Earrings on Men

martomcg · 03-02-2014 11:23AM #1

So I've been having an on-going arguement with a female co-worker about lads who have both of their ears pierced.

She feels strongly that it's a very 'knackery' thing to have done.

I myself have had both of mine pierced for over 5 years now and have never had anyone else comment on them. (I'm 27 by the way)

So what do people think?

as a FYI - the ones i wear are small enough black ones

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Mens Black Earrings

Legs.Eleven · 03-02-2014 11:26AM

A fella with one silver ring his ear (just one ear) gets me wet. Fact.

Artful_Badger · 03-02-2014 11:26AM

Definitely gives off the carny vibe. You and your co-worker dont work on a ring toss stall by any chance do ya ?

martomcg · 03-02-2014 11:28AM

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Definitely gives off the carny vibe. You and your co-worker dont work on a ring toss stall by any chance do ya ?

Hahaha no not a 'carney'!

I work in IT but never wear them to work. Would only be in my free time or when heading out on a night out.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 03-02-2014 11:29AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

A fella with one silver ring his ear (just one ear) gets me wet. Fact.

PM sent.

OP, I have 1 ear pierced but the only lads I've ever seen with 2 earrings that looked stupid were young fellas with a diamond stud in each. Stop that.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 03-02-2014 11:29AM

i think they're as horrible looking as earings on women.

Menas · 03-02-2014 11:30AM

I would not worry about it OP. People have different tastes and snobbery levels.

JuliusCaesar · 03-02-2014 11:30AM

Depends what kind.

Are they long dangly ones?

Little gold rings?

Large gold hoops?

Those horrible ones to open the hole in your ear as large as possible?

Give us a clue!

03-02-2014 11:32AM

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Definitely gives off the carny vibe. You and your co-worker dont work on a ring toss stall by any chance do ya ?

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hedgehog2 · 03-02-2014 11:32AM

Think its an old fashion,I dont get those big holes in the ear wooden ones usually sported with a neck tattoo.
Two earings used to be a sign a fella was gay by him showing the world but think thats no longer the case now.
Personally I would never wear one.

martomcg · 03-02-2014 11:34AM

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Depends what kind.

Are they long dangly ones?

Little gold rings?

Large gold hoops?

Those horrible ones to open the hole in your ear as large as possible?

Give us a clue!

The ones i wear are small enough black square ones!

Discreet enough and not mad blingy!

Legs.Eleven · 03-02-2014 11:34AM

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

PM sent.

OP, I have 1 ear pierced but the only lads I've ever seen with 2 earrings that looked stupid were young fellas with a diamond stud in each. Stop that.

Sometimes you see guys with a few rings in each ear or two massive ones which can also look hot. I'm thinking Blacky O'Connor from Glenroe with earrings. That'd be my cup of tea. Spanish gypsy stylee. Me likey. Like this fella:

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/622363/292107.jpg

Shenshen · 03-02-2014 11:38AM

I would say it depends on the type of earring, really.

The stupid diamons studs can indeed look a bit... well, ethnic, I suppose.

One or two nice silver earrings however, oh yum! Yes, please

anncoates · 03-02-2014 11:39AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

A fella with one silver ring his ear (just one ear) gets me wet. Fact.

Agreed

Makes me piss myself laughing top.

Legs.Eleven · 03-02-2014 11:44AM

anncoates wrote: »

Agreed

Makes me piss myself laughing top.

You're jealous of their ruggedness.

Dyr · 03-02-2014 11:46AM

jealous of their string of previous convictions more like

nothing says "I've more form than ladbrokes" quite like an ear ring on a bloke

tin79 · 03-02-2014 11:47AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

A fella with one silver ring his ear (just one ear) gets me wet. Fact.

The expression "gets me wet" always makes me shudder. I don't know why I know its a natural physiological process...but it just does. Maybe I yearn for a simpler time....

Green Giant · 03-02-2014 11:47AM

Hate earrings, full stop.

Nothing against those who wear them, however.

Meangadh · 03-02-2014 11:49AM

I think the only men that I've ever seen that look good with earrings are Johnny Depp and Bruce Springsteen. But that's probably because they're Johnny Depp and Bruce Springsteen.

In real life, like on a night out for example, I wouldn't find a man with earrings appealing at all. Just if we're taking initial attraction I mean. And I'm totally repulsed by those expander earrings things, on men or women. Sick.

anncoates · 03-02-2014 11:49AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

You're jealous of their ruggedness.

In the interests of full disclosure, I did have a silver ring in one ear for years but got rid of it in my late 20s. It looks alright on younger guys.

As a child of the 80s though, I still have nightmares of the proto-traveller look of single fake diamond ear stud and rat-tail haircut combo.

suicide_circus · 03-02-2014 11:50AM

sparkle sparkle !

awec · 03-02-2014 11:50AM

Earrings look alright on men as long as it's not the rings, or anything gold.

Links234 · 03-02-2014 11:51AM

No?

Seriously though... let it never be said AH is full of judgmental dry sh*tes

SEPT 23 1989 · 03-02-2014 11:52AM

pierced mine with a Mr Freeze and a sewing needle which was the style at the time

Legs.Eleven · 03-02-2014 11:53AM

tin79 wrote: »

The expression "gets me wet" always makes me shudder. I don't know why I know its a natural physiological process...but it just does. Maybe I yearn for a simpler time....

Yeah, it's a bit crude alright but I was trying to convey the level of attractiveness for me. Seeing a silver hooped earring on a guy would be the equivalent of a lady revealing her "Devil's Dumplings" (too crude?) in a low-cut top. No idea why.

"It gets me weak at the knees" then. That better?

Links234 · 03-02-2014 11:54AM

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Yeah, it's a bit crude alright but I was trying to convey the level of attractiveness for me. Seeing a silver hooped earring on a guy would be the equivalent of a lady revealing her "Devil's Dumplings" (too crude?) in a low-cut top. No idea why.

"It gets me weak at the knees" then. That better?

Just say sploosh and be done with it

suicide_circus · 03-02-2014 11:56AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

pierced mine with a Mr Freeze and a sewing needle which was the style at the time

did something similar circa 1998. infection set in rapidly.

anncoates · 03-02-2014 11:57AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

pierced mine with a Mr Freeze and a sewing needle which was the style at the time

I misread that as a knitting needle initially

Legs.Eleven · 03-02-2014 11:58AM

Meangadh wrote: »

I think the only men that I've ever seen that look good with earrings are Johnny Depp and Bruce Springsteen. But that's probably because they're Johnny Depp and Bruce Springsteen.

In real life, like on a night out for example, I wouldn't find a man with earrings appealing at all. Just if we're taking initial attraction I mean. And I'm totally repulsed by those expander earrings things, on men or women. Sick.

Did you ever ask a wearer to take theirs off and give it a sniff? You'll never smell anything so bad in your life as that pong.

The Pheasant2 · 03-02-2014 11:59AM

Never had my ear pierced, had the eyebrow pierced for a couple of years 15 - 17 though. Haha if I was to get it pierced I'd wear one of those dangly feather ones like Corey Haim in "Lost Boys"!

Green Giant · 03-02-2014 12:00PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

sparkle sparkle !

"BART!!!!"

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