Things that bother me... about Tattoos

I don't have all that many things that bother me...but the few things that do get under my skin...well, they REALLY get under my skin {especially after a day house-bound with 4 children: 2 loopy + muddy, 1 sick+ snotty, 1 babe not napping...and a partridge in a freaking pear tree}. One of these bothersome things happens to be Tattoos. Well, not just tattoos for tattoos sake, but tattoos that are blatantly sported by people in "sometimes obvious, yet easily- hideable -when- it is -inconvenient" places. For example, I see so many people in my "beach-y" community {come summer}, especially young girls {let's say, 26 and under} who it appears, may have meet a cute boy with tattoos one weekend {or suddenly decided they HAD TO GET TATTOOED?} ...and the very next week are walking the beach with their ribs and a half sleeve done! Some go even futher to include necks + hands. Insanity, I say. Having accumulated the tattoo work I have over, oh, 14 years {through single life, dating/ college to my current status of "married -with -children -in- yuppie -town"}, I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that "work" needs to be earned! And I'm not talking about it in a "Biker" kind of way... I think what I'm trying to say is: "lived with". One of my last tattoos was my rib ...and I DREADED it! That aside {no punn intended}, I give girls with hand + neck tattoos alot of credit. Having lived with a neck peice for 13 years, well, I can honestly say it takes guts, if not thick skin to endure the constant flow of opinion by spectators. You gals are livin the life 24/7...unless wearing a turtlneck, scarf, or some really good makeup! My whole hearted respect.

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I've found that people who rush into getting heavily tattooed are kind of similar {atleast in my book} to those who seem to grandstand their tattoo work in every photo of themselves on their internet blogs. More often then not, these tattoos {while there may be many} are often strategically placed where they can be easily hidden, yet they are featured CONSTANTLY in photos! What is that? I get it, I like to "cover up and blend into the woodwork" {sometimes} as much as the next girl...but here's the deal...I CAN'T! Call it bad planning or whatever you like, but the tattoo work I have is here to stay...and even at my best there are always creepers.

I try to live the most authentic life I can. That means going to work as a college professor with some creeper tattoos as well as going to townie playdates with my 3 littles in the summer in short sleeves. All I'm sayin' is that if you've never stressed about what you should wear which would cover your tattoo work to say,...your child's school's formal dinner dance or parent teacher conference; it will just never be the same kind of authenticity. It's the girls walking the beach with their new tattoos that make people call them posers...and it's the girls typing the blog posts with their strategically placed tattoos a blazin' in every photo shot that makes people think that the lives people show on blogs are a crock of edited sh*t.

Just sayin'.

Thank you Robert Mondavi for enabling me run off at the mouth...or fingers on this fine friday evening. It is good to have a good, PMS-y rant every now + again, don't you agree?

Have a Wonderful weekend

xo.