Belly button piercings-trashy or cute?

Backtolovely
Backtolovely Posts: 70 Member
edited November 13 in Chit-Chat
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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  • peterbuller8
    peterbuller8 Posts: 155 Member
    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 :smiley:
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    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.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited December 2016
    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.
  • jonessoda17
    jonessoda17 Posts: 8 Member
    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.
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    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..!!
  • Sha1911
    Sha1911 Posts: 221 Member
    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.
  • kristikitter
    kristikitter Posts: 602 Member
    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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  • anjulajj
    anjulajj Posts: 148 Member
    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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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    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.
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    not my style but if it's yours more power to you
  • _funrungirl
    _funrungirl Posts: 145 Member
    If you like the way it looks, then that is all that matters.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    This thread needs photos ...

    Really; it does.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    some are so so cute and sexy.....
  • zoober
    zoober Posts: 226 Member
    If you want to do it, go ahead. Who cares what anyone else thinks about it?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Awesome
    Thx!
  • JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls
    JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls Posts: 165 Member
    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 behaviour
  • StrongGirlFitGirl
    StrongGirlFitGirl Posts: 183 Member
    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.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    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.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    trashy...(I don't really care or have an opinion, I just wanted to be that person...)
  • evilokc
    evilokc Posts: 263 Member
    One of the sexiest piercings on a woman to me. While it is sexy i dont think its trashy.
  • Nikki10129
    Nikki10129 Posts: 292 Member
    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.

  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Personal choice. Probably not going to get one myself, however. Or a tattoo on the small of my back.
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    edited December 2016
    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.
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    MeganAM89 wrote: »

    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.
  • trail_hermit
    trail_hermit Posts: 2 Member
    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. :)
  • futuresize8
    futuresize8 Posts: 476 Member
    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.
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