Jane: "Double-pierced ears are so cool. But you have to be 13 to get them."
Me: "I agree - double-pierced ears can be really pretty. I've thought about getting a second ear-piercing myself."
Jane [with horror]: "Mom! NO!! You can't do that. You cannot get double-pierced ears."
Me: "Why not? I like them."
Jane [increasingly distraught]: "MOM! No. That's a terrible idea!!"
Me: "What?! I don't think it's a terrible idea."
Jane: "Mom. PLEASE. You are all business-womanish. You are not the sort of person who has double-pierced ears."
Me: [silence]
Jane: "Mom, I'm not kidding. It's a bad idea. It would be really inappropriate."
Three days later . . .
I'm giving Jane her cuddle at bedtime, when suddenly she blurts out, "Mom, I really do not want you to get your ears double-pierced." I express surprise that this topic is still on her mind, and she says, "I'm really worried about it. I've been thinking about it a lot. Mom, please don't do it - it would be so awful."
So, I guess that's that.
