About six months ago, I decided that I was going to get my lip pierced. Several of my friends have their lips pierced, and I had always thought that it looked really cool. Unfortunately, even though I had wanted a lip piercing for awhile, I was under eighteen, so I couldn’t get it done. However, when I turned eighteen about six months ago, I decided it was time to get it done.

When I came home with a piece of body piercing jewelry in my lip, my Mom was anything but happy. I had asked her about her thoughts on body piercing jewelry several times before, and she had always said that she did not like it or approve of it. So, you can imagine that when her son came home with his very own piece of body piercing jewelry, she was not exactly thrilled.

However, I am happy to say that over the last six months, my Mom has become much more comfortable with my body piercing jewelry. Although she would still prefer if I didn’t wear it, she has at least come to terms with me having it on.