This forum is intended for discussing ear piercing for boys/guys, whether it’s appropriate, at what age it should be allowed (if at all), if it’s okay for boys and guys to have one or both ears pierced etc.
I hope it can serve as a fresh start on the topic that has been rather thoroughly discussed in the other forum named “Piercing and boys”, but lately it turned into a unpleasant battlefield mostly full of accusations towards other participants about them being fakes. I am not sure whether there’s a lot of people out there who still have something to say about boys/guys having their ears pierced and wearing earrings, but if that’s the case, I’m at least sure that it will not hurt to start a new forum, as a lot of people will have no motivation for joining a thread that’s where a lot of posters are accusing single persons all the time.
All that having been said, here’s my story about being a guy and wanting my ears pierced. I have always wanted to have my ears pierced, as far as I can remember understanding that ears could be pierced and jewelry inserted, which required the ear to have been pierced. Back in 1977 when I was about 5 years old, I was in a shopping mall with my grand mother. Outside a jeweler or hairdresser I saw a large green sign, in the shape of an ear. Across the sign was the words “Hul I øret”, which translates into “Hole in the ear”. That’s what it’s called in Denmark. Anyway I had to ask my grandmother what it was and she told me. Ever after that day, I have been more or less tormented by not having it done. First I remember my mother discouraging me, by letting me know that the procedure of having the ears pierced was very painful. Other members of my family let me know that it was just not appropriate for boys to have their ears pierced, which was certainly true in Denmark, back in 1977.
Almost a decade later, when it was mainstream for boys to wear an earring in the left ear, I finally had my chance to have my ear pierced. It was taboo at that time for a boy to have his right or both of his ears pierced, as that “made a person gay”. Although it really annoyed me that I could not have both of my ears pierced, I was really happy to get the have the possibility of trying to have at least one ear pierced and wearing an earring. At that time I must have been about 14 years old, and I had been spending so much time at admiring the earrings that a lot of girls could wear. I was also very exited to try going through the steps, walking into a store and asking to have my ear pierced, with that gun I had been told about so often, as I had asked a lot of people how it was done, acting as if I didn’t know. So back then I had my left ear pierced, at a jeweler that used a normal spring-loaded piercing gun. I was very happy about the experience and the result, using a lot of time wearing different earrings and studs in my left ear. A year or two later, I had my left ear double pierced and then triple pierced. In my late teen years, my style had changed into a rebellious punk one, giving me the excuse to have both ears pierced a number of times, but always asymmetrical. Even at that time I’m pretty sure that just wearing an equal number of earrings in each ear would have “made me gay” in a lot of peoples eyes. Although I enjoyed having my ears pierced numerous times and wearing a lot of jewelry, I was still aware that the thing I wanted most, was to just have both of my ears pierced once and wearing just a pair of earrings.
When I was about eighteen years old, I started getting my education during the next three years. During that time I stopped wearing earrings at all and after my education ended, I became a soldier, making it even more natural not to wear earrings. It’s probably hard to find any Danish occupation that gives guys less freedom to wear earrings, than the army.
During the last couple of years it has become more and more accepted for guys to wear earrings and to have both ears pierced. As there’s only one and a half year left before I’m leaving the army, I have been increasingly occupied with the thought of having my ears pierced again. Although I’d have preferred to be one of those boys who are lucky enough to have both of their ears pierced with the encouragement of their parents, I think it will still work fine for me to have it done when I become a civilian at the age of thirty-five. The best thing is that my girlfriend really encourages me to have it done, probably most because she’s aware about how much I’d like it.
So that’s my rather long story about being a guy wanting to have my ears pierced. If there’s any still people out there who has opinions about whether I should or should not have it done I hope that you’ll be posting something. I would also like to say (once more) that I am so envious at the boys that have both of their ears pierced at a young age. I really support the opinion that it should be okay for boys as for girls, to have both ears pierced. I am of cause aware that traditionally it’s viewed as feminine and inappropriate for guys to wear earrings, but as both men and women have two ears, I really find it most aesthetic for both genders to have both ears pierced. Hopefully traditions will change some with respect to this.
I hope anybody who has been reading this far, might have some views to share.
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