Never to old to have a happy childhood

At A Glance Author Thomas Lancaster Contact nearlytwisted@yahoo.com Artist Henry Studio 23rd Street Piercing Location OK CITY, OK

As a younger man, I wanted to get my nipples pierced. However, due to

one reason or another, I never did. Finally, in September of this year, I finally went out and did it. Before the actual piercing, I'd given it a great deal of thought. I wanted to do it, but deep inside my head, I could hear a small voice telling me that I really shouldn't and I should act my age, rather than like a teenager. Once I decided to go through with it, I chose the piercing studio where I

had gotten a double hafada a few years earlier, so I knew that every-

thing would work out just fine. Of course,I was expecting it to hurt like Hell,since my hafadas had hurt. The truth of the matter is; it didn't. In fact, it didn't hurt nearly as much as I had expected.

When I got to the studio, I had a long talk about the deed with the

young man who was to be my piercer. I told him of how I've always like to have my nipples played with, rather roughtly, I knew that the pain wouldn't be as intense as I had heard that it would be. He assured me that because of that, I would probably not have as much pain as others who have had their nipples pierced. After about 10 minutes of talk,I found myself lying on my back in a private room with my shirt off and ready for the deed. I wasn't able to watch the actual piercing, since I'm not too keen on needles, but I did feel it being done. I stretched out on the table and as the young man who did the piercing told me to relax, I did just that and in just a matter of a few minutes, the actual experience was over. It didn't hurt at all, except for what could've easily have been mistaken for a slight prick by a needle. When it was all over, I stayed on the table for at least another five minutes in order to get my blood pressure back down to normal, before I decided to sit up. I slowly sat up, looked at my reflection in the mirror and smiled. From the look on my face, it was obvious that I was pleased. My only complaint was that I had to get 12g rings in my nipples, rather than the 10g that I had hopped for. I was told by my

piercer that they try to start everybody who pierces their nipples with 12g rings and then the person eventually goes down to 10g. I doubt if I will; I think I will be happy with the 12g. However, you can never tell; I might someday be able to put something like 00g in

my nipples. I really doubt that myself, but one never knows. I was

also told that it would be about six months before I was able to play with my nipples, since that is usually the amount of time required for a full healing. WELL, I was able to get them played with in less than just two weeks. Being very sensitive in my nipples to begin with and having had them played with roughly for many years has probably contributed to my rapid healing. I love to have the rings pulled and am looking forward to getting a chain that I can hook up the to rings. Once I can, I'll be able to have both nipples played with and it will only require one hand.

I now have four piercings; my nipples and a double hafada which are 10g that I got over two and a half years ago. In time, I'm hoping that I'll be able to get more, but even if I don't I've gotten more now than I had when I was younger. If I am able to get more piercings, I am thinking about getting some very small rings around the edge of my foreskin. I have seen that piercing done, but not very often. My hafadas were done because I do not know of anybody else here in OK City who had it done. As far as I know, I am the first. I know that I am not the first gay man in OK City to have his nipples pierced, but that doesn't matter. I did it for me, not for anybody else. When I show off my piercings to my friends, the first question they all ask is, "Do you still have your others?". Well, of course, I do. Did they think that just because I got my nipples pierced I was not going to still have the others?

I call this experience, "Never to old to have a happy childhood", be-

cause when I told the piercer that I was 48, he asked why did I wait

so long before doing it. My answer was, "I guess you're never to old

to have a happy childhood". He thought that it was rather strange, but

I told him that I'd wanted to do this for several years and now that

I'm a 'reasonably sane adult', I wanted to enjoy my life on my terms

and not somebody else's. Besides, whatever it takes to make a person

happy, then nobody else should tell them that they cann't do it.

Just because I am old enough to be the piercer's father, does that mean that I should act like it? I don't think so.