I went behind my husband's back and I don't feel guilty

When myself and my husband became parents, we vowed to work as a team and promised never to go against each other's wishes when it came to our children.

Well, I went and broke that promise, didn't I?

And, I'll be honest, I don't even feel a little bit bad.

I should feel guilty and I should question my loyalty to my husband, but I don't because in this instance, I know I'm right.

It basically all comes down to the fact my eight-year-old daughter wanted to get her ears pierced and my husband was not on board.

But here's the thing, my husband is never on board for anything when it comes to our daughter.

He's over protective to the point of madness.

Yes, it can be sweet and yes, his caring nature is one of the reasons I fell in love with him, but it can be exhausting being part of a team when the only other member thinks we should wrap our little girl in cotton wool for the rest of her life.

A sleepaway camp with school? Three days negotiations before he gave in.

A slumber party at a friends? One week debate before he conceded defeat.

A swimming party for her birthday? A month before he stopped panicking that we'd leave with less children than we arrived with.

My husband's default response to most of our daughter's requests is no.

It's his attempt to protect both himself and her from hurt, but it's simply not a realistic approach to parenting in my opinion.

So I went ahead and let Grace get her ears pierced without telling her dad first.

Knowing my husband as well as I do, I was certain, on some level, he wanted the decision taken out of his hands.

His words may have said the opposite, but once he saw the studs glisening in our daughter's earlobes, acknowleged she was still in the fullness of health and no different to the child who left the house earlier that morning, he breathed an audible sigh of relief.

Yes, I broke a promise, but I.m pretty sure Grace's daddy will get over it.