After reading through some of your WONDERFUL comments I have come to realise one thing - we all think the same. In light of this "groundbreaking" revelation I have decided to write down a few thoughts running on the treadmill that is my mind.
As I type away like a little happy secretary, my housemate is in a world of pain. The pain is self inflicted. No, this is not where my writing takes a turn for the worst and I get all dark n' mysterious, talking about Twilight and cape coats. He is indeed getting inked, yet another tattoo, making his skin look like a circus themed party y'all wish you were invited to.
For me tattoos come with a certain amount of dread. Yes, done well they can be beautiful. Truly individual and as I have come to learn, not for the faint hearted. But the question that lingers in my mind when I hear the buzz of a needle is - "will my arm/leg/back/backside(?) look like a child's discarded colouring book when my skin finally decides, once and for all, that it is not my pal but a prune?"
With this in mind I wanna know your tattoo thoughts - am I alone in contemplating my wedding outfit the moment an inking is mentioned?
Funny you should mention thoughts of your wedding outfit... I am the proud owner (?) of 5 tattoos currently with plans to get more. But before each one I ask myself the wedding outfit question. As two of my tattoos are on my shoulders it kind of rules any strapless numbers out. No real big deal there - a shawl, cardigan or something similar fixes that. Around roughly my third one I had a mild freak out about meeting one of those mythical (to me to date anyways) 'THE ONE' type guys. "What if he doesn't like tattoos? What if he doesn't like me because of my tattoos? What have I done to my life? Get 'em off,get 'em off, get 'em off!!!!" - this thankfully only lasted about an hour as I quickly remembered my tattoos are a representation of part of me and part of my story. So if said mythical man likes me he accepts my tattoos.
ReplyDeleteTo me tattoos are art and an immense form of self-expression. Even when I turn prune-like they will still be an expression of my story... and I'll never regret that...
~ Tafline