MrsPete said:
I agree. It still sounds like the mom wanted it more than the kid did.
One thing I can't help noticing from this thread: It seems that the majority of the posters dislike earings on boys and men. Some have cited sports and the possibility of injury, others have just cited the yuck factor. Regardless, this is evidence that a good number of people in society will react negatively to earings on males. Some of these people will be his teachers, his employers, girls he wants to date, parents of girls he wants to date . . . and they'll all be making a first-impression judgement call based upon the earing (as one part of his overall appearance). Sometimes we don't get the opportunity to try for a second impression. He will start out with one strike against him because of the earing. Life's tough enough without handicapping yourself with things that make people question you. Isn't that a good reason to avoid it altogether?
As a male with an pierced ear (and other body piercings all facial), and a male with tattoos....I am glad people are superficial and believe in stereotyping based off of petty stuff like a piercing or a tattoo.
This lets me know who I should or should not hang around and talk to and lets me know what kind reasoning some people will have before I get into a conversation with them. If someone has the reasoning that they are better than me because if what I have on myself before even talking to me, then that is thier choice....BUT look at it from the other side myself (the ghetto redneck freaks with mullets as you all say)....what do you think I think when I see someone judge solely off appearances?
I see close minded people who cannot see past something they don't like so why should I think anything else they believe would be at face value. I like how most on here respond with well where I am from....WHERE THE USA?
I walk around my city and I see more people with Tats and piercings than I see people without....so uhh yeah exactly where are you from? Maybe it is the small town mentality I don't know, but being from a bigger city, and always taking vacations to other big cities I always see myself as 1 among everyone else, and never fell out of place.
And when I go to smaller cities where I know it isn't as accepted, I wear my bigger facial piercings just to get a reaction because it is so funny to see someone who thinks they are better than me without even knowing me. And that right there shows me that they are no better than me because I judge people off of actions and the way they speak and treat others...not off appearances!
And you know what I am just like YOU! I have an office job (payroll none the less)...which I wore my piercings to interview and there was no problem with it...if anything it lightened the mood of the company because they saw me for my work not my appearance. I headcoach little league baseball, and help coach football..but you know what we always have 1 of the better teams..because I know what I am doing....hmm I wonder if I would be a better coach without the piercings? I volunteer for community service to help the community not because I was forced by the courts (like others would think since I have tats and piercings)
So to everyone that thinks it makes a bad first impression I ask you to think about this...which does it make a bad impression on...the person who judges and can't look past something like this to actually get to know a person, or does it look bad on the person whio has it and likes to express themselves in a way not everyone else does?
Flame on
