I'm probably as straight laced as they come but in my early 30's I decided to walk a little on the not so straight and narrow. For a few years after I got these I still hid them from my parents. I know that as an adult you shouldn't feel the need to hide anything, yet I did. I now look at these as beauty and my breaking out. Lesson learned - beauty and self fulfillment come at different times and in different forms.