Do you like to wear earrings?

@maximax8 (31046)
United Kingdom
November 17, 2007 12:27pm CST
I was 8 years old when I got my ears pierced. I had to wear stud earrings when I was at school. They could be gold or silver and the school that I went to was very strict about this. When I left school I liked to wear hoops and earrings with some kind of dangle. However when my baby son wanted to pull at my hoops I began wearing stud earrings again. I still wear stud earrings today. I like ones that sparkle with a colored stone like blue topaz. Do you like to wear earrings? What sort of earrings do you like to wear? Ones for pierced ears or clip ons Did you have your ears pierced? How old were you?
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• United States
15 Jan 08
I love to wear earrings, I feel naked without them I don't care what they are but I have an allergy to different types I can only wear pure gold and silver.
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• Philippines
15 Jan 08
Sometimes If I'm in the mood of wearing earrings I prefer pearls for pierced ears. I don't know but most of the time I don't feel like wearing any accessory. But pearls are my favorite. I can't remember when I had my ears pierced.
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@lillake (1630)
• United States
25 Nov 07
I don't really like wearing jewelry. I wear a small silver hoop at the top of my left ear, but that's it. I'm just not a jewelry kind of girl. Oddly though I ecently won a jewelry making kit and have had a blast with it making jewelry for people in my family. As much as I dislike wearing it I seem to really love making it. LOL
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 07
I am pleased that you are having fun making jewelry for your family members. Thanks for sharing.
• United States
25 Nov 07
I got my first ear piercing when i was about 6 weeks old. I got my second at 15. Ive sinced put 3 more piercings in the ears, but ive let all but the first two heal closed, mostly because of infections. Though i would like to get my cartalage pierced again. I love having pierced ears. Wearing earrings is fun. I make a bunch of them to match my clothes and then i get to wear them all together. LIke i have this pale blue snowflake sweater, so i made this pair of drop earrings with a crystal snowflake in pale pale blue at the end. They look so pretty together. Right now i dont wear any kind of drop or dangle earrings because i have a very grabby infant. :)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 07
Your earrings with the crystal snowflake on the end sound lovely. I know what you mean about having an infant that grabs everything in sight. My little one is just six months old and he does this too. I am sorry to hear that you have had some infections and had to let the holes close up. Good luck in the future with your pierced ears.
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
19 Nov 07
I had my ears pierced when i was i think 7... that was because my father sent use some earrings from abroad... they didn't hurt much... I am not particularly crazy about wearing earring... eventhough i have quite a collection... i have this fear that my earlobes might get ripped if in case my earring get caugth into something...so i only wear them when i go to a party or an occassion like a wedding...
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 07
Yes, getting my ears ripped would be horrible. Children must take their earrings out or cover them with a sticky plaster during PE lessons.
@ericajoyce (1746)
• Philippines
5 Dec 07
Hi maximax8. I got my ears pierced when I was a baby but, I couldnt quite remember how old I was. I do like to wear different kinds of earrings like silver earrings that are for pierced ears. I also like wearing dangling earrings.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
5 Dec 07
Hi ericajoyce. I also like to wear silver earrings. Dangling earrings can look very pretty. Having your ear pierced when you were a baby meant that you grew up wearing earrings.
@dlucia (208)
• United States
18 Nov 07
I've had my ears pierced since I was small as well. I only wear pierced ones, not the clip on's. Small, tiny ones, not the big gaudy looking earrings. I never did like the hoops. It's just part of the wardrobe now and I feel funny when I dont wear them.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
I know what you mean people get used to wearing or not wearings earrings. If I was to put my hoops back in I think they would feel heavy compared to my stud like earrings. Many thanks for your superb response.
@nangel78 (1454)
• United States
18 Nov 07
I have pierced ears and I prefer to wear studs a lot of the time. They stay out of the way and not get caught in my hair or make my ears hurt as much from wearing them. I wear white gold or stainless steel usually.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
It sounds like you are comfortable wearing your earrings. So you wear good quality earrings that would not cause the itching that really cheap earrings do.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
18 Nov 07
I love earrings & always have. I had my ears first pierced when I was 13 years & I was the first in my class to do so. I had gold plated sleepers, as that was all we were allowed. A few years later I had a second hole done. Now,I wear mostly hoop type earrings. They are gold & my husband gave them to me for a Christmas present. I especially love gypsy earrings. My daughter has her ears pierced too. She has a variety of earrings. Sometimes she makes her own, especially dangly, beaded type earrings.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
It is nice that you love earrings. Your husband probably enjoys buying you pretty earrings for Christmas. Your daughter must be creative and artistic to make her own earrings.
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
18 Nov 07
I don't have any earring, but as a man i love to see earrings in a woman's ear. I don't like it when they get like 8 earrings in the same ear, but 1, 2 or 3 is nice, even very elegant.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
I am glad that you like to see women wearing earrings. Having my ears pierced once was enough for me but I know some people like to have it lots more times.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
19 Nov 07
My ears are pierced and I do like to wear earings from time to time. I don't wear them as often as I use to though. I got my ears pierced when I was around 8 years of age.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 07
I was the same age you were when I had my ears pierced. It is nice to wear earrings for special occasions then.
@Cocoa33 (921)
• United States
18 Nov 07
I like the earrings with the little hoops. i have pierced ears. I like the earrings that sparkle on special occasions. i wear the stubs everyday.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
Yes, earrings that sparkle look very pretty for special occasions. When my friend got married I had some gorgeous glittering earrings on.
@pinay81 (1535)
• Philippines
18 Nov 07
yeah ilove to wear earrings but the problem is my ear is so sensitive even i want to wear those fancy fashionable and plastic earrings or even silver i cannot wear it cause my ear will be itchy after 5mins of wearing those earrings i can only wear gold and white gold earrings:-)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
My ears feel itchy if I wear cheap earrings as well. Therefore I only only wear earrings made from gold or silver. Many thanks for your very interesting response.
@ymesako (21)
• Philippines
18 Nov 07
I had my ears pierced when I was a baby. I had my ears pierced again in college (this is located at the top part of my ear). I wear stud earrings for all my four piercing (three on the left and one the right). I recently had just my nose piereced!
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
You must really like piercings. Thanks for your interesting response.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
18 Nov 07
I was over 25; I can wear any Jewelry only for up to 5 hours before I feel like taking it off... I have at least 20 pairs, but my favorite is with diamonds. I don't like to wear anything other than one ring given me by my mother...
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
Yes, some people like to wear earrings just for an evening then take them out. It is great that you have so many pairs that you can choose from. I think that the ring given to you by your mother must be rather special for you.
@meljessxena (2315)
• Australia
18 Nov 07
i was 8 yrs old when i got my ear pierced, and my parents both came with me and my sister to hold my hand because i wanted it done for my birthday but i was also really nervous, i only wear the "sleeper" earrings, i like just plain ones, i rarely change my earrings, i cant wear stud because of my skin get irritate by the back of the ring rubbing and it gets infections etc
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
Yes, wearing sleeper earrings is a good idea so your skin does not get irritated. You were the same age I was when I got my ears pierced. You had a nice birthday present and it is one that you will remember.
• United States
17 Nov 07
I was forced to get my ears pierced at about age 10-11 by my father. The person who did it was an absolute moron and the holes are completely uneven. One side is set far too low and whenever I wear any kind of earring, it hurts really bad. So I pretty much can't wear earring, even if I want to, which is rare anyway.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
It is sad that you were forced to have your ears pierced. I am so sorry to hear that one of holes is so low that it hurts.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
18 Nov 07
Hello maximax. My wife wears earrings. She has been wearing earrings since she was in her late teens. She has both piereced earrings and clip-on earrings for a change sometimes.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
Hello williamjisir, dear friend. It is lovely to hear that your wife likes to wear both types of earrings.
@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
18 Nov 07
Hi maximax8 :) I had my ears pierced when i was 5 years old,i made the big girl and asked for them and said i would not cry,haha.My first earrings were a pair of heart crystal red stone studs that i chose at the salon.I loved them right when i saw them and will never forget them,i lost them over time though i did try to keep them from getting lost.I like pierced ones perferebly silver like little stones,cute flowers like daisies,ball gems and also ones that look like hooks that do not have a back to them,you just slip them in the earring hole in your ear and they stay there with stones also.I really hate christmas earrings that some people wear with socks,santa or snow men on them,hahahaha! Peanutjar:)
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
Hi peanutjar. It is lovely that you remember your first earrings. It is sad that you lost them but I have lost some earrings too. I don't like it when a stone set in the earring falls out. I remember a lady I worked with had a different pair of Christmas earrings every single day. Thanks for your wonderful response.
@geot08 (46)
17 Nov 07
I love to wear earrings. I got my ears pierced like when I was a baby. When I was younger I would wear studs but now that I'm older I love wearing hoops and earrings that dangle ( i moslty wear hoops right now) but i also wear studs (right now my fav. are these little star ones i have).
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 07
That was a young age to have your ears pierced. I also have a pair of little star earrings. It sounds like you enjoy wearings different types of earrings.