My crush Fought for his mother's permission to pierce his ear and he wears his earrings religiously. He loves feather earrings- I think he thinks they make him look tribal or something? You're all thinking 'gay' but I promise you-anything but. His ex (my best ladyfriend, grr) was heavily into tattoos and piercings so his mama was looking out for her bad influence; exactly why she was so adamant he never got his pierced and why he was so adamant about keeping his one piercing.
I don't mind- as long as it's a small, nicely cut diamond stud, a nice motif or Is Not Gold. Don't do gold.
I like guys with stretched (guaged) piercings too but no bigger than 1/2 inch, and not some massive taper that looks like a buttplug X3