Anonymous wrote:I know tons of adults with nose rings. No one laughs.

Well, not in their face. We all laugh behind their backs.

I think they can enhance beauty, if you're already attractive, and the nose ring you get is extremely tiny. Some people will think you're having a midlife crisis, but the good part about being in your 40s is you don't have to give a F what people think.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 40 and have had a septum ring since I was 16. I work with 4 women who are also 30 - 50 who have nose rings (nostril though) and no one thinks anything of it. We are all attorneys or otherwise professionals.

depends on where yo work. No way you are Big Law with a nose ring.

Are you in big law? You may be surprised. I've been working at large law firms for over 20 years. Not in attorney capacity though - as secretary, admin, paralegal. During that time I've had a mohawk, lip and nose piercings, full sleeves (tattoos), etc. Many attorneys I've worked with have had sleeves, piercings, etc. The head of our litigation group has a nose ring and eyebrow piercing. One attorney in our Environmental group has stretched earlobes (not huge, like 0g or so), a nose ring, and dreads. We have many staff (HR, office services, marketing, etc. with tattoos and piercings). Also keep in mind that just because you are an attorney in a big law practice, it does not mean you go to court often. Most law work does not entail court appearances very often at all. You are mostly filing things online or hand delivering things, and on the rare occasions you need to make a court appearance, FCC/FTC meeting, etc. you just tone down your look.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 40 and have had a septum ring since I was 16. I work with 4 women who are also 30 - 50 who have nose rings (nostril though) and no one thinks anything of it. We are all attorneys or otherwise professionals.

depends on where yo work. No way you are Big Law with a nose ring.

I had a lot of pink hair back in 2011. I don't think it was a mid life crisis, I just lived in a place where that was not a problem, or frowned upon.

I think my midlife crisis is now and manifests itself in my being as healthy as possible in order to live longer!

I'm 36 and have had a small nose stud since I was 18. I still love it and I think my face looks weirdly naked on the rare occasions I remove it. I wore it in both my previous nonprofit career, and now in my current artsy field with no problems. So I say go for it, OP!

Anonymous wrote:Why should people laugh? Granted, it's cultural for me, but many ppl I know have nose rings.

Because they are uptight, anal bitches. You know, the same ones who mock logo purses, adults with unique hair colors and anything resembling fashion trends.

If you want it, do it. I mulled over getting a second ear piercing for ages and finally pulled the trigger. I like it a lot because it's a little out there but not too unusual or distracting. I think the tiny nose studs are similar.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 40 and have had a septum ring since I was 16. I work with 4 women who are also 30 - 50 who have nose rings (nostril though) and no one thinks anything of it. We are all attorneys or otherwise professionals.

I'm sorry, but there is no way you are in a law firm with 4 women who all have nose and/or septum rings.

I know that's not exactly what you wrote, but this idea that attorneys at actual firms that regularly go to court and present in front of judges and have meetings with clients are rocking suits and nose rings is ridiculous.


And people ARE looking at your septum ring all the time asking themselves "what in the F?" all the time.

Wow. I can never get over the nerve of people telling others that their experience can't be true/real.

So then post the name of this "suits and septum" law firm. Must be a fascinating website with all of their pictures!

I'm not that pp. But, it's odd that you think that there is a one size fits all law firm.

Really who the hell cares? My cardiac surgeon has a belly button ring. I don't judge.

Yep, a belly button ring that is not displayed either in the OR or in court is definitely the same thing as a septum ring.

Maybe it's a cool surgeon who wears yoga pants and sports bra in the OR and in the examining room. Not every surgeon is uptight you know.

I have never seen this in any OR or ER but I will keep everyone posted. Will also inquire this weekend at work what we would be thinking if one of our 40 something doctors suddenly appeared at work with a mid life crisis nose ring.

Op, unless you are in some artsy fringe type profession and live in an area where it is readily accepted as the norm, please don't be the first person at Smith Consulting or Smith Jones and Brown LLC to show up at work one day with a nose ring.

I want to meet the surgeon who has his belly button pierced. Awesome.

If all the people I know who nose piercings and extra ear piercings kept them throughout life, then they are all now in their 40s. It won't be the weirdest thing ever. People who've known you may be a little "what the ham sandwich??" but anyone meeting you for the first time will assume it's been there forever.

My sister has a nose stud and is mid-40s with a cute nose so it works. She's a surgeon and takes it out for work. It doesn't look like a blackhead when it's not in like a PP mentioned - you don't even see the hole.

You work in academia now and are surrounded by people much younger than you. You are foolishly trying to blend in. It won't work and will come across as a symptom of larger problems.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless your a teenager, everyone will laugh behind your back. Grow up, they look stupid on adults.

my mom has one and she doesn't look stupid with it. there are lots of moms that have them

Agree. The one thing that surprises me ( or not!) is how little global exposure people have. Nose studs have been part of Indian culture for hundreds of years. Ear lobes and the nose are prime acupressure points that cover a gamut of organs and it is healthy to keep those points stimulated. Small jewelry, studs do just that
In olden india, men had their ears pierced as well.

Yeah, well Op wouldn't be wearing a nose stud for cultural reasons. She would be doing it because it's a cool hipster thing to do. There is a difference (in my mind anyway).

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 40 and have had a septum ring since I was 16. I work with 4 women who are also 30 - 50 who have nose rings (nostril though) and no one thinks anything of it. We are all attorneys or otherwise professionals.

I'm sorry, but there is no way you are in a law firm with 4 women who all have nose and/or septum rings.

I know that's not exactly what you wrote, but this idea that attorneys at actual firms that regularly go to court and present in front of judges and have meetings with clients are rocking suits and nose rings is ridiculous.


And people ARE looking at your septum ring all the time asking themselves "what in the F?" all the time.

Wow. I can never get over the nerve of people telling others that their experience can't be true/real.

So then post the name of this "suits and septum" law firm. Must be a fascinating website with all of their pictures!

I'm not that pp. But, it's odd that you think that there is a one size fits all law firm.

Really who the hell cares? My cardiac surgeon has a belly button ring. I don't judge.

Yep, a belly button ring that is not displayed either in the OR or in court is definitely the same thing as a septum ring.

Maybe it's a cool surgeon who wears yoga pants and sports bra in the OR and in the examining room. Not every surgeon is uptight you know.