To "tatt" or not to "tatt"

I cannot get enough of them. I love looking at them online. I love watching shows on TV about them. I love seeing other people's. I love talking about them.

I just love them.

However, I do not have any.

I don’t have any for a number of reasons.

Firstly: parental reaction. What on earth would my mother say if I turned up with a tattoo? In fact, I think it’s more: what would she DO? I think this could range from a shouting match, to completely cutting me off. Neither of which I could be bothered dealing with. I think I could cope with my father, I don’t think he would be too annoyed.

Secondly: the pain. Now, I always think I could cope with the pain. I don’t think it could hurt THAT much, could it? However, I guess anyone who hasn’t had a tattoo cannot judge the amount of pain it’s going to put them through. And someone who has, I believe, would have an inability to express exactly how it feels. So you never know. I personally think I have a high pain tolerance – but what if that were to change as soon as a needle touched my skin?

Thirdly: I can never decide what I want. I have lots of ideas. There are always thoughts: I could get this tattoo here, or that one there. But then, which one do I choose? If I was to get one, it would have to be only one. Yet I’m pretty sure, like some people can get addicted to plastic surgery, some people can probably get addicted to tattoos. What if I did? What if I went to get a small one on my hip and three weeks later came out with one on my foot, another on my ankle and a few on my back.

That would be terribly hard to hide from my mother.

So do I think I will do it?

Probably not.

I assume I will be eternally curious. Sometimes I hope I dare just to walk into a tattoo shop and get one. Other times, I congratulate myself on my ability to forward-think. My whole life I have looked at everything I have done and questioned how it would impact my life in the future, and yes, I still believe a tattoo would limit my potential to become the best of my ability.

I guess, for now, sticking to pen ink and temporary tattoos is for the best (Big D was an excellent time to indulge this!). But I’ll let you know if I end up in a tattoo parlour.

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