I never wanted to bring you into that post Happy, but you were heavily on my mind, as well as the trials and tribulations of piercing from my own experience and the conversations and concerns not expressed publically with others.
If anything we have learned LBS's AND MLCers is that this takes time, and only consistant actions can be held for the current truth.
Happy, man...you don't need to be here if it is not good for you. I REALLY REALLY want you to know that. Not like you don't. You know where your priorieties are, you also know how useless at times it is to try and convince someone of a course of action.
Sometimes the child really has to burn their hand on the stove to learn a lesson.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
