Why is it that when I tell someone I want a tattoo, they look at me as if I’d said I was adding a third eye right in the middle of my forehead? Dammit, I want a tat and I want it now. Well, maybe not right now but soon.
This isn’t a fleeting decision that will go away with time, or when my Dad gets wind of it, it’s something I’ve mulled over for the past 6 years. HBL is all for it if that’s what I want. Something in the skull and crossbones type “sleeve” plastered down my arm or maybe one of those “tramp stamps” across my lower back? Nahh…..too painful and too hard to hide from my dear daddy accessorize . My dad would scratch his name off my birth certificate if he found out I wanted to mark my body with permanent ink, for Pete’s sake. That brings me to another subject. Why, at my age, should I worry about doing something to my own body that my dad would hate? Do I make my children feel this way about anything? I’m almost positive I don’t. I’m sure the reason my 32 year old son tries to eat his cigarette if I ever accidentally catch him smoking is only because he likes the crunchiness and taste of the tobacco and the filters provide a little fiber to boot.
I hate smoking, not smokers. There’s a difference and I don’t think he understands that. I mostly hate that he’s choosing to stack the odds against himself for getting cancer. I hate cancer. Sounds like today I’m just a hater and I apologize for that because that’s not my usual demeanor so maybe it’s the weather or something else cosmic that’s the cause of all this ugliness I’m displaying. Forgive me.
With all this hate coursing through my innards, I got sidetracked from my original subject. I want a tattoo. A nice little discreet body marking that would only be seen by myself, HBL, and anyone else unlucky enough to see me nekkid. I want something meaningful. Something unique. Something that is just me.
What do you think? Midlife crisis? My mental illness rearing it’s ugly head? Help me out here folks, and talk me off this ledge or push me over once and for all. What kind of tattoo would you get if you wanted a tat, and where would you put it?
HAPPY TRAILS, Y’ALL
August 20, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Nothing Fancy + Tattoo = NO FREAKIN WAY!
LOL…#1) I don’t like pain. #2) I’m chicken poo-poo AND #3) I don’t like pain.
That said, I think that when we reach a certain age, as we have, then we should do whatever we want!!!
I think the heart tat or something more meaningful to you on the lower back/bum area could be super sexy!
August 20, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I’m more the linear/balanced shapes gal myself. Dead heads and bones just do nothing for me. But that is an AWESOME picture you posted! Flowers around the frontal protrusions would be cool (sorry, just can’t say “boobs”). Or some of those arm cuffs are pretty nice. ‘Course you’d have to wear long sleeves all the time, but hey! A TAT!
August 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Two of my daughters have tattoos, two don’t, all have piercings of some form or other. Three of my four sons-in-law have tattoos too, especially the ones in the military. I’m not really big on tattoos, but I have always wanted a small one right at the edge of my, er, pubic area — a funny little guy pushing a lawnmower. One of these days, I will get it.
KJ
http://nanadiaries.wordpress.com
August 20, 2008 at 11:27 pm
i think tattoos may fall into that ‘purple hat’ kinda thing…the i-can-do-whatever-i-want stage that we all ( or at least ‘i’ ) wish we had reached sooner….personally i think i will start with some henna art and see if i like it before i go for the permanent stuff….i really do have commitment issues…..
August 21, 2008 at 12:54 am
Personally, I like tatoos…not so much the big, out there and all over ones but little ones..and especially ones that have meaning. I say go for it. I have 2 tatoo’s but most people don’t know it..a small one on my back shoulder and a small one on my stomach. I would like to get another one…either on my lower back or lower leg. Nothing too big but something that means something to me.
Good luck on making your decision…have you ever been to a tatoo place? Maybe go to one and just check it out…talk to the artist and look at some pictures?
August 21, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I am SO with you on this. I’m just waiting to find something that says ME. I don’t care if it shows (my parents are both dead), since I’ve always shocked my family. I was an early mini-skirt wearer–real early. I’m attracted to the tatts that are script, rather than pix–but what shall I inscribe my body with? Too bad we don’t live closer; we could do it together.
August 21, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I understand about caring what your parents think; I just got a tattoo on my upper back; I’m 35, and my parents threw a fit. And I cared.
August 21, 2008 at 8:01 pm
What if it IS a midlife crisis? Who cares? You’re not hurting anybody. I’ll never get one, but that’s because I lose consciousness in the presence of needles. But you go to town, girl.
August 22, 2008 at 11:58 am
I want a chili pepper on my butt. LOL I swear I am going to do it some day too! Perhaps for my 50th birthday.
August 25, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I so want one and haven’t gotten one for exactly the reason you haven’t! I want my husband’s name on my ring finger and something on my back left shoulder (it’s smoother than my right).
December 14, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Why not do a temporary one? That way you can change the design to suit the current manifestation of the midlife crisis. I hear that you can find them at Claire’s, just tell the tweens to move over!
Me, so not into them.
January 28, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Wow! I thought I was the only one! I hit my crisis wide open-the last 6 months I have my first tat and Harley. Suggest temps and hennas, but they don’t compare to the actual thing-pride wise. Some folks say it’s the permanent thing that is scary and the pain, but if you have a kid you can’t get more permanent or painful that that! I started out wanting something discreet too, but ended up my first tattoo taking up all of my right shoulder blade-dragon with red/white highlights-(3 hours total) I love it so much plan weekend wardrobe around it
Lots of compliments-wish I had took the inkin’ plunge years ago! Happy tattin’!!
I should try the henna out for a few weeks or months and see. But really, I don’t want mine to show so I’m not sure what it will matter. Thanks for telling me this, and maybe it will be the push off the ledge that I need to actually go do something about it, beside wish and whine. come back soon!!!
March 14, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Ha! Reading some of your old blogs today (I SO don’t want to be at work…) and found this one. I have several small tattoos, all hide-able. Just watch out…if you get one, you’ll want another! They are like potato chips that way. …except they hurt. (The only thing potato chips hurt is my waistline!)
And a word of advice: Don’t start with the ankle. One of the worst places to get a tattoo…not much meat on an ankle and mine nearly made me faint! Plus after you shave your legs a few thousand times it starts to fade and not look so great. Oh well.
You really must be bored today. Ha! There is no danger of me getting a tattoo on my ankle because I could never hide it from my Dad. I’ve got lots of padding on the places that would be a possibility so maybe I won’t faint.