i really really really want to get my lip pierced but my parents arent letting me. i dont know what i could possibly say to convince them that its ok or w/e. help please.
here are some specifics about my ANNOYING situation
1. im 18 and in college
2. im dependent on my parents (for money and stuff)
3. they have threatened to stop sending me money if i get my lip pierced
4. i am NOT getting a job. (im keeping my focus on school work for now...plus i dont really want a job right now...)
5. they have already allowed me to get 2 tattoos
6. i will NOT go behind my parents backs to get this done. i dont do that.
i know, this is overly complicated and probably impossible, so i really appreciate any aid you could offer.
thanks a bunch for all your help!
2006-10-19 17:59:26 · 21 answers · asked by emma 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Other - Skin & Body
If you are 18, just go get one. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission...
2006-10-19 18:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Myra 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So logic or reasoning will not prevail. Your parents are right.
You do not need a lip ring!
I got my nose pierced at your age and I looked like an idiot when I was looking for a real job after college.
Tattoos can be hidden.
I would "spin" this in another direction.... your parents love you so much and believe it or not..they have been there and know what is best. You love and respect your folks that's clear.
Peer pressure is harder in college than in high school... so use your parents as the excuse... for real...they want you too...
My folks would kill me and I love teaching Sunday school sometimes and I can't if I have a lip ring...or what ever. Got me?
Be strong- its really is a phase in your life and it will pass....trust me.... do you have Britney Spears posters on the wall anymore?
See what I mean. Aim for a great role model with classic beauty, and replicate her look. You know what I'm saying right?!
2006-10-19 18:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by Denise W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you are 18 and legally allowed to get your lip pierced without your parents' consent, if you're financially dependent on them you're kind of stuck.
Either you can try to convince them by being mature, reasoning with them (ie: you have two permanent tattoos, but a lip ring can always be taken out) and demonstrating that you'll take proper care of the piercing (maybe discuss hygiene and care with them?)... or you can wait it out until you're financially independent.
You might also want to point out to them that you're not, as you said, willing to go behind their backs. I think that's a pretty mature attitude and I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
2006-10-19 18:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if they start to threaten you to not send money then go and get a job! im working over 30 hours a week and i have 16 units in school and have a 3.7 GPA (im in my second year of college taken 3 semesters already) yeah it can be tough sometimes especially whent here are a few too many test coming up or reports to do.. work for starbucks or somewhere. thats where iw ork. you can set your availability to whenever you want. ect. so if you make your own money and they threaten you tell them to suck it cause you have job and your supporting yourself! lol. but then again most jobs dont allow facial piercings. so maybe you can get it doen without them knoing. then let it heal. then get a job so you can take the jewelry in and out and then tell your parents... .your in a tough situation. but you shoudl get a job just cause anyways to keep busy when your bored of studyign or dont have anything else to study....
your lucky your parents send u money! lol im 19 now and as soon i was 18 i had to pay for everything! i still live with my om and now i have to buy my own toothpaste for crying out loud! lol and shampoo, food, books for school, tuition, ect. the only things she helps me out with is paying for half of the cost of all my books and im on her health care plan. but other than that i have to pay foreverything! you shoudl start to do the same.
plus ur 18.... just do it! my mom didnt want me to get my navel or my ears pierced but i went and did it anyways. i had to convince my bf more than my mom! he still said no. and he was upset at both but he's over it .lol
2006-10-19 18:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't want a job either and I'm not getting a lip ring will your parents send me the money? Why don't you wait. We all wanted things at 18 but 2 0r 3 years later we don't want some of the same things anymore.
2006-10-19 18:02:44 · answer #5 · answered by 7yrs2go 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please examine the finished undertaking...... I tell a secret on the tip. i'm happy which you have carried out your homework..... yet.... you're very youthful and there's a rationalization why there is an age decrease. they do no longer prefer little ones making decitions which will consequence them for something of there existence. I artwork at a dentist place of work.... I truthfully have an exceedingly stunning woman are available in one day with a lip ring.... It had chipped all of her backside tooth So we fixed it.... the subsequent time she got here in she had long previous to a stay overall performance and the gang had gotten alittle frisky and her lip ring have been given ripped out. This led to plastic surgury and a scar that she might have for something of her existence. A boy that got here to the place of work have been given one too.... Then he have been given out of faculty and it became time to get a "actual" pastime he could no longer get one in his field devoid of conversing it out. Now he have a intense high quality scar from his too. the place i stay you are able to no longer even get a activity bagging groceries on the close by value chopper with a lip ring. look previous what you prefer to do now and inspect what you prefer to do interior the destiny.... i've got not seen fairly some criminal expert with lip rings..... instructor are no longer alowed to have them. What do you prefer to do later on it existence.... Your mum and dad are sufficiently previous to appreciate that there is a good purchase greater to existence than the youngster years. once you're a woman.... get a abdomen button ring insted. you are able to cover it once you are able to desire to and if it scares its no longer the 1st undertaking human beings see. I had one. and that i've got 4 tattoos.... all in places i can conceal up for my pastime. i'm no longer a sell out.... i'm employed
2016-10-02 11:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by erlebach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you're naughty!! JK
Think about it!! If you are in college, you will probably will graduate and go on to a professional level (assueming you want to be a pro) and what do you think a lip ring would make you look while you're doing an interview for a big job??
Think about the future.......ingnore peer presure.
2006-10-19 18:15:18 · answer #7 · answered by DPLP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your reasoning is sound on all aspects except for the idea of actually getting the lip ring. I think that is disgusting, and would not have any interest in pursuing a girl who did so.
2006-10-19 18:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're 18 and a big girl, do your own thing. By the way I find lip rings ugly and repulsive. Usually homely girls wear them, not pretty ones.
2006-10-19 18:05:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, if you're 18 do what you want, legally you can do it. And if your parents really love you, they're not going to stop loving you and caring for you just because you have a lip ring.
2006-10-19 18:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋