Thankfully my daughter, a motorcycle fanatic, gave up on the nose ring and lip ring after a friend of hers took a fall and the nose ring tore through the nostril and was pushed up the nasal passage. Piercings around the mouth often end up damaging teeth, so thankfully that went as well.
A good beating? She's 25, stands six inches taller than me, goes to the gym three times a week and is a blackbelt in some martial art or other. No Chance!
Joking aside, except for my not being able to come to terms with her tattoos and piercings she's a perfect daughter. Occaisionally I even manage to get her out of her motorcycle leathers or overalls into more ladylike attire
Some of her friends are much more extreme than my Valeria but they're good kids too when you get to know them. They've educated me a lot on some of the more esoteric practices around - all part of the human experience I suppose.
I really wish she would settle down with her long time boyfriend: The odd couple - he's a lawyer in a suit
