Click for full story When I first got my braces in 6th grade, I had to give up chewing gum. Since I never really learned how to blow bubbles, it wasn't a big deal for me. After I got my braces off, I never really got back into the habit. Every now and then, I'll chomp on some chewing gum, but that's about it. How important is gum to your life these days?
It's important only in that I find it stuck to the undersides of my classroom tables. I allow my students to chew gum in my classroom because it's a tension-releaser. Any bubbles, cracking or outside-the-mouth antics, and they're banned from it for a week.
Well my friends have referred to me as their gum pimp, because I always seem to have some with me, and they always seem to want some.
I'm more of a mint gal. I inherited my mom's ridiculous looking way of chewing gum (and possibly her OCD tendencies, too, so lighten up on the bubble wrap links ). I'm very intense with gum when I chew it. Perhaps I have too much tension! When I tried the nicotine gum once, I almost passed out. The idea behind the gum is that you are supposed to chew it until it starts to tingle, then rest it under your tongue, then chew it a little more, then rest it, etc. I couldn't stop the energetic chewing of it, though, because it was gum !! Talk about a nicotine buzz RF
I back away from people who are chewing with their stupid mouths open. We have a friend called "the snapper" who incessantly snaps her gum, green trident is apparently the best. I think it's a disgusting stupid habit. I just can't tolerate being near people who have their mouths going like that. My idea of a nightmare would find me trapped on a bus next to a huge person, smelly exhaust blowing in somewhere, I'm wicked hungover, and I can hear someone's headphones, and someone is snapping gum.