How I did it: I went to Claire's and I stood in that store for about an hour, debating whether or not I would do it. (I'm 22 years old and petrified of needles, btw.) Anyway, I finally decided that if I wasn't going to do it now, I probably wasn't ever going to do it...so I just said, let's do it. There were 2 people working, so Angie (the one girl) asked if I wanted to do a double, which is getting both ears done at the same time, and I said absolutely. So they start getting the guns ready and I'm sitting in the chair, nervous as hell. I'm shaking and my heart is racing....they tell me they're ready and I tell them I need a minute to calm myself down. I tell them I'm ready, but as soon as they get close to my ears, I cover them and pull away. This happens about 4 more times in the span of 15-20 minutes. I feel terrible for wasting their time, but luckily no one was in the store. Angie said she felt so bad for me, so she took the earring out of the gun, and showed me that the gun didn't make a sound when the earring goes in. I remember watching my brother get his done and it made a huge popping sound, and she mentioned that they changed it and made it soundless because that's what scared people, the pop sound of the gun. So that made me feel a little better. I finally just said you know what? Fuck it. Just do it...So I leaned forward, instead of back, and they came up to my ears and Angie counted "1, 2, *click*....you're all done.". I said "That's it??? You're done???" I didn't even feel it...at all. I started crying out of happiness, cause I've wanted my ears pierced my entire life and I was finally brave enough to do it! I want to tell people out there that even if you're scared, you can find enough courage to do it! I mean, you don't even know how terrified I was. Basically, that morning I told my mom that I was going to get them pierced and she laughed hysterically and said "I'll believe that when I see it!" So there you go, and it's so worth it!!! You can do it! <3

Oct 11, 2010, 08:18AM PDT | 2 comments | 6 cheers