"I want the plain, clear earmolds," my youngest son announced at a recent visit to the audiologist. The audiologist tried suggesting a different mix of colors to replace the red-white-and-blue earmolds that were being replaced.
"Aw, are you sure you don't want to try a new color combination?" I coaxed.
He wasn't convinced.
The clear earmolds, he insisted.
The audiologist squirted the pink material into his ear to get an impression of his ear canal. "How about pink earmolds?" I joked.
The kid rolled his eyes.
My oldest kiddo went through the same thing around the same age, ditching his blue and white school colors for a plain, blended-with-the-ear model. My middle child still sports a set of pink and black swirled earmolds. Last year, the two of us went for the sparkled set-- hers with pink sparkles and mine with blue. I still have the blue sparkling earmolds perched in my ears.
"The colored stuff is kid stuff," my oldest informed me.
Apparently wearing blue sparkling earmolds is akin to a 43-year-old wearing a mini-skirt.
Tacky, tacky.
Well, Tina Turner still looks good in a mini-skirt. And I look good in blue sparkles.
So there.
