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I've never really flossed. Every time I go to the dentist they say I have otherwise perfect teeth and gums for my age. But I also don't drink soft drink or alcohol, smoke, eat junk food or sweets and have basically never done so. Pretty much everything I eat is organic.
I use a good electric toothbrush though, so generally it feels like it should be enough. If I floss even as gently as I can my gums just bleed like crazy and there's barely any space to move it around my teeth. If I do it at night I just wake up dried with blood all in my mouth.
EDIT: I have been thinking though about getting a water flosser or whatever they are called. At least to remove any debris the electric toothbrush missed, without (hopefully) the damage and bloody mess I get with floss string.
Electric toothbrush makes my teeth feel soo much cleaner than a regular one - I used to have lots of cavities due to having extra sets of "inaccessible" teeth behind my wisdom teeth, and even got a prescription toothpaste with extra fluor. But now it's all a breeze keeping them properly cleaned (I do need to use dental sticks with a small brush between every meal though).
Well, clearly you should be flossing more if you bleed like that. I've used ultrasonic toothbrushes for over a decade and still ended up with cavities starting in-between my teeth because of my lack of flossing.
Something that helped me start flossing regularly was buying the really large spools of the better quality floss and a reusable dispenser. It's a lot easier to make a habit of something when you don't run out of it on the regular.