I'm afraid she already has her ears pierced so that wont work 🙁.
But I think I'm slowly convincing her.
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Convincing an irrational mother to get a piercing
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I'm afraid she already has her ears pierced so that wont work 🙁.
But I think I'm slowly convincing her.
Ok, I'm talking to my dad about it right now. He says that 'homosexual' get there ears pierced(One only). And I mentioned I want both done at the same time. And he said that means bisexual.
But do people really notice this stuff nowadays?
But do people really notice this stuff nowadays?
What your dad says was true...20 years ago (it was a kind of code).
However he still said no. Game over until you move out and become independent.
But do you think that people still go by this rule?
And I don't want to sound like I am just toning out what I don't want to hear, but he never said no. He sounded like he just didn't take me seriously.
I made this thread hoping I could get some advice. But a little more than half is actual advice. The rest is people who say I don't need a piercing. And the last time I checked, wether or not I need a piercing wasn't the question I asked. And if you don't have advice on the actual question at hand, then please exit this thread. 😡
If you don't want advice, don't ask for it.
Guess what? You're under age and live in your parent's house. What they say goes. If they say no, that's it. Get a piercing when you're on your own. Stop acting like a brat.
I had two normal piercings done (one in each ear in different places on my cartilage) when I was 17. Went for a job interview when I was 18 and was told that guys couldn't have piercing as-per company policy... so I removed them and never put them back, and was hired by and still employed by the company that interviewed me!
In the end-- unless you plan on working at Hot Topic, or a tattoo parlor for the rest of your life, your "enjoyment" of these piercings will really be short lived, and if anything will set up obstacles in your path to success. Especially GAUGED piercings... you can't take those out the day before an interview-- they are going to need a while to heal so you don't have gross, stinking holes in your lobes on your interview day.
So realistically-- you have, what-- 2 years til you are fully employable? You will have a little over a year to gauge to your heart's content... and then have you take them out and hope it all heals in a timely manner, if at all.
If you REALLY think body modification is an art, wait until you are older and decide on a really tasteful and artistic tattoo and place it somewhere that you can cover up when you enter the business world. I personally have a tattoo on my forearm-- while this isn't the MOST discrete spot, I know that I will be working in office settings where dress shirts and ties will be standard issue.
Think long term-- not short. You'll screw yourself only looking at the now.
In the end-- unless you plan on working at Hot Topic, or a tattoo parlor for the rest of your life, your "enjoyment" of these piercings will really be short lived, and if anything will set up obstacles in your path to success. Especially GAUGED piercings... you can't take those out the day before an interview-- they are going to need a while to heal so you don't have gross, stinking holes in your lobes on your interview day.
So realistically-- you have, what-- 2 years til you are fully employable? You will have a little over a year to gauge to your heart's content... and then have you take them out and hope it all heals in a timely manner, if at all.
If you REALLY think body modification is an art, wait until you are older and decide on a really tasteful and artistic tattoo and place it somewhere that you can cover up when you enter the business world. I personally have a tattoo on my forearm-- while this isn't the MOST discrete spot, I know that I will be working in office settings where dress shirts and ties will be standard issue.
Think long term-- not short. You'll screw yourself only looking at the now.
I am asking for advice on how to convince my parents. Not advice on wether to get it or not.
Mexbearpig said:
What word don't you understand? Your parents say no; you live under their roof, they pay the bills and provide you with food, clothing and shelter. Getting a piercing (or not, as the case is) is a very minor and trivial thing in comparison.
You're not going to convince them of anything. Their minds have been made up. Your arguments for wanting a piercing are also very immature. I didn't want to use that word, but that's simply the truth. Forget about it.
Well this thread isn't getting me the kind of advice I want. I will just have to go somehwere else.
Here's some advice:
Download phpBB, a free PHP based message board, and set it up using mySQL (which is also free). Next, create a bunch of user accounts other than yourself. Post the "Convincing an irrational mother to get a piercing" thread there, and use the alternate accounts to reply to the thread giving exactly the answers you're looking to hear.
Download phpBB, a free PHP based message board, and set it up using mySQL (which is also free). Next, create a bunch of user accounts other than yourself. Post the "Convincing an irrational mother to get a piercing" thread there, and use the alternate accounts to reply to the thread giving exactly the answers you're looking to hear.
How old are you? (not said in the booming voice of disapproving adulthood, more out of curiosity)
And really, what advice did you expect to get? There aren't a whole bunch of well based rational arguments for getting piercings. You get them out of vanity mainly; they're just something you want.
There's no practical purpose to them, so kinda no benefit apart from you looking super cool. Kind of hard to sway your parents with that, especially since some guages look pretty rank.
Just wait a few years.
And really, what advice did you expect to get? There aren't a whole bunch of well based rational arguments for getting piercings. You get them out of vanity mainly; they're just something you want.
There's no practical purpose to them, so kinda no benefit apart from you looking super cool. Kind of hard to sway your parents with that, especially since some guages look pretty rank.
Just wait a few years.
Heh, my thoughts too. Kids these days eh. Either you adhere to their rules or you rebel against that and see what happens.