Earrings

[Allison Wunderland]

Thought about piercng my lobes, for about 50 yrs. At 66, first piercing for Halloween at Claires. Then a second for Thanksgiving. Third for New Year. 3 ea. lobe, no cartilage. Almost a year now. More options than a tattoo. Piercings close and heal over if not used. (NOT GAUGES !!!)

That opened the closet door! Earrings are or can be on the gender edge.

Mostly we do assymetrical groups. Mostly small studs and small hoops, pearls. But we do larger hoops/jewel studs, knots, hanger bangles now & then. Perched on the edge of gender presentation.

We do our own jewelery designs. My cis-F sisters love my stuff. I do all sorts of long, dangle stuff, stuff I won't wear most days. We comb the jewelery junk at thrift shops, along with the clothes.

Wearing jewelery and looking at it makes a gender presentation statement. Obsessive that I am, I have hundreds and hundreds of earrings, even more jewelery parts ("findings").

Earrings very much opened the closet door for me.

[Chrissy5946]

I'm getting my belly button pierced this week, very excited. I was in the shop on Saturday, and 2 young girls were giggling away as I asked questions! It was hilarious. I'm wanting a nice diamond stud or diamonds on strands of sterling, making me wiggle just thinking about it!


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[Allison Wunderland]

Make certain your pierce-ista is someone who understands where the nerves are in the umbilical area!

That said, I got a surgical correction for an umbilical hernia years back (Brittany Spears eat your heart out!), and so now have a spot to hang. -- But I'm pretty fixed about the 3 holes in the lobes, no gauges, no tats, no other piercing.

That said . . . some more . . . all the tanks and T's I've been finding in the thrifts are cut short to expose the navel. The pragmatic side of me finds that very drafty. LMAO