What's got the office abuzz, until someone gets canned

A few days ago someone stuck a long, thick needle through my skin.  It hurt worse than I thought it would, and I winced.  The pain made my eyes water, but I didn’t cry.  The sickest part about the whole thing is that I paid someone to do this to me.

I got my nose pierced.  Yes, me – a thirty-something thrice-married mother.  My boss asked me if I was having a mid-life crisis, which I vehemently denied.  I’m too young to be considered mid-life, I mean DUH.  The thing is, I’ve wanted to do this for a while. Husband Version 2.0 was dead set against it though, and I didn’t want to be subjected to his wise-ass comments about it, so I let it go. After my divorce I started thinking about doing it again, and decided to do it, but never got around to it.  Last week I got around to it.

I’m sure to others, this screams: LOOK AT ME, TRYING TO BE A REBEL, WOOO HOO, LOOK AT ME, ME AND MY HIPNESS.  Actually this isn’t what I’m aiming for at all.  Part of my interest began because of a longtime friend, who is East Indian. She and her mother both have their noses pierced, and it is more of a classy, cultural thing to them.  I’ve been around them for over 20 years, so the piercings didn’t seem odd or out of place to me at all.  I’ve admired the way their piercings looked and started considering one for myself.  Thing is, I’m a white girl and people assume I don’t have a cultural reason for my piercing (they happen to be right).  What seems classy on someone else is perceived as trashy on me.

Despite all of that, I still like it, and I’m still glad I did it.  A small diamond chip in my nose doesn’t mean I’m smoking ice or wearing all black and dyeing my hair primary colors.  (Although they say purple is the new brown.)  If people don’t like it, too damn bad.  It’s not offensive, and besides – I’m classier with the stud in my nose than they are with their stanky, dumpy asses, mangy hair, frumpy clothes, and bad breath.  My daughter likes the way I look too, even though it looks like I “have a round silver booger” on my nose. 

And really, that’s all that matters.

Comments

[KaraMia]

Ouch, doing my ears was about as brave as I could get. Here via michele today

[Maliavale]

I've been considering the nose piercing lately, too! I think it's like the second wave of it being trendy. =)

[eM]

Don't feel bad, the nose DOES hurt to get pierced. I had both sides done (at different times) and they were more painful than most of my other piercings (went on a binge in college--7 non-ear piercings). Granted they all came out when I got prego (some hurt and some were just not practical), but still, the nose ones hurt bad.

I think it's pretty neat that you got it done though. It's fun, especially when people don't expect it or it does look a little out of place (not against the backdrop of neon pink hair and more safety pins than you'd need to cloth diaper a small herd of children).

[Jolie]

Hi, thanks for visiting my site today. Yeah, the Panama jerk was a total whacko. So glad I found that out before I married him! Appreciate the comments. You have a nice site here!

[Sue]

Here from Michele's,
I am actually thinking of getting a tattoo of my beloved husky retriever now departed and I am 40 (somethin) You go girl!!!

[Carl V.]

Here from Michele.

Good for you! You're far too young to be considered as having a mid-life crisis. I'm 37 and still think I'm a kid (act like it too sometimes..ha!) I personally think they're cool but know I couldn't stand the pain...too much of a wimp I guess. Have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!

[Linda]

I couldn't do the nose piercing, but it's more common every day.

and I can REALLY relate to the colors of hair - in Germany they go ALL out with wild colors...I've been invited to a wedding for a bald-headed (shaved) man and his blue-haired bride (and she's NOT old, just electric blue!)

Have fun with the piercing!

[redneckmommy]

Congratulations! I am so dying to get one myself. But I am a bit of a pansy....

Love your new look.