Ear piercing....

[princesslouloubananahammock]

AIBU....

DD is 7 and had been going on and on about having her ears pierced all throughout year 2. We explained she could only get done at the beginning of the summer holidays... went through everything with her about what to expect and how we'd have to look after them etc

I booked into a local piercing studio for the beginning of summer and she was all excited for it to be done.

We go along, she does one ear and obviously it hurt a bit more then she was expecting. She asked to only have one done... I said it's fine the other one will be done in to time and it will all be over (something to that affect) and kept talking to her to distract her. All good and both done.
Been a couple of weeks and the earrings have been fine no issues at all. Kept clean all good.

Until last night, one fell out. She has refused to let me put it back and is again saying she just wants one.

I have said either 2 or none.

I'm in a disagreement with myself because on the one hand... it's her body if she just wants one.
But on the other I know what will happen. She will have 1, the other hole will close up. She'll return to school and someone will say something about her only having one earring and she'll want two again....

My DD7 had one done at studio then point blank refused to let them do other one. Took 2 days of talking and I also said it’s one or none, went back and she had other one done. I suppose it doesn’t really matter if Just one done, I never even thought about leaving it like that at the time though. If she’d have refused to get other done I’d have assumed she too young for it and took other one out and told her she can have both done when she’s older.

DD doesn't particularly like the ones she has in I think she imagined something a bit more sparkly

I'm wondering if she wanted them done somewhere on the high street (like Claires) in a pretty glittery shop . They have the choice of pretty earrings too .

I KNOW needle piercing is a million times better but the whole experience is more drawn out .
My DD has had gun and needle piercings , so have I .
The needle piercing was more daunting as it was a Tattoo/Piercing salon not a pretty shop .

Maybe she's diappointed that her experience wasn't what most of her friends would have .

My DD is 21 so it was a decade ago but I know if I said "needle pierce or nothing" she;d have gone for nothing !