An entertaining read.
I'd like to ask you a question that is only tangentially related to your story.
What is that urge for piercings and tattoos? How do you explain the popularity of these attire accessories and what was your particular reason for having them?
What an excellent question.
I was relatively late in getting both piercing and tattoos (I had my ears done at round 14 yrs old).
I'd always wanted a tattoo but never found exactly what I could live with for the rest of my life. The piercing, was an act of rebellion - 20 years ago.
I had young children and I suppose the rebel in me wanted her presence felt - so I got my tongue pierced.
So this was a rebellious act against being tied down by maternal obligations? Let me try to understand.
Let’s take for example a political rebellion – the time of Oliver Cromwell. Correct me if I am wrong, but British people were rebellious against the king’s power and they removed that power form him along with his head. However, in your case, you cannot really do much about your children, after all you love them and stuff. Yet, you need to express your anguish against the state of stagnation somehow and therefore you sort of “pierced it open.” Am I making sense?
Yes but... no :)
'Maternal obligations' - no, I don't think I was rebelling against my children, more against myself and the 'responsible person' I'd become. Don't worry, I shook that off as soon as I recognised it. I've not behaved responsibly since, if I could help it ;)
Thank you. That is an interesting psychological twist. Worthy of a separate story.
Oh yes. Everything that gets thrown up as a Blog idea will eventually get written about. Thank you for that :)