<p>These piercings/tattoos that people seem to want to get now aren’t really rebelling anymore though since it’s so common. I prefer the more independent approach of no permanent body mutilation but that’s just my personal preference. </p>
<p>I think a sports car would be a lot more fun than dealing with something stuck in one’s nose. It’s a bit more expensive though.</p>
<p>I drove my 15 year old daughter to a tattoo parlor to get her navel pierced. Talk about things you never thought you’d do… but frankly she should show off that little flat tummy while it lasts. If she has my genes, her days are numbered. And I figured when the day does come that she decides she no longer wants to be pierced, it’s just a tiny scar that no one will see. And it was a respectable tattoo parlor, as oxymoronic as that sounds. They made us sign our lives away, and everything was sparkling clean. </p>
<p>Emeraldkity, how abut getting your hair cornrowed with those fun beads at the end? It would last a couple weeks, and everyone would think you went on a Caribbean cruise (perhaps a spray tan would help).</p>
<p>I guess a safer, less risky way for them to rebel might be to go around the house and take all the “do not remove” tags off their mattresses…</p>
<p>I just bought all new cushions for the lawn furniture, and I ripped all the “do not remove” tags off at the same time I cut off the price tag- talk about resisting authority! :)</p>
<p>ek4: please let us know when you do the deed. I am thinking likewise…</p>
<p>You ripped the tags off? Then you admitted it on a public forum? Are there pictures? EK…the cops are probably on there way to your house as we speak. I don’t think we can help you either. oh, my.</p>
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<p>How funny! I told my son the exact opposite. He talked about skydiving on his 18th birthday and I said “No Way. Get a tattoo instead…I’ll even pay for it!”</p>
<p>FTR, he didn’t do either when he turned 18.</p>
<p>Don’t do anything permanent…that’s what I told my girl. She can do whatever she wants to her hair (dye it, cut it, shave it) and I won’t utter a peep of protest. But no tats or piercings please. Of course, when the inevitable rebellion occurs I’m in trouble. Maybe I should have told her to do whatever she wanted as long as she didn’t touch her hair? </p>
<p>Anyway, why not do the big trip or wild adventure you’ve always dreamt of. Hiking in the Amazon, parasailing in Fiji, beer/chocolate tour of Beligum…it may not be something others look at and say ‘whoa, middle-age rebel coming thru’ but it might shake up the soul and awaken the spirit!</p>
<p>Head to the nearest amusement park and find yourself the biggest, wildest, fastest rollercoaster you can. That will get it out of your system real quick (along with your lunch…)</p>
<p>Rather than change your appearance or spend money on cars or trips, try some innocent flirting instead.</p>
<p>The middle-age urge to rebel stems from feeling invisible and routine. Its amazing what a youthful lift you can get from some harmless banter from the opposite sex. (But be discriminating.)</p>
<p>Eh, I disagree with most of the posts that try to convince you to do something else. I say: Go for it!</p>
<p>I totally understand about the nose ring - although I have no interest in that myself, it’s very…rock-n-roll.</p>
<p>Hair styles (unless you get a green mohawk) just don’t cut it…neither do roller coaster, imo.</p>
<p>Here’s another idea, to go with your nose ring: Go to some concerts with your daughter, to see some of the newer bands. (Just stay out of the mosh pit!) Then be sure to get the tour shirt. Your daughter’s friends will be soooo impressed that a 30- or 40- something went to see Children of Bodom or AFI or NIN or Tool or…</p>
<p>Then, when they ask if you are wearing your daughter’s t-shirt, wow, it is just sooooo rewarding to say proudly ‘No, I am a huge fan myself! I especially liked their newest album, and wow, the new guitarist is sooo amazing, don’t you think?’</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s fun. The expression on their face is priceless.</p>
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<p>These comments really creep me out. Is there such a thing as ‘innocent flirting?’ And are you so sure it will remain ‘harmless?’</p>
<p>There are enough people having middle-age crises and affairs that result in broken marriages without encouraging someone to do that. It’s quite a slippery slope. (unless you happen to be single of course.)</p>
<p>I’d go with the nose ring.</p>
<p>And tattoos over Harleys or skydiving any day.</p>
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<p>True for teens and 20-somethings, but not so with the older generation. If the 30+ folks start getting the piercings then what are the young people going to do next? They’ve already pierced every part of the body, including those we’d rather not know about…</p>
<p>It’s like the rockers who have bald heads - when their own dads had long hair, they had to think of something in the other direction, since they couldn’t rebel by growing their hair any longer.</p>
<p>Though, long hair on guys has never really gone out of style, thankfully, except for a short while in the early 80s punk era.</p>
<p>Now you can see the bald guys in the band right next to the long hairs, and both are equally rockin’ cool.</p>
<p>What happens when you have a wet cold, and have to blow your nose? Does it squirt through the little hole if you don’t take particular care to cover it as you blow? Don’t laugh. It’s an honest question. And don’t get all sanctimonious that I dared to ask. We are talking about adding extra holes in a small and already holey body part. Yeah…that makes a lot of sense…:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Here’s something to consider: How does your daughter feel about you getting yours pierced too?</p>
<p>And don’t get all sanctimonious that I dared to ask.</p>
<p>I never thought about it, but D says that it does, cause she has a friend with a piercing.
I don’t think D would like it too much if i got it pierced, at least not until she has had it for a while.
I think a trip sounds like a good idea- I am planning “college trips” this summer- but I don’t know if that is what I have in mind- however- if I can talk her into it, I think a backpacking trip could shake some of the dust off.
<p>Don’t worry I don’t usually flirt, but I do get a lot of mileage by going to the gym when the “younger” people do.</p>
<p>But it kinda made me queasy when I found out exactly how young some of them are- it is hard to tell.
I can’t find anyone younger than my oldest child, sexually attractive.
I really don’t know how these old guys do it that are married to wives young enough to be their grandchildren.
That just seriously skeeves me out.
And what would you talk about?
Seriously- people who have been around the block a few times are a lot more interesting.</p>
<p>Oh a hilarious note.
I was over at my mothers today- and I noticed that all her sofa pillows still had their tags on.
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<p>Okay, my D has a nose piercing. No, when she has a runny nose, it does not come out the hole.</p>
<p>Minor rebellions for the middle aged:
*go on strike: don’t do anything for anyone for a few days (I do this when my family has been insufficiently appreciative for too long)
*leave work at lunch and don’t come back. Instead, drive to Snohomish (or your local equivalent–small town with not much going on) and have pie at the pie shop, then go for a long walk. (It’s a great pie shop.) (Heck, eating pie for lunch is a rebellion right there.)
*Buy something sexy and pink (if you’re female) and wear it to lunch with your husband. Afterwards… go to a hotel.</p>
<p>Thanks for clearer info dmd, D did say there was fluid, but I didn’t really get into what the fluid was- she gets irritated if I even remind her to wash her nose ( she has to soak it in saline twice a day for 8 to 10 weeks until it heals)
So far it looks good-</p>
<p>lol pie for lunch- I had some for breakfast!
I don’t make pie that much because the only pie H likes is berry, but the Remlinger farms frozen pie is actually really good! ( and full of vitamin C- I am hoping)</p>
<p>Going on strike sounds good-perhaps I should be one of the bicyclists this weekend
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<a href=“I%20wonder%20what%20the%20weather%20is%20going%20to%20be%20like?”>url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice_Cyclists</a></p>
<p>I tagged along for D’s belly button piercing a couple of weeks ago. Though she’s 18 and didn’t need me, she was glad for the moral support and happy to let mom do the driving. There was no way I could be sanctimonious on this one - I’ve bemoaned many times out loud in D’s presence my regrets that this wasn’t in fashion when I was her age as I would have done this piercing before ears hands down (I had one good looking tummy back in the day). It did cross my mind to add a hole to an ear while we were there, one up high has always intrigued me, but it was her party and I thought I’d best not crash it. She’s been waiting for this break in her sports, should be healed before college stuff kicks into high gear. Lots of large bandaids while she does her summer training, I guess.</p>
<p>I’m not sure minor rebellion will cut it. I do like the idea of going on strike, though, since I’m feeling VERY much taken for granted these days. Such is the life with multiple teens/quasi young adults. Snohomish?!! Nah, I prefer Pike Place where I can wander the shops and watch the tourists. For some reason my best alone time is when I’m surrounded by strangers!</p>
<p>The whole point of the Snohomish pie shop is that you have drive for an hour to get there JUST TO EAT SOMETHING THAT’S BAD FOR YOU…</p>
<p>Going on strike is wonderful. I recommend it. Although it is hard to watch your children and husband eat frozen pizza for every meal.</p>