Today, I'd like to tell you about a long running saga that has finally come to a wonderful plateau. Not an end, as it is really the beginning...
For quite a long time, I have wanted to get my other ear pierced. I already have two piercings in my left ear, but could never get up the gumption to get the right ear done. Well, today, I did it! I feel wonderful, it looks marvelous and I can't believe that I waited so long to have it done. It happened like this...
My partner and I always discuss all my new aspects of my cross dressing as they come up. I basically let her know what I am planning to do and we discuss the pros/cons of what ever it happens to be. Not a "I'm doing it!" or a "No, you can't!" kind of thing at all, more of a discussion. She supports me totally, don't get me wrong, but we agreed that we would keep a pace that allowed each of us to remain comfortable and she wouldn't necessarily restrict me from doing anything that I truly wanted to do. (Short of SRS, which we both are against!)
So, we have had the "earring conversation", ("EC" from here out!), quite often and neither of us could come to terms with all the implications. Well, as I found our today, it is very important to include details when you are discussing these types of things. We had just dropped off our daughter and a friend at the Mall and we were running other errands. As we were browsing through Claire's Boutique, (an accessory store), I noticed a small table with a piercing gun on it. The "EC" came up again, with me starting off. It went something like this...
I said, "Oooh look, I should get my ear pierced!"
My partner came back with, "Ummm Hmmm...".
Basically my clue that she is not interested, because she knows I will not go through with it. So it dropped right there. This is not unusual for the "EC" as we have been over it so many times and I always chicken out at the last minute, or she has voiced her disapproval of it as being a permanent outward display of femininity. So, off we go to finish our errands.
We were in Walmart, and coming down the aisle towards us were two young guys, (late teens, early twenties), and one of them had two huge gold hoops in both of his ears.
My partner said, "Is that what you want to look like?"
I said, "Oh gawd no, I always thought I'd just wear studs, that is unless I am dressed."
She said, "Ohhh, really?"
I came back with, "Sure, hoops that size are definitely femme and I don't think that the "gender bender" look is for me. I've always just wanted to be able to wear studs."
She was amazed, "You're kidding!? I always thought you wanted to wear the big hoops or dangly earrings!
I told her, "Well, yeah, but only with a nice dress or femme outfit..."
She looked at me and shook her head, "Then why haven't you gotten it done?"
Amazed, I responded, "Wow, no kidding, I should... Can we go back to the Mall early so I can get it done?"
And that as they say is that. We went back to the Mall and stopped in at Treasure Island. I picked out a pair of zircon starter studs and hopped up on the chair to get marked. The two women at the booth didn't even blink an eye or raise an eyebrow. She measured to my previous hole and marked the new site. Gave me the mirror and proceeded to explain just how she came up with the place to mark it. We agreed that it was placed properly and she began to place the gun. Click! That was it! I was so surprised that I asked, "Is that it?"... She said that it is much easier now-a-days, with the new guns and the slimmer posts on the starters. We chit chatted for a few minutes about the "old days" of piercing and how big those old starters were, while my partner was purchasing a matching pair of starters. (We like to have the same things, which is nice, since we have the same taste in clothes and almost the same size! - Close enough on some things!!) So, off we walked with our new ear rings and an end to the infamous "Earring Conversation"...
