Yesterday night I had dinner with my mom after work, I figured it was too late, but she had church work to do so I was actually finished before her. Anyway, the dinner was pretty normal, except she didn’t cook. Later, she asked me about what I’m planning for spring break, which right now is as usual very modest. So of course I told her, that this spring break all I have planned is getting my ears gauged, at which point she preceded to freak, or at least the subtle freaking out only my brother and I can recognize. For the most part my mom is not conservative, not by any means, there is no topic of conversation that can’t be considered a dinner topic, authority is overrated, and all that, but superficially she is insanely conservative. Her logic for talking me out of it is, that I won’t be able to find a job with large holes in my ear, which may very well be true, but as of now, I’m not worried about it. I know that I would like to be selected on a job by merit not appearance (I do realize that in any situation, appearance matters). I do care about my future, but I’ll deal with it when It comes, until then I’m quite alright with people deciding to not hire me because I have holes in my ear. I do think that part of this is that, I’ve never really rebelled or done anything she would consider unconventional, I’ve never needed to, which may be why I value my self expression. She’s not going to try to stop me, she's just reminding to think of the future, saying this may not be a good idea, I do think she’s right but I’m still going to do it, and I’m sure in time she’ll accept them, although right now she seems disappointed.