Not sure what section to put this in. Maybe it's body issues or clothing? But it is sort of a CD issue if you think of other things you might do that just don't fit an average lifestyle but you do them as a disguised CD thing carrying it off as a bit 'trendy' or free thinking.
I had both ears pierced 2 years ago and that was a BIG issue to me with lots of paranoia and drama about what people would think etc. Well now I still have two pierced ears but I only wear one earring during the day in the left ear.
I'm a middle aged guy, whether I like it or not, so I keep thinking how other people might see it. I little bit of me wants to be a bit 'dangerous' and 'on the edge' but another bit of me thinks "well you saddo middle aged git". FFS grow up!
A guy at work asked me why I had my ear pierced and I said "Cos I didn't do it at 18". And in some ways that's the truth.
But a bit of me thinks, "Oh god grow up! You look stupid like a 60 year old guy in leather trousers."
One earring in a middle aged guy is a bit naff?
Discuss etc.