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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
... PatM wrote: Hey, those piercing guns they use now are great! I really dislike inflicting pain on myself but they did it so fast I hardly had time to wail! But, oh man, at a jewelery store in the mall this mom was making her little girl...maybe 4 or 5...have her ears pierced and she was kicking and screaming up a storm, but the mom just told the clerks to go ahead. You could see they didn't want to. I left! Poor kid. There was a time when many cultures (Mexican, for one) had their girl babies' ears pierced at birth (with tiny gold studs inserted). It really DOESN'T hurt - maybe a little discomfort - even when you're an adult, but why terrify your kid, if she sees it as a frightening experience? (Unlike vaccinations, ear-piercing is hardly one of life's necessities!) I thought it hurt. Not very much, or for very long, but it did hurt. I certainly wouldn't inflict it on a child who didn't want it. Joy |
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Egads!
In message , CatNipped
writes I'm gone for the day and came home to 162 posts and an updated Holiday Card list! It's going to take me a while to catch up!! Just had to let you know, though, that after 54 years I finally got up the courage to have my ears pierced!!! LOL! My granddaughters shamed me into it - the oldest had her navel pierced earlier this year (don't ask me to describe that as was told to me - I'm still shuddering)!!!!!!!! And now you've opened up a whole new world of present-giving to those around you ... I had mine done when I was 13 as a birthday present; the beautician sprayed some freezer stuff on the lobe, and then pierced it. Except it was a hot summer, and my ear didn't stay frozen for more than a few seconds :-( I had them done for a second time when I was about 17, this time with the piercing gun which was much faster and relatively painless. And my mother wasn't happy. As far as she was concerned, multiple pierced ears meant I was turning into some kind of punk rocker, which meant I would end up taking drugs in a scuzzy basement somewhere by the time I was 18. Why, oh why, couldn't I be like my friend Ann who always wore skirts instead of jeans and always looked so ladylike? You've guessed it - ladylike involved Ann having multiple pierced ears. I still have both holes in each lobe, although I do tend towards only wearing the one pair nowadays. I think I shall dig out a pair of studs and wear two today though, in a fit of rebellion. -- Cathi |
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Egads!
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I'm gone for the day and came home to 162 posts and an updated Holiday Card list! It's going to take me a while to catch up!! Just had to let you know, though, that after 54 years I finally got up the courage to have my ears pierced!!! LOL! My granddaughters shamed me into it - the oldest had her navel pierced earlier this year (don't ask me to describe that as was told to me - I'm still shuddering)!!!!!!!! I'll try to catch up in the morning - in the meantime, purrs to all who need them (heck, purrs to those who don't, too). Hugs, CatNipped Well Go You! I did mine when I was 14. I couldn't get up the courage to do the second one so I think I walked around like Mr. Clean for three days getting up the courage to do it. My Mom had heart failure when she discovered what I had done and said I couldn't wear earrings until I was 16 while mumbling about Ubangies and next I'd be piercing my nose etc. Of course, I wore earrings at school and took them out at home until I was 16. Funny thing was Mom eventually asked my sister and I to do hers because she was sick of losing clip- on earrings. W |
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