31. Persuasion

So this blog is about persuasion. More specifically, a time I tried to persuade someone to do something that I really wanted to do. For me personally, the main person I try to persuade of something is my mom. I am sure I have so many stories of times when I wanted to do something and tried to persuade my mom to go along with it and she has said no. There is one instance that was not too long ago, and I am still working on. About six months ago I decided I wanted my lip pierced (I still do too). I just really like the way it looks and at this time is not a totally mainstream piercing like ears or bellybutton. I decided that even though I already knew the answer, I would ask my mom if she would let me. I planned out how I was going to ask, because this was something I was serious about, and if I was just like, "Hey mom, can I pierce my lip?" she would probably just laugh. So I made sure I had researched it sufficiently so I could show her all of the information before she just said no without knowing anything about it. Unfortunately, when I asked, she said that I could not do it. I was really mad because this was something I had really wanted for a long time, not one of those things where you think you want it for a week but then drop it. This was important to me and she said no. I found it sort of hypocrytical too, because I have my ears triple pierced on both ears. It is not like she is opposed to earrings, so what is wrong with a lip ring? Maybe that is just me, but a piercing is a piercing. It's not like I'm asking to get a tattoo which is permanent, you can take out a lip piercing whenever you want. The whole ordeal still aggravates me, and from time to time I still bring it up, hoping she's changed her mind, but as of now she hasn't. But that's okay, once I'm 18, I can do it. :)