Tatttoos as a form of self care

I must admit I’m not a lover of tattoos myself, not to mention I am like the worst person in the universe with needle phobia! If I did get them I’d probably only have small ones of like a Yoshi or Kirby or a waddledee or something. I have contemplated but my parents would be so angry if I got one, plus if they get mucked up then you are either stuck with the muck up or have to face laser removal which I believe is extremely painful! 

I thought tattoos were no longer such a taboo. It’s really a personal choice of course. I’d never get someone else’s name on me other than family, that’s a recipe for disaster. 

I remember my skin therapist saying one time she had her then boyfriends name tattooed on her arm and then he just dumped her when she said she was having his child so she chose to get the tattoo removed which I believe was very painful. Like having a lit cigarette on your arm but worse. Can’t remember if she had to get another one to cover up the scar of the removal. I do believe even if they get “removed” there is still ink that remains. Say I never see the point in them personally but there again I have a scar on my arm where I burnt myself in cooking class so therefore been tempted to have that covered up but again my phobia of needles steers me away from that option as well as my parents lol. 

The thing with tattoos is you have to be really sure if you want to get them and know deep down you won’t regret them. I mean I personally don’t think I’d regret getting like a Yoshi tattoo but I wouldn’t feel ok getting like a special someone because I just have that feeling we would fall out. I have heard so many stories of that. As I said if my parents hadn’t persuaded me against I may have had a Yoshi tattoo by now but say my pain and jab phobia is awful anyway haha. 

It does seem a really divided debate but on the pain side of things It didn’t hurt me much, it’s a little like being scratched with a sharp object along with vibrations. I guess it depends on pain thresholds and where the tattoo is being done on the body. It’s definitely a bad idea to get a partners name though because as you mentioned above things can go sour and you are stuck with it unless you somehow managed to find a partner of the same name but that may fail too. 

It does seem a really divided debate but on the pain side of things It didn’t hurt me much, it’s a little like being scratched with a sharp object along with vibrations. I guess it depends on pain thresholds and where the tattoo is being done on the body. It’s definitely a bad idea to get a partners name though because as you mentioned above things can go sour and you are stuck with it unless you somehow managed to find a partner of the same name but that may fail too. 

The thing with tattoos is you have to be really sure if you want to get them and know deep down you won’t regret them. I mean I personally don’t think I’d regret getting like a Yoshi tattoo but I wouldn’t feel ok getting like a special someone because I just have that feeling we would fall out. I have heard so many stories of that. As I said if my parents hadn’t persuaded me against I may have had a Yoshi tattoo by now but say my pain and jab phobia is awful anyway haha.