Valhalla Island

I would like to get a tattoo or tattoos. My primary reason is that I think they look really good, it’s that simple. When I first told Mum her first questions were “Why? Who else has a tattoo?” Expecting me to want one just because someone else has. I told her that no one else does and so her next question was “Why can’t you just be like everyone else then?” Completely turning around her argument. Firstly she doesn’t want me to be like anyone else, next question she does. It made me realise that she doesn’t have a valid objection. She doesn’t even know why she’s objecting.

I don’t want people to get me wrong and think that it’s some sort of rebelious act, I’m not a rebelious person at all. I have great parents and never felt or feel the need to.

Secondarily I see it as a shallow person filter. If someone is going to treat me based on colour in my skin before and over the things I say, the way I act and the way treat people then that’s not a person I want to know. I guess the problem is that sometimes people with tattoos are assholes and it’s true, of the few young people I do know with tattoos, some of them aren’t very nice people. On the other hand, the others are some of the nicest people I’ve met.

But maybe it’s not so much judging you on the actual tattoo more on being a person that would get a tattoo.

The disadvantage is that you’ll have it forever. If you really like it then this isn’t a disadvantage at all though. The challenge for me would be to get something that has some real meaning, seeing as though it’s going to be on me forever. It might be useless trying to find something that’s going to be meaningful to you your entire life. It might be better to just choose something that looks good.

I’m curious what other people think?