Tattoo Be Or Not Tattoo Be?

I'm seriously thinking of seriously thinking of getting a tattoo.

I know, at my age! What am I seriously thinking of thinking?

Almost everyone I know (except family members) has them. No. 1 Son said we could throw him money next Christmas/birthday toward a backpiece of a burning $100 bill.

I don't think so (seriously).

No. 2 Son won a hundred dollar gift certificate from a tat-&-piercing shop.

Ok, it's a note written in red marker on a scrap of legal paper, and he won it in beer pong  ....

I created a really cool design a couple of years ago -- with the disclaimer  'Not that I'd ever consider getting inked' .... Picture this: the outline of a five-point star with lines from each point to a center point. These lines are anchors for the rest of a web. So it's a spider web in the shape of a star. Inside the web sit ... four small, solid-color stars.

Pretty inspired, right?

I've trademarked it, but it's available for licensing agreements .....

(I also have another design -- a lowercase 'c' inside a circle -- but it's copyrighted ....)

I know someone who will call someone who will take great care of me. I've decided it would fit nicely right where you'd cup my shoulder, plus no one would ever see it there because I never wear sleeveless tops and I wouldn't ever want anyone (except Husband) to see it. Would I?

Although it would still be visible when I wear a bathing suit, unless I can find a style with sleeves ....


Another thing stopping me from seriously thinking of it is the tattoo's old association as 'poor man's jewelry.' Yet the whole concept has gone mainstream (bumper sticker: Boycott Mall Tattoos). It's true, you can't sell a tattoo, but on the other hand (arm?), they can't be lost or stolen, either.

Hmmmm ........

... In fact, I don't think I said 'Not that I'd ever consider getting inked.' I believe the actual quote was, 'I have no plans as of this date to get inked.'



But I also have repeatedly told Nos. 1 & 2 Sons that a tattoo is even more forever than a diamond. Yet it can be argued that my forever won't last as long as theirs, and frankly, I don't care what I look like in the hereafter....

I'm also a bit worried about the installation pain. My personal pain threshold hovers somewhere near the arches of my feet. Yet I know I can withstand a little bit of temporary pain -- I've borne children, right?
 

So hearken, oh prince of Denmark, it looks like we finally may have something in common: 'to suffer the stings and arrows of subcutaneous torture ....'


Maybe I should brush up on my Shakespeare before making a final decision ....

Seriously.





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