Non-Pierced Ears Blues

My ears are not pierced. Well not anymore and well not only one is still pierced, I think. My mother didn’t pierce our ears as babies. She does not have pierce ears nor does my grandmother. My sister had my aunt sign for her at age 16. I didn’t get mine pierced until I was 22. My friend BJ made a deal with me. He thought I was weird for not having my ears pierced. So, if he brought refrigerator down from the third floor of my dorm to my mom’s car, I had to get my ears pierced. It was not that bad. Then somewhere I wore some “cheap” earrings for a special occasion and didn’t wear some better quality afterwards so my left hole closed. I tried pushing an earring through but I was steady giving myself a heart attack with each push so I returned to clip earrings. I play with the idea of re-piercing my ear but I haven’t done that yet. Something about knowing the slight pain that comes with it that tells me “Clip Ons are better for me”

I like clips but 1. Why are they limited in quantities? 2. Have to be only bought online? Limited quantities should not shock me. Back when I was in the high school little bit before the popularity of the internet, I could still go in Clair’s and find a few clip earrings.  My friends could buy 5 pairs of pierce earrings but on the same trip I would only but maybe have two or three. But those were the days before online shopping. Online shopping is made to believe everything purchasable can be bought there. Clip Earring not as much. The online trust worthy sites for clip earring for me are Palm Beach, Amazon & Cliptomania. Palm Beach & Cliptomania can get pretty pricey. Can we get more trust worthy jewelry sites to sell clip on earrings? Can we get in-person stores to carry clips again? I can’t find an in-person store that has non-pierced earrings to save my life anymore. What is up with that?

The answer is not, “Get your ears pierced”. Stop alienating a part of the buying population. Don’t make me start a Non-Pierced People Protest against the Jewelry industry. Get some clip on in your stores and on your websites. And to those who are selling them, Thank You!!! Keep up the Clip-On work.