Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

So you tell your husband what he will NOT do?

That would be the quikest way to get me to wear an earing.

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

Or we could call it what it really is. A mild version of body mutilation.

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

mu·ti·late (mytl-t)
tr.v. mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·lates
1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple.
2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See Synonyms at batter1.
3. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts.

mutilate
verb
1. maim, damage, injure, disable, butcher, cripple, hack, lame, cut up, mangle, dismember, disfigure, lacerate, cut to pieces He tortured and mutilated six young men.
2. distort, cut, damage, mar, spoil, butcher, hack, censor, adulterate, expurgate, bowdlerize The writer's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mutilate

Calling piercing the ears a form of mutilation is really a rather large stretch of the truth. As you can see from the vast majority of definitions above, ear piercing barely fits any of the definitions. Couple that with the connotation that mutilation is usually something that is very bloody, gory, and leaves the mutilated in a very noticable state due to the horrendous condition their body is left in. Attempting to call ear piercing a form of mutilation is a lie.

And you see while it may not be a lie by the connotation of what a lie is, it is definately a lie under the definition of what a lie is. (lie ... 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.) So since calling ear piercing a form of mutilation gives the wrong impression, then by definition this is a lie. The point is, its much better to use words with their connotation than their denotation. Otherwise people are going to look at you as funny as you are looking at me by saying what you did was lie.

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

You would deliberately do something to upset your wife? :blink

He wouldn't do something like that without talking to me about it first, and I wouldn't either. (get my ears pierced without his approval)

I don't boss my husband around, but he gets my input on just about everything, and vice versa. When it comes to decisions that affect both of us, affect our children or affect our family as a whole, we have an agreement that the "no" vote rules. That way nothing ever gets the go ahead unless both of us are in agreement. If he doesn't agree with me, it's my job to persuade him. If I'm uncomfortable with something, it's his job to persuade me. I think it works pretty well. Trust me - it doesn't all go MY way. LOL!!!!!

Women who nag and whine and are bossy tend to have resentful husbands who don't want to do anything for them. However, if you're kind and you pick your battles, you're more likely to win a few. I am 100% confident that if my husband decided for some crazy reason to pierce an ear or two, that my "no" vote would completely halt the process. :) Ergo, I can say: My husband will not be getting his ear[s] pierced.

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

Hmm. I think I just realized why my wife is always telling me "Don't take out the trash" and "Don't even think about doing the dishes".

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

Maybe this is why my wife is always saying "You BETTER go buy that brand new computer NOW!".

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

ROFL!!!!! My husband IS the type of person who will rebel if I'm bossy--so I know better. ;)

He changed our wedding ceremony because one of my older sisters snapped her fingers at him during rehearsal and told him to get in line (literally). He formed a new line from a new door. It was hysterical! :toofunny

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

:ursofunny

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

I agree with pelathais here. Earrings could biblically signify a woman's submission to her husband, although most women probably never think about it that way.

Re: Earrings? Why not? God piereces ears!
 

Don't try and put this on me. Reminds me of a book I saw once, Bobbed hair, Bossy Wives and Women Preachers.

If my wife told me what I WASN'T going to do then she might expect a similar response from me. My wife doesn't tell me what to do, so we don't have the issue.