Comments on: Rebel Gone Wrong

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:50:37 +0000

-Debra, Oh, that’s a whole different kind of problem, isn’t it? Huge gaping holes in one’s ears would be kind of annoying! Thanks for the weekend wishes, I’ll do my best!

By: Debra Snider

Debra Snider — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:24:18 +0000

Wow! I wish I could trade places with some of you. I got my ears pierced (just one in each ear; very tame) when I was 16, wore earrings most, but nowhere near all, of the time for about 30 years, and have been waiting in vain for the holes to close up for the last decade. Just out of curiosity, I put in a couple of earrings every now and then and they slide right in as if the holes haven’t in fact been empty for years. I did always wear precious metal earrings (nothing less fine than 14K gold), so maybe that’s why I never had any infections or other problems. But now I have no desire to wear earrings, I basically never do wear them, and I still have 2 perfect holes in my ears!

Erika, hope you’re staying as calm as possible and having at least a relatively relaxing weekend.

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:56:59 +0000

-Blanche, Sterling silver is brighter than pure silver and doesn’t tarnish. Sterling silver is alloyed with other metals to make it stronger. The more you know!

By: Blanche

Blanche — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:39:57 +0000

Wait, isn’t sterling silver the real silver? If not, what’s real silver?

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:34:49 +0000

-DC, Huh, it seems that everyone’s been able to get their significant others to buy them nice jewelry by saying their ears have to have precious metal earrings. I’m gonna have to look into this…Thanks for the tip!

By: DC

DC — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:26:11 +0000

My fiancee has the same thing where anything other than the actual precious metals will make her ears explode. Including sterling silver as opposed to real silver.

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:46:44 +0000

-Blanche, Maybe it’s my crappy earrings giving me grief, I never thought about that! Alright, I’ll just go tell Wes he needs to get me some gold earrings, I’m sure he’ll be fine with it…I’m glad I made you laugh, I will feel no such shame for that!

By: Blanche

Blanche — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:19:07 +0000

My ears were pierced at the old age of 16(!), but I can remember having to do that punch-through a few times after I’d worn earrings that had bad metal posts or backs (anything but gold or true silver gives me a nasty crusty rash). Yuck.

Now I solve the problem by being lazy and wearing the same earrings all the time, usually a pair of studs, currently the diamonds DH gave me for some holiday last year (just count it as a sign of early onset old-timers disease that I can’t remember the exact one).

You made me laugh out loud at work at the tattoo going from a butterfly to an ugly sailor flipping the bird. Shame on you! ;)

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:21:43 +0000

-Delisa, I do remember that, we had such great ideas in high school…Thanks for the early birthday wishes! For my birthday, I want to have a waistline that shrinks exponentially in relation to how much chocolate I eat (unless I’m pregnant) and I’d like to burn oddles of calories while sleeping.

By: Delisa

Delisa — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:30:45 +0000

Mine heal pretty quickly too, although not nearly to the extent of yours. Remember when I decided to re-pierce my own ears with a safety pin sophomore year of high school? What a silly child I was. Oh, and Happy early birthday!