awesumness...i'm soooo phyched

[synreal]

boy, i sure am glad that the youth never rebelled against their parents in the past, who knows what this world could have come to

see: punks
see also: hippies
see also: greasers
see also: flappers
see also: swingers
...

do i think that children should show respect towards their parents? of course. but, this type of behavior is part of healthy development (finding and testing boundries). piercings can (and will) grow closed, no harm in the long run.

in my humble opinion, there are far worse things that kids can be doing rather than asking permission to get a piercing.

[Emagster]

Originally posted by beam
Emagster, did your mom give in because she thought that if she said no, you would throw a hissy fit?

no...the reason she said i could is because she knows i'm my own person, and i should be able to express myself the way i feel i need to be expressed. I told her how I felt about the subject, and she said she would think about it...and has said i could because she can tell i really want to. she's a parent of reasoning instead of total control.


and on to the reason i want to get my eyebrow pierced. The honest truth....i'm not sure. I dont have a reason to that i want to do like "i want to be cool" or "my friends are doing it" because mainly...i dont care about my popularity, i like to be my own person, adn if people dont except me the way i am...to bad for them...their loss. and none of my friends have anything but their ear pierced(except for the girls I know...and only one of them has their nose pierced) so the reason doing it to be like my friends is out cuz non of them have done it either. its just something i feel i want to do. not to be rebelious, not to be cool, not to be different. its to be me. for the past week, i have done a lot of trying to figure out exactly who i am...and i've actually figured a lot more out about me then i knew...so as i said....its to be myself...not a little poster child of some group or something

[joeyjoe367]

Hey, if expressing yourself by doing something EVERYONE else seems to be doing is your thing, then by all means, go for it.

Of all creatures on this earth, Humans have the ability to be most unique, however they all seem to choose to be the same.

[digitard]

I dont think that anyones expression should be challenged .. even if its somethign others have done because its still their expression, still their choice ...

I have 3 tats ... and yes, EVERYONE has tats now, but NOBODY has my tats they were designed for me and each one of the 3 expresses a point on my life, or an emotion I would like to remember in my times.

1) Tribal Dragon on my left arm: A dragon is a symbol of power and strength... through my life so far I have been knocked down a lot, and to me its a symbol of being able to get back up.

2) Snake in a figure 8 on my back: The figure 8 is a symbol of ETERNITY ... its my symbol for always remaining myself ... because it all eventually flows together.

3) Tribal on my leg w/ kanji MIND BODY SPIRIT imbedded: Its a life reminder .... I have a lot of problems in my life, and a lot of pain ... but I put that there to remind myself that through all the kaos (tribal) there's peace and harmony in the center of it all (kanji) ... and that no matter how life seems you can find your peace.

Wether or not people agree with my choice to express these parts via tattoo's is not my care, because when I got each one it meant a great deal to me ... and no matter how long I have them, I will remember the strength they helped me with when I needed it.

Do what you wish ... just dont wish you had done.

Sincerely,
Dave K

[Emagster]

Originally posted by joeyjoe367
Hey, if expressing yourself by doing something EVERYONE else seems to be doing is your thing, then by all means, go for it.

Of all creatures on this earth, Humans have the ability to be most unique, however they all seem to choose to be the same.

well...while millions of people might have it done...the total number of people i know that have it done is 0. and techinically...and basically, the possiblilty of you doing something totally unique is next to nothing. i mean yes...while you could come up with something totally unique to do, you would be doing it just to be doing something no one else has done, which is cool...but also not the smartest thing because well....someone else will do it as soon as yu have done it and there you go...you aint unique anymore...but what i'm saying is...almost everything has been don so expressing yourself by doing something no one has done...is really hard nowadays

***edit***

and also...if being me is being like (apparently) a ton a other poeple i dont personally know...then ohwell, i'm happy with me the way i am

[tsc]

So you're just doing this because your mom is against it? That's all I can get from it...


btw Heat--

[Emagster]

Originally posted by Sarah
So you're just doing this because your mom is against it?

umm...where did that come from? you mean my dad? i came up with the idea LONG before anyone ever said anything bout i shouldn't....it's just taken a little while to get them to let me do it.


OH...you look JUST like one of my friends...except for the hair...she has black hair

[bornl33t]

Originally posted by beam
Emagster, did your mom give in because she thought that if she said no, you would throw a hissy fit? Does she "really" not want you to get your eyebrow pierced? How about showing her how much you love her by trying to do what she would want you to do. I can totally tell that you care for her by the way you vehemently defend her. And you have made it clear that she suffers pain from your father. How awesome it would be for her be able to communicate her true wishes to you as your mother and you actually honor them. It would make her feel like she's a mom again, with authority, rather than a weak, defeated woman whose kid runs the show.

Think about it. And good luck.

Now... I think we use piercings to try and satisfy something within us:

-the desire for beauty
-the desire to appear rebellious
-the desire to be cool
-the desire to try something different
-[enter your reason here]

Myself? I had 1 ear pierced in highschool. Went to college and found out that guys with ears pierced don't become airline pilots, so I quit wearing it. I can still wear one, I did for halloween. My wife only had two piercings, one in each ear. Then after she moved out of the house (she was 17 when we got married) she got 3 more piercings in her ears. Now, 7 years and 4 kids later, she JUST got her nose pierced. I have to admit, I had a hard time with it. I thought that she was trying to hang onto her youth, or trying to be cool. She convinced me that she really thought a very small hoop through the nose was pretty. (she was right!) We had a fun time fighting off friends and relatives about it!

Way yo go Heather!!!
I bet you had a hard time with fighting the friends off.

My reason for piercing? it's attractive. I like pierincings on girls and so it's only natural that I think they look good on me
Of course there's alot more to them then just the estetic value, but AO doesn't have enough HD space to store the essay that would follow.

And that's pretty cool Sarah . I honestly didn't think you were going to do it....cudos!

[AssassN]

I'm 15 and my mom will let my drink, tatoos and all that crap but i dont want to. Going out spending tons of money to get metal in my body doesn't sound fun to me. Get **** drunk that you can't thnk doesn't sound fun. Hell playing paintball i can't even afford that. Sure i drink a little but for the most part to see what it tastes like and try new things.

In fact i have only had one kind of alcohol that i like... peach pucker that stuff is the best. But any ways back to peircings.

My mom doens't care because she knows ill do the right thing. I have no bed time because she nows ill get up in time for school and make good grades.

As long as im doing what i am supposed to shes cool. If your pulling your weight i dont see why she would care.

Thats my story and im sticking to it

[RamboPreacher]

Originally posted by synreal
[clip]...piercings can (and will) grow closed, no harm in the long run.

in my humble opinion, there are far worse things that kids can be doing rather than asking permission to get a piercing.

hmmm... I have my ear pierced from about 24 years ago and it isn't grown closed.

and I agree, there are worse things...

[Schnitzel]

ive looked at the prices for a simple body art accessory...$40 for a piece of metal!?!

almost sounds like the sluggo bodies in the airgun store...just kidding

[Emagster]

Originally posted by Schnitzel
ive looked at the prices for a simple body art accessory...$40 for a piece of metal!?!

almost sounds like the sluggo bodies in the airgun store...just kidding

well i spent a couple thousand dollars on my paintball gun...thats just a piece of medal...its brought me a lot of satisfaction even though i haven't gotten to play with it for about 2 months...

[CoFFeY[NiTrO]]

Originally posted by RPK
I thought about doing something like that, but decided it was to dumb. I mean, when I'm a grandma will it look cool for my peircings to be hanging off my face connected to my wrinkles?!

RPK

good point

[Xerces]

SELF MUTILATION ROCKS!!

[InfinatyBPS]

funny how nobody had anything to say about my post...