Cameo should face forward

DEAR MISS MANNERS – I know this is trivial but curiosity got the better of me. I wore a pair of traditional lady’s profile cameo earrings to lunch with six other women, all of whom admired the earrings.

However, a discussion ensued as to how they should be worn. Three of the women said that the profile should be facing my head. Two of them said that the profile should be facing outward, away from my head. The sixth woman didn’t think it really mattered, and I have absolutely no real opinion on the subject except to say that it’s been my habit to wear them with the profile facing away from my head.

So, trivial and trite as I feel the question may be, apparently there are people (at least five that I know of) to whom it does matter. So, Miss Manners: Should the profile be facing the wearer’s head, facing away, or doesn’t it matter?

GENTLE READER – Trivial, you say? Compared to world hunger, you mean?

In that case, we would never ponder anything else.

The question not only interests but worries Miss Manners. Please position the earrings so that the cameo ladies look forward, in the same direction as your face. Otherwise, they would be turning away from everyone you encounter and even appear to be attempting to escape you. Cameo ladies would never want to be guilty of such rudeness.