Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
I have much the same attitude to major tattoos, body piercings and crucifixes and if no harm is being done it’s a case of live and let live for me.
Never even liked earrings in any size, shape or form and those big ones in the lobe..... huge turn off for me. As are nose rings and those through the lip. The tongue ring is, IMO, an abomination and cheek studs.... well, enough said.

I find it hard to understand how anybody would find these things attractive.

Am I really just too old to appreciate? More likely just an old fashioned, miserable git who doesn't move with the times.

Some people have tried to change my views on this. They failed..... big time. The only 2 items of "jewellery" I wear are a watch and my wedding ring. 40 something years ago, my girl friend at the time was Catholic and believed, absolutely and completely, in the teachings of that faith. She knew I was an Atheist and also knew my dislike of men wearing jewellery. I can't remember if it was Chrsitmas or a birthday but...... my present was a gold crucifix on a gold chain........ Really? You do know I am not going to wear this, EVER. The response was that she had hoped...... probably prayed too and then began to understand prayer doesn't work. Two and a half years we were together. Just a few months after the crucifix incident she dumped me, blaming my Soul all nighters (she was into C&W and never came to one), DJing, a few pints most days and going to 30 odd football matches a season...... You'll never be able to save a deposit on a house that way. 9 months later I bought my first house.......

I have always thought that she finally realised that the boy wasn't for turning..... I had actually had quite a few chats with their local priest who was a regular visitor at their house. He understood where I was coming from. He understood the reasons I had for not believing. The many contradictions in the bible for which he had no answer other than none of his flock had ever brought it up. How did he expect me to believe that 2 kangaroos had hopped from Australia to Mount Sinai to get on the Ark and then hopped all the way back (swam quite a bit of the way too). How could I worship a deity that allowed horrors to be perpetrated in his/her/its name without launching a barrage of lightning bolts at the jerks responsible...... again, he had no reply. He might have said God made it happen but realised that wouldn't sway me. He also didn't know what the carnivores ate during the "cruise". I suggested, with a grin on my face, that some species actually became extinct on the Ark..... he laughed at that one. Still had the odd pint in a local boozer with him after the break up.