western australia

Do you have big ears?

@JudyEv (345136)

Rockingham, Australia

February 4, 2024 5:46pm CST

MyLotter @sissy15 wrote about her son having big ears and how cute it is/was. Her son is now growing into his big ears. I reminded me of our son. When he was about four years old, he overheard something we said to each other, and I said to him ’You’ve got big ears’. He felt them thoughtfully then said ‘Yes, I have, haven’t I?’ And a bit of trivia. They say our ear lobes never stop growing. Photo of our son who has now turned 50. It was all cowboys back then.

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@Juliaacv (51986)

• Canada

4 Feb 24

What an adorable story and an even cuter picture. I did not know this about our ear lobes, I suppose that to a certain extent they get thicker and maybe stronger, otherwise women who wear heavy hoops would have saggy earlobes.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Surely they can't grow much or we'd notice it in photos or whatever.

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@Fleura (30923)

• United Kingdom

5 Feb 24

Women who wear big earrings do get saggy earlobes. That's one reason I don't like pierced ears.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

@Fleura I have noticed that with women who wear ear-rings. And now the guys are putting discs in their ears.

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@shaggin (73675)

• United States

5 Feb 24

I had heard ears and noses keep growing. My nose definitely has since I was a teen

. My ear lobes are small. My kids all have normal size ears.

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@shaggin (73675)

• United States

6 Feb 24

@JudyEv I noticed from my photos over the years it makes the space between my nose and lip look shorter.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 24

@shaggin Fair enough. I'll have to check out my photos.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Gosh, my nose has always been a fair size. I hope it doesn't get any bigger. Maybe it has and I just haven't noticed it.

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@snowy22315 (184667)

• United States

5 Feb 24

Ears aren't big..Thank the Lord..but I do seem to overhear things I am not supposed to .always listening ..

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

My ears itch continually. I've no idea why.

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@Tampa_girl7 (51178)

• United States

5 Feb 24

That’s an adorable photo. My brother turns 50 in April.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Our second son will be 50 in August. I can't imagine where the years have gone.

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@noni1959 (10173)

• United States

5 Feb 24

I read ears never stop either. I think I have big ears and I'm told mine are normal. I'd like them closer to my head. That was cute what your son said.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

At least with ladies, mostly the hair-styles tend to draw attention away from ears that stick out.

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@Beestring (14868)

• Hong Kong

5 Feb 24

That's a very cute photo.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Thanks. He was a great little boy but then most of them are, aren't they?

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@Beestring (14868)

• Hong Kong

5 Feb 24

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@AmbiePam (95788)

• United States

5 Feb 24

That’s such a good photo! I had a cousin with such huge ears that they stuck out far enough that her insurance paid for them to be pinned back. Insurance usually counts that as cosmetic, and rejects that kind of procedure. But her ears were just that big and wide.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Gosh, that poor girl. But you're right that normally such an operation would be seen as cosmetic.

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@RebeccasFarm (91531)

• Arvada, Colorado

5 Feb 24

My ears are not noticeable.

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@RebeccasFarm (91531)

• Arvada, Colorado

6 Feb 24

@JudyEv I just wrote about him

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 24

@RebeccasFarm Yes, I saw it. It's the topic of the moment, isn't it? I'm sorry he's facing this.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Do you remember King Charles' ears always stuck out? There was a face-on photo of him taken very recently and his ears don't stick out at all now. It's very sad that he has been diagnosed with cancer.

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@LadyDuck (472430)

• Switzerland

5 Feb 24

Your young cowboy was very cute. I have read about ear lobes, this must be true as you look at those women with pierced ears.

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@LadyDuck (472430)

• Switzerland

6 Feb 24

@JudyEv - I thought that it was the reason, but my mother never wore heavy ear-rings, only the small round ones.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 24

@LadyDuck I think really that some have larger ear-lobes than others.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Over many years, probably the weight of ear-rings gradually causes them to lengthen.

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@wolfgirl569 (110870)

• Marion, Ohio

4 Feb 24

Cute photo and cute that he checked his ears.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Kids say the funniest things sometimes.

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@RasmaSandra (82219)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

4 Feb 24

That is a cute photo. I don't think I had big ears but I do know my mom decided to make sure they stayed against my head so she often tied bonnets on me,

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

I'm glad my ears don't stick out. I wouldn't really like that.

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@Fleura (30923)

• United Kingdom

5 Feb 24

Made me think of Red Riding Hood 'What big ears you have, Grandma'. Do you remember how Prince Charles used to get an awful lot of stick for his sticking-out ears? No-one's mentioned them for decades now.

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@Fleura (30923)

• United Kingdom

5 Feb 24

@JudyEv Have a look for his 'life in pictures' and they certainly used to be much more prominent.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 24

@Fleura He must have had them pinned back at some stage. There is a very recent front-on photo of him and his ears aren't prominent at all. It's sad that he is now fighting cancer.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

I have a school photo of six or seven of the boys and it's very noticeable that all their ears stick out.

I haven't actually noticed Charles' ears lately. Now you'll have me watching out for his ears.

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

5 Feb 24

@JudyEv What other phases did he go through besides cowboys? I cannot see his ears with the hat. No, I do not have big ears but my hearing is very good.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

It's a saying. If you say someone has big ears, it means they hear things they shouldn't or that they eavesdrop.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Feb 24

@Hannihar Luckiy we have very quiet neighbours. You wouldn't know they were there most of the time.

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

5 Feb 24

@JudyEv The ones across from us she yells a lot and can hear it. I do not care what they do just so they leave our stuff alone but they do not and she is a bully tattle tale and we do not like each other. I still can hear all that goes on here. I remember when I first moved in it was our Sabbath and the noise was terrible and the ones on the other side of us do not care and do not respect those that want to enjoy our Sabbath and during the week you hear them too.

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@dgobucks226 (35972)

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10 Feb

Yes, that's what I heard about ears. I guess I have big ears now.

When my hair was longer, I could camouflage them, but I'm all ears now...

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Feb

Well, if you have big ears - all the better to hear you with, as the wolf said to Little Red Riding Hood.

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@dgobucks226 (35972)

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11 Feb

Very true..

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@sissy15 (12350)

• United States

7 Feb 24

Very cute, and I love the picture. Kids are so funny sometimes. At least your son didn't get upset about it. I'm glad my son never did either. When I showed him one of his pictures he looked at me and said "I looked like an elephant!"

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Feb 24

It's tough when kids happen to be a bit different from their peers.

@JESSY3236 (20203)

• United States

6 Feb 24

My uncle had big ears when he was growing up.

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@JESSY3236 (20203)

• United States

13 Feb

@JudyEv He grew into them.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Feb 24

Does his ears still seem big or has he 'grown into them', as they say.

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@Ronrybs (19810)

• London, England

5 Feb 24

I had heard it is our noses that never stop growing!

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

I thnk you're thinking of Pinocchio!!

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16598)

• Raurkela, India

5 Feb 24

I used to over hear words very easily but not now. My elder son had physically big ears which looks normal now.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Some children 'grow into' their features, it seems. I don't hear very well now either.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16598)

• Raurkela, India

6 Feb 24

@JudyEv I don't have any problem with hearing but can over hear easily these days.

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@thelme55 (77378)

• Germany

5 Feb 24

What a cute photo of your son. What a lovely story. No, I don’t have big ears.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

A lot of women's ears are hidden by the hairstyles although nowadays a lot have very short hair. Kids say some funny things, don't they?

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@thelme55 (77378)

• Germany

8 Feb 24

@JudyEv Yes, kids do.

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16172)

• Nairobi, Kenya

5 Feb 24

Beautiful photo. I don't have an ear lobe on both my ears.

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@JudyEv (345136)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 24

Everyone's ears are different, I guess. Do you wear ear-rings at all? I had my ears pierced once but I let them grow over.

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16172)

• Nairobi, Kenya

6 Feb 24

@JudyEv I don't wear earrings. I've never pierced my ears.

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