Things I Bought Thursdays -- Your Opinion Requested Edition

This week I bought the above pair of distressed, faded, “boyfriend” jeans (whew that description alone made me tired), and (no surprise here) I have some angst over the purchase...

First off, I’m 35 and wonder if I should be wearing anything that’s purposefully ripped or distressed in any way.

Then there's the fact that I had almost the exact pair of jeans in high school, and I have this general rule that if you wore something the first time around, you probably shouldn’t wear it when it comes around again.

That said, I can’t help it…I kinda like these jeans.

So I need your honest opinion. Should I keep them, or should I adhere to rules 1 & 2 and send them back from where they came? + In this particular case your opinion is especially important as:

1. I trust you Internet friends.
   
2. We’re spending the 4th of July weekend with my family, and I’m feeling pretty confident that my mother and sister are going to give the jeans a thumbs-down, so if I get a resounding nay in advance from you guys, I can avoid the therapy-inducing fashion critique of my family altogether.
   
3. And if you do (like me) happen to find the jeans oddly appealing, then I’ll have back-up to counter the inevitable familial heckling.
   

How’s that for the world’s longest set up?? I think I just exhausted myself.

So, what do you think of the jeans ;-)