View Full Version : Who wears a toe ring?
Along the lines of kacee's post, I just wondered how many of you wear a toe ring. I have for 3 years. I love the look. Actually mine is a regular plain band size 3 1/2. I wear it on my toe in the summer and use it to keep my wedding ring on in the winter. I think the toe rings that are open on the bottom would pinch.
Diane
05-01-2001, 09:31 PM
I don't think I would like the feel of having something on my toe... in my shoe. I hate it when I get a pebble or anything else in my sock/shoe... I think I'd probably hate it! LOL Maybe it's something that you'd have to get use to but... in the meantime I think it would drive my absolutely CRAZY! :crazyroll (kind of like thong underwear... LOL) I think they look very stylish though. (the ring that is...LOL)
Diane... :wave:
No toe ring, but I do have a sweet little tattoo on my ankle! Amy
angie r
05-01-2001, 10:42 PM
I wore a plain gold toe band on my middle toe from age 18 to about 25. I just loved it.
Kat- You can wear a size 3 1/2 ring????
darlene
05-01-2001, 10:44 PM
Hi Kat. I wear one in the summer.....it is open on the bottom and doesn't pinch me.
I thought it would drive me crazy before I tried one and I actually grew to love it.
:)
Kat- You can wear a size 3 1/2 ring????
My wedding rings are 4 and are just a little loose, but in the winter they fall off. So, yes, in the winter my ring size is 3 1/2.
KarlaB
05-02-2001, 09:51 AM
I also wear one in the summer and I love it! :) After a while I forget it is even there.
Alot of my friends wear them, which is why I don't! LOL :newwink:
arianna
05-02-2001, 10:18 AM
MM! I were three toe rings year round. Two are open on the bottom and don't pinch. I don't even feel them.
I also only wear thongs, Victoria's Secret cotton thongs. My thoughts are that my underware would usually end UP there anyway. Why not just start out there too ! lol
I had my belly button pierced a year ago too. That didn't hurt a bit. I wouldn't get anything else pierced though. I thought the bellyring looks sexy and considered it for almost 2 years before I did it.
I wouldn't consider tatoos. Not my style.
I hope this post wasn't TMI.
ßß!
Leigh
05-02-2001, 02:14 PM
I don't like toe rings on me, but I think they are cute on certain people. I do have my belly button pierced though. I too thought about it for quite awhile before doing it. I haven't thought of anything I like well enough to have it be permanent on my body, so no tattoos for me.:)
KarlaB
05-02-2001, 03:34 PM
Originally posted by Leigh
I do have my belly button pierced though. I too thought about it for quite awhile before doing it.
Did you think it hurt to get your belly button pierced? Just curious. I always thought it would be fun and thought it would hurt. Was wondering what you thought since arianna said it didn't hurt her...like is it different for each person? :)
I've been wearing my toe ring for the last 2 1/2 years. My husband gave it to me for Christmas and once I put it on I've never taken it off. It was a little hard to get use to at the beginning my now I never even feel it there. It's the kind that is open at the bottom and it doesn't pinch. It's silver with little hearts all around.
I also wear an ankle bracelet all the time too. I love rings but don't wear them on my fingers anymore because of fear of scratching kids in the gym.
No toe ring here, No tatoos, I have been known to wear an occasional ankle bracelt, and I love my thumb ring...No pircings, either, except my ears, three on left, two on right, If I could do that over, just one hole in each ear.....Thongs......I can thing of a reason I want that there.....so NO But good questions
Leigh
05-03-2001, 08:46 AM
No, it didn't really hurt. I felt a slight pinch, but nothing more. I have a friend that got hers done too. She said it didn't hurt. I hope this helps you decide.
BigDaddy
05-03-2001, 04:20 PM
No toe ring for me :lol: Do you think dw would approve?
dd wants one. Isn't she too young ~ just 9?
angie r
05-03-2001, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by BigDaddy
No toe ring for me :lol: Do you think dw would approve?
dd wants one. Isn't she too young ~ just 9?
I'll let my dd wear a toe ring at 9 if she wants.
Originally posted by angie r
I'll let my dd wear a toe ring at 9 if she wants.
I won't...what's the hurry to grow up is my thought.
oh and Angie, the reason why your post says it was edited by me was cause I accidentally hit the edit button rather than the quote button and since I am a moderator that works on other peoples's posts.
angie r
05-03-2001, 05:40 PM
Yeah, right, you just wait until I catch you on one of my boards!!! :brow:
Originally posted by angie r
Yeah, right, you just wait until I catch you on one of my boards!!! :brow:
oh yea..............
:nahnah: :p
darlene
05-03-2001, 10:22 PM
Originally posted by BigDaddy
No toe ring for me :lol: Do you think dw would approve?
dd wants one. Isn't she too young ~ just 9?
Our dd wore one last year (she was 9).
:)
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Originally posted by BigDaddy
No toe ring for me Oh I'm so glad! I think that might just rank right up there with Jeff's "toe cleavage". :lol:
Ann, glad you explained your edit. I just looked at Angie's post and thought what did she do wrong. ?(
Diane
05-04-2001, 09:49 AM
Originally posted by AnnW
oh and Angie, the reason why your post says it was edited by me was cause I accidentally hit the edit button rather than the quote button and since I am a moderator that works on other peoples's posts.
I'm constantly accidently hitting that edit button instead of the quote button too. For some reason, it seems to me that the edit/delete button is where the quote button use to be... LOL Were they switched around or maybe it's just me! :) LOL
Diane... :wave:
Originally posted by Diane P.
I'm constantly accidently hitting that edit button instead of the quote button too. For some reason, it seems to me that the edit/delete button is where the quote button use to be... LOL Were they switched around or maybe it's just me! :) LOL
Diane... :wave:
YES YES YES!!!!! I think it's been moved too!!!!!!!!!!
KarlaB
05-04-2001, 10:38 AM
ITA! That must be it! Sometimes when I think I hit the qupte button I get an error msg telling me I can't edit that post and I am thinking "I'm not trying to" when I realize what I have done again! ?(
I think a toe ring is fine at any age. It doesn't seem like a "grown up" thing at all. Just jewelry, and not permanent like a tattoo or piercing.
I'm letting DS get his hair streaked purple for his fifth birthday! He thinks its pretty and fun...no skin off my nose. I was a little nervous when I found out that his appointment was three days BEFORE his school pictures! But I asked him if he wanted the color for his pictures and he said no, so we changed the appointment. I had asked dh about it, and he didn't care either way. MIL was a little concerned though.
Amy
angie r
05-04-2001, 01:58 PM
Originally posted by Amy
I think a toe ring is fine at any age. It doesn't seem like a "grown up" thing at all. Just jewelry, and not permanent like a tattoo or piercing.
I'm letting DS get his hair streaked purple for his fifth birthday! He thinks its pretty and fun...no skin off my nose. I was a little nervous when I found out that his appointment was three days BEFORE his school pictures! But I asked him if he wanted the color for his pictures and he said no, so we changed the appointment. I had asked dh about it, and he didn't care either way. MIL was a little concerned though.
Amy
I am with your mother in law!!
KarlaB
05-04-2001, 05:12 PM
Originally posted by angie r
I am with your mother in law!!
Me too!
Tristan is a very decorative young man. He loves rings, earrings, bracelets, bright colors, colored hair! I figure if he can do it now, he probably won't feel this tremendous need to "rebel" and do all kinds of funky stuff to his body when he's older...maybe. Who knows! And if he does, well, whatever. I hope he waits, though, to get the permanent stuff, because there's no going back there.
As to the hair, I think it's fun, and he likes it, so...whatever. Hair grows. It's interesting to me that he chose not to have his hair colored for his picture. Hmmm... curious, and curiouser.
Amy
Marla
05-05-2001, 06:36 AM
I love my toe ring...I wear it the second the weather gets nice and my sandals come out.. I also wear an ankle braclet.
No belly button peircing (although I think they look great)...I think I need to try and get my belly flat again (still excess skin from when I was pregnant years ago).
I do have 3 holes in one ear, and 1 hole in the other. I also love the way that looks.
Marla, I'm with you. If I had a flat tummy, I'd probably do the belly ring.
I have two holes in one ear, one in the other. Little tat on the ankle.
Amy
Originally posted by Amy
Tristan is a very decorative young man. He loves rings, earrings, bracelets, bright colors, colored hair! I figure if he can do it now, he probably won't feel this tremendous need to "rebel" and do all kinds of funky stuff to his body when he's older...maybe. Who knows! And if he does, well, whatever. I hope he waits, though, to get the permanent stuff, because there's no going back there.
As to the hair, I think it's fun, and he likes it, so...whatever. Hair grows. It's interesting to me that he chose not to have his hair colored for his picture. Hmmm... curious, and curiouser.
Amy
Well I hope your approach works. I'd be afraid that he grows up thinking that "mom lets me do anything". You've already commented that "nothing shocks you". I hope you are not in for a future shock.
Well, Kat, I was thinking about what he (or dd) could do that would really bum me out...I can't think of much. I mean, when I was young, we were "hippy freaks" because boys wore long hair and we wore hip huggers and bell bottoms. I got in trouble in school because I had a flag sewn on my jeans. Scandalous! But now, it's all back! And Tommy H. has a whole line of clothing with flags!
What is radical? I mean, I tattoos? That would be a shame only if it was something awful, and who am I to judge? (Or if it was on his/her face, God forbid!) A lot of the heavy metal is unpleasant, but mostly I think because of the negativity surrounding it. Same with the Goth stuff. I find it really unappealing, but I think mostly it's icky because it's so morbid and kind of hateful. I think THAT would be the hard thing for me if my kids grow up feeling that way.
But shiney jewels? Colorful hair? Wacky clothing? I don't have a problem with this.
I also think that if you allow your children freedom to dress as they want to when they are little they develop their own clear sense of style. My friend talks about how hard it is for her to let her little girl (4) wear the things she picks out of the closet (swimsuits over tights, skirts with sweatshirts, whatever) then she remembers her own sister who was the exact same way, and now is a successful fashion designer! For me, mom picked out most of my stuff, and when I got older, I didn't even know what I liked! It was very disheartening.
My son knows what he likes. A friend of mine made me these bright red, shiny earrings out of little cat toys (she made them for a bunch of us who sang in this group) my son LOVED them. I used to hang them over his ears so he could wear them. When I told her this, she made him his own pair, clip ons. He doesn't wear them often because they "hurt his ears" (fashionable, but no SLAVE to fashion, he!) but once in a while, when he is doing something special, he likes to wear one of my necklaces, his earrings, whatever. It makes him feel dressed up and special. And he's only five. So what's the harm?
I hope he will always want to try new things and be creative with himself. I only hope it's as loving and joy-filled as it is now!
Amy
TXmom
05-05-2001, 08:01 PM
OMG! I am totally frumpy!!!! All ya'll with your tow rings and tattoos and piercings and Amy/CO with her guy friend Budda!!! I'm not even cool enough for the Early Childhood board!!!!
coulie
05-06-2001, 01:01 AM
Hey Amy you might be interested,
Don't know if my experience would be the same for others here, but both my DS's wanted their ears pierced when they were really little. It was the cool thing then(we lived in Seattle and I think geography has great influence over certain trends) all the little boys we knew had pierced ears and a tail style haircut.
At the time, I gave it no thought't'all. So off we marched to the mall for our piercing's.
They were happy and I thought it was fine.
Then soccer season came and the earings had to go. The holes closed up and the kids begged me to go re-pierce them. We did. Then, another bump and a torn ear and out came the earing. They both eventually lost interest in it altogether.
They are older now and a considerable portion of their peers around here (Now we are in San Fran..
...East Bay area which is very conservative) are furiously piercing every body part. why? I don't know. I can only guess that it's a manifestation of self exploration.
Neither of my kids is expressing any interest in piercing. They do like the idea of Henna tattos and my older one has bleached his hair on top before...but nothing unusual for the area. What their desires seem to lack is a rebellious need behind the interest. Some of the kids I've observed seem to have a really angry and rebelious way of walking through the world and relating to people...Their piercings and such do not concern me so much as the manner in which they seek attention for the act....
....... because of what it seemingly represents....
.....lack of sense of self..
Did my kids loose interest because I let them pierce early?? Who knows? I don't think so..I think the lack of interest at this point (teens) has more to do with if they are feeling a safety at home and/ or with their peers.
My approach with my kids has been to let them explore themselves as fully as possible. At age five this exploration of self was discernibly different in effect, than at age twelve or fifteen.
Kids who feel a strong need to express in the extreme during adolencence are usually feeling very invisible within thier immediate surroundings...friends or family.
I don't think wearing rings and paint and fingernail polish etc. during early years is anything but absolute fun creativity. I do believe that if a child is allowed and encouraged to explore all areas of creativity and self expression early on they will have a much better grasp of thier own identity at a time when it becomes most threatened..... during adolecence.
A quick question to all:
In what ways are you strengthening your child's awareness of self? What tools are you giving them? What opportunities are you affording your children to use the tools that you've given them?
Oh, I just can't wait to hear the replies :)
Coulie
Coulie, where in Seattle did you live? We live in Lake City.
As to the "sense of self" question....hmmm....good question! I think what we are doing is mostly trying NOT to thwart them at each turn. When they do something that may seem odd to us, we try not to judge and let it be what it is. I mean, does it really matter what they wear to preschool or out shopping at the supermarket? If they like it, and it's not harming anyone, I say great!
We do our best to praise their efforts and show pride in their accomplishments without gushing over their very beings (which is hard sometimmes!)
We also try to be true to ourselves, and hopefully they will learn by our example to be true to themselves. Time will tell, but so far, so good!
Amy
it must feel good to have each other because you both think along the same lines. Its as if you two could be twins!
Thankfully, my dd has not wanted to stray as far as having her ears pierced or her hair dyed. She IS only five. When she gets to the age when she wants to express herself (I'll let her experiment in her TEENS), than my rule of thumb is "If it won't make a difference in five years, than Im not going to fight her on it" So hair coloring, piercing, clothing is fine. Tatooing or something permanent is not. When she turns 18 than if she really wants to do something,than I can't stop her. But I would hope that the loving boundaries I put on her now and in the future will not make her have a good sense of her self without going off the deepend.
coulie
05-06-2001, 08:22 PM
Amy/Co,
#1. I think you will have sooooo much fun when your teens are finally allowed to experiment. I hope you are still posting then. And, good luck to you as well.
#2
Thank you for the compliment about being twins with Amy. When I first came to IB I was really nervous because I didn't know much about the etiquette and such. (still don't)
I was also apprehensive about being able to relate to anyone on this type of medium. I guess I latched on to some things Amy has posted. Her viewpoints seem very in line with my own and while I don't get the chance to come here much it's nice to feel a sense of being recognized a little. Certainly my viewpoints gel with Amy's and that is great for me. I must confess though. If I were twins with her I'd be chasin little kids right now instead of yackin on the computer. Thanks but no thanks. I seriously don't see how anyone with wee ones makes the time for this "chit chat"
:) You are all rather amazing.
Amy.....I lived in the Green Lake area but I think my kids are a lot older than yours ( I'm sure I am) I doubt we would have crossed paths there.
But hey it was my home for 36 years......how long have you lived there?
Coulie
cindy
05-06-2001, 08:22 PM
i love my toe rings in the summer with sandles, i feel naked without my thumb ring. As for the thongs I must agree, why not start with them there to begin with
Now I feel frumby, I love the thumb ring, and hardly ever wear earings anymore, but you all have tatoos and belly button rings and toes rings, wow what radicals you all are... LOL :lol:
Ryleigh
05-08-2001, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by Amy
I'm letting DS get his hair streaked purple for his fifth birthday! He thinks its pretty and fun...no skin off my nose. I was a little nervous when I found out that his appointment was three days BEFORE his school pictures! But I asked him if he wanted the color for his pictures and he said no, so we changed the appointment. I had asked dh about it, and he didn't care either way. MIL was a little concerned though.
Amy
Purple hair-- how funky!!!! :biggrin: ds wanted blue hair like his cousin to go to the Blue Jays game last week. I was a little hesitant to let my baby go blue but did comprimise with a blue rinse that could be washed out after the game. (like the stuff you can get for Halloween) He was happy with that. :silly: His hair is so dark that you couldn't see it that well anyway, but it made him happy.
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