A Piercing Story

[JuLo]

I thought I was the only one that did this! I would self pierce my ears when I dressed. I did it with enough frequency that the holes stayed open! I now have had pierced ears for over 25 years. I don't wear earrings on a daily basis, only when I dress. The only person that has said anything has been my wife. She knows I dress but is totally against it! I have now started to add a second and sometimes a third set of earrings sometimes when I dress. Who knows, it might work again!
It is so feminine to wear dangling earrings!

[Krisi]

After a few years I find I don't have to wear earrings 24/7 to keep the holes open but when I first got mine pierced, I had to wear the little gold balls 24/7. I got some friendly flak from some friends and acquaintances. I told them they were not earrings, they were cell phone antennas and that seemed to end the conversation.

One friend kept making a big deal about them so when he had a birthday party, I made up a (fake) gift certificate for him to have his ears pierced at the mall and gave it to him in front of the party crowd. That shut him up.