Diane Randall
Some choices are easy to make. For example, if you give me a choice between a cruise and a car trip, I'd pick the cruise. (OK, if you know me, you know that was an easy one!)
We tend to pick pleasure over pain, easy over hard, sweet over sour.
But when we asked people if they'd rather have a painful trip to the dentist than clean their own homes -- more than a quarter opted for the dentist. Additionally, more than 1 out of 10 would choose to be chewed out by their boss than take a bite out of household cleaning.
That's right -- pain (both physical and verbal) won out over dust mops and dirty dishes!
\Are you surprised? I am -- and at the same time, I'm not. While no one enjoys getting their teeth drilled, if you have to get it done, you do it -- and then it's done. Even if you visit your dentist as often as you ought to, the prospect of that visit doesn't loom every day -- like the meals that need to be cooked or the rug that needs to be vacuumed. Plus, when you go for a teeth cleaning, the dentist does all the work. All you have to do is show up. Cleaning a home wouldn't seem like such a burden if we were lucky enough to have someone to do it for us.
For all those who have similar issues, for anyone who'd prefer tending to a cavity than time with a cleaning rag -- our Momtourage showcase may be your salvation. At Momtourage.com, we’re looking for stories about your Momtourage -- who they are and how they help. When you share them, you can enter for a chance to win additional household help in the form of either a personal chef, babysitter or professional cleaner! Three Grand Prize Winners will also receive a special dinner, prepared by a contestant from Bravo's Top Chef program, to share with the people who help them get it all done -- their Momtourage members.
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Maybe people are choosing the dentist over housework because a trip to the dentist isn't as bad as it used to be. I am a dentist and I get a little tired of the media likening a visit to the dentist to a trip to the ninth circle of hell. I love my job and it shows when I am caring for my patients. I have many people fall asleep in my chair because they are so relaxed. I think this phrase, along with the incorrect stereotype that dentists have the highest suicide rate, needs to be retired.
Maybe people are choosing the dentist over housework because a trip to the dentist isn't as bad as it used to be. I am a dentist and I get a little tired of the media likening a visit to the dentist to a trip to the ninth circle of hell. I love my job and it shows when I am caring for my patients. I have many people fall asleep in my chair because they are so relaxed. I think this phrase, along with the incorrect stereotype that dentists have the highest suicide rate, needs to be retired.
Maybe people are choosing the dentist over housework because a trip to the dentist isn't as bad as it used to be. I am a dentist and I get a little tired of the media likening a visit to the dentist to a trip to the ninth circle of hell. I love my job and it shows when I am caring for my patients. I have many people fall asleep in my chair because they are so relaxed. I think this phrase, along with the incorrect stereotype that dentists have the highest suicide rate, needs to be retired.
Maybe people are choosing the dentist over housework because a trip to the dentist isn't as bad as it used to be. I am a dentist and I get a little tired of the media likening a visit to the dentist to a trip to the ninth circle of hell. I love my job and it shows when I am caring for my patients. I have many people fall asleep in my chair because they are so relaxed. I think this phrase, along with the incorrect stereotype that dentists have the highest suicide rate, needs to be retired.
I agree with Nicole, the trip to the dentist these days is a lot less painful than it used to be. However, there is financial pain still. As for the home chores I know this is just a matter of being at ease with what is. IF a chore is imminent, do it, if it is not, leave it alone. Then when you are all set for the time being, consider outsourcing the chores. Oh yeah, I found this website that helped me financially at the dentist http://localdentist4less.com
I think that's the big problem, people choose pleasure over pain too much.
^ sorry, I pushed enter before I was done with my thought!
I guess that's why most people have 15 cavities by the time they do actually go to the dentist.
Micah
http://www.healthcaresuccess.com/dental/