What Tattoo Do I Want?

I have actually wanted a tattoo for a very long time, but I could never decide what I wanted, so I haven’t gotten one. When my friend Laurel and I turned 18, we ran to the tattoo shop to get tattoos. Laurel knew exactly what she wanted so the tattoo artist started with her while I perused tattoos. When Laurel was done, I still wasn’t sure so the tattoo artist told me to come back because…..tattoos are there forever potentially, so you need to know what you want for sure. So I left the tattoo shop feeling disappointed. Laurel’s tattoo was cool though.

I started to think about what kind of tattoo I wanted, and I feel like I probably put too much thought into it. I was talking to my cousin years ago and I told him I wanted a zodiac sign tattooed on my lower back and he immediately said: “Oh no way. That’s a tramp stamp”, and he told me I should get the tattoo on my upper arm because it was the latest thing. This was in the 90’s and this particular cousin already had several tattoos, but I felt that he really did not want his female cousin to get a tattoo, so he gave me grief about it every time I tried to get a tattoo.

A few years later I got married and I was telling my husband I wanted a tattoo, and he said it better be tasteful. I again started thinking about what kind of tattoo I wanted and I still wanted the zodiac sign on my lower back. My husband thought it was a cool idea and I told him my cousin said it’s tasteless and it’s a tramp stamp. My husband told me: “Yes, but you’re MY tramp, and I’m cool with it”, and we both laughed.

So did I get that tattoo? Nope. Not yet. But I’m closer to going to get it, and I so think I will get a nice tramp stamp with my zodiac sign creatively done.