Maybe I should call it re-piercing things.
Nope i’m not going thru some second childhood or some crisis.Well,lol,my life is always in some state of crisis.That is just part of my charm.
Last week,out of the blue,I decided it was time to get my nipple repierced.Yep just one,my left one.I’ve had it pierced before.I have a tendancy to put things on my left side.Three of my five tattoos are on the left.I’ve always prefered the left.My left ear has a cartilage piercing that my right ear did not have the priveledge of receiving.
I think my best friends thought I had suddenly slipped off the thin rope I walk on,not because I wanted the piercing but because it seemed to just happen at the drop of a hat.
I am in the process of repiercing things that I at one time had pierced.
Here is what makes me crazy.It’s not the body art or the piercings,it’s the fact that I let my piercings grow up in a stupid ass attempt to be someone that I wasn’t to try and make people like me,by being someone that I wasn’t.I should have a ct scan over that insanity.What the fuck was I thinking?????? In this ridiculous effort to get the approval of my Mom in Law I let my piercings go,joined her church,even sang in the choir,even though I had no real interest in any of it,didn’t agree with what was being preached & felt out of place & uncomfortable at all times.Like I had to walk on glass and be this super perfect person.
Then I got sick of pretending.I missed the real me.I realized that I was hurting the people that really loved & cared about me.Things turned around & I went back to myself.I am happy as is.
I stopped being this “good girl” person just to win the admiration of people who should already like and accept me.I stopped being the obediant daughter in law & well if you don’t want me to work for you because I stopped going to church,oh well ,so be it.I won’t chase after money like that.
I had a wonderful Mama,I don’t need another one.
I stopped going to church after a riveting hate speech about gay people wanting to get married.I figure people should be thankful I didn’t stand up & give my rebutal to the hate speech.I was nice and simply got up and walked out.There is no way in hell i’m going to sit anywhere and listen to that type of shit when the most important people in my life are gay.Hell i’m bi.So WTF!?
It was very apparent and remains so to this day that my inlaws can’t accept the real me.No invites to family gatherings,no phone calls,no info on what’s going on with my hubby’s lawyer (but when he finds that out,that will change),no return phone calls,no answers to text ,no contact at all. It bothered me at first but the more I thought about it the more my motto became…fuck it.
Accept me or forget me.
I’ve got family/friends that love me and care about me and ACCEPT ME AS IS. That’s what matters.They don’t care if i’m inked or pierced or crazy as a damn bed bug.They accept my insanity. LOL.
Being accepted is all anyone really wants and it is what everyone needs.
Now I have nothing against my inlaws.I admit I don’t understand them.I don’t understand why they maintain contact with someone in my family that I haven’t spoke to in three years,even after my Dad talked to them about what this person was doing.No one listened and this person keeps doing the same thing to this day.I have nothing against the people at the church or any church.There is nothing wrong with Christians or the Bible.The problem starts when people start injecting their own ideals into what they are preaching and twisting what the Bible says.Jesus never taught anyone to hate.I really don’t have a problem with anyone so long as they leave me and mine and my family and friends the hell alone.
But I won’t ever ever ever change me again for anyone.
I may not be perfect but I like me.