Should I Get A Nose Ring?

Posted on 10.19.06 in Family and there are 16 comments.

I’ve been joking that if we actually get a minivan, I’m going to get a nosering. Not the kind you picture on Ferdinand the Bull or a Mongolian Yak, but the simple diamond kind ala Kelly Clarkson. (I think that sentence might land me at the top of some really weird Google searches.)

Now, before my father-in-law starts freaking out, I don’t think I’ll really do it. But I have to say that I was considering it today...sort of.

Why? Well, we currently have a minivan in our garage. No, we haven’t bought it yet, we just saw one we liked, pulled out our Slim Jim and Voila - Minivan in the garage. Actually, the nice folks at our local Hyundai dealership let us borrow it for the day.

So, just to bring you into my world and the level of uncoolness that I’m currently feeling let’s recap my day/current stage in life:
1. Test drove a minivan...and I liked it.
2. I’m 4 months pregnant and in that wonderful stage of - “Clothing Purgatory” - pregnancy clothes don’t fit - my old clothes don’t fit.
3. Getting dressed and ready for the day consisted of putting on a jogging suit and putting my hair in a ponytail.
4. My excitement for the week is the fact that we have carpet cleaners coming tomorrow. Woot!
5. I have no idea what “Woot” actually means.

There you have it. I don’t know if this is a 1/3 life crisis or just a growing rebellion towards conformity or a natural response when faced with having to purchase a minivan. Whatever the reason, if you spot a pregnant 31 year old 1/2 Filipino mom driving a minivan and wearing a stick-on nose ring.....say woot (I won’t know you’re not using it properly.)

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Absolutely get a nose ring!  Beeki has one, and I must say, it’s hot.  You would instantly be the coolest person you knew.  After all, all of the uptight friends and people around you would want to say something, but having a nosering is so acceptable today that they’d feel stupider saying anything than not saying anything.  You could watch them squirm.  It’ll be awesome.

Yeah, I’ve gotten to the point that I don’t stop and stare at nose rings any more.  They look as natural as pierced ears, as far as I’m concerned.  My secretary showed up to school this fall with the part just below her lower lip pierced.  I did notice that.  So, she’s got several ear piercings, a nose piercing, the one in her lip, and I really don’t care to know where the rest of them are.  Oh, she’s a good kid and we’re grateful to have her.

So yeah, I say go for it.  You’re in your 20’s, this is the time of your life to get it done.  It can always grow back later.

Let us know how it feels when you get it done.

Just be sure to consider the ramifications carefully.  I read this about tongue piercings today - apparently, they can cause some real problems.  Not to mention the potential results when people get somewhat more sensative areas pierced. 

And remember, understated is always best.

Perhaps it’s the young punk or the artist in me, but as the proud owner of a pierced “more sensitive area,” I say go for it!  Woot!

http://www.woot.com

LOL

I’m old and stodgy. Not a big fan of body piercing, including nose piercing. But I say that purely on the basis of my personal preference, not based on what I consider “acceptable”.

My daughter has the nose piercing and multiple ear piercings. Whenever she plays with the internal part of the nose piercing, she looks to me like she’s picking her nose or something. I imagine it’s something to get used to, having a big chunk of metal inside your nostril.

I guess when I’m very old and near to death, I can chuckle quietly to myself at the slightly-younger old people with all their non-descript, blotchy, indistinquishable tatoo leftovers and scarred, punctured skin from all the piercing leftovers. Or probably by then, they’ll be able to make everything look nice with a few quick passes of a laser, and it won’t end up mattering anyway. In fact that seems pretty likely, since they can already sort of do that now.

So then I’ll just be a crotchety old man that doesn’t even have any misfortune to make fun of in the younger generations of people that come after me.

Wow. Those are some interesting responses.

Cach - somehow I knew you’d be for the nose ring. I’ll have to check out Beeki’s when we all get together in a couple weeks. That’s still on, right?

Rick - alas....I’m NOT in my 20’s. I’m actually 31....so can I still get a nose ring or am I too old. (Yes, I know you probably won’t touch that question with a 10 foot pole.) By the way, why aren’t you blogging anymore?

Euphrony - I just think it’s cool that you used the word ramifications. I remember when I first learned that word. There was a movie in the 80’s about some Army brats who lived on an Army base somewhere and created lots of mischeif. One of the kids was uber-intelligent and he used the word ramification. I asked my grandma what it meant and since then I’ve tried to squeeze it into every sentence I can. The ramifications have been amazing. Everyone actually believes I’m smart.

Ryan - I love that site. I’ve never bought anything there, though, have you? I just like to read all the funny and creative descriptions. I still don’t get what Woot! means. Could you use it in context?

C-Hammer - I’m sure my family is grateful for your input. I truly cannot imagine how a few of my relatives would react if I got a nose ring. They don’t even like it when I wear baseball hats…

I don’t know if I’ll do it, but it’s awfully fun just thinking about it and watching people’s reactions.

mischief - “i” before “e” except after “c”.......

Kat,

I’ve never bought from the site, but I have been inches from it.  I have a friend of mine who buys all the time.

I haven’t looked up the official definition or where it came from, but its another expression like woohoo.  In the online gaming community it has been my interpretation of woohoo + loot = woot. 

Hope that helps.

Ramifications is a nice word.  Just be sure to not use it superfluously. Spurious use of colloquialisms, jargon, and Delphian phrases can make one sound both antiquated and idiotic.

Trust me, I speak from experience.

Heck yes, we’re still on!  Heck no, 31 isn’t too old for a nosering!  In fact, it’s probably even cooler.  Think about it, you’re not just getting it because all your friends are doing it; you’re doing it because you are one cool chick.  Imagine all those little wimpy girls sniffling and crying while getting a little pin-prick in their nose.  Come on, you’ve given birth multiple times!  That’s not pain.  You know pain.  You have mastered it.  You can tell the story like this:

Them: “Wow, cool nosering.  Did it hurt?”

You: “Please...”

Yeh, you do use “ramifications” a lot! HeHe.  ~Lil

I really dragged my feet on getting a minivan but once I got one I loved it.  Don’t get me wrong, once I no longer need the room I’m ditching it for good, but for now it’s fabulous.  Get one with a moon roof and that’ll make it go down easier.

Lilia,
That’s funny that you’ve noticed that I use that word. But don’t you have anything to say about my nose ring?

Michelle,
Well, it looks like we’ll be getting ours in the very near future.  Maybe I just won’t call it a minivan. Maybe I’ll call it something else and then it will be easier to accept. I know, I’ll call it an FUV - Family Utility Vehicle.

Everyone I know who has a minivan has said that they were reluctant, but that they really love it. I’m sure it will be true of me as well.

Go for it sister!

So this is a really old post, and it makes me curious....did you ever get your nose pierced?  I’m getting mine pierced this weekend. 

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