It's so weird to me that you don't have pierced ears, here we get ears of girls pierced while they are babies (which I personally am happy about TBH), parents can decide about it in the hospital and the docs will do it.
Well, there are lots of pierced ears here, and some babies have them as well (though they don't offer that service in the hospital!) but it seems to be a general thing that girls get their ears pierced between like 11 and 16 over here. If you're under 18, you must have a parent with you - which was funny when I took my little brother to get his done and I flashed my ID and told them I was his legal guardian, which I was not, and they did it. But I think most adult woman probably have their ears pierced these days - it used to be a big deal, but now even having your belly button pierced isn't a big deal anymore. I got my ears pierced when I was, uh, 10 maybe 11 and I had them for two or three years but they kept getting infected for some reason, so I just gave it up. But then I was like 13 and punk rock and not in the least bit a girly girl, so it didn't bother me at all not to have pierced ears. I'd like them now but it's just not worth the hassle.
It's actually kind of cool that they offer that service to newborn in the hospital over there - I imagine that if ear piercings are that common in small kids, that rebellious teenagers have to find other things to pierce?
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Date: 2013-04-20 07:08 pm (UTC)Well, there are lots of pierced ears here, and some babies have them as well (though they don't offer that service in the hospital!) but it seems to be a general thing that girls get their ears pierced between like 11 and 16 over here. If you're under 18, you must have a parent with you - which was funny when I took my little brother to get his done and I flashed my ID and told them I was his legal guardian, which I was not, and they did it. But I think most adult woman probably have their ears pierced these days - it used to be a big deal, but now even having your belly button pierced isn't a big deal anymore. I got my ears pierced when I was, uh, 10 maybe 11 and I had them for two or three years but they kept getting infected for some reason, so I just gave it up. But then I was like 13 and punk rock and not in the least bit a girly girl, so it didn't bother me at all not to have pierced ears. I'd like them now but it's just not worth the hassle.
It's actually kind of cool that they offer that service to newborn in the hospital over there - I imagine that if ear piercings are that common in small kids, that rebellious teenagers have to find other things to pierce?