Belly button piercings-trashy or cute?
Backtolovely
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Okay, I need some honest opinions here. I'm thinking of getting my belly button pierced because I really like the way it looks, but I've seen some people saying it's "so 90s" and makes a girl look easy. I'm fairly average sized, but I have big hips and butt and boobs which could either help the look or make me seem even sluttier. What do you guys think? I wear crop tops fairly often but it's not like I'm wearing trashy 90s tube tops and crap. I wear nice clothes, my hair is a natural color and my face is pretty I guess so would it make me worse if I got it pierced? Tell me your opinions!
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Nothing wrong with a nice belly button ring it's your body as long as you like it sod everyone else i say go for it
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Depending on how you're intending to wear your choice of body jewelry will determine its misinterpretation (dated/trashy/slutty) or any likely positive regards (cute/...).
A woman's sensuality and femininity is a celebration of how you do you. For some of us - it's a cultural norm. Depends on where you are geographically and socially@suitability/appropriateness/style.2 -
From one old guy's point of view, it depends.
In young women or women of any age who are "in shape", it looks cute. In older women or women of any age who are chubby and overweight, it seems inappropriate - - not necessarily trashy or slutty - - just inconsistent w/the woman's age or size; they'd simply look better w/o a piece of jewerly that focuses attn on that part of their body.
Of course, it's every woman's choice to wear any kind of body jewelry she pleases but the OP asked for opinions and this is mine.3 -
Go for it! I don't think its trashy at all. Its your body and you should deck it out to your liking. Ive got plugs and a tounge ring. I couldn't give a *kitten* about the kind of people who think they make me look mean or bad or trashy or whatever they imagine.
Plus most piercings are cute on women IMO.0 -
Really only you can answer that as there will be so many opinions on a public forum. If YOU think it would look good on YOU, then go for it. If you are going to be thinking "Do I look okay or do I look trashy?" all the time if you have it done then I wouldn't bother, you need confidence to get your belly out, especially if it's decorated (and I don't mean it has to be a six pack or anything, the wearer just needs to be okay with people looking at their mid-section, fit or flab).
Personally all I can think of when I see one is them getting caught and ripped out on waistbands, especially jeans..!!0 -
It's only trashy if the person is trashy in my opinion. If you want one because you like the look of it, then you should get it.3
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If my stomach was not the blobby blob it is now, I would TOTALLY go for the bellybutton piercing (and for a bigger picture, I always wear makeup, heels, dresses, perfume, etc. - so I don't think it matters how you present yourself fashion-wise). I think they're gorgeous. Maybe not those Playboy bunny jewels though?
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Do it! I have mine done and I got a lot of crap for doing it because I'm not exactly 21 anymore but who cares what other people think. It makes me feel great and I don't need to show it off to the world. So do what makes you happy
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Backtolovely wrote: »Okay, I need some honest opinions here. I'm thinking of getting my belly button pierced because I really like the way it looks, but I've seen some people saying it's "so 90s" and makes a girl look easy. I'm fairly average sized, but I have big hips and butt and boobs which could either help the look or make me seem even sluttier. What do you guys think? I wear crop tops fairly often but it's not like I'm wearing trashy 90s tube tops and crap. I wear nice clothes, my hair is a natural color and my face is pretty I guess so would it make me worse if I got it pierced? Tell me your opinions!
Why are people hung up on the '90's or calling girls sluts?
I don't recall any of my college friends back in the '90's having pierced belly buttons or wearing tube tops. The most sexually active girl I knew was not super skinny, did not have a huge chest, wore no make up, did very little to her hair, wore very little jewelry, and wore loose t-shirts and jeans or sweat pants most days.
I don't think someone with a navel peircing is more sexually promiscuous than a person without one. I think it is neither cute nor trashy in itself. Showing it off inappropriately might affect someone's opinion of you... like baring your belly at work, a funeral or when it is 20°F outside.
Get one if you like it. If people judge you that is their issue.1 -
not my style but if it's yours more power to you0
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If you like the way it looks, then that is all that matters.0
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Really; it does.1 -
some are so so cute and sexy.....1
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If you want to do it, go ahead. Who cares what anyone else thinks about it?0
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Awesome
Thx!
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I got mine done for my 14th birthday, it's my second favourite, no regrets here (I have quite a few piercings). From another perspective, I'm at university, and about 60% of the girls here have it done, and they come in all shapes and sizes, tall, small, chubby, thin, athletic....no one's ever batted an eye or made negative comments to anyone I've seen, so if that's the only thing holding you back then go for it! but know that if you do get it, and you show it off (e.g. crop top), you have to wear it with pride and confidence, constantly holding and touching your midriff to hide it is a pretty unflattering behaviour1
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If you want to get your belly button pierced, go for it! Your body, your happiness. I always wanted my nose pierced and finally stopped overthinking it and just did it a few weeks ago. I LOVE it. It looks like I've had it forever.0
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I was actually thinking I would get one after I'm done having babies as a reward for getting back to a healthy weight. I think if you like them, go for it. I only know two people who have them. One is the least trashy person I've ever met. The other is just a normal person. I personally don't associate them with being trashy.0
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trashy...(I don't really care or have an opinion, I just wanted to be that person...)3
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One of the sexiest piercings on a woman to me. While it is sexy i dont think its trashy.1
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Backtolovely wrote: »I'm thinking of getting my belly button pierced because I really like the way it looks,
Quoting the most important part of your post. That's all the answer you need, if you like it go for it and forget what anyone else thinks.
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Personal choice. Probably not going to get one myself, however. Or a tattoo on the small of my back.0
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I got mine pierced in 2001, infected from the start, did everything I could to make it heal right. The best thing I did was take it out. Although I had wanted to do it for a while, I was okay with letting it close up...I prefer to get tattoos anyway. BUT the good thing about a piercing is that you can try it out and if you decide it's not for you, you can let it close with minimal scarring (if it's not infected).
As for the 90's, I am so happy that I can finally buy flannel shirts again!!!
ETA: I forgot to answer the question. It's trashy if you think it's trashy, cute if you think it's cute. Own your decisions and you won't worry about others' opinions of you or what you do.0 -
I've always wanted one but my body loves to reject new piercings so I've never tried. I'll probably just leave it with my three piercings in each ear and one in my nose.
My wife did hers and never could get it to "take". She tried 3+ times and kept having to take it out due to rejection. FWIW.0 -
Don't do it. The female form is perfect the way it is, whatever form it takes. Nothing made by another human can improve it. It's like sticking plastic mannequin arms onto the Venus de Milo. It's an awkward distraction.
However, its just a piercing. It will grow back after you remove it and it IS your temple to decorate. 1 -
I am in the You Do You camp, but that said...
I had mine done two different times when I was in my 20s and If I wore anything with a "normal" waistline or tucked a shirt in, it would push on that piercing and hurt like a mutha, no matter what kind of jewelry I had in it. Also, one of the reasons I had to have it done twice was weight loss/gain/loss - my skin was changing so I opted to let the original heal and then repierce. So if you're in the process of a body overhaul, you might want to make it a reward for when you're fully through.0
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