At A Glance
Author	anonymous
When	Three months ago
Artist	Jen
Studio	Inkredible Ink Inc
Location	Orlando, FL

Well my girlfriend had been complaining for a while that I don't do anything exotic for her. So, I think to myself "what can I do that is exotic and different". I then continued to think and decided that I could get a piercing. However, my dad is a Master Sergeant in the Marine Corps. and to say the least he's a little bit against the whole piercing thing (I've talked about getting my ear pierced and he says that if I ever came home with a hole in my head he would pelt me one across the face). So I figure that I am pretty much out of luck on that one. So I go online looking at different piercings and think "hey I could get my nipples pierced and just make sure that I always wear a shirt when I'm going to see him". Not too bad of an idea. So I throw little hints to my somewhat naive girlfriend and she thinks that it would be cool if I got it done. Now comes the troubled part.

Now I want this to be a surprise for her, and I want it to be healed a little bit before she finds out. So logically I can't just get it done and then later on that day say hey look and expect it to be healed too much. Then, she tells me that she's going to Puerto Rico for two weeks. I am thrilled! I have finally found my window of opportunity to really do this.

So I do the wonderful, courteous, boyfriend thing and drop her and her sister off at the airport and then pick up a couple friends and head downtown to the more prestigious tattoo/body piercing shop Inkredible Ink, Inc. So I tell the wonderful staff that I want to get my nipples pierced and they tell me the price. I figured that it was a fair price and agree and begin to fill out the necessary paperwork.

Well, let me tell you, I did not think that I would actually go though with it and I am now really nervous. My palms were all sweaty, my heart was racing a little bit, and when the paperwork asked for my address I couldn't think of it so I had to get out my drivers license and copy it down. I then wait to get my procedure done because there are a few other people in front of me. Now mind you, this is my first piercing ever and I consider my nipples to be pretty darn sensitive and I am thinking to myself "wow, this is going to hurt and there is no way that I am actually going to go through with this".

Well, I wasn't paying attention to what is going on around me because my head is really spinning at this point. The other people are done in what seemed like 10-15 seconds and the lady calls me in to get my procedure over and done with. So we make some quick small talk and I take my shirt off. She takes the Sharpie and makes a couple dots on either sides of my nipples and my heart is really starting to pound now. She asks me if I am sure that I want to do this and I agree and she tells me what is going to happen.

Well, basically what happens is that she takes two needles and sticks them through either nipple really quickly and then the piercing part is done and then it's just placing in the ring and clamping the ball in place. The procedure sounds, simple, painful but simple. I don't really care what is going to happen because I just want this over and done with my heart is pounding, my palms are all sweaty, and I don't think that I have been so nervous about anything in my entire life.

So here it is, the moment of truth. I am sitting on the procedure table and grasping the sides wanting to wake up from this dream. I then hear the words "take a deep breath in" and I do as instructed and then all of a sudden I feel a point and then a poke and then burning. Not a painful lighter type burn but more or less the kind that you get when you get an indian burn. I let the air out in a calming exhale and think that wasn't too bad. Then before I can think of anything else mere moments not even long enough to describe as seconds I hear "take a deep breath in" and I once again do as instructed and the all the same feelings rush in at once only this time I feel the sharp stab of the needle going through which causes me to take in more air. Then I let it out once again in a calming exhale. Then I look down....

So there they are. My two nipples VIOLATED with needles sticking through them. They burn a little bit and to get my mind off of it I start rambling on about some stupid stuff. The wonderful lady then goes to grab the jewelry and put it in then I feel a slight tug on the left nipple not too much discomfort, then a tug on the right nipple again not too much discomfort I look down once again...

There they are! Two shiny nipple rings and one amazed person. So I get some verbal directions on the do's and don'ts of having a piercing and get the cleaning directions and off I go.

Well, after all that excitement who wouldn't be tired right? So I get home and fall asleep right there on the couch. I wake up a couple of hours later to go to the bathroom and then when I go to wash my hands I realize that it wasn't a dream I actually went through with it and it looked killer. I mean I thought for sure that it would be somewhat gay but did it ever look good.

Well two weeks of cleanings and glances every chance I got and my girlfriend gets home. Now, I have told her nothing about what was going on and she had gotten me a couple shirts from Puerto Rico when she was there. She wanted to see how I looked with them on so, I take my shirt off and she glances over at me just to check me out (after all she hadn't seen me in two weeks) and her eyes were the size of pumpkins and her mouth dropped! It was a great reaction just what I wanted so I simply said "surprise"!

Now you are probably wondering if I have any regrets and they answer is yes. The one thing that I regret is not having a camera available to get her facial reaction when she first saw my piercing.