Not knocking you or your chickie-poo PeculiarSatyr, an amusing quote popped into my head after seeing your g/f's "head gear." Robin Williams once said:

It's interesting when you see a girl with a bolt through her tongue.
Why did you do that?
"To enahthe the thekthual thtimulathon. Nothing driveth my boyfriend crathy like the feel of cold schteel on hith hot rod.
"But the problem ith I ended up knocking out all my teeth and living in a trailer park with a man named Bubba."
That's the trade-off, my darling.