Yeah I had them for about a year and a half when I was like 14/15. I didn't even think I needed them but my mum's always been self conscious about her teeth and she was determined that I was going to get them so I'd have nice teeth... even though IMO I always had good teeth, just a slight overbite on one side

seemed totally pointless to me and then at my last appointment (I was on the retainer stage) the orthodontist was like "okay well just keep wearing this for life" and I'm like are you for real? This thing is gross as **** (I had the gum guard style retainer) I'm not wearing this every night for the rest of my life! So now my teeth are back to the way they were before (i.e. barely any difference at all), totally pointless