tiffanytwisted
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 23, 2014 5:06:55 GMT
So is getting both ears (as opposed to just one) pierced the norm these days?
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Post by katlaw on Jul 23, 2014 5:11:39 GMT
My DS (almost 18) says both ears means gay. One ear is okay but a turn off to a lot of girls. It is not cool anymore.
Just his opinion.
I remember when I was his age "right is wrong, left is right"
Just an interesting fact I remember - the reasons pirates pierced their ears the value of the earring was meant to cover the cost of their burial
ETA: I wanted to add he is not saying good or bad about being gay. He does not care. Just for his generation if he saw someone his age pierce both their ears he would assume the guy was telling him he was gay.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jul 23, 2014 5:23:07 GMT
My DH has both ears pierced. I don't know a man under 50, that has only one ear pierced. We are 47, and he's had his ears pierced for about 13 years. I told him, if you're only piercing one ear, be prepared to carry a parrot on your shoulder, and talk like a pirate.  |
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Post by smokeynspike on Jul 23, 2014 5:28:59 GMT
I don't know many guys with their ears pierced, either way. I don't like it so maybe I don't notice though.
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Post by PEArfect on Jul 23, 2014 5:33:47 GMT
None of the men I know have their ears pierced, so I have no idea what the norm is.
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Post by kristalina on Jul 23, 2014 5:39:42 GMT
It's pretty normal for the younger wanna be's around here. Doesn't mean anything except they think it looks cool. I'd say I see more with both than just one done.
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Post by perumbula on Jul 23, 2014 6:12:20 GMT
around here it's either nothing or gauges. Piercings aren't popular for guys.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 23, 2014 9:27:06 GMT
Luckily it's not a thing in our circle. But you do see both more on sports and music celebrities.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jul 23, 2014 10:00:11 GMT
I know lots of guys with pierced ears. Most have both ears pierced. Of the guys I know who only have one earring, the majority are older than me. Around here, I think that was more fashionable in the 80's and early 90's. In the late 90's / early 2000's, when we were teenagers, guys usually got both pierced. I can't speak for what kids today do (I said that with a creaky voice as I shook my cane  ) |
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Post by mallie on Jul 23, 2014 11:25:50 GMT
All of the younger males I knew with pierced ears have both ears pierced. There seems to be no correlation between ear piercing and sexual orientation.
It's only the older mid-life crisis hetero dudes that have one ear pierced -- usually with a diamond stud. So klassy....
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Post by grinningcat on Jul 23, 2014 11:28:31 GMT
I don't think both means gay... if I remember correctly, it's the left ear only. I think. Though I could never remember which one it is, so it could be just the right ear.
As for getting both, I'm not sure why it's a big deal. I think it looks great! One guy very close to me has two piercings in one and three in the other. Hot. Another guy just has one in each, but used to have multiple.
Gauges are not considered cool in our circles.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 23, 2014 12:57:53 GMT
Well, hopefully those of you who said 2 are the norm now are right.  He got his left ear done last summer (which his ancient mother didn't mind) and came home last nite w/the other one done. Hoping it will grow on me, but I really don't like it. I would go back to trying to get him to sleep thru the nite or potty training in a heartbeat! |
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 23, 2014 13:04:30 GMT
All of the younger males I knew with pierced ears have both ears pierced. There seems to be no correlation between ear piercing and sexual orientation. It's only the older mid-life crisis hetero dudes that have one ear pierced -- usually with a diamond stud. So klassy....  That applies here also. Years and years ago guys seem to just have one ear piercing but now they all seem to go for two. And there's a fair sprinkling of eyebrow and nose piercings too! |
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 23, 2014 13:11:52 GMT
I don't know any guys my age with pierced ears (early 40s) or else I am completely unobservant. I'm taking classes these days and the only guy I can think of with piercings is ... maybe mid-late 20s (I am the worst judge of this) and he has ears and his eyebrow pierced. I had a class with him last semester and was completely distracted looking at his eyebrow piercing (I just realized that it probably looked like I was interested in him, UGH). He's in one of my summer classes (it's the local tech school and classes are very small, please don't think I'm ogling young guys instead of getting an education) and I don't notice the brow much anymore, but I also sit behind him. I just spent way too much brain space on this.  |
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Post by momstime on Jul 23, 2014 14:11:44 GMT
My son is 18 and has both ears pierced. He is also in a committed relationship with a girl.  All (and I mean all) of his friends have their ears pierced, too. They are the piercing and tattoo generation. It is no big deal. My son also has a rather large tattoo. That took me some getting used to, but it is his skin not mine. |
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Post by sharlag on Jul 23, 2014 14:42:35 GMT
Having been introduced to gender fluidity by my oldest DS/DD, I am learning that a growing segment of the population does what they think looks nice, for fashion? without trying to make a gender or sexual preference statement.
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Post by tracylynn on Jul 23, 2014 14:46:23 GMT
I don't think having both ears pierced means anything other than they wanted both ears pierced.
It doesn't bother me either way. My brother has gauges in his ears (both) - not big ones, smaller ones.
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Post by justtray on Jul 23, 2014 14:51:32 GMT
I think by the time they are old enough to go get their own body pierced, they're aware of whats cool/in/accepted and are able to make the appropriate decisions then.
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Post by annabella on Jul 23, 2014 14:53:31 GMT
Yes that's the norm, one ear now looks like he swings for the other team if you know what I mean.
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Post by carhoch on Jul 23, 2014 15:03:08 GMT
I thing that a lot of people will regret a lot of thing they did to there body's in 10 or 20 years |
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 23, 2014 15:13:16 GMT
From my experience (I teach college), the norm in this area is both ears pierced. If the guy is white, he generally has gauges; if African-American, Hispanic or Asian, generally huge cubic zirconia studs. The only guys I've seen with hoops or dangly earrings are MUCH older and once thought they were rockers!
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 23, 2014 15:20:19 GMT
My DH has both ears pierced. I don't know a man under 50, that has only one ear pierced. We are 47, and he's had his ears pierced for about 13 years. I told him, if you're only piercing one ear, be prepared to carry a parrot on your shoulder, and talk like a pirate. Huh. I know very few men who have both ears pierced. I know a whole bunch who have 1, including my dad who is 58, and my husband, who is 34. Neither wear earrings anymore though. |
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Post by triplejscrapper on Jul 23, 2014 15:38:53 GMT
So is getting both ears (as opposed to just one) pierced the norm these days? I think it is...at least for guys that are into having pierced ears.
The man I'm dating is 46 and has 2 piercings in his right ear and 1 in his left. Of course he has a LOT of piercings so he may not be the best benchmark to go by. My youngest brother (38) has gauges and my youngest son went through a "gauge phase".
I know body piercings aren't for everyone but I like a guy with tattoos and piercings....if he got a motorcycle? Whew...boy...HELLO!!! How you doin' 
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Post by joyfromny on Jul 23, 2014 15:40:03 GMT
My DH has both ears pierced. I don't know a man under 50, that has only one ear pierced. We are 47, and he's had his ears pierced for about 13 years. I told him, if you're only piercing one ear, be prepared to carry a parrot on your shoulder, and talk like a pirate. Huh. I know very few men who have both ears pierced. I know a whole bunch who have 1, including my dad who is 58, and my husband, who is 34. Neither wear earrings anymore though. Here as well, only one pierced. Although I have seen few with both. My 9 year old wants his ear pierced. At what age would you let him? Thanks |
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Post by Giraffe on Jul 23, 2014 15:48:24 GMT
Where I live, guys seem to pierce both ears, or no ears. I love the look of both ears pierced on a guy, but don't like how gauges look at all.
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Post by peabay on Jul 23, 2014 16:04:09 GMT
Where I live, guys seem to pierce both ears, or no ears. I love the look of both ears pierced on a guy, but don't like how gauges look at all. Ditto. I'm actually really traditional and pretty conservative when it comes to style, but I like a guy with pierced ears (yeah, yeah, like Bruce Springsteen), but HATE gauges. OMG, they actually make me a little queasy. |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 23, 2014 17:10:32 GMT
Where I live, guys seem to pierce both ears, or no ears. I love the look of both ears pierced on a guy, but don't like how gauges look at all. Ditto. I'm actually really traditional and pretty conservative when it comes to style, but I like a guy with pierced ears (yeah, yeah, like Bruce Springsteen), but HATE gauges. OMG, they actually make me a little queasy. Too funny - when I was giving him a hard time about it, Bruce (who he knows I ADORE) was the example he gave. I was tempted to say, "When you're living on your own and are as successful as Bruce, have at it.", but I held my tongue. We'll see if it grows on me . . . |
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Post by colleen on Jul 23, 2014 17:25:56 GMT
Ds is 26 and doesn't have any piercings and I'm pretty sure most of his friends don't either. I don't think its a "thing" around here with that age group.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Jul 23, 2014 17:31:54 GMT
Here as well, only one pierced. Although I have seen few with both. My 9 year old wants his ear pierced. At what age would you let him? Thanks Think that depends on how you feel about it. I see kids that age, and younger, with pierced ears in the UK. |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 23, 2014 17:37:54 GMT
I have been teaching since the 80's. Guys around here (Colorado) have gone from one to two. Sometimes younger boys have one done and then they end up with two in a few years. The old beliefs just don't seems to apply anymore about what ear piercings mean. If you want to know if someone is gay you wouldn't be able to tell by piercings, for sure. Culture is constantly changing. I love to travel. It really opens up your eyes from what you are used to seeing and believing.
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He got his left ear done last summer (which his ancient mother didn't mind) and came home last nite w/the other one done. Hoping it will grow on me, but I really don't like it.
That applies here also. Years and years ago guys seem to just have one ear piercing but now they all seem to go for two. And there's a fair sprinkling of eyebrow and nose piercings too! 
All (and I mean all) of his friends have their ears pierced, too. They are the piercing and tattoo generation. It is no big deal. My son also has a rather large tattoo. That took me some getting used to, but it is his skin not mine.
