Quick poll re piercings

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My DD is 17 and a half. She has two piercings in each earlobe and wants a third in one earlobe. She told me about it this morning. I was non committal- didn't say yes or no but that it was inadvisable.

DH is livid and has asked me why i didn't say no.

Is it really my place to say given her age?

Personally I would let her. If she's legally old enough to drive a car (in theory, anyway) then she's old enough to decide to have her ears pierced :) be grateful it's not her tongue or worse :D

She is 17 1/2 - surely it's up to her now?

DD has 2 in each lobe and got a cartilage piercing for Christmas. She is 14. They can always be taken out.

It would be a non issue to me.

If she already has two on each side,.I don't see what difference one more would make.

There could be far worse things she wants to do.

I was a teen in the 80s. I used to regularly pierce my own ears, from the age of 13... I only wear one pair nowadays. :)

my dd came home with a tongue piercing when she was 18 and then another just below the lip

I hate them, but made a deal that I wouldn't go apeshit as long as she didn't get a tattoo

At her age I had 3 in each ear, the top of one ear pierced twice, nose, both nipples, bottom and top lip, eyebrow and 4 in my belly button. Have a guess how many I asked 'permission' for? I looked fucking ridiculous, but it was my body to do ridiculous things to! I now (33) only wear 1 pair of earrings.

Well, I thinks it's great your dd discusses it with you. She could have just impulsively got it done.

I'm not sure why you dh is "livid" though, that you have raised he to discuss things like this with you and value your opinion and feelings to think about?

I think well done to you for having s good relationship with her.

She's 17. No poll required. Her ear piercings have nothing to do with you or your DH.

Ear piercings I wouldn't fight. Any other facial piercings would mean I never spoke to her again, I hate them they make me feel sick. Ear stretchers do too!

I would let her as when I was younger & my dd1(13) is currently on the way to recreating was. I had my love done twice, then on my left ear my tragus and upper cartilage. Then on my right ear my lower cartilage& then I had the right side of my nose pierced. my dd1 has all if them apart from the tragus and nose. Also since she is 17, I think it would be her choice, IMO.

Shouldn't be a big issue TBH. Universities won't care about her piercings at all, I'm not sure I'd want to work for an employer that did care, and if she gets bored of them she can take them out and they will barely be noticeable. If she was angling for a tattoo, I'd see your point, but piercings really aren't a problem.

Would not worry about ear piercings ,and she's 17! Let her get on with it ..both my dds age 18&16 have 2nd ear piercings. And both have belly button ...have never minded as long as everything is clean they look after the area and it doesn't become infected.
As said before they can take them out ..

At 17 I would let her make her own decision about piercings.

I am I now my 15 year old sisters guardian and she wanted her nose pierced and I said she can do what she wants to her face when she is old enough to walk into a salon without consent by an adult. So in typical teenage fashion she thought I was being so unfair she pierced it herself. I think it is horrid and tell her. I'm just waiting for the day I can tel her I told you so!

17 isn't an adult no but I thought you were allowed to get pierced at that age? I don't think it's a big deal though, they are so teeny tiny when out anyway if she ever changes her mind no one would ever know!