My son has been teasing me since he was little to get his ears pierced and though I really don’t want to see him in pierced ears I allowed him to use his own money and pierce them. Mostly because his Bio-dad and his Dad have them and also his sister was allowed to get her ears pierced so, after a little persuasion he talked me into it.
So, we head to Walmart and he picks out some dark silver type small ball earrings. I tell the woman at the jewelry counter that I would like to pierce his ears and she immediately tells me, “Well he must have a legal guardian present!” I tell her I am his mother. and she just looks at me and says, “Are you his legal guardian?” Again I say, “Yes, I am his mother!”
She’s pretty snippy with me and she reluctantly put the things together to pierce his ears. While marking his ears I looked to see if the dots were even and she tells me, “MOVE!” I was so ready to tell her something but I didn’t want her to be upset with me while piercing my child.
She took my license and several more times she called me “legal guardian.” She even told my son, “Let’s have your legal guardian stand in front of you while we pierce your ears.”
As soon as she gets those holes in my sons ears I said, “Look I am HIS MOTHER not just a legal guardian, I hear you keep calling me guardian but I gave birth to this boy; I am his biological MOTHER!!”
She just looks at me.
I tell her, “I know he is dark for a biracial child but I am his biological mother and I would appreciate if you stop calling me his guardian.” She tells me, “That’s not why I said that.” YEAH, OKAY!!
I was really upset that because our skin color is so different she kept repeatedly
stripping me of my title as mother!! I AM MOM!
Had it been me, that woman would not have come NEAR my kids after talking to me like that. I would’ve taken my sons elsewhere to have their ears pierced (should they choose to have it done). Also, I would’ve reported her to the store manager for her behavior. She was just plain RUDE!