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My 15 year old sister has got a tongue piercing. Without parental permission. In fact, in defiance of everyone saying "no." Hell, even hippy little me said something along the lines of "when you're 18 you can be as stupid as you like but until then..."

Oh, but she knows everything. Of course.

Somebody is about to have herself brought down to earth with a nasty whack. Especially when she relies on mother for money, and me for tech support. But enough of what I'm going to do - let's throw this open to a poll.

If your 15 year old sister got a bar shoved through her tongue, What Would You Do?

If you choose Other, please describe what you would do. Don't be afraid of being "inventive".

nothing, unless your sister is your property

take her into a bit radiation chamber before the thing is properly healed. that will superheat the metal, thus causing pain...and whe will take out the piercing aswell :P

Meh, I think 15 is old enough to decide for yourself how you want to look. It's better that she had it done in a shop at least rather than having a friend do it and risk an infection.

nothing, unless your sister is your property

In the absence of a dad I'm the nearest thing to a father figure she has.

And I wouldn't treat her like property. Simply deny her any of my property. No tech support. No Internet. No money. Hey, nothing stopping her from getting a job and her own Internet connection, and her own house, eh? Obviously she doesn't need us, she can go out and do what she wants!

Relationships are built on trust. She betrayed it. What's next? "I'm pregnant"?

I would do this.

Since she apparently knows everything let her get a job if she wants money. So I would say that your mom should not give her very much money at all, if any.

If you do not want to do that, do this.

You can stop giving her Tech Support. Since she obviously knows everything she does not need you! See what she does then.

Or you could do both. :twisted:

while her decision may have been unwise, even absurd, i fail to
understand the problem YOU are having with it.

there is of course the question of who paid for and if applicable
unauthorised dispersals. THAT would certainly deserve at least
a slap on the hand in and of itself.
but as for what she did with it, like i said, i don't get it

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In the absence of a dad I'm the nearest thing to a father figure she has.

And I wouldn't treat her like property. Simply deny her any of my property. No tech support. No Internet. No money. Hey, nothing stopping her from getting a job and her own Internet connection, and her own house, eh? Obviously she doesn't need us, she can go out and do what she wants!

Relationships are built on trust. She betrayed it. What's next? "I'm pregnant"?

I like this one.

If your 15 year old sister got a bar shoved through her tongue, What Would You Do?

I have a 17 year old sister, who would never get her tongue pierced, but I can only imagine my reaction if she did do it for some reason of other.

However, she is my sister, and I'd support her until my last breath. Period. End of story.

That's just my 0.02.

nothing, unless your sister is your property

In the absence of a dad I'm the nearest thing to a father figure she has.

And I wouldn't treat her like property. Simply deny her any of my property. No tech support. No Internet. No money. Hey, nothing stopping her from getting a job and her own Internet connection, and her own house, eh? Obviously she doesn't need us, she can go out and do what she wants!calm down a bit, dont act rashly about this. aske her why she did it, and why she wanted to... and also tell her about how in 15 yuears time she wont have any teeth left and will look ugly unless she takes it out NOW

One of the following will suffice:

A) sell her into child slavery (still legal in some countries)
B) sell her into prostitution (there's a big market for kids in Asia, Cambodia mostly)
C) Roast her over an open fire (big thing in those cannibal tribes in south america)
D) let her live her own life her own way and let her do what she wants with her own body.

C) Roast her over an open fire (big thing in those cannibal tribes in south america)
you are welcome to use the fire in the red button and bonfire bar...

Rip it out :D

One of the following will suffice:

A) sell her into child slavery (still legal in some countries)
B) sell her into prostitution (there's a big market for kids in Asia, Cambodia mostly)
C) Roast her over an open fire (big thing in those cannibal tribes in south america)
D) let her live her own life her own way and let her do what she wants with her own body.

She can do what she wants with her body, but she has to remember, she does not know everything.

I do not care about her piercing herself. What I do care about is the lesson that needs to be learned. She does nto know everything and will most likely not know everything. What I suggested is something that can be done for a week to show her what happens when she does consider the consequences of knowing everything.

One of the following will suffice:

A) sell her into child slavery (still legal in some countries)
B) sell her into prostitution (there's a big market for kids in Asia, Cambodia mostly)
C) Roast her over an open fire (big thing in those cannibal tribes in south america)
D) let her live her own life her own way and let her do what she wants with her own body.


I'd do A B and C. :lol:

nothing, unless your sister is your property

In the absence of a dad I'm the nearest thing to a father figure she has.

And I wouldn't treat her like property. Simply deny her any of my property. No tech support. No Internet. No money. Hey, nothing stopping her from getting a job and her own Internet connection, and her own house, eh? Obviously she doesn't need us, she can go out and do what she wants!

Relationships are built on trust. She betrayed it. What's next? "I'm pregnant"?
Ahh, parents so desperate to prevent children from making mistakes that they've themselves committed as youths! Something tells me you'll chicken out on this threat, tho'. :wink:
Anyway, you had a chance to give permission to get a tongue stud & insist on a reputable/hygienic piercing parlour, but you said no. Disobedience is what you get for turning from a hippie into a respectable bourgeois :twisted:

Oh shit, a tounge piercing??

You should do...... precisely nothing. It doesn't matter. Perhaps if she was actually doing something bad you would have reason to worry.

If your 15 year old sister got a bar shoved through her tongue, What Would You Do?
French her and then do A, B, & C per Blue Viper 2.0 list. And then throw napalm on political correctness. :lol:

Rip it out :D

Oh, that'd be even worse than getting it pierced in the first place, because people actually do split their tongues nowadays!!!

I'd make her remove it.

I wouldn't do anything. I wouldn't even comment on it. Because I am pretty much past caring. :|

wel... don't make her mind up for her... tell her the consequyences that peircing will have on her (include the real deep details). Dont say "take that out now' say somthing like... you do know that toung peircings are directly related to [insert diesaese here]