I finally realized why I hate my smile. Like it's always bothered me (I shouldn't say always, but ever since I got my braces off half-way through freshman year, I've hated it). At first, I thought it was because my gums were a little inflamed from the braces, but then they went down and I still didn't like it. Then I was just figured it was because I was insecure about my teeth (which I am, but that isn't the whole reason).

But I was taking some selfies today because I wanted a new profile picture for instagram and twitter and I tried straight faced, smirking and smiling and as I was overanalyzing the pictures looking for any little mistake I could (as one does) I fucking figured it out!

MY SMILE IS FUCKING LOPSIDED

On half my face, my upper lip does the diagonal thing its supposed to do from my Cupid's bow to the edge of my mouth but the other half of my face just disappears.

insert artist rendition here because I'm bored out of my fucking mind and I need y'all to understand but I look bad in every picture I'm smiling in and I don't want to share them lmao:

Now I honestly don't know if I would mind this much if it didn't just showcase my gums while the other side didn't. Like if they both did the same shit I don't think I would give I damn. But they don't. So I hate it.