Husband wants his ears pierced

[welshgirlcharlotte]

Thoughts?

[PitilessYank]

Dowager, he certainly does! Hah!

[FoxesOnSocks]

I would imagine it was something he wanted to do when he was younger but felt he couldn't (because of many of the attitudes expressed here) now he's older he's less self conscious and thinking why didn't i

Changes are he either won't, or will and then but it won't last either way they are his ears.

[TheDowagerCuntess]

I don't think anyone's worrying or stressing about it?! They're laughing at it!

[Chottie]

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Far more important things to worry about/stress over/get worked up about

^

This x 100

[TheDowagerCuntess]

Pitiless - be fair! Your man in question surely has a certain je ne sais quoi, to be able to carry off an ear cuff ...let alone a clip-on!

This is not something any and every man should be considering, by any means.

[PitilessYank]

Would he consider a slim, removable ear cuff instead? A man with whom I work wears one and it is very subtle and super sexy-looking.

Or perhaps clip-on earrings?

[TheDowagerCuntess]

DH had an ear pieced in his teens to piss his dad off. It lasted a year or so, before he let the hole close over.

'Pearl clutching' suggests disapproval/shock - Lord, that's not the reason most people wouldn't want their DH to come home with a piercing! It's because it's ludicrously naff on a middle-aged man (and I class 40+ as middle-aged).

I would be voicing a strong opinion if this was my DH, just as he'd be voicing a strong opinion if I said I wanted to go bald, or summat.

[JoeyJoeJoeJuniorShabadu]

Midlife crisis.
He's going to look like a right twat if he goes ahead with this.

[DillDongMerrilyOnHigh]

When my dad hit 50 he shaved his moustache off and pierced his ear. He looked weird.

[SirChenjin]

20 years ago most things gave us the horn though

[Puddington]

An ex of mine had four ear piercings and it actually really suited him and it gave me the horn tbh Granted, though, he was about 21 years old at the time and he might not have suited it 20 years later!

[Shakey15000]

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. Far more important things to worry about/stress over/get worked up about

[Nerdykid40]

Bless him! Defo sounds like a mid-life crisis/cry for help! Can't he buy leather trousers and/or sports car instead and get his hair highlighted?
If he does get his ears pierced at least he can let them close up when he realises he looks a tit!

[Bogeyface]

I would snigger, a lot.

He has the right to pierce whatever he damn well pleases, just as you have the right to not like it and find it funny as hell.

[CoolCarrie]

School mate of mine got her belly button and nipples done which she always says is very handy cos when everything sags she can hoist it all up!

[Caro52]

No man looks smarter or better with piercings. Just NO.

[SomeDyke]

"The use of the term 'pearl clutching' ......"

Has a whole new meaning when it comes to sub-cutaneous spheres that some chaps have implanted....................Apparently the traditional choice was to use pearls.....................

[CoolCarrie]

My dh bleached his hair at 28 looked like a very blond young Matt Damon crossed with Dougry Scott & had his ear pierced as well. Looked amazing... for a while, then the roots came through, not so hot, looked more like a reverse badger, never wears the earring now ( our ds laughed at the photos)

[SomeDyke]

"Get him to go to a tattoo shop to get it done...."
Well, actually, advise him to go to a proper body piercer (who will pierce it with a large, very sharp surgical needle), not the gun they use at Claires etc. Make sure it is a proper body piercer, with the appropriate health certificates etc. If it is done with a body piercing ring, then he won't be able to take it out without appropriate tools (a pair of circlip pliers, if the mention of shiny bits of kit is his thing!). Although there are some piercing rings with screw-on balls rather than the standard ball-closure rings. And there are many options rather than the standard shiny silver surgical stainless steel nowadays. It doesn't have to be a stool in Claires then the naff single studs they sell in nasty cheap jewellers.........

[TheSnorkMaidenReturns]

42? Meaning of (mid)life innit?

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

Well it's fairly unfashionable these days (my DS doesn't wear his any more). But, you know, each to their own. I tend not to judge by appearances.

[Purplebluebird]

His ears obviously, but hahaha

[Ilovetorrentialrain]

So he wants his ears pierced and also wants to look like he hasn't got his ears pierced?

I wouldnt be able to stand this kind of faffing.

[newbiz]

My DH recently discovered that his very old earring hole is still open after trying DD's earrings. He threatened to start wearing an earring again. I threatened divorce