One earring is a bit 'naff' face it.

[Julie York]

Not sure what section to put this in. Maybe it's body issues or clothing? But it is sort of a CD issue if you think of other things you might do that just don't fit an average lifestyle but you do them as a disguised CD thing carrying it off as a bit 'trendy' or free thinking.

I had both ears pierced 2 years ago and that was a BIG issue to me with lots of paranoia and drama about what people would think etc. Well now I still have two pierced ears but I only wear one earring during the day in the left ear.

I'm a middle aged guy, whether I like it or not, so I keep thinking how other people might see it. I little bit of me wants to be a bit 'dangerous' and 'on the edge' but another bit of me thinks "well you saddo middle aged git". FFS grow up!

A guy at work asked me why I had my ear pierced and I said "Cos I didn't do it at 18". And in some ways that's the truth.:D

But a bit of me thinks, "Oh god grow up! You look stupid like a 60 year old guy in leather trousers."

One earring in a middle aged guy is a bit naff?
Discuss etc.

[deja true]

Yeah, you're right! Just don't show 'em your nipple rings.

[Joy Carter]

Fifty eight here and doubles, going on two years. So far only two negative responses. Look I go out fully dressed, you really think that you can get to me, by telling me you don't like my pierced ears ? :tongueout I say.

[Julie York]

Fifty eight here and doubles, going on two years. So far only two negative responses. Look I go out fully dressed, you really think that you can get to me, by telling me you don't like my pierced ears ? :tongueout I say.


I know but does it look a bit saddo in drab?

[Roberta Lynn]

I supposed the 3" hoops might be a little much. A Stud especially in just one ear is no big deal, no matter how drab you are.
You can tell always them you're going through your mid-life crisis.

[waspookie6]

I know but does it look a bit saddo in drab?
Not at all. It seems more of an attitude of "been there, done that, now its for me" which is always refreshing to see.

The one earring thing is overdone, its time to step it up to two!

[Joy Carter]

Saddo ? Websters says's that it's someone who spends the we hours surfing the Internet. Uh....yeah that would be me. But how does that apply to how I look ? :straightface: Even my family hasn't asked my about them.

[Seville]

Wow! With 6,063 posts <Double WOW!> you should know if its "'Naff".
:)

[Sonia Kiss]

I know but does it look a bit saddo in drab?

I say no. Arm band on the left bicep, jack boots, and a daddy cap, mmm, probably so.

I don't think that piercing left, right, or both ears means anything special these days. I would think it would matter more what kind of earrings you wear. There's a fairly small range of earring types that a straight male would wear. I would think metal studs, captive bead rings, and clear diamonds (or simulated diamonds) wouldn't raise eyebrows much of anywhere. Branch out from there and you'll have people wondering if you're an artist or other type of deviant.
:D

[Sonia Kiss]

Saddo ? Websters says's that it's someone who spends the we hours surfing the Internet....

Oops! I was thinking it meant something else. :o

... Never mind... :D

[Joy Carter]

other type of deviant.
:D


That would be me. LoL :D

[breanna53]

i don't think a earring in either ear means anything anymore. I do the same thing wear one only . And it depends on my mood which ear i'll wear it in. i caught a little flack at work over it, they tried to tell me i could not wear them when i first got them done. My reply was if i can't wear them that means everyone in the company can't wear them including the ofiice girls, are you willing to go there? that more or less stopped it, except for a few smart a** remarks. Now a few years later no one says anything.

[Sonia_cd]

Have to agree with you Julie. I have both ears pierced but wear only the one earring when in drab. Somehow, wearing rings on both or a ring in one and a stud in the other tends to raise too many unwanted questions, explicit or otherwise.

[Vicky_Scot]

I have both ears pierced, I wear studs in both ears when in male mode.........not had anyone question why.

Maybe I have just been lucky.

But what has it got to do with anyone else wether you have both ears pierced and wear earing all the time.................nothing.

Xx Vicky xX

[Lilith Moon]

I'm a 60+ year old guy with shoulder length hair, two earrings worn 24/7 *and* I sometimes wear leather trousers in guy mode.

F*** 'em, I say.

:devil:

[Angela Burke]

Just one little gold earring does look a bit naff so why not go for just the one drop earring? Something like this but just the one! 62769

You could start a whole new trend, in fact this could be the long sought after "recognition signal" for crossdressers.

[TeriAnn]

I just had my secound piercing done the other day. I have two 5mm crystal diamond earrings, one in each ear. No one has said anything and if they do I will tell them to mind ther own f****** business. I :love: earrings and the prettier the better.

[Josephine 1941]

Hi Julie, Playing tennis the other day in open time , a women I was paried with said to me, I don't play with anyone who has bigger diamond studs then me, so she ck both out. We had a very nice doubles match. Josephine :heehee:

[TGMarla]

Hey, Julie. You know what? With trends the way they are anymore, you can pierce just about anything and get away with it. And why should pierced ears just be a lady's realm? Why should they get all the fun, especially when half the world today is all darted up and full of tatoos?

I remember when you pierced them. I say wear 'em as well. I don't think it looks odd at all, and I seriously doubt it calls any undo attention to you. Go for it.

[Charleen]

I'm 57. I had mine pierced almost 2 years ago. I wear 5/8" hoops 24/7 without a word said. I work in the tourism biz so I meet just about every kind from kids to Bozos and nothing. My hair is half way down my back, my nails long and polished and I also wear mascara at all times. Yeah, I get a look occasionally, but nothing except twice a child has commented on how longmy nails are. I say wear both earrings! Proudly!
Love and xxxx, Lily

[jessielee]

traditions have seemed to go every which way, and, while i love heritage and ethnic identity and cultural expression, we may be on the leading edge of the new flexible norm!
for example, when i moved west, i was advised that a ring or cuff in or on the left ear while west of the mississippi meant you were straight but, watch out, east of the big muddy it was the opposite! now it seems there's no ear "code" of any kind.
up here in the mountains, any ear jewelry on a guy is suspicious tho one tough bus driver i work with has studs and no one questions his orientation. even so, the circles i hang with are so conservative, i gave up the cuff in the late '80s to avoid confrotation, even as a climbing mate has characters for the i ching tatooed on his wrist so he can cover it with a watch when in banker mode. a lost of closet Buddhists out here. besides other closets! how many more might there be? as cultural stereotypes relax, more rings may show more social brinksmanship revealing more sisters. or the hint they potentially may be! stranger things have happened in the west politically recently.
there are just so many people now expressing so much diversity and trends change so quickly, it probably doesn't matter unless your personal circles make your life unbearable. i have no idea what's considered normal for a guy on your side of the pond, but its getting way permissive, generally, over here.
"old?" you're younger than i am! and i feel very spritely!
of course, jessie is younger than jesse.
all my best wishes, girlfriend.
jessie

[Patty]

I both ears pierced and wear erring in each ear 24/7 - for the last couple of years :love:

[RobertaFermina]

If you wear it from your heart, it is you. Behold and marvel ! No apologies necessary.

If you are "trying to be cool", it is a sham at any age.

:rose: Roberta :rose:

[Joy Carter]

If you wear it from your heart, it is you. Behold and marvel ! No apologies necessary.

If you are "trying to be cool", it is a sham at any age.

:rose: Roberta :rose:

Exactly ! :D

[MsJoann]

I am looking having mine pierced soon. I'm not sure what the word is on the streets these days about it. Two ears pierced meant you were bisexual.
Back in the early 90's on gal I dated was savvy to all this and she said regarding earrings on guys..."Right is wrong and left is right".
Myself, if I had one ear pierced, I'd feel off balance.
Could someone out there get me hip to what's going on these days regarding ear piercing?

[Dawn D.]

I wear mine anytime and anywhere. I wear studs, diamonds, hoops and on occasion have worn danglies, all in male mode. I personally do not care what some one else thinks of it. I like them and I paid for them. I'm damn sure gonna wear them! I have not yet had one person get "cocky" about the fact that both are pierced or what type I am wearing. I live in the most redneck part of California too. Many friends have asked only why I did it and my response is "because I am old enough". Nuff said.

I didn't pierce them for anybody else other than for myself. If anyone does ever attempt to give a piece of their mind over the issue I intend to respond the same as TeriAnn:


mind ther own f****** business.



Dawn

[Julie York]

No I meant sort of fashion 'naff'. Like a sixty year old guy wearing a baseball cap back to front. I'm beginning to think (prompted by your comments) that to escape that cringe-worthiness something a bit more exotic would actually be more 'cool'. Like, a ruby, or black onyx.

[Chari]

You have to be comfortable in whatever you wear, whether one earring or two! If anyone questions your "fashion", it's not your problem - it's THEIRS! As for your "cool" idea of wearing different kinds of semi precious stone studs, I have done that for awhile. Depending on the color of my clothing, I wear emerald studs with my green outfits, onyx for black outfits, silver for jeans, zircs for everything else, without any negative reactions. Also as Dawn D has said if someone gives you a piece of their mind, let's hope its not too big a piece from their small mind.:heehee:


Enjoy, Chari

[Dawn D.]

Julie York said:
that to escape that cringe-worthiness something a bit more exotic would actually be more 'cool'. Like, a ruby, or black onyx.

At least if they have to think anything about it at all, they'll think you've got "style and taste", lol! As for anything of a lesser value, hell no, I still wouldn't cringe over wearing them. They're my ears not theirs! Regardless of your age, you're 'cool' Julie, just wear them!!!




Dawn

[Karla_CD]

My reason for getting my left ear pierced, about 10/12yrs after my right was done, and I tell anyone that asks.

Who can buy a single ear-ring?
As I felt I was being ripped off. As all ear-rings are sold in pairs and thats not very likely to change, anytime soon, so I got my left ear to match my right ear.
(Kinda reminds me of the hot dog & bun argument:D)

Now that I have my left ear pierced to match my right ear, I am a lot happier now that I can wear dangles or stud ear-rings when femme or my simple gold studs when I am in drab, although I have lost those,:cry: I am now wearing blue studs.:):cool: Mom was not too thrilled, but never heard a bad remark from anyone.

There are so many choices for pierced ears:heehee: sure beats wearing those torturous things that are screwed to the ear lobes. so my ears are now thanking me for that too:D

My :2c: worth

[debbeelee1]

I had both of my pierced 6 weeks ago and wear small studs in both ears. I'm a 54 year old truck driver and no one has said a thing to me so far and I spend a lot of time in truck stops too!:fairy1:

[Jilmac]

Julie, I just turned 63 on March 10th and as a present to myself I had both my ears pierced. To those who ask why I did it I simply said Because I can. When the ears have healed and I can wear regular earrings, I intend to keep a silver ring in my left ear and a silver stud in my right. Any time I'm en femme, the ring and stud will be replaced by a pair of the beautiful feminine earrings or studs I inherited from my wife. Finally at 63 I am begining to truly enjoy my femininity. Luv and :hugs: Jill

[Tedi]

At 53 I have both ears pierced, and generally only wear one &#189;" gold ring on the left. Sometime I'll put the other in for a day or so.
When I'm at home.. I have some nice chandeliers that I like to wear.
So.. one ring in enough.. at least when I'm out and about.

[Joy Carter]

I am looking having mine pierced soon. I'm not sure what the word is on the streets these days about it. Two ears pierced meant you were bisexual.
Back in the early 90's on gal I dated was savvy to all this and she said regarding earrings on guys..."Right is wrong and left is right".
Myself, if I had one ear pierced, I'd feel off balance.
Could someone out there get me hip to what's going on these days regarding ear piercing?

It matters not a wit Joann. Your a crossdresser, be proud of who you are. :hugs:

[Carroll]

1...2...3....4... earings, two in each ear, for three years in drab, and in dress. The only question was from my mom on why. I simply said because I could. That was good enough for her and my Dad

[Julie York]

So a ring in one ear and a stud in the other.....?

Oh bloody hell! I'm a CD after all!

DOH!

:D

Actually seriously, I think the 'signal' thing is a myth of people who have no clue.

Unless you wear two earrings in one ear, then you are gay and Croatien, or a bisexual Martian. I forget now.

[jennielaine9]

I am looking having mine pierced soon. I'm not sure what the word is on the streets these days about it. Two ears pierced meant you were bisexual.
Back in the early 90's on gal I dated was savvy to all this and she said regarding earrings on guys..."Right is wrong and left is right".
Myself, if I had one ear pierced, I'd feel off balance.
Could someone out there get me hip to what's going on these days regarding ear piercing?
Hi MsJoann, since you are going for it, I'd go all the way and get 4 in one ear and 2 in the other. In femme mode, it looks fantastic with a line of studs and a bigger earring in the bottom hole. On the other ear, just a big earring and a stud to accompany. If you get some captive bead rings for the healing period, no-one will say a thing.
Now that would be hip!
Good luck and do post some pictures when you're holey!

[Wendy me]

lol Julie i have yet to get mine done and i want to lol so i am watching you lead the way ....

[Charleen]

Aw c'mon!!!!! Wear 'em!!!! That Signal stiff might been true(barely) back in the Dark Ages circa 1974, but no more. I see guys of every type wearing earrings these days. The only people who will say anything are those who are rude or ignorant and will say anything. It ain't no big deal! As I've said, I'm 57, had mine in for about 2 years now, and not a thing has been said.