Tribe.net. Local Connections Reshounn http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#f8b7c12f-051b-490e-8a0c-2e094868a41d 2009-12-12T00:28:13Z 2009-12-12T00:28:13Z

I want to read, write, and exchange stories about the diastema. This excerpt of "The Diastema Poem" begins to explain my childhood experience and undying love for my gap-toothedness. The Diastema Poem by Reshounn L. Foster (c) 1997 I could blow bubbles through it I could even slide the tip of my tongue sideways through it Had a hard time, though, stopping those lollipop sticks from gettin' stuck in it Had lots of fun with it They asked if I wanted braces, nuh uh Never dared let them constrain it and slap them ugly things on it 'Cause I was pleased and proud of it Younger kids used to ask me bout my missin tooth I used to get mad and every now and then some of 'em still do -- now I just laugh As I grew older, old men began to speak their obscenities Said it meant, "She lies-a-plenty!" Looked at it and said, "Ooooh weee, baby dat's sexy! Betcha you know how to give good lovin'!" 'Oh really? Well, I'd quickly roll my eyes away and remind myself that IT Was inherited through my dad, along with my short stat, cute dimples, and the screwy eyesight I have But years later, a sunny day and a stroll through the *Hart of the Plaza led me to a sistah Her smile beamed like mine with the very same aperture We exchanged grins and she delightfully share with my youth An ancient, age-old African truth that this IT is a DIASTEMA and Not just some space 'tween my tooths. Yeah, it's hereditary, a male-dominant trait, which apparently reveals my strength in this little Short, shy, shapely shape "It's a symbol of royalty," she said with her own gap-toothed smile Said that in Africa it's a symbol of grace, marking my unique, fluent, charismatic style Never have I covered my mouth in shame or ever refused to smile Even the slight sound of my name, makes me smile awhile *I was told by an Nation of Islam sista at Detroit's Hart Plaza in the mid 1990s that the African story of the diastema is this: it is a male dominant trait that means one is the progeny of royal lineage; it is rare for a woman to have one and, if she does, she is is considered to be of strong mind and spirit.

Reshounn 2009-12-12T00:28:13Z Amy http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#254f219e-68b6-4a4c-a8d5-d28eea7b6176 2009-12-05T22:14:10Z 2009-12-05T22:14:10Z

Hi everyone, I have a diastema cause I knocked my front teeth out falling off my bike, and I had to have braces to move all my teeth along, and have caps on my teeth now! So my teeth are perfectly straight but I have a gap. I am still learning to embrace it, I find it hard, hopefully joining this group will help!

Amy 2009-12-05T22:14:10Z Katri http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#a1cd7149-887d-4796-bc03-5c07339adb4f 2009-11-22T21:21:00Z 2009-11-22T21:21:00Z

Yay for mentioning the documentary! I've seen it...*and* met Les Blank, who complimented me on my smile :) :) :) Indeed, YAY for gaps!

Katri 2009-11-22T21:21:00Z Lacy http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3110760c-bf89-4520-bb6b-b6fe921f94cc 2009-09-04T02:40:12Z 2009-09-04T02:40:12Z

Hi my name is Lacy....I found this place because I was talking to a friend about my gap and that I had heard somewhere that certain cultures admire them...I then decided to look it up and my search found this place.... YAY..... I Like that so many people think it's cute... I love mine! I also only have one hand.... and I love my lil nub too! LOL btw this is what I've found so far Being gap-toothed was regarded as a sign of a strongly-sexed nature in the Middle Ages as told in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale from "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. In some African tribes having a gap in your front teeth was a sign of wisdom and in France they call it "les dents du bonheur" (teeth of happiness)! There was even a film made by Les Blank in 1987 called Gap-Toothed Women, which explores different connotations of gap-teeth such as a beauty mark or as a sign of an amorous nature. YAY for gaps!

Lacy 2009-09-04T02:40:12Z Jessica http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#f346d697-fbad-41be-9dfe-f7814c7c0ca1 2009-03-08T05:03:07Z 2009-03-08T05:03:07Z

Hello fellow diastema loverz and wearers! I'm hanging with my lovely friend, Stephanie and she used to have a diastema, but had some work done on her teeth when she was 24 and guess what, her diastema is gone!!!! She is definitely so hot without the diastema, but I had to show her the love that diastema tribe and we're loving it right now!!!!!!!! After seeing this tribe Stephanie is actually considering bringing the diastema back!!!!! Awh, what a story, eh? So I guess that's why I'm here! To inspire the ones that got rid of the diastema to bring that sexy sexy space back! Yummmmmmm!!!!!

Jessica 2009-03-08T05:03:07Z Cherry http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#849a6b1a-0ff1-4b27-abb5-8b8685908244 2009-01-26T17:18:05Z 2009-01-26T17:18:05Z

I've a gap b/w my two front teeth and hate it. It has been there since I was lil, but I was never bothered by it because back then it was small, but as I got older, it got bigger. I'm very uncomfortable with it and rarely smile with my teeth showing in public and hate that -because I find it not to be too friendly (open-mouth smiles are friendlier, I would say). I considering getting braces, but right now cannot afford them 'cuz they're so darn expensive. A lot of people, including my parents, have told me to leave it and not get braces, but I hate my smile and do not feel confident with this gap. But they do not have a gap/gaps in their teeth, so they do not know how I feel. I also have other gaps in my lower teeth (about 4 of them), but those have never bothered me and do not bother me because they rarely show when I smile or talk. I wish I could be confident like some of you who love your gap, but I'm not and as soon as I have the money, I'm getting braces. In my country, teeth gaps are actually a sign of beauty and widely-acceptable, people love it. But nope, I'm not too fond of mine. Maybe if I was there, I would have a different mindset and it probably wouldn't bother me like it does now, but the culture here is different. Maybe I will grow to love this gap and change my mind about closing it, I don't know. Right now, that isn't likely. I just wish $6000 would fall from the sky.

Cherry 2009-01-26T17:18:05Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#e6933acb-a080-473a-897e-c1ff633f2def 2008-07-22T02:12:06Z 2008-07-22T02:12:06Z

yeah... i love it when someone really owns and shows off their diastema... I think it only adds to their personality

Molly 2008-07-22T02:12:06Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#19d4910f-9d6e-4a94-a01f-e2f3b5afea50 2008-07-20T18:28:24Z 2008-07-20T18:28:24Z

Humm let me think....David Letterman...TV personality....proud gap owner.... It can be done!

$item.owner.firstName 2008-07-20T18:28:24Z Kevin http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#1263f151-70db-41f8-b24e-58b572a0366d 2008-07-20T06:57:17Z 2008-07-20T06:57:17Z

Well...I guess that is true...but now, every time I see my mom, I can only pay attention to her gap, and the fact that she's the reason I have one...and then I was "cursed" with my father's rather large nose and my mother's prominent ears...it seems that I'm always having a love-hate relationship with it (I mean, it's one less space for me to floss but I can't help but feel bad when I see people negatively talk about gaps that are smaller than mine; since my gap is big enough to hold two pennies), especially after what that girl said about mine. But the most troubling thing about it is that I want to make it into broadcasting, and I don't want it to be an obstacle that would keep me from getting a job as a TV personality (I remember seeing a YouTube clip of a girl who's in the same major as I am, and one of the critiques she received was that she should get her gap closed, and that worried me, of course)...but thanks for all the encouragement...I'm trying to make it through.

Kevin 2008-07-20T06:57:17Z Katri http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#0c840359-5106-4dec-9f73-49a0643094c7 2008-07-19T22:01:39Z 2008-07-19T22:01:39Z

no, Kevin, don't 'fix' it. there's nothing to fix. it's not a shortcoming. for years I was asked by my classmates when I was going to get mine 'fixed'...and I did, and after thousands of dollars' worth of orthodontics I lost my retainer and the GAP came BACK and I get tons of compliments on my smile. it doesn't seem you have a lot of work ahead of you in learning to embrace something that was never an issue until recently. smile at someone because you mean it, and the diastema will be an element of that special smile.

Katri 2008-07-19T22:01:39Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#94016d9b-1b66-4d2c-9098-eb2f47a415f0 2008-07-17T00:51:17Z 2008-07-17T00:51:17Z

yeah, if that girl doesn't like you're gap, that's her freaking problem!

Molly 2008-07-17T00:51:17Z Kevin http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#a3a39639-88db-40da-b5c2-441a54ea2268 2008-07-16T12:52:39Z 2008-07-16T12:52:39Z

Hmm, thanks for the encouragement...even though I was told secondhand by a female friend that "she didn't know if she could deal with [my gap]"...I didn't know that mine was such a big deal...but whahtever...there are probably more pepople who'd be charmed by it than turned off, so I guess I have to learn to embrace it...

Kevin 2008-07-16T12:52:39Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#40689c8e-3761-42db-8c1e-419dac25bfd6 2008-07-16T06:00:10Z 2008-07-16T06:00:10Z

Don't fix it Kevin!!!! Be proud and know that it's more common than you think.

$item.owner.firstName 2008-07-16T06:00:10Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3cb7d49e-8856-4b6d-9215-00499beacfdf 2008-07-16T03:46:29Z 2008-07-16T03:46:29Z

Don't fix it, you're blessed!!! Who agrees?!

Molly 2008-07-16T03:46:29Z Kevin http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#b934e35a-e7c2-4241-9715-2a6cab0f08b8 2008-07-15T21:30:21Z 2008-07-15T21:30:21Z

So yeah. I'm Kevin, and ever since my mom pointed out that I had a gap (she has one too, and I'm the only one of her children who has one), I've been overly conscious of it. And before that, I pretty much went through 18 years of not caring about it, not even knowing I had it, and I didn't even know that having one was not "normal." So I basically found myself here just from browsing the Internet. I don't know if I should fix it or what.

Kevin 2008-07-15T21:30:21Z Mandy http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#c7e0d190-86aa-46df-bb69-7791c2fda0a6 2008-06-10T06:04:47Z 2008-06-10T06:04:47Z

Yeah, I can put a 2 dollar coin and a dime in mine!

Mandy 2008-06-10T06:04:47Z Mandy http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#fccd8e27-c5a3-4266-8959-0ef5e651ac79 2008-06-10T06:02:00Z 2008-06-10T06:02:00Z

My name is Mandy. I was born with it. I have wanted it closed up my whole life. I'm here to see the other side of things, to listen to those who actually embrace it. I may still get rid of it, but at least I will not feel unbiased if I go for the braces. OH, also I have a large labial frenum ( the skin between the gap, so my gap is pretty big. Last measurement: 2.5 millimeters.

Mandy 2008-06-10T06:02:00Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#807fb488-0072-4219-ae01-9d9ff47c6ad6 2008-05-04T00:17:19Z 2008-05-04T00:17:19Z

A nickel!?! I would love to be able to fit only a small nickel...I can fit an altoid in my diastema! Preschoolers are always asking me if I got any money from the tooth fairy when I lost my tooth! (smile)

$item.owner.firstName 2008-05-04T00:17:19Z Isis http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3dd2f324-66e5-4887-ad0c-d27e4f5514e1 2008-04-27T04:59:25Z 2008-04-27T04:59:25Z

Hi! I'm Isis and I too have had my share of mockery and ridicule because of my gap. Today I found out that my gap is called diastema, after 20 odd years! I'm so glad that there are other people who like their gaps. After years of feeling insecure, I decided to find all the cool, famous gap-toothed people on tv like Madonna, David Letterman, Luis Miguel (until he fixed it.) etc. I still want to get mine a little closer so that a nickle doesn't fit in there bu I'm not sure I want to get rid of it completely. I will definetly try to rock my diastema proudly now.

Isis 2008-04-27T04:59:25Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3d236c08-68e9-488d-922d-09df00046132 2008-04-24T03:01:01Z 2008-04-24T03:01:01Z

show us a photo Molly!! The story about your grandaddy is so cute. I love that

Molly 2008-04-24T03:01:01Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#7c86be36-6941-44df-bf53-1e8461267dd9 2008-04-23T12:53:47Z 2008-04-23T12:53:47Z

Hi! My name is Molly and I'm here because of the encouragement and support to show off and to be proud of the 'gap' between my teeth. I still have somewhat of a self-concious shyness to it--but it stems from my childhood and the whole 'perfection' standards I grew up with. I once wrote my wealthy grandfather to ask him if he would pay for my braces to fix it but he wrote me back that if he did allow me to get it 'fixed' as I put it, then I would NOT be his little Molly. His daughter, my aunt Molly, also donned the same gap....and he reminded me of this and his love for her. This was the beginning of my acceptance of the way I was made by God and I'm almost there now..this group of acceptance does help though. Hey, if you don't love yourself and accept the you you are how can we accept someone else. All these comments cause this gap to smile.... Thank you! Molly B

Molly 2008-04-23T12:53:47Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#840d0859-eb7e-4300-b646-6ddad9916d83 2008-01-26T23:14:42Z 2008-01-26T23:14:42Z

Hello All I just recently found out what my "gap" was called and decided to look it up. I have always had comments about my diastema mostly positive. Mine has been passed down from my mother's side. I love it. I recently got a retainer for my teeth because I noticed that mine was getting wider. I didn't want my teeth to go crooked, but I made sure that it will not be closing my gap just maintaining it! Nice to meet you all! Betilyn

$item.owner.firstName 2008-01-26T23:14:42Z Danielle http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#bdb8b6ab-c4f9-4d18-8f56-16e3f871c9d8 2008-01-07T15:51:32Z 2008-01-07T15:51:32Z

HI. I'm Danielle I have a diastema and I'm sick of people saying shit about me and calling me stuff like "quarters" and "50cent" because they think i can put 2 quarters inbetween the gap. An ex bf, his brothers gf, and the brother came up with that when we were at a mutual friends father's funeral. Recently he talked about it randomly with a friend of his from work ... who happened to know me and well it got back. It's just so frustrating. I figured that at 20 people would have grown up.

Danielle 2008-01-07T15:51:32Z Giselle http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#ac470cca-7f22-4203-b4cd-e10c17f3fb47 2007-08-28T04:20:02Z 2007-08-28T04:20:02Z

well well well, I cannot believe that this is a tribe! I have only met two or three people in my life that agreed with me on this one. Diastemas are sexy, are in sexy people's mouths, they usually have sexy voices too. My dentist, a very good friend told me he would give me one if I really wanted one. I wasn't sure! I do not know when this started for me, but since high school I guess, whenever I see a person with a diastema I stare, I admire, I lust and I gaze dreamily. I often tell the person how gorgeous it is and I have a hard time looking at their eyes afterwards. More darker skinned people than fair have them , and I have rarely met a shy owner, but some are not so happy about being the owners. I love it, I love it, I love it! Is it really a fetish? I once ran my tongue over, through and in between one, and it is my crazy thing! TO me it means you have sex appeal, and even if you try to mask it, once you open your mouth, I am fixated! And something wonderful happens! Well, here's to all of you, keep on smiling! You will keep us on smiling! Sincerely, me, G :)

Giselle 2007-08-28T04:20:02Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#af8d77a8-c7a1-4299-b2ab-5906c2888e36 2007-07-26T20:36:35Z 2007-07-26T20:36:35Z

Girls with Gaps DO rock.

Molly 2007-07-26T20:36:35Z danny http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#cb350520-55c0-4ab3-adeb-b02fa4008e2c 2007-07-26T19:35:13Z 2007-07-26T19:35:13Z

i think that would be a terrible shame. I think girls with gaps rock.

danny 2007-07-26T19:35:13Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#d2cae339-ad95-412d-8fd8-3637372b9c5d 2007-07-26T03:05:46Z 2007-07-26T03:05:46Z

sometimes I wish I had a diastema

Molly 2007-07-26T03:05:46Z delores http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#03936e19-6a86-4110-8902-138cabc776cd 2007-07-26T01:22:33Z 2007-07-26T01:22:33Z

Hello, I've had a diastema my entire life and I absolutely hate it. I'm 30 years old and I've had braces 3 times and two surgeries to fix the problem. Soon, I'll be getting braces for the 4th time. When I was a kid in school, I was taunted to no end because of it. I even had one of my own cousins tell me how ugly I was because of it and that she didn't like me because of it. This was when I was 12 and unsure of myself. To this day, we don't talk and we are 30. She's never thought I was good enough or pretty enough for her. When I look at people, I immediately look at their teeth. I get jealous when I see them altogether. So, now I'm on my journey to perfection. Yes, I've had braces 3 times and every time the gap came back. I've now learned that I have excess gum tissue that needed to be removed in order for my teeth to close. For those out there who love their gaps, more power to you. But as for me, I want the damn thing to disappear once and for all. Everyone should desire to have beautiful, straight, closed teeth.

delores 2007-07-26T01:22:33Z ThefoxFan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#5b5ee0e4-642f-4e9e-ae65-316c96acd6d4 2007-07-25T10:21:58Z 2007-07-25T10:21:58Z

Hi I'm Nicola and I have had a diastema for years, it has closed up a little now. i admire it so much as my favourite acress Jorja Fox (CSI) has one and she is the sexiest woman ever lol I LOVE JORJA FOX AND HER GAP-TOOTHED SMILE!

ThefoxFan 2007-07-25T10:21:58Z danny http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3ad47efa-5e9a-4b75-b57b-e092b7fa56ff 2007-07-08T23:16:01Z 2007-07-08T23:16:01Z

oh no! i think fangs are even better than gaps! hehe

danny 2007-07-08T23:16:01Z Leah http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#320daaa9-aab4-4de1-a357-d481a35f8f77 2007-07-08T21:55:58Z 2007-07-08T21:55:58Z

Hello everyone, I went through what most of you went through as kids, but I had double trouble because beside my already gapped teeth grew a short, pointy tooth resembling a miniature fang. For twenty five yearsI felt like an ugly freak; I covered my mouth when I laughed outloud, ashamed of my snaggleteeth... When I got a job with dental benefits, my confidence went through the roof - I had all four wisdom teeth extracted, a crown, metal fillings replaced in white, and aesthetic filing to even out the bumps. The day I had the fang tooth made into a beautiful incisor, my really cool former hippie woman dentist asked me if I would like my diastema filled with the leftover material. "NOT ON YOUR LIFE" I exclaimed! I love my diastema becaues it defines me, punctuates my face, and suits my character. Darlings, we're beautiful oddities! ~Leah

Leah 2007-07-08T21:55:58Z Gena http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#b15002a8-8cf4-46cf-b935-a25fc4ab7d8e 2007-04-24T12:10:33Z 2007-04-24T12:10:33Z

Wow! Oh, wow! I have always been severely self-conscious. Up until I met the man who has now become my husband, I was very weird about smiling. Him and I met over the internet (oh, how "in" it sounds nowadays ... but I really don't know how it happened, it was that random, but I don't care! He's too great. Of course I wouldn't have met him in my home state, let alone my own country.) When I felt a sort of strange burst of feelings appearing, before we said or admitted anything, I wanted to make sure I represented myself honestly. There had never been a photo of me smiling with teeth. Not even in family photos. I decided to take a smiling-with-teeth photo and sent it to only him. His response was more than I expected. Turns out he was a fan of smiles, and he said mine was the most "perfect, glowing, and beautiful" smile he's seen. Well, hello! That was a shock. When we met in person, I was a ball of nerves. We even had a huge phone conversation over a month before we met in person, where I told him exactly what I was embarrassed of... and a lot of it was my teeth (my gap in my front teeth.) He started saying, "You know what they say about british people's teeth..." and began to share his own insecurities about his and his teeth horror as a kid, wearing a big headgear that closed them up and made them better, but made him feel like he has "rabbit teeth." It was very nice to know that we both felt weird about our teeth. Before him, I tried invisalign to get rid of my space. It did very little. But it made the gap a tad smaller, so I can live with that... but by a tad smaller, I mean, hardly at all. I still feel weird about them, but between my husband's praise of my smile and a community like this, I think I should embrace my teeth. Like many others have said, it's what makes me "me." Plus, cool people like Elvis Costello have diastema.

Gena 2007-04-24T12:10:33Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#213b0c37-28a3-4944-8a9e-15280dcf2641 2007-03-13T05:11:38Z 2007-03-13T05:11:38Z

Welcome Pea! We're so glad you made it. We LOVE your diastema!! Don't close it up! We've got a few closed survivors here who regret it big time!!

Molly 2007-03-13T05:11:38Z Rudepea http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#6414a893-8380-4989-8952-b28eb9acb9e2 2007-03-13T01:51:11Z 2007-03-13T01:51:11Z

Hi I'm Pea, Was just surfing the net to find some solutions to get my gap fixed...well, it's been a thought for years... and I was actually pleasantly surprised to find a community of gap-toothed people, hence me joining :) I'm quite chuffed that I have put a picture up...with me smiling....all the way! See what you guys have achieved! :) After all these years I still struggle with my gap...obviously not all the time...but still the thought to get it fixed sometimes get's into my mind but I do realize that this make me 'ME'... Anyway, thanks for sharing, it meant a lot to me this eve. Pea x

Rudepea 2007-03-13T01:51:11Z Lara http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#ffffb23d-16a7-42e2-9568-7ef7a7b2b1ab 2007-02-25T10:20:48Z 2007-02-25T10:20:48Z

i have a gap......................... and im keeping it 4ever!

Lara 2007-02-25T10:20:48Z BabyJane http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#e67e53f7-9c2b-4572-877d-c079bb2b6174 2007-01-17T07:56:59Z 2007-01-17T07:56:59Z

Hey...I'm Baby Jane : ) I came here because I love my gap! But recently...I've been hearing about people going and getting their gaps closed up and that's sooo shocking to me! The docs wanted to lcose mine when I was a baby but my mom wouldn't let them. I love it!

BabyJane 2007-01-17T07:56:59Z KC dan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#8e3029d8-352b-4614-b96d-61dcbdb6b374 2007-01-06T07:33:37Z 2007-01-06T07:33:37Z

has anybody else noticed that diastema smells like fried bolagna....isn't that wierd...just joshin yah. I'm here because diastema's put me at ease. Eye contact, Schemeye contact, i just stare at the diastema

KC dan 2007-01-06T07:33:37Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#2e19b377-6ac2-4261-a957-40ab7d000cbd 2007-01-06T03:15:37Z 2007-01-06T03:15:37Z

i'm here, found you on gaptoothed.com and i prefer to refer to my diastema as the mark of venus. i've heard it called that before, and it just sounds so sexy! dana

$item.owner.firstName 2007-01-06T03:15:37Z Ashlee http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#e4ab7e7f-562e-4878-9369-2189efe49d28 2006-12-16T17:41:28Z 2006-12-16T17:41:28Z

My name is Ashlee, and I absolutely LOVE my gap! I use to be self conscience and never smile but I grew up and relized that if people weren't gonna like me because of my diastema then they were missing out on the coolest girl ever! I use to ask my boyfriend if it bothered him and he confirmed I wouldn't be the same without it! I just hope one day, I can pass it to my little ones :)

Ashlee 2006-12-16T17:41:28Z Tracy http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#f4d1cd4e-5b08-4b56-8f35-3356ee2d1120 2006-11-02T10:09:37Z 2006-11-02T10:09:37Z

I wanted to find out if this was a trait inherited, if genes play a big part in it, how many generations are there with this trait, why do I have it, why my kids have it, is it a scientific experiment we dont know about, is it conspiracy in the medical profession to a experiment done wrong, or they tried to clone this trait too many times? Ok my mind wonders a lot just curious to others that have it.. I am glad I am not the only one, remember when I thought I was as a child and getting picked on because of it.

Tracy 2006-11-02T10:09:37Z Carl (WhereBear?!?) http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#f46a7577-d694-4d1e-bf73-6661ba8675f9 2006-08-16T23:40:41Z 2006-08-16T23:40:41Z

Because Rhonda made me do it. Mind the gap!

Carl (WhereBear?!?) 2006-08-16T23:40:41Z Dami http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#d3c4c3b1-ec8d-423b-80a0-057045fe57c5 2006-08-16T21:25:50Z 2006-08-16T21:25:50Z

this blog is doing a great job in shedding light on diastema. Plus i get to realize that am not alone in the gap world

Dami 2006-08-16T21:25:50Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#ebd1c9b7-756e-44b2-a001-c116d3198991 2006-05-25T06:44:22Z 2006-05-25T06:44:22Z

Celebrate your diastema!! Welcome Ashlee!

Molly 2006-05-25T06:44:22Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#0cbd1661-9d74-4968-8bbe-5a47f37ea887 2006-05-25T00:56:55Z 2006-05-25T00:56:55Z

Hi! my name is Ashlee, I have a diastema, but this is probably the first time i've ever heard my gap has a fancy name. I've had my gap all my life and I'm still in the middle about loving and hating it. I use to get a lot of crap from boys about it, then i learned to not care.. i use to beg my parents to let me get braces but we could never afford now I feel like its apart of me and dont know what I would do without it!!

$item.owner.firstName 2006-05-25T00:56:55Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#6761765b-3c1e-4087-9973-00acc2db61dc 2006-05-14T01:38:18Z 2006-05-14T01:38:18Z

Hey, I'm Doug and I have a sweet gap, I'm here because I was just listening to This American Life on NPR and some guy was talking about how he has a website dedicated to gap-toothed folk. I had to check it out and I came across this site instead. Glad I did! Before I was always a bit insecure about my gap, and still am I guess. This is honestly the first time I've seen diastema shed in a good light. I'm home!

$item.owner.firstName 2006-05-14T01:38:18Z Lotus http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#d9c2eefd-675b-4a55-ba1f-1202f3ffa2b2 2006-01-10T09:45:02Z 2006-01-10T09:45:02Z

This is suppper funny to mee!!! I love my Diastema soo much!! and yes its super sexy to see it on others!! I really think that we are blessed people..choosen if you will people go gaga over them and im soo happy my mom could never afford braces its way to cool to get rid of

Lotus 2006-01-10T09:45:02Z Joel http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#effa1ef5-3bb3-4e5b-9796-462960f0e45f 2005-09-15T16:44:15Z 2005-09-15T16:44:15Z

Hi, My name is Joel, and I'm addicted to diastamas. They are so damn hot! Liza Oxnard is definitely one of the hottest ones.

Joel 2005-09-15T16:44:15Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#64bf5445-0ad3-40a3-b56d-44f298569817 2005-09-15T03:43:38Z 2005-09-15T03:43:38Z

BB's double diastema is hot for sure, but Tommer's will make you melt! Oh! Such a slice!

$item.owner.firstName 2005-09-15T03:43:38Z m.o.t.o http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#cf8fe62a-04b3-490f-9ee8-af3d56bbad9a 2005-09-14T21:29:45Z 2005-09-14T21:29:45Z

i'm going to post my diastema pic soon. it will make all the girls cream their fucking drawers. i'm just building anticipation, see?

m.o.t.o 2005-09-14T21:29:45Z elise http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#4033ffd3-b95d-4a63-8703-9cb5732e0fd9 2005-09-14T20:27:14Z 2005-09-14T20:27:14Z

i'll definitely show you mine if you show me yours ;) actually, i'm waiting for my mom to send pics of me when i had my diastema and i'll post them to the tribe :)

elise 2005-09-14T20:27:14Z Dylan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#3c7da290-2bc3-412d-afda-2978412d8c31 2005-09-14T19:23:38Z 2005-09-14T19:23:38Z

wuups Sandy one

Dylan 2005-09-14T19:23:38Z Dylan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#7509d7e9-3d76-4f49-9a49-94dd4e8ca5d9 2005-09-14T19:23:19Z 2005-09-14T19:23:19Z

Just kidding I am just paying you back from when I was peeping on you last night. Doesnt that hurt your back?

Dylan 2005-09-14T19:23:19Z Dylan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#644d9232-feb2-48c9-b08a-531539ca3967 2005-09-14T19:22:06Z 2005-09-14T19:22:06Z

Mine's the sany one in naked in the wild. You better not welch on me Bret

Dylan 2005-09-14T19:22:06Z 1t http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#4127cdf0-a6b8-47ea-8dc4-1fc830519691 2005-09-14T18:31:33Z 2005-09-14T18:31:33Z

Really?? I'm HOT?? Sweet!!! I'll show you mine if you show me yours!! ;o)

1t 2005-09-14T18:31:33Z elise http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#f6368f76-1651-4828-bafb-3647a97d3156 2005-09-14T05:21:14Z 2005-09-14T05:21:14Z

oh brett...you have a DOUBLE DIASTEMA!?!?! how HOT! going to have to take a look next time i see you!!

elise 2005-09-14T05:21:14Z Katri http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#8c6272f2-b616-40f9-b481-a73a663e2364 2005-09-14T02:30:10Z 2005-09-14T02:30:10Z

Double Diastema. What a great handle! i can hear it amplified through a sports arena: PLEASE WELCOME....DOUBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE DIASTEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Katri 2005-09-14T02:30:10Z Greg http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#335bc20c-4b35-4e97-9d4e-ca8e2de572e3 2005-09-14T01:02:15Z 2005-09-14T01:02:15Z

Well, I am of the Elise camp, they fixed mine when I was kid and it ~didn't~ come back. Why am I here? Well, duh.. cuz Molly & Robin are here!

Greg 2005-09-14T01:02:15Z 1t http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#c6c559eb-c130-47ff-9529-ee0f81226a95 2005-09-14T00:33:40Z 2005-09-14T00:33:40Z

Katri, same thing happened to me, i had braces when I was a kid but the damn thing came back!! And I have one in my bottom teeth too. Double Diastema. The Graber Sisters tell me it should help me get some action, but I don't know....

1t 2005-09-14T00:33:40Z elise http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#9a6da700-c56c-4f87-99c0-c9830ffe28a9 2005-09-13T02:43:36Z 2005-09-13T02:43:36Z

because i MISS mine!!! they took it away when i was a little one...how i miss shooting strawberry milk across the lunch table!!!

elise 2005-09-13T02:43:36Z Katri http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#d7a86bdc-efa3-4a1d-955d-980929c94c11 2005-09-13T02:21:52Z 2005-09-13T02:21:52Z

Hi....I'm Katri (pronunciation key: KAH-tree) I can thank my mom for my unmistakeable gap. My brother has it too (he even uses gapgrin for one of his email addys). When I was a kid I didn't like it much because people asked me when my parents were going to let me have braces...and I was devastated when a boy walked up to me in the fourth grade and said, "Hey Katri! You're pretty!" which of course made me beam, and then he added, "...ugly!" I was sure he was talking about the gap. It would be twenty years before I heard the term "diastema". My mom used to tell me, 'Honey, in Africa it's regarded as a sign of beauty' and stories of how she was regarded as a white Goddess when she lived in Somalia. I appreciated what she was trying to do, but nonetheless we lived in a blue-collar suburb of Portland, Oregon. None of those little bastards in my grade school gave a damn about Africa, or Goddesses, or my feelings. So I finally talked the parents into taking me to the orthodontist...went through the whole braces thing...and THE GAP CAME BACK. yes. But in my adult life I've learned to appreciate it. I even met Les Blank, the filmmmaker who produced "Gap Toothed Women." After I saw the film I realized wow, I'm at least as creative and interesting as they are. No, I mean WE are. I'm happy to be part of the tribe of the Gap Toothed Women ...or chicks with a killer diastema, as it were.

Katri 2005-09-13T02:21:52Z $item.owner.firstName http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#fd770bca-45d8-43b1-96c1-7ace1a6b2f6c 2005-08-03T17:20:09Z 2005-08-03T17:20:09Z

Hi I'm Robin, and I'm Molly's sister. For the same reasons as Molly I've been obsessed with diastemas too! They are so fucking hot! It's a family thing for us.

$item.owner.firstName 2005-08-03T17:20:09Z Dylan http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#bd24c524-0814-4b6c-bbc7-fd578358c125 2005-08-01T14:59:15Z 2005-08-01T14:59:15Z

Hey I'm Dylan and I found this tribe through the happy brigade tribe and loved it. So I planted my self her and am enjoying it. I am working on a project to get my girlfriends uncle's pic on here. He is awsome and hilarious with some delicous diastemas. There is one pic of when he was Mr. Macho park ranger and it is hilarious. Its the hair in the wind on raft with the shoulders back type thing.

Dylan 2005-08-01T14:59:15Z Molly http://diastema.tribe.net/thread/8842fe32-141b-442c-bbea-464cea5e62cf#ec9e99d8-b333-4ec1-8ef6-d467e4747bb6 2005-08-01T04:30:33Z 2005-08-01T04:30:33Z

Hi everyone, My name is Molly and I love diastemas. Why do I love diastemas, you ask? Well, let's see... I remember one time my mom was saying how sexy some man was and how she really liked his *diastema*. I said, "Mom, what's a diastema?" She said, "Honey, it's the gap in his teeth!" "Coool!" I said, and ever since then I've been totally obsessed with the beauty and glamor of our favorite delight.... ****THE DIASTEMA******

Molly 2005-08-01T04:30:33Z