Since you asked, no I don't find it attractive at all. But it's your ears, so do what you want to them.
Stretching your ears? Attractive or not?
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I'm one of those people who has to subdue the urge to put a padlock in that stupid thing. Sorry, I just can't stand it.
Oh god I google-imaged it. Ugh. The whole concept just makes me squeamish.Neverhoodian said:
Personally I don't find ear-stretching appealing but then I don't find any piercing appealing either, although I ear-stretching is more of an obvious and unusual change. But people have different tastes so if you're cool with it and the permanent effects of it, then it doesn't really matter.
Honestly what you perceive as attractive is for you to judge, although personally anything larger than the very start (which I presume 00 means) I think looks rather awful.
Just to note in terms of life choices, employers do not like it. And I mean employers when you're 24 and joining an actual business (i'm making the possibly unfair presumption that you're in the 17-21 age bracket). To ensure no damage to possible employment its best to avoid visible body modification, so tattoos on hands/above neckline, intrusive piercing like eyebrows and large ear bars and earlobe stretching. Anything beyond the 'entry level' amount of stretching is much more visible than say regular ear rings. Employers won't want customers seeing you like that if they visit the office or you go out to location for any reason.
I work in IT and part of that is implementation, things are pretty relaxed but generally you look "presentable". If im on location then I make sure i've shaved (I have a small beard, make sure it's neat). I don't have any tattoos or piercings but making sure things like that don't show would be routine. It's just about professionalism.
Just to note in terms of life choices, employers do not like it. And I mean employers when you're 24 and joining an actual business (i'm making the possibly unfair presumption that you're in the 17-21 age bracket). To ensure no damage to possible employment its best to avoid visible body modification, so tattoos on hands/above neckline, intrusive piercing like eyebrows and large ear bars and earlobe stretching. Anything beyond the 'entry level' amount of stretching is much more visible than say regular ear rings. Employers won't want customers seeing you like that if they visit the office or you go out to location for any reason.
I work in IT and part of that is implementation, things are pretty relaxed but generally you look "presentable". If im on location then I make sure i've shaved (I have a small beard, make sure it's neat). I don't have any tattoos or piercings but making sure things like that don't show would be routine. It's just about professionalism.
I've had my left lobe stretched for the last 4 years and I quite like it. I went up to a 20mm gauge hole but took it out for almost a year when I was job hunting only to put it back in when I was unsuccessful. Currently at a 12mm gauge and I'm so used to it now that I don't even realise I have it (until it starts to smell, you need to make sure you clean the hole regularly)
Only thing that I really regret about it is that I went past the point of no return, if I take out my tunnel then the hole won't completely shrink up and the remaining hole has been likened to a cats anus...
Eventually I think I'll get it surgically sewn up as it's not currently favoured by many employers. At the moment it doesn't really matter much as I'm a student. Who knows, by the time I go out looking for a proper job the whole public opinion on stretched ears may have changed...
Only thing that I really regret about it is that I went past the point of no return, if I take out my tunnel then the hole won't completely shrink up and the remaining hole has been likened to a cats anus...
Eventually I think I'll get it surgically sewn up as it's not currently favoured by many employers. At the moment it doesn't really matter much as I'm a student. Who knows, by the time I go out looking for a proper job the whole public opinion on stretched ears may have changed...
I find it very unpleasant to look at. It might as well be a disfigurement. My subconscious just has that same automatic reaction of 'something is wrong here' that one might get upon seeing someone with a badly burnt face, to a varying extent depending on how extreme the stretching is.
I'm also not really a fan of piercings or tattoos. I don't see the appeal.
I'm also not really a fan of piercings or tattoos. I don't see the appeal.
It looks horrible.
Just fucking awful, and kinda gross.
Edit: It also looks to me like a person is wearing a sign that says: "I make bad decisions, and probably shouldn't be trusted with a lot of money or responsibilities."
That is just the impression I get when I see anyone who who would go out of their way, and spend money, to make himself look worse.
Just fucking awful, and kinda gross.
Edit: It also looks to me like a person is wearing a sign that says: "I make bad decisions, and probably shouldn't be trusted with a lot of money or responsibilities."
That is just the impression I get when I see anyone who who would go out of their way, and spend money, to make himself look worse.
Yikes. I'm sorry, but I don't find it attractive at all. In fact, it can even make an otherwise attractive person look really bad. It also looks very juvenile, which isn't really a look I prefer when it comes to guys.
I used to love going to Freebird's Burritos, and I swear stretched earlobes was part of the work uniform there.
I used to love going to Freebird's Burritos, and I swear stretched earlobes was part of the work uniform there.
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Maybe he was tired of having to choose whether he wanted to "dress" to the right or to the left, so he chose both.Neverhoodian said:
But yeah, I have to go with the majority of this thread and say that ear stretching is not attractive to me in the least. Now if it's really small gauges I guess I could stomach it if I really liked everything else about the person, but any of the larger ones just look awful to me.
pretty much hit the nail on the head for what I was going to say.Summerstorm said:
If that's what you like OP, then by all means, live to your hearts content, I have a few friends who have them and it's never bugged me once. That being said, it is a huge "boner killer" (basically if I see them on a chick, she transforms into a big fat trucker with dip in his lip.) and I wouldn't date anyone with them.
I'm not someone who always finds piercings and tattoos unattractive. But I've always found ear stretching unpleasant and a turnoff.
Yeah. Whether or not it's explicitly stated, some industries are still far more conservative than others.Ratty said:
Many people still aren't comfortable with their doctor coming in wearing anything other than a shirt and tie.
And after a certain point, stretched ears are not one of those things that's easily concealed.
The only kind of ear stretching I like is the one done in the mini BD special of Spice and Wolf where Horo stretches her wolf-ears by holding them with her fingers back and forth as part of the regular stretching exercise regiment of her wolf-girl village.
Don't find it attractive in the slightest. I hate to say "deal-breaker", but you'd have to be really, really attractive for me to be able to overlook giant stretched earlobes.
And even if "most employers" don't mind it, a lot of them do, so it may seriously affect job prospects, especially in jobs that involve lots of customer interaction.
It's your body, so you can do whatever you want with it, but that's my opinion.
And even if "most employers" don't mind it, a lot of them do, so it may seriously affect job prospects, especially in jobs that involve lots of customer interaction.
It's your body, so you can do whatever you want with it, but that's my opinion.
I think it looks gross, and am pretty repulsed by it. Honestly, I think it makes people look like an idiot to do that to themselves. Not sure what you consider professional, but at least here, that would be considered unprofessional and definitely would hinder employment prospects. I am sure different regions have different things they find acceptable, but here people pretty much point and laugh at someone who does that to themselves.
Pretentiousness? In what way is it pretentious? It has the same logic behind it as tattoos, piercing and fashion in general. Some people just like what it looks like and don't care if it's practical or not. I don't like it but not going to randomly get angry at them for some stupid statement I'm assuming they are making.Mr.Tea said:I understand (some) tattoos; they can be downright beautiful.
I understand (some) piercings; subtlety and tastefulness are the name of the game for me. Unfortunately, it's the complete opposite for most people who get them.
But when it comes to stretched ears, it gets so utterly preposterous that it becomes actively repulsive to me. The sheer stupidity, ugliness and pretentiousness of it sets off every anger circuit I have and I get the (controllable) urge to punch the idiots who wear them and pull their stupid fucking stretchers out until their earlobes tear.
I just cannot think of any logic for it and cannot take anyone who does that shit seriously.
This is what it looks like to me:
Nope, nope, nope. Nopity, nope, nope. It doesn't look attractive at all. Anybody who gauges their ears is not getting in my pants or me getting into theirs. It just fills me with utter revulsion.