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Sorry, personally I will always think of tongue rings as “skanky”…

I think they only work for specific styles, you can’t go from punk to professional with a hole in your tongue.

I have my tongue pierced. I don’t usually make the announcement and people can’t usually tell (that I’m made aware of).

yeah, when I notice a guy or girl with a tongue ring, I often think that they are freaky deaky and have an affinity for oral sex not necessarily true for everyone of course, but I wouldn’t get a tongue ring, because the people that I’ve seen with tongue rings talked with a lisp and that isn’t sexy. nothing against people with actual lisps, but I prefer lip piercings to tongue piercings and think lip piercings are so hot on certain guys.

I wouldn’t get one myself, but I don’t really have a strong opinion one way or the other when it comes to other people. I know a guy who has a tongue piercing, but he hides it pretty well. So well that I didn’t realize he had one until we made out one night. Wasn’t expecting that.  O.O

I would love to get one but I’m afraid of the pain and also I promised my mama I wouldn’t get any piercings above my shoulders. 

I don’t think ANY piercings can really be considered skanky. It’s the person that would make it skanky, not the piercing itself.

i ahve my tongue pierced. and youre right its just another piece of jewelry. i wanted to get a piercing done on my face, but then i realized if i ever wanted to become a dermatologist like i want, that wouldnt be really wise. so i got it somewhere i could hide it…kinda. i also have my hip, belly, nose, and chest (not nipples, on the collarbone) pierced. all somewhere easily hidden from view unless im wearing a swimsuit.

your a skank if you act like a skank. i had my tongue pierced for 7-8 years and it’s true that some people will go with the stereotype, but in the end they knew i was nothing like “that”. it all comes down to you, and your attitude. it’s like saying people with tattoos are “bad”or blondes are automatically dumb. you are what you make of it. IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON.

Actually, it doesn’t hurt at all.  Seriously, the needle slides through like a knife in butter; I’m sure it has to do with the fibers muscle tissue is made of.  The only pain came the next day.  You know how achy, sore muscles feel, after a particularly hard workout?  It feels exactly the same. 

Tongue rings don’t have to be sexy or skanky.  They can just be.  I didn’t get mine done for its sexual properties.  I’m just a fan of body modification, specifically piercings, and the tongue is just one more place for a piece of jewelry. 

You define the piercing, not the other way around.

A piercing does not make a person skanky.

guys will automatically think you want to suck their dick.

I never saw them as skanky. I don’t really give a hoot who or why one has a tounge peircing, for crying out loud. geez, will it ever end? People read way to much into things. You’d think no one has a life, anymore, for crying out loud. Who cares?

If you want one, get one.  Who cares what anyone else thinks?  I think that if you carry yourself in a classy way, you can pretty much get away with any piercing or tattoo (within reason).

I have a monroe  my fiance thinks it’s cute

Great. This is going to be one of those posts in which everyone is not allowed to be entitled to their opinions and something said will offend someone.
On the subject, I never thought tongue ring as skanky or sexy. But it’s somewhat trashy. I don’t mind much if people have their tounges pierced, but I wish they would keep them in their mouths. Just because you just get it pierced doesn’t mean you have to stick your tongue out in every picture.

I have my tongue pierced and have had it done for years… I got it done because I like it, NOT because I cared how anyone else would view it or what they think it means. My mom didn’t even know I had it done until I showed her… it did not change my speech and it was not obvious. There are people who still do not know I have it done because I’ve chosen not to show them.

For those of you who are concerned with the pain, yes, it does hurt, but not forever. Eventually it will become like any other piercing that you become so used to you forget it’s even there.

ANDDDDD like a lot of others have said, piercings don’t make someone skanky, people make him or herself skanky.

I think it’s not skanky, just, ghetto.

@Pysia89@xanga - That’s kind of closed minded. Piercings don’t automatically make a person “skanky” – People are skanks with or without piercings. The two have nothing to do with each other.  o_0

The only problem with them is that the piercing is in one of the dirtiest places on the body-the mouth. It takes a lot to take care of it. Hell, there are rules and lists that have to be done by when you get a tongue piercing. I would know because my mother got one a few years ago. Unfortunately, it was too much restrictions for her and she let her hole close. 

I don’t see how tongue rings imply “sluttiness.” If anything it can hinder one’s ability to perform oral sex. 

But I had my tongue pierced for a long time before I had to take it out for some reason ( struggling to remember why ) and the hole closed up within a couple of hours. Afterwards I was just too lazy to get it repierced. 

I would just think it would be annoying to take care of. I never think of a person as skanky if they have any type of piercings or tattoos. It’s such a close-minded, prudish point of view. Ill think your a skank if that is your actual behavior. I’ve never seen a tongue ring as sexual personally. It’s only that way if you make it that way.

I personally would never get one because I can’t stand to get anything but my ears pierced…and that took me forever to get.  I’m a wuss, I hate pain, I was super scared to even get my ears pierced hahaha.  I don’t know, on some people it looks trashy, but I think it’s the aura someone already exudes, not the piercing that makes it so.  I’ve seen some people have it where it was just interesting and didn’t downgrade their classiness.  I am always interested in why people choose to get tattoos or piercings.  

However I will say, if the opportunity came where I could make out/receive oral sex from someone with a tongue piercing, I would be very willing (granted I’m attracted to the person) lol.  I wonder if it enhances it at all…anyone care to share their experiences? lol.

@blackspiders@xanga - That’s what I personally associate them with from experience. I don’t know any stable adults or teenagers with tongue piercings. None of my professors have them that’s for sure. lol

I never said tongue piercings ALWAYS mean that the person is a skank though. There’s no rule that let’s you judge people and know exactly who they are just by looking at them.

For example, it’s just like when you look at someone with excessive amounts of makeup, fishnet stockings, and standing on a dark corner. Maybe she is just someone who’s really into fashion and waiting for a ride, but most people will associate that look with a prostitute, right?
That’s what I meant.

i find it sexy on guys. i wouldn’t get a tongue piercing though, it would do much for y lisp 

As Chris Rock once said, “If a girl has a pierced tongue, she’ll probably suck your dick. If a guy has a pierced tongue, he’ll probably suck your dick.”

My 9th grade year I got this silly urge to get my tongue pierced. I got it done and they pierced it too close to the tip. I always attributed that to be lesbian-ish. So I went back to the shop and had them move it to the middle of my tongue. Then I couldn’t eat. It swelled up. It was painful. I was starving. So I removed it after 2 or three days. Now I have no idea why I ever got it done. I think of it as skanky now. Sorry if your tongues pierced but that’s my opinion. If you bite it wrong, it can chip your tooth by the way,

@ask_ashleyyy@xanga - hahaha! nice! =P

i love drew barrymore… but i find them skanky. i know others will have different opinions, but i find them very unclassy.

Is that why Drew Barrymore talks so funny?  

Here’s what an ex of mine once told me about tongue rings:”If a girl has a tongue ring, most likely, she’ll suck your dick.  If a guy has a tongue ring… most likely, he’ll suck your dick.”
Not exactly nice, I know, but I wouldn’t get one because I don’t want to put off that image.  I like tongue rings for the rebellious factor, but they’re not really going to help you get a job.

I personally don’t like tongue rings, I think it is just a stage you go through where you want a tongue ring. I don’t think a tongue ring is considered skanky but I don’t think it’s professional at all.

1. Doesn’t hurt

2. Heals fast

3. Easy to hide
4. Doesn’t leave a scar on your face 
5. Easy to take out for work and put back in after work
I love it. It’s just something fun to have that is easy to take out when it’s time to be professional. I wish everyone would get over it.

@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - As long as you know what you’re doing and get the right size bar, you won’t have a lisp. It doesn’t change the way I talk at all. I take it out all the time for work and put it in after and my speech doesn’t change. Plus it’s nice to have a piercing that doesn’t leave a scar on your face like a lip piercing does.

 @Hinase@xanga - All you have to do is rinse for with mouthwash for 3 days (or so) after you eat. Not hard at all. After that you can forget you have it completely. You don’t have to do anything to take care of it. You’re mouth heals super fast all by itself. No restrictions. I’ve had mine for 4 years no with no issues after the first 3 days.

And I’m not a skank haha I’ve had my tongue pierced for 4 years and I’ve been with one guy for 6 years. Just saying.

@sugar_mama@xanga - but by adding the tongue ring you are “making” yourself skanky. you are what you are, then you do things to make yourself into certain archetypes. no, being dumb won’t make you more blonde, but being a skank and doing things that skanks do you are (by definition) making yourself a skank.

My recently-made-ex has his tongue pierced.  He didn’t get it for inappropriate reasons – he got it because he went with a friend when she was getting her bellybutton pierced and he decided he wanted to get something pierced as well.  It was an on a whim thing   I never thought much about it either way, but when he started talking about taking it out I discovered that I actually liked it as part of his look.  It fits him.

And for the record, he hated performing oral sex.  It just didn’t appeal to him, which was fine.  Just goes to show that having a tongue ring does not imply getting down and dirty >.<

It reminds me of sluttiness, but I’m sure some girls can pull it off.

It doesn’t MEAN you’re a skank, but it is pretty much only used for oral sex, so maybe? Personal opinion.

@InvisibleMonster67@xanga - Really? Because my mother was given a long list of what she couldn’t do when she first got her tongue pierced. She had to wait awhile even to french kiss. I tend to believe the piercer and knowing how dirty the mouth is…I don’t think mouthwash by itself can do it. 

I used to have one but it’s difficult to keep when I’m working in corporate America. It’s not a very noticeable piercing, at least, it wasn’t for me. I think I was working at my job for over a year before my managers noticed and asked me when I got it (which was before my hire date). I think a lot of my friends considered it a sign that I was more down-to-earth than they really thought. 

f*ck that.

what about your teeth?

@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga - ghetto? weird comparison

@bekkabrutality@xanga - The worst part was when they put the clamp on. I really wanted to jerk my tongue back. It didn’t hurt, but it felt really weird. 

The people who get it for skanky reasons are skanky. The people who get it purely for aesthetics are not skanky, so the piercing isn’t skanky. My fiance is a body piercer, and 99% of the tongues he’s done are on normal people (well, they don’t dress slutty when they come in anyway.) I had mine pierced just because I wanted it, not because I wanted to suck dick for a living.

I love piercings, and the tongue is just another place to put a hole

I think it looks trashy. But to each his own, right?

I’ve had my tongue pierced for years, initially I probably got it because it was the in thing to do (got it about 5 years ago) and yes I probably did flaunt it around a bit. But nowadays I just don’t even notice it. I can’t even tell it’s in my mouth and I don’t talk about it or flash it around or anything. It’s just a gold ball. So yeah, plus is my defence I don’t dress like skank or act like one, and I never ever have. I’ve never worn a low cut top or short skirts or heavy eyeliner (no offence to anyone, I’m just trying to rattle of examples, mostly of a certain girl I know that has a tongue piercing who got it just to give better oral sex, she is he definition of a skank..) I agree that when u see a skanky or slutty looking girl with a tongue ring u immediately just think ‘That’s trashy’ but if u look the part of NOT a skank then you can pull it off. And also, promise on my life, it actually doesn’t hurt getting it pierced. It hurts more the next day. Honestly no word of a lie, I didn’t feel anything besides the clamp and I didn;\’t having numbing cream or anything and I’ve also never met anyone whose said that it hurts, to the extend that it frightened then or they cried excessively, etc…  

Anyways just look at the picture above, Drew Barrymore is FARRR from a skank, or skanky looking person, so that just goes to prove, your perception of tongue rings depends on the person who has it.

@Hinase@xanga - The only thing the piercer should tell you to do is make sure the balls are tight, rinse with listerine after everything you consume besides water and to brush your teeth but not your tongue for 7 days. Swelling goes down really fast and once it doesn’t hurt you can do whatever you normally do including kiss.

@SpOnTaNeOuS_sPiTbAlL@xanga - After 2 weeks or so you have to buy a new shorter barbell so you don’t ruin your teeth and as long as you get plastic balls it should be fine. If you rub the ball on your gums you can cause recession but if you know not to play with it like that nothing else will happen. I work in a dental office and that’s exactly what I’ve been told by all the doctors there. Trust me they yelled at me all the time for having metal balls on the first barbell but you don’t have a choice with the piercing barbell.

Wow unbelievable responses. I am over thirty, have only ever been with one person, have been with him for 19 years, married for 10 of them, and I got my tongue pierced two years ago. I love it. You would never know I had it (I learned to talk without a lisp because I HATE hearing someone lisp just because of a tongue ring), and I don’t flaunt it. Nor am I skanky, freaky deaky or love giving oral sex. If I take it out, you cannot see the hole in my tongue at ALL. It didn’t hurt very much to get either, less than when I got my navel pierced.

I fidget and have a nervous personality, the tongue ring is something that is hidden and I can fiddle with it without having it show; it calms me. I enjoy changing the decorative ends/balls, and yes it DOES add an element to our sex life that my husband enjoys very much. It’s SEXY, not skanky.
@Hinase@xanga - Actually your mouth is the cleanest area of your body. It is constantly cleaning (constant saliva production). Yes there are many restrictions when you get it pierced, and that is to PREVENT infection and complications. It heals within two weeks (fastest healing area of your body, once again proving how clean it is) and then all the restrictions are lifted. I can eat whatever I want, do whatever I want and I have had absolutely no issues with my piercing at all. My ears, however, they get infected easily and are a total bitch to clean and heal.

@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - But it makes them appear skanky.

I think it depends on the person and if they make a fuss or not.  My friend has one and i completely forget it was there. I had one and it didn’t work out well bc it swelled a lot. :/

I’m gonna go with neither. When I see someone with a tongue piercing, I don’t think it’s sexy, but I don’t thinks it’s skanky either. I make no judgements to their sexual morality based on that piercing because they are unrelated. I simply think it’s gross. You have a tongue piercing? That’s gross imo, nothing more. Nothing at all immoral about it.

@InvisibleMonster67@xanga - but how many people who have a tongue ring…don’t play with it?

lol
i mean i have a labret piercing.. so i’m not against facial piercings by any means… but i have an all plastic ring.
 i love my teeth.
and if you look at drew’s teeth up there it even shows her having a chip!
and a lot of people grab it with their teeth which is going to cause that little arch thing in the middle like this
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(those are some particularly nasty teeth so i’m sure they didn’t care but i’m referring to the little arch between the front two teeth)

i mean if someone really wants something they should get it! and since you work at a dentist,you know exactly how to take care of your mouth witha piercing.
i’m just telling this person to take the same precautions!  lol

or their teeth will not come out of this okay!

Broken teeth and receding gums are sexy.

I had a discussion with my friend about this (she has one) and we decided that it isn’t slutty or whatever until you make it. So like, she’s wicked classy, so it just seems pretty. If she were trashy looking, however, I would think otherwise. Andd I really want one too. Haha. But it look painful!

I had my tongue peirced and I am not skanky! I mean I’ve had my moments but who hasn’t? I’m definitely less skanky than most people my age. If you want one, get one. I really liked mine but I swallowed the ball, took it out overnight and when I woke up in the morning it was healed over. I might peirce it again but I dunno. It didn’t hurt that much but it did leave a mark.

@amyunicorn@xanga - I heard differently about the mouth. I doubt it is the cleanest part of the body. I believe that part goes to the butt and other places. Not the mouth. Yeah, that’s the thing. It takes a lot to keep it clean and prevent infection more than any other place. Weird. My ears are always so sensitive and I’ve gotten my fair share of infections in them and when I got the second hole pierced it was easy to keep them clean. I didn’t really have any restrictions for them.

I don’t think they’re slutty, ’cause I know people with tongue rings who aren’t slutty (although wild).  I see them more as skanky, like you [asked] in the title.

@ask_ashleyyy@xanga - Haha, this  I def. think guys with tongue rings as homosexual.

@sugar_mama@xanga - *Like*   lol

I have my tounge pierced and a “tramp stamp” and I am, in no way, a skank.. Never been one, never will be one!

I think when I see someone who has their tounge pierced “Wow, they must have wanted their tounge pierced.” & Nothing more. They don’t mean anything. People should really chill on the “what does everyone think about everything I do” nonsense. For real.

@Hinase@xanga - I’m still not sure how you mean it takes a ‘lot’ to keep clean. You have to rinse after you eat or drink something, and avoid dairy products to prevent an infection in the wound (bacterial), and not go overboard on mouthwash to avoid killing off all of the ‘good’ bacteria already in your mouth. After two weeks and/or once the swelling and/or pain recedes, there are no restrictions at all. Mine didn’t even swell at all. My earlobe piercings took over 8 weeks to heal, and my cartilage piercings took a year to heal. Not being able to lay on certain sides to sleep was a very frustrating restriction for me to deal with for a year.

@amyunicorn@xanga - I don’t know. I didn’t have the piercing myself. My mother did and she was given a long list that she wasn’t supposed to do for a few weeks. She couldn’t even make it and ended up taking it out. Still, I would think even after the pain and swelling does go down, you have to take care of it. It is in the dirtiest part of the body after all..;/ Just doesn’t seem worth it to me. My second earlobe piercings were easy to take care and not much trouble at all. But that’s just me. Yeah, I’ve had friends pierce their cartilage before..some said that it hurts for a long time, and some said that it doesn’t bother them after a few weeks. I think it depends on the person. I’m just going off what I personally know.

It has been my experience that everyone who I’ve met with one IS a slut; now it’s just an unfortunate biased opinion/judgment that happens with me. I try my best not to assume, promise. 

Of course, if you aren’t wagging your tongue in my face every chance you get and you look like a decent person, I probably won’t even notice. 

No one ever noticed mine. I think they are only thought of as “Skanky” really when the person with their tongue pierced is constantly bringing attention to that fact.

I’ve had mine pierced 3 times due to various reasons if you’ve pierced anything else on your body the tongue one really doesn’t hurt that much. My nose was way worse.

If I get any more metal in my face I am gonna seriously look like a tin opener, so I wouldn’t go for it myself.

I had mine pierced for a little bit. I don’t think any piercing can make one skanky. I mean, it’s how you handle yourself with it. I know tons of lovely, respectable people with piercings that you wouldn’t assume they’d have.. 

With great piercings comes great responsibility, I guess. haha

I have my tongue pierced, and I got it done before I was even sexually active! It’s only skanky on certain people. And even if you do get it to enhance oral sex, what does it matter..?

I don’t necessarily think “skanky” when I see a tongue ring, but I really don’t like them.  To each their own.

i dont like them, i think they’re ugly

omg i really hate these kind of damn posts on here . skankyness is defined by the person not the object . i could have 10 piercings on my vagina but be a virgin meanwhile someone who has no piercings but has 50 sex partners . looks can be deceiving so don’t judge a book by its cover .

You said, “And I happen to like how it looks.”

What makes it so appealing to you? What makes it attractive to you to have jewlry in your mouth?

They were really popular back in my early high school career (a decade ago) but I think it was just a fad for the most part. Honestly, now I really only see people who have a lot of piercings in general with tongue rings. It would seem just because they collect piercings in general and thats just another blank canvas. If you’re under 20 I’d probably assume you got one because you want others to see you as a sexual being (and if you’re still in hs that concept would give me the willies) while if you’re over 20 and don’t have many other piercings I’d probably just assume you’re off trend. But then, I’m not trendy myself so I have no room to talk.

What it comes down to is whether YOU like it or not. People will always judge. Nothing you can or should do about that. They do heal up quick from what I hear so taking it out is always an option.

@citadel_of_stars@xanga - So if you get your clit pierced, that isn’t skanky? It depends on the person?

:/
Personally I think they’re skanky. 

I got my tongue pierced when i was 16, I’ve had it ever since (im 22 now). I think you should just do it, it didn’t hurt, but i have a pretty good tolerance for pain. The only part that sucked was the healing.

@thisiswhereItellyoueverything@xanga - Nope, not skanky. Especially if you’re in a serious relationship or married and its for you and your partner. How would it be skanky if it’s improving your sex life with ONE person? I can see if someone got their clit pierced and they went around sleeping with everyone, then yeah, it would be skanky, because the girl would be the one making it seem skanky.
The piercing itself has nothing to do with whether a person is trashy or not.

If you have your tongue pierced in the centre, you’re wearing a barbell. Not a ring. 

That aside, I have my tongue pierced twice (and can wear rings in it if I choose), and had it done years before I became sexually active. I got it done because I was due for a new piercing, and at the time I was doing medieval battle games and needed something that would not get ripped out of my face or dislodged while healing. It’s only as skanky as you make it. Most people are surprised that I even have tongue piercings because I have them farther back and don’t stick them out constantly. Definitely one of the easier piercings to care for. 

I used to think it was sexy when I was younger. Now I think it’s skanky. =\

Lol a tongue bar just becomes another part of your body, it could never define a person, unless they want it to then they maybe they are a skanky person…idk.

If you want it classy get a dinky little one in black or something, you have to wear the massive metal ones while you heal but after that find some that you like. 

I personally don’t like them, but, women can be pierceless and be skanky too! It’s your actions.

The only piercings that really disturb me are nipple peiercings because when ever I see them I winch and think of how painful getting them done must be. Just a reflex action.

Tongue piercings are so much less obvious than other above the neck peircings that I never thought of them as being attention getters, and never thought ot them as skanky either. I mean, if someone wants to look skanky, they might as well do something really obvious, no?

Another thing I’ve noticed among the comments here that I find interesting is people referring to getting them for appropriate or inappropriate reasons, for skanky or not skanky reasons. I mean since when is giving oral either inappropriate or skanky? People have sex, oral is part of most people’s sex lives. Or is it a big deal and I didnt get the memo?

I think that generally they do look skanky… and it’s just not very “Grown up”. I’m just saying…you’re probably never going to get to be CEO of anything with that in your mouth. Also….there’s the danger of infection, and if it’s done wrong, you lose your sense of taste…and it’s really bad for your teeth…so… overall, I think it’s a bad idea. I just can’t imagine all the food and gunk getting in it…ew.

I don’t think it’s a sign of sluttiness, no. I don’t like how they look personally, but that’s opinion. If you want to get it done, you should do, regardless of the silly connotations attached to it.

@citadel_of_stars@xanga - I don’t think piercings make people skanky either, but there’s a certain perception that goes with piercings or tattoos regardless of what that person’s personality is.

It’s the same with clothing. If a girl is wearing a tiny miniskirt that’s showing underbutt, that’s skanky – and she could be a virgin. I don’t think a tongue ring makes a person skanky, and I have a friend who has a tongue ring and is decidedly not a skank – I just think tongue rings themselves are trashy. It’s just my honest opinion.

I think they’re very non-sexy. Whether or not they’re skanky more depends on the individual, but in general, yeah, they kinda are, since most people I know who have tongue piercings tend to be on the skankier/sluttier side of things. Mostly, though, I just find them to be incredibly stupid. They have serious risks, hurt like hell (from what I’ve heard), can seriously damage your teeth, and they make you talk funny (and that doesn’t always go away).

It’s not a sign of “slutty-ness”. I think it’s ignorant to even assume that. I got my tongue pierced about 4 months ago. Not because I’m a slut, but because I simply like the look of it. 

I’m 27. I’ve been married to the same man for 7 years. He was my first boyfriend at age 16 & the only man I’ve ever slept with. How could you possibly think that is a slut? If someone thinks I’m a slut because I have my tongue pierced, then they’re just bias & childish.

I’m thin, that doesn’t mean I’m anorexic.I’m naturally blonde, that doesn’t mean I’m stupid.I have tattoos, that doesn’t mean I ride a motorcycle.
All of these “yeah, a pierced tongue means you’re a slut” comments are really pissing me off. It’s no different than racism, age discrimination, sexual discrimination, religious hate, etc. It’s funny how people are really showing their bias attitudes towards other people. You people disgust me.

I’ve had mine for over a year & i’m only sixteen.
it does have alot of stereotypes to it,
i only got mine because i liked how it looked, i thought it was pretty cool.
plus, it didn’t even hurt as much as i thought !
i have been asked if i got it for intercourse, but it’s not what i got it for.
i got it , becus i wanted another piercing that is not very noticeable.

In my opinion, skanky.

i kinda want mine done

I don’t like pierced tongues expecially when a waitress has one. 

I don’t really think “skanky” but I do think they make somebody look a lot less classy. They seem like a trashy piercing to me by just the way it looks… I don’t know. I just hate the looks of it.

Maybe it’s because I’ve never met ONE classy person with a tongue piercing. Literally. Not. One.

I feel the same way about an eyebrow piercing. Trashy.

@ki_tahn@xanga - I don’t think it necessarily makes people look like ”slut”, I kind of just think it’s a trashy piercing. That doesn’t mean I think a person with a tongue ring is trashy, but they look it…

Again, that’s probably because I’ve never met a classy person with a tongue ring. Maybe my perspective would change 100% if I did.

I don’t think it’s either sexy nor skanky. I think it is simply another form of self-expression and ultimately, body jewelry. What people chose to do with it is up to them. I personally love piercings… I’m too chicken to get tattoos.

I definitely wasn’t a skank in 8th grade when I got mine.
And I’m definitely not three times the skank because I have two more in my mouth now.
A piercing is a piercing and making a judgement based on it is like saying a guy who wears a pink shirt is gay.

If you want to get one, then do it. You shouldn’t have to think about what others may think of you when you do. However, there are always retainers you can put in to hide them or as opposed to getting metal balls, get clear acrylic ones. (That helped me hide mine from my mom for a good two years.)

Pain really isn’t an issue, it feels like a shot to me, but everyone is different. In terms of aftercare, it’s pretty simple. Don’t touch your piercing with dirty hands, use an antiseptic, non-alcoholic mouthwash, like crest pro health, and just be careful for the first few weeks eating. It’s also a pretty good way to shed some weight before summertime!!

I say fuck it, and get it. Just cause unlike a tattoo, if you don’t like it, you can always just take it out.