Quote from jinx_you
Though.. I figure most parents wouldn't be so against piercings since they're not permanent..
My mom doesn't like any piercings AT ALL. Her ears aren't pierced & she just hates the idea of "poking holes in your ears", never mind other body parts!
She let me get my ears done the first time when I was almost 9, but I had to pay for it & she was not happy with the idea at all. I think I've told this story before somewhere here...? Anyway, when I was almost 16 I wanted to get a second piercing & knew she wouldn't approve, so I lied about my age & got it done anyway, and then waited for her to notice. And waited...and waited...and waited... After quite a while (I want to say it was two months or so, but maybe it wasn't that long) she finally noticed!
At that point there wasn't much she could say about just "not liking the way it looks".
I don't think she's said a thing about the rest of my ear piercings, most of which were done while I was at college (I'd come home on break & have another earring). She'll still say she doesn't like piercings if the topic comes up, but I've never felt like it was directed at me. If I ever got a tattoo, though, I think she might freak out a bit.
My kids, btw, have zero interest in getting piercings and were horrified when I explained tattooing. I guess I rebelled by getting my ears pierced (not really, I just got them because I like them, it didn't really matter that my mom didn't want me to) and my kids will rebel by NOT getting theirs pierced.
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