Tattoo Who?….Tattoo What?!

We all know that tattoos are all the craze these days. I even have old HS classmates and associates, ie the renouned artist Miya Bailey @ the City of Ink, that has been doing tattoos since High School. It’s a talent…It’s a skill. It’s addicting.

I think the most complex thing about getting a tattoo is deciding on exactly what you want. What image could you see yourself walking around with for your entire life?

Of course this isn’t always the case. I have a friend that recently had a tattoo he had that was fading out completely covered with a whole new tattoo. It was pretty amazing, to say the least, the before and after pictures.

However, to get back to my point, usually your tattoo isn’t going to fade so much that it requires covering or becomes unrecognized, so I ask, "How do you decide?"

Well, for me, I walked into the tattoo parlor and found one in one of the books that I became completely attached to. I will get my 3 year old to take a picture of it..as he is a Photographer amongst other things in training. (My tattoo is shown at the end of this article.)

It takes a while sometimes to decide on what to get on your body.

This past weekend I met woman. She was cool. Not quite my type, but I passed some time with her. While we were talking she took the opportunity to sit on a pool table that was in the venue we were at, and in doing so I noticed a Tattoo on her ‘Upper’ thigh. Yeah…she knew what she was doing…trying to be a seductress…more potentially on that story in another posting..but…it was dark and all I saw was seemingly a partterned circular tattoo with some writing in the middle. I inquired as anyone would or does when they can’t quite make out what a tattoo actually is.

She said, "It’s a Man’s name….my ex to be exact."

OK….I was completely intrigued, as I have met only a handful of people that were….how do I say it…brave enough…in love enough….brain washed enough….or just plain stupid enough to get someone’s name in their body outside of maybe one of the below options:

"I love Mom"
"Daddy’s little girl"
"Daddy’s lil playa"
"RIP Grandma Betty"
"In memory of Pookie Dukes"

Any of the above would be completely acceptable. However, to have a Tramp stamp, or shoulder stamp, or thigh stamp, or neck stamp, or forearm stamp….damn it…ANY stamp…whether MAN OR WOMAN with any of the following at ANY age is completely unacceptable:

1. "I love Robert" or "I love Roberta"
2. "Chris’ Ass" or "Below are my baby James Michael III’s Goodies"
3. "Me and James" or "Jasmine and Me ins Luv" enclosed in a crooked heart

..or anything of the like are completely unacceptable.

I’m going to tell you why in the line right directly below this…so…keep reading while word wrap wraps…

BECAUSE IT’S NOT GUARANTEED TO LAST.

The above comment required me to use an excessive amount of brain power so I’m going to pause to recouperate. *pausing, recouperating*

OK, sorry for the delay..I’m back. So, this woman with the thigh stamp went on to tell me that her tattoo was her ex’s name and she had gotten it in High School. I made the comment, "I bet his head had to be (this big) when you got it." *Of course when I said ‘This Big’ I had my arms completely outstretched to denote the biggest EGO possible that any guy must have when his women shows him right then that he has made his mark and she’s going to wear it for life.

The next statement that she said floored me and I’m going to share it with you….I just giggled about it!

"He wasn’t really big headed about it because he had my name tattooed on him for a year before that!"

;-O        *Sips Heineken*

Now, I’m not saying I don’t believe in love and its "Powers’ (if you will), but, BUT, BUT….getting someone’s name on you without even being MARRIED..yes.."Mare read"…meaning that you have said your "I do’s…til I don’t's" to one another.

Getting some tattoo of a signif’s name in High School, college, or Senior Citizen Home…there is no difference! Some things you gotta know not to do…and if you do it…remember the scene from Gladiator, when Russell Crowe was in the corner scratching off his Military tattoo with a damn Rock! Yeah…he married the Military….got divorced from the Military..and divorced the Military tattoo too!

Oh and LOL at any dude p* whipped to the point that you get (God Forbid) you woman’s name tattoo on your body before she gets yours..hahaha…as my pops would say, "She got yo nose wide open!"

Right now, some dude is getting his girlfriends name tattooed on his neck…meanwhile….some girl is showing her man that HE IS THE ONE (RIGHT NOW) by getting…."These Ray’s Tits" right smack between her ta-ta’s.

Ta-ta What? Ta-ta Who?!

 

 

 

 

 

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