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You know how everyone tells you to really think about the tattoo you want, that it’s going to be on you forever. Well, at 20 years old I got a tattoo. It was about three months after I had given birth to my oldest daughter, Carleigh.
At the time, my best friend and her boyfriend were in town visiting. They were supposed to be in town to watch Nick and I get married. However, Nick and I had split up. I haven’t talked about it before on here and maybe one of these days I will. During this period of time that we were separated, I was in a very dark place. For some reason, I thought getting a tattoo would be a fun, rebellious, and up lifting thing to do.
Just so you know, this wasn’t my first tattoo. Right after I turned 18 I got this Tinkerbell one on my lower back. The design came from a postcard I saw at Hot Topic a long time ago. Inside the banner, is my name in Hebrew.
This time around, I wanted to get one for my baby girl. I had the tattoo artist write her name in pretty calligraphy. Her middle name is Rose, so I chose a pretty rose to lay right under her name.
Don’t get me wrong, I do love my tattoo. However, at that time, in that very moment, I never thought about if I were to have more children. My husband (bf at the time) and I weren’t together so I wasn’t really thinking long term.
Now it’s been five years and we have two more children.
I can’t decide if I want to get one for each of them. If so, where on my body should I put them? Or do I try and combine that one with more artwork? I’m at lost what I want to do know, and all because I made a decision to get something on my body that is permanent, without thinking about it long term.
If I could have one do-over, it would be to wait until I was completely done having kids THEN decide on a tattoo the best represents all of them.
What’s your one do-over?
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I’ve never been able to commit to a tattoo (although I’ve come close a few times) and this is why – I feel like a few years would go by and then I would want to change it! Yours are really pretty, I hope you decide what to do!
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No tattoos here. I’ll have to think about my do overs good question.
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I think those are really pretty tattoos but I’m glad I read your post! I have been wanting to get a tattoo so bad with Hayden’s name but I need to wait until I know our family is complete and figure out what I want to do!
Thanks Melissa! I think that is a fantastic idea!! ;)
I have 8 tattoos (I’ve been under the needle 11 different times for additions and one fix)…and love every one of them. My first one was when I was 18, I got my 8th one just 4 months ago. The meanings of mine have gotten deeper over the years, I put more thought into them. They all remind me of a time in my life that was precious to me.
I do not have any tattoos that deal with my living children. I’ve been working on a tattoo for them for years. I want it to be something that can easily be added to…like an EKG strip of heartbeats, footprints, stars, hearts…..i just can’t decide.
I think as adults, everything seems to mean more then when you’re younger!
I’d go back to my teens and twenties and stop worrying over so much small stuff. It doesn’t matter 10-15 years later!
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I have 3 tattoos, and there is one I wish I didn’t have, LOL! Oh well, live and learn, right?
I just shared my “do-over” moment too – http://www.beingfrugalandmakingitwork.com/2012/06/my-do-over-moment-dont-take-anything.html
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Haha, pretty much! ;)
I have made the ULTIMATE in tattoo mistakes (besides a man’s name of course). I was quite the rebellious, tough chick at 18 who just didn’t really give a crap what others thought of me. Well, I got the word “bitch” tattooed on the back of my neck. I did at least think enough about the long term to have it done in chinese so only those who i share the meaning know what it says… but man, that is for sure was a huge mistake. Thank goodness it’s covered 99% of the time by my fabulous, long hair :)
Oh no! Well…I guess that is good you did get it in a different language, lol!
I want to get a tattoo with all 3 of my kids names on it, surrounding it. Probably 3 little dragonflies with their names on them! Let them pick the colors of each dragonfly. So it probably won’t be done for another few years, until my baby girl is about 3 or 4 years old, and she can help choose a color for hers. I have 4 tattoos, 2 on my back, one lower, and one between my shoulder blades. The other two on the outside of my ankles, I love them. I wouldn’t trade them for the world. They ALL 4 represent special things in my life. I wouldn’t be where I am now, if I wouldn’t have gotten the first two.
I love both your tattoos, they’re beautiful! I have a two tattoos and one is of the first letter of both my children’s names with a Forget-Me-Not flower in the middle. I love it but I wish I had realized the artist was going to take my drawing literally. The flower is a bit bigger than I wanted and one line of the “L” in my son’s name is shorter than I’d like it to be. I thought he’d even it all out. So that’s my do over. It’s not much and I do love the tattoo and what it stands for anyway. No one else sees the flaws but me.
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I like your idea for the do-over. My DH has 3 tattoos but I just never could bear it!
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I don’t have any tattoos and I doubt that I would ever get one. They’re like love, they’re with you for life.
Now the do-over. Hmmmmmm. I wouldn’t mind going back like ten years and living that all over again. There are a few things that I would do differently.
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No tattoos here. As for your predicament, I’d say go ahead and get 2 more tattoos. Unless your daughter’s tattoo reminds you too much of the dark times, why not add your other children, either to the existing one or 2 completely new ones?
BTW, Love the Hebrew on the Tinker Bell one! Happy (early) Chanukah too!
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