For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 26, 2016

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    Argythree  over 8 years ago

    But Elizabeth, this is what you said you wanted…

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    nosirrom  over 8 years ago

    I must have lived a full life, because at my age I’m full of aches and pains.

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    Caldonia  over 8 years ago

    I can’t remember my pierced ears hurting afterwards, nor do I remember anyone ever saying theirs hurt.

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    MIHorn Premium Member over 8 years ago

    mine never got infected, but they did hurt for a couple of days after,

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    masnadies  over 8 years ago

    My daughters are reading this, so they will be informed. Also, we have tylenol now, and ibuprofen if they get swollen. I’m pretty sure there are a couple days of discomfort, infected or no, during the healing process and when twisting the studs daily and putting the cleaning stuff on.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Typical, many people want things and think there is no price to pay. When they find out they start pointing fingers.

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    bookworm0812  over 8 years ago

    I’m surprised her earlobes are hurting so much. Mine didn’t. And it’s true how quickly your ears can close. I’d gotten my ears pierced right before the school year in high school and we were not allowed to wear earrings in gym class. I tried to ask if I could put tape over them and she refused. She said if I didn’t take them out, then I would get an unprepared with a detention, so I took them out (I thought I wouldn’t be able to get the studs out because when I got my ears pierced the first time, one of my ears got infected and I couldn’t get them out). Anyway, I did get them out and one of my lobes was OK, but the other had closed in the back. I went to the nurse to get it back in. After a lot of wrestling and pain, she got it in. For the next class, I took an old wire hoop earring, snipped of a short piece and kept it in the hole and it wasn’t noticeable. It kept it open just enough so I could get the studs back in.

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    summerdog86  over 8 years ago

    Mine never hurt afterwards, But I was 19 years old.

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    alondra  over 8 years ago

    I only remember being warned that you have to keep the earrings in for 3 weeks so the holes won’t close. It was uncomfortable for sleeping and talking on the phone but that’s the price you pay.

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    Keep on keepin' on  over 8 years ago

    I tend to go on to my kids, and have to really work to ‘watch it!’. I try to notice when eyes start to glaze. ;-)But, it’s always with the best of love and concern in my heart. So, I have a bit more empathy for Elly. I guess, too, I looked around the world as a messed up grownup, and wished I’d had a bit more time and communication from MY folks, while doing the growing up. Over compensating? I guess. But, that’s why I try and ‘watch it!’Oh, and my ears hurt and took forever to heal! I stuck with it, but mine were definitely like Elizabeth’s.

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    Bruce1253  over 8 years ago

    This is all so passe, now lips, nose, tongue, and what else I don’t want to know. Personally, I am waiting for lip plates and stacked neck rings to make an appearance.

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    kab2rb  over 8 years ago

    My daughter insisted on her ears pierced but found out she is allergic to cheap made studs have to be hyperallegnic studs.

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    LuvThemPluggers  over 8 years ago

    I never felt that my ears needed decorating! Hate perfume and gaudy jewelry, yuck!

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    forbearly  over 8 years ago

    You asked for it, sweetie. Just a part of growing up.

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    sjsczurek  over 8 years ago

    Once again: be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it!

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    USN1977  over 8 years ago

    I thought there was a strip where Elly says she was in fourth grade before she got her first pair of earrings, and trying to tell Elizabeth that first grade is too premature. Is it just me or was that strip censored?

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    roberta.forbes.pyle  over 8 years ago

    I got my ears pierced in my thirties, because I found clip-ons uncomfortable. My mom got hers pierced in her fifties, because she inherited some diamond studs from HER mother. Don’t recall that either of us had much trouble.

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    Train 1911  over 8 years ago

    The little Brat was told this would happen

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    @comicsssfan I’ll bet her great grandmother was on to you though,and YOUR mother too!

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Shoulda listened before the pain started…wouldn’t be having the sore ears or the lecture now.

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    rgcviper  over 8 years ago

    Huh? What?

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    @comicsssfanHe was fond of the young ones was he?

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    @comicsssfanWhere is our mutual friend Nightgaunt49? I haven’t heard from him lately.

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