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I think tongue rings are sexy. I know, I know…some of you out there are
saying right now, “eewwww” and some are saying “ahhhhhh” but the bottom
line is, “I” think they’re sexy no matter what anyone says. At first
sight of one, I have to admit that I was one of those people who say,
“Did that hurt?” cmon now, who doesn’t ask that when you have a
piercing. But honestly, any needle that’s gonna go through some part of
your body even ears, if gonna have some sort of pain, don’t you think?
I went to a high school that if you had anything pierced besides your
ears, you would be looked at as if you were some kind of “freak” or
alien from some other planet. I hated that. So when I graduated I
finally decided I was going to get something pierced and no one could
say anything!
Last summer I would always be down in Seattle with a bunch of my close
girlfriends and we would go clubbing or party with people over there.
I’ve always loved the scene in the states. Everyone seems so much more
open-minded over there. People I met there in the summer had all kinds
of different characteristics about them that made them appealing to me.
That’s when I met Jeff. Jeff and his guy friends all had piercings. Jeff
has a tongue ring and that immediately caught my attention. I guess the
fact that he never stopped playing with that damn thing made it kinda
hard not to notice. The sound it made when he played with it against his
teeth, turned me on for some odd reason. Yeah, I know, that sounds
stupid but hey, some other people get turned on by weirder things but I
won’t get into that!
The sad thing is, I never got to kiss Jeff. I wanted to kiss him as soon
as I laid eyes on him especially with that tongue ring of his. Many
people have told me that kissing someone with a tongue ring is a whole
new experience. I’ve only heard positive things about it. So if you know
anyone with a tongue ring, I highly suggest you kiss them, even just to
see how you like it! You never know, you might even get one for
yourself.
That’s where 2 months ago comes in this story. Being away from Seattle
and all the cool people drove me and my best friend Lynn crazy. Lynn
also had this love for tongue rings since Jeff’s good looking friends
also had them. We tried to find some people with tongue rings where we
lived but we only found a few and even the people who did have them,
weren’t the same as the people we met down in the states.
Finally, Lynn and I decided to get our tongues pierced. We went around
different places and found out how much it would cost and the
procedures. We ended up going to a small place downtown that did it and
the piercing lady seemed really nice on the phone.
When we drove down there we brought our guy friend Rob for support and
just to squeeze his arm when the needle goes through our tongues! When
we first drove past there, we saw some big guys with dog chains around
their necks and big spiky blue hair, we were then thinking, “HELL NO”
but we couldn’t just back down now. So we went inside.
We were happy to find out that he was just another customer getting
something pierced, sorry I don’t know what he did but that’s OKAY! We
met the lady her name was Cindy. She was really nice and experienced.
She had her tongue ring for 3 years and some other piercings also that
she loved. She asked us for ID because I guess Lynn and I kinda look
young since we’re both short. You have to be 19 to have anything besides
your ears pierced here unless you have your parents consent. We showed
her our Ids and then we made us sign a bunch of papers and pay the
$60.00 Canadian for the piercing and the jewelry.
Lynn and I both chose to get a 14 gauge and ¾ as our barbell. You should
see some of the gauges, I’m surprised some people would get something
that big in their mouth! With our signatures done, we know that there
was no turning back.
We sat in the waiting room and looked at the various “interesting”
pictures on the wall of different people’s piercings. I was beginning to
get nervous. My so called “brave” friend Lynn, was saying, “Oh I’ll go
first, I’m not scared”. We all when in the room when Cindy called us in.
One look at the chair with “straps” that we had to sit in, Lynn hid
behind me! Cindy asked who would go first and Lynn pushed me towards
her. So I went first.
Cindy told me to rinse Listerine in my mouth for 2 minutes first as I
sat on that scary chair. As I was rinsing, I couldn’t help but feel like
I was in some kind of scary movie just looking at those straps. After I
spit it out, my tongue felt kind of tingly and numb. I felt like that
was good! Cindy got on her gloves and was taking out a new package of
these “clamps”, a “big needle” and an elastic band. She wrapped the
elastic around the middle of the clamps. She asked me to stick out my
tongue so she could see how far my tongue could go out. My tongue is not
that long so she had to pierce it more to the tip of my tongue so it
would be in the right position. Anymore to the center and it could hit
something else! So took the clamp and put it on the tip of my tongue.
She said, in a second I’m going to have a needle in your mouth ( in this
really calming voice ) and I need for you to keep your tongue out of
your mouth at all times, it’s very important that you do so.
She took the needle and poked It though…..surprise surprise, I barely
felt a thing. It was like a small poke! I was relieved. As she had the
needle in my tongue, she took out the clamp and told me to keep my
tongue out as she got the barbell ready to put through my hole. At this
time, a never ending waterfall of my drool was falling down my bib that
she made me wear. My friends, were laughing at me but it was okay
because I knew I would have my chance when Lynn was up next. Sitting
there with this big needle in your tongue was a feeling I’ve never felt
before. It was kinda cool but the drool made me feel like a little kid
again or something. She took the barbell and placed it through the new
hole and screwed the balls into place. WALA! It was done! Lynn was next
and I got to laugh at her!
She told us to Listerine again and she gave us a bunch of information on
aftercare She said it’s important not to get any bacteria or germs near
the piercing for 2 months until it’s completely healed. That meant no
kissing, no going down on someone, no sharing joints unless you’re the
first to smoke. She told us to Listerine after every time we eat or
smoke or some kind of accidental contamination.
The next 3 days was hell for me. I thought the hard part was over but I
was wrong. My tongue immediately swelled up that night and I couldn’t
eat a thing. It took me 3 hours to try and eat a bowl of noodle soup. I
found a good technique to eat your food. Tilt your head to the side,
chew a little and then tilt your head back and swallow. It takes time
and you look stupid eating in public but it’s worth it! I had buckets of
ice with me everyday and all I ate was ice and soup for a week. I took
lots of Advil. I was popping them in like candy, my mom told me to stop
taking so much but it just made all the pain go away! Listerine and
advil were my best friends for that week. After a week, the swelling was
gone but it still hurt when I played with it. After a month, I could
play with it and it didn’t hurt at all , it felt really good actually
and really addicting. It’s hard not playing with this thing at first!
I got to change my barbell for a longer one because I like playing with
it so much and showing it off to others. I also got a glow in the dark
ball for clubs and stuff. Grabs lots of attention from others, I suggest
it for all you clubbers out there. And I also got an atom tickler to add
to the top ball. “WOW” is all I gotta say when you got that thing in
your mouth. I HIGHLY suggest getting a tongue ring for all you curious
people out there. I think it’s the best and craziest thing I’ve ever
done. And the bond you feel with complete strangers that have one too is
dope! You just see all these people sticking their tongues out at you if
they see that you have one!
My 2 months is up and I can finally kiss someone with it and since I’m
single maybe even more than one person! Hahahahaha Hey, maybe I’ll go
back to the states and find Jeff and surprise him and maybe even get to
finally kiss him but this time, I have one too!
Submitted by:jillnana@hotmail.com
Experience Added 03/11/99