Thread: Is it tacky to get one ear pierced?

I want to get one of my ears pierced, but I wanna know is it considered tacky now days to have just one ear pierced? I ask because I was thinking about getting my right ear pierced, I want people to know I'm gay, but I don't want to have to shout it out all the time, and I don't act, nor do I like acting, like a stereotypical homo...so I'm at a loss for what I should be doing.

lol I was going to call you gay....way to ruin it.

Well if you want people to know you're gay that's the best way to do it. I only consider it tacky if you get your left ear pierced and that's it (and you're heterosexual).

Go dual piercings!

The fact that you were considering whether it's tacky or not would be enough to tip most people off.

Originally Posted by Sandform

I want to get one of my ears pierced, but I wanna know is it considered tacky now days to have just one ear pierced? I ask because I was thinking about getting my right ear pierced, I want people to know I'm gay, but I don't want to have to shout it out all the time, and I don't act, nor do I like acting, like a stereotypical homo...so I'm at a loss for what I should be doing.

Could have sworn it was the left ear, since the majority of the people I see with one ear pierced have their right one done.

Originally Posted by Daeva

Could have sworn it was the left ear, since the majority of the people I see with one ear pierced have their right one done.

Then the majority of people you've seen with one ear pierced are gay.

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

Then the majority of people you've seen with one ear pierced are gay.

Or, more likely, they've never heard of this particular 'sign'

In the latter part of the 20th century, some Americans and Europeans adopted the convention that when a man pierced just one of his ears, it symbolized his being gay. In some circles, it was the left ear, while in others, the right. Men with bilateral ear piercings were relatively rare, and were sometimes interpreted as effeminate or bisexual.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pie...urther_reading

In any case, I think a single piercing is hotter on a guy than two. I think most would agree.