it laying around is just asking your grandma to throw it away.

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IHATEFMYLIFE 26

No it isn't. Asking her to throw it away is asking her to throw it away. Is laying your phone or laptop around asking for it to be thrown away too?

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photogodess 13

Put it in a case! Then show her the case so she is completely aware, also clean up your own damn room lazy sob

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CrazyMelvin 14

3 times???? 3 times??? You'd think you'd learn to put it away after the second time. YDI

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Cujo3269 9

Why aren't you smart enough to put it away? You know, away from her line of sight

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ladybuglet 22

Well, maybe you should get a different colour retainer. Or put it in its case when you are wearing it.

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BrotherPhil 35

It may be easier to get it in the case when OP _isn't_ wearing it.

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bamfxd 4

Maybe you shouldn't be leaving it out where she might think it's trash.

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Opheliae 22

I always keep mine in a solid colored case on the bathroom counter or in the medicine cabinet. Stop being a pig and leaving it laying around.

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brianax36 14

Oh my god. Learn how to read. She said she DOES put it in a case people.

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Katiekhalifa_fml 28

That doesn't make her a pig, it's a retainer not trash, you ******* moron.

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Opheliae 22

OP says she leaves it in her room, obviously somewhere the animals can get to it, so it's obviously not tucked away somewhere like a drawer or medicine cabinet, so it's obviously laying out wherever the animals can get it like on her bed or nightstand, "you ******* moron."

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