Explainations?

ThenComesDudley

Ok just wonderin if anyone else has had the problem of explaining piercings or tattoos to their parents after returing home with a new visable piercing.
i.e. what have you said to parents to justify your reasons for getting them.

Personally my mother hates Tattoos more than anything, so each time i come home with a new piercing i use that argument that it could be worse i could have a tattoo...

Sandi

I never had trouble with my parents. My mom was grossed out when I got my eyebrow done and was always afraid I'd get it caught in something but she got used to it. I got my lip done without telling anyone. I came home and was looking through the post and mom came over, looked at me and said, "eewww" (or something similar)! I have fun grossing her out now by twisting it around or taking it out!
I've never had a problem but I only have my ears pierced once each and my lip. Eyebrow's gone. I'm assuming you won't be showing yer ma yer newly pierced knob when you get it done?!

ThenComesDudley

hmmm i let her know i hav it but i dont think ill show her.

nosmo

Well, if you go along with getting the Ampallang and show it to her, I don't think you'll have any trouble with talking to her for quite a while.

memphis

My folks always warned me for years never to get a tattoo or peircing. they still live in the stone age if ya ask me, very old fashioned, and very much anti-tattooing/peircing.

When I was in 1st year in college I got a tattoo of a dragon done. I hide it from them for about 2 months as i knew there'd only be hassle. I was asleep on the sofa one day, and suddenly i woke up with my mum hanging out of my arm saying I was a thug, and i'd be doing drugs next, etc.

I just laughed and said I'm not having this arguement and walked away. She was raging, I told her I'm not a child, that i was well over 18 and should be big and bold enough to make choices of my own. She still nags me about it any chance she can get, but I'm used to it at this stage!

I grossed them out again when I got my eyebrow peirced, it didn't last to long however as it started to grow outwards, and I took it out, am now left with a big scar, but at least i can say I had it done, eh!!!!

memphis

eth0_

I just sort of denied knowledge of my piercings...never drew any attention to them, kept them covered up and my mother would just notice one day and say 'oh my god what's that on you neck/ear/back etc'
:-)
I hid my monroe piercing from my mother for about 4 months! I was only home the odd weekend, so I put a retainer in, put a little foundation over it, and passed it off as a spot for aaaggeesss!

Strangely, my navel piercing seemed to piss my mother off the most, she never passed any comments when I had my ear lobes stretched...

memphis

Originally posted by eth0_
[Bshe never passed any comments when I had my ear lobes stretched... [/B]

hummmm!!!

Can ya post a pic up of that one, please???

eth0_

Originally posted by memphis
hummmm!!!

Can ya post a pic up of that one, please???

I don't have them stretched anymore.

eth0_

I don't understand how parents can pull a freaker over piercings that aren't facial...IMO they're the only 'objectionable' ones there are...personally I think a face _full_ of piercings is pretty unattractive, a few piercings are ok but I know if I had a kid and he/she came home with eyebrows, nostrils, septum, lip, cheek, bindie, madonna all done, i'd be a little taken aback!

Hellrazer

When I was contemplating getting my first TattoO(I was 17) my dad "warned" me that if I came home with a Tattoo I could pack my bags and leave the house.He was actually dead serious.

In my rebellious mindset I got it done the next day and my dad actually liked it which was quite surprising.Even to this day he still asks do I remember the time that he was going to throw me out over a tattoo.
Richie.

razorfeather

my parents are reasonably cool with me having / getting piercings...
i think they're getting a bit pissed off lately though because i've been goin on piercing sprees.

considering im young, they actually haven't freaked over them (yet) ... my ma just said she doesn't understand me - how i wont eat red meat but i'll have needles and foreign objects shoved THROUGH my skin and be proud to show it ..yada yada lol.

the funniest thing my mas said about them is

"Yiv got another one of those feckin things in yer face!!!"
lol

chemistryfairy

my mom hates my piercings and is always commenting on how grotesque they look even though there only in my ears but my dad is completely diff he loves my piercings and is always encouraging me to get more....kinda weird!

steveland?

My parents are fine with tattoos so long as they don't have to see them... I always wear long sleeve tshirts around the house so it doesn't bother them...

I told my mam when I was going to get my first one that I was going to get it done and she said "fine... it's your body... I just don't want to have to see it..."

Fine by me... only showed them the newest one when I saw them briefly a few weeks ago and my dad seemed to like it... kept making jokes about it and all...

When I told my mam I was going to get my first one covered up (still haven't gotten around to it) I could tell she was thinking "I fuppin knew that'd happen..."

ThenComesDudley

This post is a blast from the past, anyway im still on the same excuse of, well at least its not a tattoo..

porn_star

my parents hate them...they still threaten to kick me out...and now I have 25 piercings and a tattoo...

I got my first when I was 12 and it was my helix...I showed my mother at her surpirse b'day party and it was healed so she didn't mind...next was my belly button...which i was told i could get done, but she wasn't going up with me for consent...but i still managed to get it done, so she couldn't say anything...
then was my tragus...no permission...this kicked up a fuss...i hid it for about 2 months...
she wouldn't talk to me when i got my first scaffold...
she freaked out when she say my hand webbing....thinks i'm a freak...she didn't notice that for 8 months
there's the odd few they dont' know about...tongue web, nipple, a couple of ear ones...all the hidden ones!

my dad just sits back and ignores me....he hates my tattoo, thinks they're all discusting and that I'll regret it...

I just say...well at least I'm, doing something that makes me happy....it could be worse, i could be spending my money on drugs...(can't use teh 'well at least its not a tattoo' excuse anymore)

but they hate them...and i can't do anything to change it...i get a lot of hassle of my sisters too...my brother just leaves me to it...i'm protected being th eyoungest, they think i'm wrecking my body...i get the whole...'your only 17, why are you doing this to youself?..blah, blah'

parents were most pissed off about my vertical labret...wouldn't talk to me for ages...tehy were actually morre pissed off about it then my tattoo...i actually thought they were gonna kick me out that time...
and they HATE my ears...but they have a LOT done to them...every so often my dad is like...'id that really a hole in your ear...'

but yeah they hate them....i wonder what they'll say when i come home with my wrists done next week!!

kestrel

my parents are pretty conservative, but i've always been the more 'difficult' one in my family so i tend to do my own thing. i think they know it's pointless to kick up a fuss. my dad ended up paying for my first tattoo as an 18th birthday present; he said it was easier than shopping for one. neither parent particularily liked it, but it was small and hidden so they didn't say much. tbh they seemed to mind my ear cuff piercing a bit more, but again not very vocal about it.

i just got my second tattoo, a nice celtic one on my shoulder- haven't had any feedback from my dad (which means he doesn't like it) but my mam has been helping me look after it. she's still not totally delighted, but she is an artist, so i think she's beginning to appreciate the artist nature of them. she's been making jokes about it, so i guess thats a good sign!

Reku

My parents were ok with me getting the first tattoo, they were a bit worried but felt happy enough since it was going to be on the upper arm and so even a short sleaved T-shirt hides it. The second one my mum even offered to pay for (an unfortunate summer of numerous rejections from job applications ) as again it'd be hidden under normal conditions (shoulder blade) and the fact that I was getting a second showed I din't regret the first and both were designs I did myself and so wouldn't go out of fashion.
They do still grumble about it being a "skanger" or "thug" type thing to do (anyone who saw that documentary about tattoos on RTE last week/the week before will notice that even the guy doing that mostly asked the more shady/ruff looking characters he saw, further purpetuating this oppinion many people have, even though lots of girls will get a small one on their hip/back).

Don't think they particularly mind as long as any I get can be hidden and so won't affect my employment/job applications, which I agree with (there is one I want to get on my face and have looked into the white ink thing but it still looks too visible in normal light IMO, have to wait 'til I'm retired so... ).

Ruhan

I got my first tattoo at 16.
Mum said "it's your body, you can do what you want, as long as it's safe etc"
Dad said, "I thought you had better bloody sense"

ven0m

My old man lost the plot & refers to the writing around the base of my back & sides as the "kick-me-written-on-his-back" tattoo...... What tattoos he knows I have he isn't in favor of (he's gotten sued to them - just keep covered when over with the olds) - the others & the nipple piercings would be a bit too much for him I think....... my Mum was a little mad at first, but she came round less than 5 mins later....

::: ven0mous :::

Lenny

Porn star, whats a tounge web piercing?

porn_star

the webbing that's just under your tongue....lift up your tongue to the roof of your mouth and you'll see it...it's one of my most favourite piercings, I love it...!!

here you go:
http://encyc.bmezine.com/?tongue_web_piercing

Will

My parents are fairly ok about my piercings, i usually tell/warn them that im going into town to get pierced and not to get a shock when i come back. My dad actually asked me when i was going in to get my tragus re-done, he offered me the money for it and all! i was shocked. My relatives though are a totally diferrent story

Lynibeth

I've gotten most of my piercings done with my mam, she has a good few herself. She's a mad woman! I didn't need her to come with me, she just wanted to get some too! So there's no need to explain anything to her! My dad never notices lol. He doesn't care. It's my life. I'm over 18 anyway. Nothing he could do anyway I'm getting my cleavage pierced next week. Piercing no.16. would have 18 but 2 tore out.

_sara_

last time i got a piercing i got my mum a present and gave it to here and she was all"oh thank you" then i showed her but she was pretty occupied by the present i got her ha ha

HighlyCooL

i remember when i got my lip done my da when mentle. he calmed down about a day later and stoped shouting at me every time he saw me. about a week later we were working and were going to get stuff to a wearhouse and he started again going on about how gipses would get there ear pierced and have gold put in it so when there were on land it would pay for them to me buryed it they died on land. i just laughed and said you are talking shiv. i had to take it out about a month later for school and it closed up. when relatives are over and looking at my peircings.and i tell them the story of my lip and my da and he laughs and they laugh. i have got more peircings and he doesnt mind. my mam on the other had go how can you do that but that all she saids

squiiish

I think that because when I was still at school (I was 18 at the start of 6th year) and in my first year of college, I asked my parents if they would mind first. Once I gave them assurances about the safety aspect and took on board their concerns they were generally ok.

When I used to come home after having some thing done my mom would be grossed out, but my dad would just wet himself laughing.

It's gotten to the stage where I've had so much done that they don't notice new things unless I point them out. I think now that I've gotten to the stage where I've been able to prove that I can get a very good job with no problems and that none of them have ever gotten infected that they aren't really concerned any more.

Piste

I put a BCR on my lib for April fool's day- just to test the waters. My mum freaked and wehn I took it out she told me she was just on the berge of decking me My dad just kept muttering 'you shouldn't have done that, you shouldn't have done that' before I showed him I hadn't really gotten my lip pierced. He went nuts cos it was my Granny's 90th Birthday Party that night and she thinks that any piercings that arent ear lobes are ''commom'' :rolleyes:

porn_star

lol...i'm actually getting afraid to come home with any more...i've got nearly 30.and they get worse with each one...septum soon though!lol!
although...depends what im doing in college...don't think a lot of people would liek to be getting x-rayed by a young un' with a lot of visible piercings
it'll kill me if i have to take them out!

its_only_me

Got my first when i was 12. My mum hates tattoos/piercings but accepted them anyway. I didn't have to explain. She said it was my thing and just to be sure i loved them.

Will

Does anyone get alot of grief off random people about em or staring?? i was in my mates gaf and his aunt just came up, poked me in the lip and said "ive heard of ear piercings, did the woman close here eyes when she was doing it!"
I was very offended but didnt say anything, i felt like saying something.

porn_star

yup..I'm getting this a lot...it's so frustrating..im finding it hard to hide my implants in my wrist when im at work and i can feel people staring so much when im serving them..i guess you can't blame them..but its maknig me very conscious!!..had some woman really look down on me the other day and say 'is that ear rings in your wrist' iv had people think they can TOUCH any part of me...lips/ears wahtever is pierced....'why do you do it' 'wrecking your pretty face' 'well they're discusting'
some people are really very rude!dont get me started makes me so angry!:(