Pierced Nipples the real scoop

Ok here's the real scoop, depending on a variety of differences between people, some heal faster than others. Knottygirl was instructed to get hers pierced last year over labor day, we are a little more than a month away from the one year anniversary of that event and she still has her starter bars in. Each time we've tried to replace them, with something new, it turned out her piercings were not quite ready yet to be changed out.
Now she does have large lovely nipples, and they have always been sensitive, so there is quite a lot of meat that needed to heal up fully, but a year? Sheesh! Luckily there have been no infections, just slow healing time and many a times where her nipples were so sore that my touch was too much for her to handle.
So to people wondering about having it done, just realize that changing out jewelery a week after you get them pierced is not realistic. 9 months was the initial estimate from our piercer when she had hers done, it's now going on 11. We love them, but the bars can get quite boring and she and I are both keen to change them out for some new shiny fun!
At the start of the month we're off to have them checked again, and hopefully it will be time!

Mantras

I have instituted a mantra for my Knottygirl. She recites it often at my prodding. I was looking into other ways to reinforce our relationship as being married for so many years, we have many roles together: husband/wife, lovers, best friends, partners, confidants, Master/slave.
I decided that a daily mantra might be interesting and we could see the effect of repeating this mantra over and over again as time moves on.
I involved her in the process by allowing her to help form the mantra, I wrote down some lines that I wanted her to chant and she was allowed to give her opinion over the lines, taking a few out, adding some, etc. Yeah, not quite Masterly, but my approach is slow and inclusive. Rather than forcing her down the road as my property, we are traveling it together, discovering ourselves and drawing us closer together. Plus, if she has a hand in creating the mantra, she's more likely to remember it!
At first, she humored me, reciting the lines, forgetting some of them, like a 9 year old saying lines during a play: think "Four score and seven years ago...", in her little girl voice.
That lasted about a week. It quickly changed to a sultry earnest voice, as she saw how I reacted to the mantra when she took it seriously.
Lately she has been saying it without my prodding. I think she likes the effect that it has on me. Meanwhile each time she chants this, a little more of her believes it!

P.S. It's rather easy for her to believe her mantra, as it's all true! Basically it's all about love and trust. Chanting something positive, that you both believe in is having a very nice effect!