| Dear Prudence Can't Bear His Grin In a live chat, Prudie counsels a woman whose husband got a gold and rhinestone "grill" for his teeth. By Emily Yoffe
Posted Tuesday, Aug 13, 2013, at 10:15 AM ET  Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) See Emily live! She will be talking to Slate editor David Plotz and taking questions at Sixth and I in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11. For tickets and more information, click here. Q. Help, My Husband Looks Ridiculous: My husband has been self-conscious about his crooked front teeth his whole life. He rarely ever smiles or shows his teeth. Once we were able to afford decent dental insurance our first priority was to have his teeth straightened. Imagine my surprise when he returned home from the orthodontist with gold-colored braces decorated with rhinestones. This is something called a "grill" and is very popular with rap musicians and professional athletes. My husband is a 42-year-old software engineer and we live in the heart of the Midwest. At first I thought it might be some kind of a joke—something that he'd bought that just slipped over his teeth but no—it's not a joke and they are semi-permanently attached to his teeth for the next 12–18 months. I'm embarrassed, our kids are embarrassed, his parents are confused, and my parents think he's lost his mind. I can only imagine what they think of them at ... To continue reading, click here.
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