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Babys with piercings

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  • 30-12-2007 9:24pm
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    bitemybanger
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    In town today and saw a baby, couldnt have been more than 6-8 months old with her ears pierced:eek: and her brother of about 2 had his ear pierced too. what do you think?


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    #2
    galwayrush
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    Big Hoopie Earrings are very popular with certain People:rolleyes:Saw a baby wearing them some time back, looked so wrong.:(


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    Jimbo
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    Classy. Travellers?


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    [Deleted User]
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    My ears were pierced at that age, I wouldn't say it was or wasn't classy...it was the 80's though.


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    mad m
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    No,no,no,no,no,no.......I let my daughter make her own mind up if she wanted piercings when she was at an age to do so. I personally don't like it on newborns or younger kids and especially two ears pierced on young boys....


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    Jimbo
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    You might as well put make-up on the child.


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    The Hacker
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    They sound very posh, being able to afford jewellery for the children like. Must have been from Donnybrook or something.


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    Ms Inquisitive
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    Personally, I think this looks terrible on young children!


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    Cheeky_gal
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    jimbo78 wrote: »
    You might as well put make-up on the child.

    + 1

    It's my first... :)


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    Nevyn
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    It's cultural and no it is not just in the culture of travlers.
    in spain, brazil and portugal it is done so that the the baby girls look different to the boys.

    Personally I don't agree with it, see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.


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    Jimbo
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    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    + 1

    It's my first... :)

    +1 Mine too ;)


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    Toto Wolfcastle
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    I was the last in my class to get mine pierced. I had them done in time to be able to put new earrings in for my Confirmation. Poor babies, I remember it stinging for a few seconds, imagine what the poor babies feel.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    jimbo78 wrote: »
    Travellers?

    Majority I've seen have been.


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    Thaedydal wrote: »
    see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.

    How did I miss that connection of course it is EXACTLY like starving, beating, molesting and destroying a babys sense of self esteem all rolled up into one!:rolleyes:


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    shane86
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    Was at a cousins daughters christening a few years ago and, as you do, we were all in the pub after the church service for a few sausages, chicken pieces, pints and whatnot (this was around 3pm, me and the cousins went on an all dayer after the kid and her parents had headed home, great craic) All the women/girls in the pub were thronged around my cousin to ooh and aaah at the kid. One rather skangery regular Id know starts off...

    Girl "Ah, shes gorgeous. Yil have to ger her ears pierced soon, she will look even better"
    My cousin "Ah no Im not getting that done, it would hurt her"
    Girl "Ah sure what odds, sure she would soon forget about it" :confused::confused:

    I should have stubbed a lit fag into her hand and when she roared and asked wtf I thought I was doing replied "ah relax would ya! Sure it doesnt matter, a few months from now you wont even remember it happened" :rolleyes:

    Not only are they unecessary but the vast majority are utter rubbish, really cheap looking rusty gold.


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    Theatrebuff
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    I have seen quite a number of female babies 6 months plus with ears pierced. Most were not from Traveller community. These were fashion statements rather than cultural markings.
    I was 40 before I had the courage to get my ears pierced as a birthday gift to myself.


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    Sparkpea
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    Personally I wouldnt have it done on my kids at a young age, I think its tacky


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    Terry
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    Thaedydal wrote: »
    It's cultural and no it is not just in the culture of travlers.
    in spain, brazil and portugal it is done so that the the baby girls look different to the boys.

    Personally I don't agree with it, see it as tantamount to child abuse and think that it should be as part of a rite of passage into womanhood.

    Womanhood?
    What about manhood?
    Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

    Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.


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    Jimbo
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    Terry wrote: »
    Womanhood?
    What about manhood?
    Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

    Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.

    Did you get your ears peirced as a baby too Terry?


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    Nevyn
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    I said personally as it is about my culture.


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    Requiem4adream
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    Terry wrote: »
    Womanhood?
    What about manhood?
    Shouldn't men have the right to have their ears pierced?

    Your comment is highly sexist in my opinion.

    Hmmm would depend on if you view getting an ear pierced as a sign of manhood!!!

    Reaching puberty, kissing your 1st girl, having your 1st pint, stuff like that would be higher on my list of rites of passage for boys than getting an ear pierced! And yes i do realise ive made 1 or 2 possibly sexist comments in 3 sentences!


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    Terry
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    Thaedydal wrote: »
    I said personally as it is about my culture.
    Your culture?
    Is that one that excludes men or treats them as second class citizens?


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    Nevyn
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    No to the second class citizen, the gods knows where you got that from.
    There are things that men/boys are just naturally excluded from.
    I doubt you are going to get a boy getting his ears peireced to celebrate his first menstruation.


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    Terry
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    What about his first masturbation?

    Ahh, screw it. I'm gonna stop trolling now.


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    Toots
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    God those piercing guns hurt!! That must have been horrible for the poor baby! Agree with mad m, I'd leave it until the kid decided for themself. Much the same as I'm not going to cut my kid's hair until they decide they want it done, be they male or female.:)


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    FlutterinBantam
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    Chavs, thats what they are.

    Cheap and useless chavs.


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    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Terry wrote: »
    What about his first masturbation?

    Ahh, screw it. I'm gonna stop trolling now.

    Good.


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    kowloon
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    Always thought eartags were best suited to livestock.
    Piercings for babies go into the same file as designer baby clothes and child beauty pageants.
    For the benefit of the parents and not the children.


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    #29
    Will
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    I know most reputable body piercers in Dublin wont pierce kids under 15/16 years of age. Seen it first hand when i was in a place about 3months ago.

    Personally speaking i think its terrible mainly because the kid didnt have the choice. Not to mention the piercing guns, but theyre a whole different story...


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    Le Rack
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    piercing gun = bad
    piercing gun + baby = very bad

    think it looks awful on a baby, and it's just not right, for so many reasons...
    wasn't allowed get mine done till I was eight and had silver studs or diamondy ones for my communion, and it was a stretch to convince my mam to let me get em done a second time at 15 or 16...I've since got a lot more but anyway...

    Is there not some sort of unwritten law saying they can't do that...I guess it could just as easily be done at home, tonnes of people pierce their own ears but an actual piercers or as was in my case a town jewellers doing it should not be allowed


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    #31
    tolosenc
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    Babies screaming their heads off is annoying as anything, but when you make them start, BY CHOICE...

    Why?


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