Piercings

I was talking to some little girls last week - 2nd graders - and we were talking about pierced ears. One of them had hers done, and the other had had hers done but had decided she didn't like it so she had taken them out....but was now ready to get them done again. I told the girls how my parents hadn't allowed me to get mine pierced until the 5th fricking grade! And as I talked to them with their pierced and soon-to-be-pierced-again ears I couldn't help but be reminded of the fact that it had felt like a hellishly long time to wait until the 5th grade, especially when you have fellow classmates prancing around with the ears they've had pierced since infanthood. So, all these years later I still think making me wait until the 5th grade was overkill! But I guess I made up for the wait by adding piercings at 18 and thereafter, much to the disappointment of my folks =-p.