Rebuilding Rob

,

Losing my tattoo virginity

Published by

rebuilding rob

on

Daily writing prompt
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
View all responses

I am just four weeks shy of my 50th birthday and this far, I have managed to stay ink free. It’s not that the idea hasn’t crossed my mind. Far from it. There have been a few things I’ve wanted to get tattooed on my body, but they’re have been a few mitigating factors that have prevented me from doing so:

I hate needles

I don’t like pain, unless I’m really in the mood to torture myself. I fact, I hate it. I like to avoid pain at all costs, save the expense of my loved ones. So I don’t willingly like the idea getting poked with needles. It’s not even the little bit of blood that comes with getting a tattoo; that I can handle. I don’t like getting blood drawn. I don’t like getting shots. I just don’t like getting poked with sharp, metal things. I would be the world’s worst heroin addict; because shooting up would be a deal-breaker for me.

Tattoos are (more or less) permanent

Call it commitment issues if you’d like; after all, my marriage didn’t last forever either. But another reason that I have held off on getting a tattoo is that they stay with you FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. I know, there’s laser technology that people have used to remove tattoos. But burning off your skin with a laser sounds eve worse that a needle, which takes me back to reason number one. But along with tattoos being permanent, what will they look like when I get older? I doubt I will keep my relentlessly mediocre looks forever. Eventually my skin will get wrinkly; then droopy as I begin to lose body weight with age. Would tattoos look like they’re on a crumpled up piece of paper? No thanks

What if you tattoo artist just isn’t any good? It’s not like they can erase and start over again? The Instagram account worst of tattoos features…really bad tattoos.

What I WOULD get

In spite of all of these compelling reasons, Still occasionally think about getting inked. IF I were to do so, here are my top five choices, in no particular order:

  • A picture of my dad – this is something I’ve strongly considered since he passed
  • The Detroit Tigers Old English D logo – I’ve been a Tiger fan for as long as I can remember, and I don’t see that ever changing
  • Something about my sons – something in reference my boys. Their names, their dates of birth; but not necessarily pictures of them
  • Batman – my all-time favorite superhero and something of a personal spirit animal
  • A meaningful quote or expression – my first choice would be “Fortune favors the bold”. Famous quotes are a type of tattoo I could see myself becoming addicted to. My fear of that would be looking like Robert DeNiro’s character in Cape Fear
Uhhh…no.

What kind of tattoo would you get? Where would you want it?

Thanks for stopping by Rebuilding Rob. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe to my blog below. It’s greatly appreciated! Also, feel free to follow me on social media as well! Check out my most recent posts as well as some earlier, related posts:

The article “Losing My tattoo Virginity” first appeared on Rebuilding Rob.

16 responses to “Losing my tattoo virginity”

  1. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I already have a tattoo which I have had for some years. I have a dolphin on the top half of my left arm. It’s a small one, in blue.
    I plucked up having it fo e after years wantimg one.

    I put it off because of a thing with needles and wondering howmuch it would hurt.

    The only thing my tattoo lacks is water. But the designs at the time to choose from, from a tattoist I used was either just a dolphin. Or otherwise, a dolphin design that would have had water, but also had a red sun in it. As nice as it was, I only had a blue design in mind for years. No colour.

    I could go somewhere else that was recommended to me by a couple of people some years ago who can do freehand drawing and not just by set designs and have it added while touching up the dolphin. But I have never got round to it. It’s probably the plucking up to go and do it too.

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      Thats sounds cool!

      That’s one thing I didn’t even mention when I was talking about changing one’s mind about tattoos: getting them touched up or getting them inked over.

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
      1. Liz Avatar
        Liz

        I still like my tattoo, even if it is just a basic dolphin tattoo.

        Liked by 1 person

  2. MaryG Avatar
    MaryG

    Four weeks til fifty? That’s a biggie! What’s your plan for the big day?

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      My birthday falls on Wednesday this year.
      My oldest son has a gymnastics meet in Atlanta in 2 weeks. I’m going there to see it. I may sneak I a Braves game while I’m there.

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
      1. MaryG Avatar
        MaryG

        That sounds fun! Treat yourself in Atlanta 😊

        Liked by 1 person

  3. Gary Trujillo Avatar
    Gary Trujillo

    No Henry Rollins full back tattoo?

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      Dude, I would t make it through getting one letter of that tattooed on my back! lol.

      But a sun tattoo, maybe even a small version of that sun , would be cool.

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  4. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Cool, post Rob. I would get hello Kitty, or a phrase/signature of my mom on my wrist. But I hesitate to do anything because I think my immune system would attack the ink and then attack me.
    If you get a tattoo now, it won’t fade as much as if you had gotten one years ago. I’m not positive, but I don’t think that it would sag much either. if you had gotten it when you were 20, I think would sag.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply
    1. rebuilding rob Avatar
      rebuilding rob

      Thanks Amy! Yeah, at this point, I would hope that I wouldn’t get too much sag if I were to get a tattoo.

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
      1. Amy Avatar
        Amy

        And the color would stay nice. And the lines would stay clear and crisp.

        Liked by 1 person

      2. rebuilding rob Avatar
        rebuilding rob

        I know a couple of pretty good tattoo artists, so I think I’ll be covered.

        Who knows? I might go ahead and pull the trigger on this one.

        Liked by 1 person

      3. Amy Avatar
        Amy

        I think you should do it for your 50th. Maybe it won’t be as bad as you think, or maybe a slight pain will be worth it in the end. I think you can do it. I have confidence in you, Rob.

        Liked by 1 person

      4. rebuilding rob Avatar
        rebuilding rob

        It’s funny that you mentioned my 50th, because I was thinking of that too!

        Liked by 1 person

      5. Amy Avatar
        Amy

        Great minds think alike!

        Liked by 1 person

  5. Mr. B Avatar
    Mr. B

    I like the one with the broken heart, at least you know that won’t change 🙂

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a reply to Mr. B Cancel reply

Previous Post
Next Post