Comments on: On Facial Piercings, Filipino Parents, and Society

By: Lelya

Lelya — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:16:36 +0000

I can so relate to what you’re going through. Ive asked my parents if i can get my lip, tragus and conch pierced and my dad flipped out on me, especially after i said “i can do what i want….its my body”. :S I currently only have my nose pierced and some ear piercings, which my dad doesnt like either. I am ADDICTED to piercings and am still going to ask again, because I think the lip piercing looks so amazing if you wear a small stud ><

By: suki

suki — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:15:52 +0000

omg, we have similar experiences. i also pierced my tongue and my mom flippppped, threatened to kick me out, dramatic much??? yes. my dad was cool with it though, weird, i know. so i took mine out the other day sadly. im also itching for another and i want to pierce my lip but i dont know how to go about telling my mom that i want to, i dont want to ruin our relationship…… so for now i wont, but i still want it badly!!!

By: nicole

nicole — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:06:41 +0000

yep thats what i am gonna do tonight when the ass holes are asleep and just take it out around them but its retarded my parents think facial piercings mean your lesbian or gay or bi or some homality thing well they dont know shit so screw em ima move out nyway

By: done it

done it — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:53:36 +0000

yeah,
they are alright!..
I asked my mom if i could get the same one done…she said no like usual so I just went ahead and done it my self!…haha

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:16:15 +0000

my mom wont let me get my lip pierced till in 16.
tomorrow im gunan get my heliz pierced.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:49:37 +0000

I had my tongue pierced, but last night my mom saw it and made me remove it. I was dead crying the whole night for what she made me do. She got so mad, and so as my dad. I had been scolded the whole night and the worst thing is, my dad wants me to stop going to school and just stay at home just for that. I didn’t try to reason as to why I decided to have it since it’ll just make things worst. The hole in my tongue is not there anymore and I’m so sad. I can’t understand why people especially parents can’t see the good side of piercings. I didn’t steal or killed somebody, i just had my tongue pierced. if ever I become a parent and my kid wants to have a piercing or a tattoo, I’ll say yes. It’s what they want and we live our lives once and there’s no reason to pass out the experience and the feeling of being able to decide to do something you badly want.

Debbies last blog post..Eto na yung mangyayari satin, inaabangan natin ‘to diba?

By: jen

jen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:29:12 +0000

hey i just got my tongue pierced nd im filo to i know exactly how it is…nevr judge a book by its cover,right!!

By: Poon

Poon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:22:37 +0000

Hey! i also came across your blog when looking at lip piercings. I just got mine done today! Its amazing how almost EVERYTHING you just said is what i heard a few weeks ago when i told my parents i was gettin it done. Dad begged me not but suprisingly, my mum was seemingly ok with it “do what you want, its your body – but i think its going to look DISGUSTING” (trying to scare me out of doing it) In the end, i won with the argument “i’l take it out when i start a fulltime job,i wont wear it around conservative relatives etc” (since i do understand that they will judge, no matter how genuine of a person i am on the inside – you cant blame people, thats how the world operates) Oh and im 21 now, so my parents know that they cant stop me from doing anything i want with my body.

I think they thought that i wasnt actually going to go through with it because of how quickly they gave in.
Anyway i was freaking out when i walked through the door today, since the stud is pretty large, but suprisingly, they didnt say much at all. Dad doesn’t like it but mum defended me with “oh its really not that bad”. (and keeps stopping me when i walk past to get a better look at it, lol) The whole experience has given me much respect for my parents. All that really matters is what they think of me and my piercing and that they have accepted (Plus im an indian girl, and our culture is pretty strict against all those kind of things, so it was a big shock that they havent dis owned me or anything!) But big Ups to you for respecting your parents strong opinion and taking your tounge stud out.

ps. – with the whole bf thing – Im actually GLAD it will fend some guys off, i love being single! My ex bf never would have liked me in a million years with a facial piercing, and now having left him and gotten one, it kinda makes me feel a little powerful, if that makes any sense at all.. :)

Anyway, you hav an awesome blog..keep it up!
And i will stop there haha. x

By: mae

mae — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:53:43 +0000

hey i juss stumbled apon ur payge when i was loking up something else. id have to say ur blog is pretty interees ting n so true .:).

id have to say tho lip ring is really hot!.on women tho .

well since im commenting i thot i take the opportunity n ask how bout a blog of what u think about people being gay?. n how the society acts upon that today.
n i kno filipino parents rnt b as harsh about it than others.

By: Annabelle

Annabelle — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:53:58 +0000

you made me laught through/out your story.. very well written i mean to say :) i thiink liprings are cool especially one on the lowerlip to the side :P :)

p.s. (dont want to sound pervy or anything)
but are youre eyes naturally blue… i mean because youre phillepino (no offense)