Ears pierced....

[VS Fan]

I know this is not a huge deal to many here, but I took the plunge... I had my left ear pierced in college and that hole was still there (although I hadn?t worn an earring there in 20 years)... so this weekend I went and got a matching hole on the other side and a new set of ?starters?.... kind of a dark red gemstone... I would have done black but the choices were minimal. I had talked about this with my wife (who is accepting but doesn?t want anything to do with it overall)... and even she had said ?you should do it, then you can wear earrings [when you dress]?

I?m sure the kids and other relatives will poke a little fun at me but I?ve decided I don?t care

YOLO!!

Now just to wait the 8 weeks before I can swap em out

[Scarlett1975]

Well done I'm considering the same actually

[Krea]

I understand your excitement. It's a great moment. Enjoy!
You might be surprised at how few people make anything of it these days. In ten months, i have only had two comments on mine, neither of them unkind. Even my ultra-traditional elderly parents didn't comment, altho they did give me a few quizzical looks at first.

[Stevie Allyn]

Congratulations!

I'm a little jealous to be honest. I want to get my ears pierced but my wife wasn't keen at the time I last mentioned it. Hmm, she recently asked me what I would like for my birthday / Christmas. I wonder ...

[VivianNewkirk]

I just did the same myself. The healing period is just now over and I'm indulging in filling my jewelry box with pretty new earrings (and bracelets and necklaces to go with them, of course)!

[Lana Mae]

Wait the whole healing time! I got my pierced a few years ago and it is so freeing! Your choice for earrings just went through the roof! Enjoy to the max! Hugs Lana Mae

[Natalie5004]

Last night during a glass of wine, my wife took off her large gold hoops that I bought her years ago and placed them on the coffee table. I said hey let me try them. I had them in for about a hours before she said she wanted them back and we went to bed. It was a nice night. We put up our tree last night. Tons of fun.

[foxy bartender]

Yay! I just did mine over the weekend too, after letting them close up after leaving them out way too long. I was feeling a little bit extra so I pierced my nose too! I can’t wait for them to heal! I’m already picking out jewelry lol

[Ericka_d]

I'm getting mine done this weekend. I was suppose to get them done two weeks ago, but as I was heading to my appointment. I realized I forgot my id, and there was no way. I could have gone home, and made it back on time.

[CD Rachel]

Hey... I want to get my ears pierced too!! There is nothing preventing me from doing this any more. Where do you go to get your ears pierced? Off to Google I go.

Rachel

[Geena75]

I have felt a little tempted, but it is really not a thing you see in my circles. When I saw there is an 8 week healing period -- too long a commitment for me at this time. Good for you, though!

[VS Fan]

Thanks ladies! . Got them done at a tattoo place (getting some ink in a couple weeks too - nothing girly, but also nothing that would interfere with girl time). My ears should be fully healed by Valentine’s Day, maybe I can drop a hint for my wife to consider getting Kelly something too hahaha

[Bea_]

Funny, a recent post about earrings has me thinking about going for it. Earrings has been on my wife's HATED list since way before I started dressing. I didn't have much of an opinion one way or the other. Now, it's one of the things I'm considering pulling the trigger on.

I got my last 'regular man's haircut' back in 2005, just before my daughter's wedding. Once the wedding, and the subsequent photos were done, I had no inclination to cut my hair. I didn't say anything to my wife or kids. I didn't ever really decide to let it grow long. I just didn't cut it. It turns out that my wife ended up liking me with a gray ponytail down past my shoulder blades. I'm thinking that she would NOT react to earrings the same way, at least not at first.

[BLUE ORCHID]

~~~~~~~~~~ welcome to the pierced ears club ~~~~~~~~

Hi Kelly , Congratulations Just be careful and make sure
your hands are clean before touching them,

Follow all the instructions,

Now start collecting earrings so you can enjoy changing them
when the time comes.

It took me n72 years to pierce my ears I just wish that I didn't wait so long

>>>>>>>>>>>Orchid **OO**

[Natalie5004]

Hey... I want to get my ears pierced too!! There is nothing preventing me from doing this any more. Where do you go to get your ears pierced? Off to Google I go.

Rachel

There are Tattoo places where I live that do piercings. Pick a clean one. The one I used has a guy that only pierces.

[Krea]

Yeah, go for it Rachel!
Definitely recommend that you go to a specialist piercing studio where they use a hollow needle, not a stud-gun. It will cost slightly more, but should heal better with less risk of infection.

[fly2188]

My wife asked me over the weekend if I wanted to get my ears pierced. I’m not interested right now, but maybe someday.

[Cheryl T]

Good for you.
You'll get to enjoy all the styles that are available without the pain that comes with those screw back earrings.

[Leasa Wells]

About thirty years ago I had left ear pierced at one of those places in the Shopping mall. Over time it healed over, I regretted not doing both of them it took me until this last January to have them done again. I went to a professional piercers to balance both ears I had my left done over again then a new hole in the right side. I never liked the clip-ons, as they feel off or didn't look good. I am so happy having them done an wear them daily.

[Krisi]

I had my ears pierced a few years back at the "Piercing Pagoda" in the mall. It's a chain, they are everywhere.

I got a little grief from my friends so I told them they weren't earrings, they were cell phone antennas. That shut them up.

I love how I can now wear dangling and hoop earrings.

[Star01]

I had mine done at a place in a nearby mall about twenty years ago. I used to wear something every day deflecting comments about long hair and piercings with the old hippie alibi.

After I started looking more my age, hair turned gray and thin, I got the hair cut and stopped wearing them. Now I only wear earrings when I dress and have no trouble pushing them through even if a few months go by. In retrospect I have no regrets because once the healing is done a person can wear them when the situation calls for it and doesn?t have to wear them all day every day. Case in point, my wife had hers pierced in high school in the 60?s and rarely wears earrings. Ironically she sells online and one of her areas of expertise is jewelry. There are always tables full of jewelry here that she bought at an auction and uses the coffee table and dining room tables for sorting and packaging. I feel like a kid in a candy store and I can?t touch a thing.

[candykowal]

I am such a sissy as I have not did the deed yet. I joked at my wife when she just got a new tattoo on her leg this past summer that I am a sailor and don't have ANY tattoo's and she has four now! So I was thinking it would be a good excuse to get my ears pierced without asking, thinking, if you can get tattoos, I should be able to get my ears pierced. I heard the pharmacist will also do ear piercings too, but haven't investigated it more. Lately my clip-on earrings have been bothering me after 2 or more hours.
I need to do some research...do they hurt during the healing period?

[Rhandi Spencer]

I had my ears pierced a few years back. Never a negative word it was amazing.
One person asked me about them and I said they are jerk detectors 100% accurate. wow did it get quiet that day.

Enjoy your earrings

Heidi

[vplshowoff]

I pierced my own ears a few years ago. I purchased a stud gun but didn't use it. The gun had a sloppy mechanism that I didn't trust to accurately pierce. Instead, I pushed the stud thru my earlobe. The piercing didn't hurt.

Nobody has made any negative comments about my piercing. A few people asked about them and I used hippie excuse. I would have pierced my ears long ago except I worked for a major corporation. Back in the day 40 years ago, earrings would not have gone over well.

[lingerieLiz]

I grew up in the 50s where most girls didn't have pierced ears. Girls I dated didn't have pierce ears so when I dressed I felt like a girl when I put on my earrings and screwed them snug. I was once questioned why my ears had red marks.