In an inspiring story that highlights the importance of speaking your truth even if you plan to do nothing about it, 27-year-old Josie Park has been complaining about her tooth pain to every single person she knows except for the one person who could alleviate it – a dentist.
“It’s just been bothering me for weeks,” Josie told her friends for a fourth time today despite none of them having asked. “Nothing I’m doing has been helping, and I can’t seem to figure out what the problem is. It just hurts so bad.”
As far as the things she’s been “doing,” Josie confirmed she has been brushing her teeth like normal, waiting for things to improve, complaining about it, and that’s pretty much it.
When asked whether she has considered seeing a dentist, she pretended she hadn’t heard the question and instead wiggled her tongue around her mouth a bunch.
“It doesn’t hurt when I do this,” she continued, completely derailing her friend’s conversation to once again show everyone her tooth. “But it does hurt when I go like this.”
Josie then mimed biting down, which is a very common motion one might do with their mouth. Her friends urged her to get it checked out, but she maintained there was “no reason to get external parties involved.”
“I’m just at wits end here,” she continued, drinking a hot beverage that would definitely make her tooth pain worse. “I’ve tried absolutely everything. I guess I’m going to have to live with this pain for the rest of my life.”
Sources confirm Josie has not tried calling her dentist’s office to ask if they have any availability for an appointment, but she has tried calling her mom about it.
“She’s been complaining about this toothache for weeks,” said Matt Werth, one of many of Josie’s friends who have not had a moment of peace since the tooth pain started. “I’m about to make her an appointment myself. Hell, isn’t her dad a dentist?”
When asked about this directly, Josie confirmed that her dad is, indeed, a dentist, but she didn’t want to bother him with such trivial matters as her own toothache. Instead, she opted to bother everyone else.
As of press time, Josie is on her way to a date. She’s excited to get to know someone new, see if there’s any chemistry there, and have a fresh face towards whom she can complain about her tooth without taking action.
