Well, I have no traumatic or weird experience to tell you about, but its a little story about a 14 year-old wanting a tongue piercing. The first time I had an idea to get it done was after watching the movie "Thirteen". Most people might say, "Why would you want to get your tongue done after a stupid movie"? Well, it was something I wanted and would stop at nothing to get. I knew my Mom was wary about taking me to get it done because everyone in my family still didn't approve about me having my bellybutton pierced, but she didn't want me to go alone. So, I pressured my Mom to take me and bugged her about it constantly; of course I got the "you're too young you don't need it" speech, but I didn't care. I had my braces still on at this point, so I agreed with my Mom to wait until my braces came off, which in the end, I had the orthodontist remove early because I was sick of them and my teeth and bit were perfect. When I finally got them off I pressured her again because she said she would put serious thought in to it after my braces were removed. It was obviously a lie because she acted like she didn't remember saying anything, so I was basically back at square one with the issue.
At A Glance Author anonymous Contact anonymous@bme.anon When A year ago Artist Jane Studio 310 Tattoo Location Wilmington At this point, I had had enough with arguing about it, so, I did what any other teenager would do, I went and did it myself, I wasn't going to sit there any longer and wait for her to decide yes. One day after school, my friend and I went down to a place where we knew the people didn't card. I had seen friends' with piercings from here before, so I at least knew they wouldn't mess me up. I went in and looked around thouroly, they probably thought I was some investigator, but I just need to make sure it was safe, so I filled out the form with a bogus name and number because I didn't know if they would find out I wasn't legally supposed to be there and I would get into trouble, but I took my chances and sat in the chair waiting to get it done. I thought alot about it while sitting there and started to get phsyc my self out about it, but I knew after all the way I had come, I wasn't going to wimp out and go all the way back home. The lady came toward me with the needle and I started to panic; she pressed the clamps on my tongue while I tried to keep it steady. She looked for a spot to pierce it while I squeezed my friend's hand, which was getting it done after me, so I probably didn't make it look any easier for her. The needle finally went through and I realized I didn't feel anything at all! I was really surprised about how easy and painless the experience was.
I spent the night at a friend's house that night to make sure most of the swelling would go down before I went home to face my Mom; I still wasn't sure about how she was going to react to it, so I first made the plan to hide it until she saw it then I would explain. The first day I was home she noticed, my Mom has a tendency to get emotional so she cried because she thought she was losing her little baby by me going and doing this myself. I know its not that hard to notice, but at least I gave it a shot. She was a little disappointed in me, but accepted it and bought me quite a few cute toungue rings to put in it. She said not to tell anyone else in my family though, because they would get all upset about it and make me take it out after me putting so much time and effort into getting it and helping it heal. The would probably also blame my Mom and it was my decision to do this to my body. Its been almost a year since this little adventured occurred and I still have it in, my Dad and the rest of my family still have no clue, I plan on not telling them until they figure it out by themselves. I'm still not 100% sure about how they will react, but I hope they will just accept it.
I have no regrets about getting this done, I enjoy having it, even though it sometimes pisses me off because of how trendy it has now become. I guess the moral of this story being; if you want something done, go do it yourself!