Interesting question. Not sure I can provide any wisdom for an answer.

CountryGirl2: Well, sounds good. Actually we have stocked up on tomato soup because it was on special. It's quite versatile for serving options, really.

CountryGirl: Actually, steaks (or burgers) grilled outside on the barbecue seems to taste better, somehow ... don't you think?

CountryGirl2: Grilled cheese on bread is actually a great side dish with pizza, especially if visitors come over ...

Rosie: True faith needs to be a matter of the conscience. Teaching matters of faith is one thing; the adult or adolescent's developing conscience is another aspect.

KungFuPanda: Well, yes, I agree; with us, pizza is a great favorite.

jhschool: Well, that's how it is; welcome to the Middle Ages, unfortunately.

sewingmama: Well, exactly. Some politicians are like that, too; they may seem smoothies in suits, but actually they may inwardly be a disaster. So I guess from then onwards you guys had a bit of a new attitude to tattoos, leather jackets and piercings ...

Well, we might go for trusty pizza again; we often do.

Kalah: I see, so you already offered to take them to have their ears done. Well, I'm sure they appreciate you asking, even if they haven't taken you up on your offer yet. If they eventually do, I suppose you would recommend both ears for boys? because this seems to be the route taken now, rather than just one.

Myeightkiddies: Spaghetti and meatballs are a real favourite in our house.

elizabeth: Do you know if natural monroes are ever feasibly turned into artificial, pierced ones, with the addition of a tiny jewel? (Not that you should do anything that wasn't on your initiative, of course.)

1GirlTwinBoys: Sounds good; a cafe down the road from us has a specialty in chili soup with roll. Delicious.

Belacqua: O sole mio, would be another Italian classic.

jewellsmommy: So eyebrow would be okay for them, as far as you are concerned. Eyebrow certainly seems to be a popular one these days; sometimes it's a ring and sometimes a barbell, depending on the preference. Anyway I guess you're almost waiting or expecting to hear a decision from them some time about the earrings, when you would already be prepared to take your sons to have it done. (Not every mom would be as fashion-sensitive, I guess.)

Hi there, Tina. Well, then, happy birthday...

Oh there is something haunting about the sound of Edith Piaf...

annandatje: Well, you seem to have figured it out very well about your teens and young adults. And you know, these days, one hole in each ear is almost an act of avant-garde minimalism, isn't it? :)

jewellsmommy: Well, I see. Tongue does have dental implications, although some of the retainers are quite flexible, and not damaging. But anyway I guess that, in terms of your own theorizing and preferences, logically you wouldn't eventually have a problem if your next generation also wanted ear doubles like mommy.

I made casserole, with various eclectic ingredients. (Sometimes the eclectic can be quite interesting...)

TX6: Hi, how are you doing? I've not read either of those titles, actually.

Margaret in CO: Well, I'm guessing that you don't have ear piercings either so I suppose if you don't like them on your girls, like you say, it kind of fits logically, maybe. Of course many young people have facial piercings and multiple sets of ear piercings (as do some of their moms, which, again, kind of fits logically, too).

SC: Yes it is worth it! But I guess to avoid clutter (and what a lot of it there can be ....) we tend to print off the coupon when we are about to go shopping.

helena: Sounds like you really are an Old Groner fan, anyway ... :)