Yes, true flossing would help..my gums do tend to be weak and I know why...

I am glad not to have taken time off before entering university for 2 degrees.
My degree decisions were not a mistake. Both have proven applicable for past few decades plus all ancillary courses....as this trip to Europe reminded me again.
While it's nice to wish I could have travelled more and further earlier in my life, ...then I couldn't have done other things earlier in my life too.

Since I tend to strike out without powerful need to join the 'crowd', perhaps better sometimes I would be a more 'gentler' person, less direct.

Earned wisdom means eating humble pie, eh?