I went on a stag do last weekend, and was one of the only lads without tattoos, nearly all of the others have them, ranging from small, discrete things, huge, bold designs on necks and legs, to one lad with a camel on his toe, genuinely laughed at that one.
Most of them were deeply personal, the names of close family & friends that have passed away etc, my brother in law to be & his best man have the name of my niece who was still born at almost full term, the best man also has a drawing his mum did before she died on his calf.
It struck me that while some were a bit garish, some plain shit, they all meant a lot to their wearer and did show how much they thought of, loved, and/or cared for these people who are no longer alive. Besides the camel toe tat – he was just pissed up!
So, I thought, it’s a nice sentiment, but why does everyone else need to know? I still haven’t worked that out….
I’m a bit shit at life, bit of a wanderer, struggle to self motivate, but there’s a song lyric that I like a lot, that reminds me to mtfu and put some effort in. “If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won”. A bit psilly perhaps, but I like it, and have thought about having it as a tattoo, just small, black, text somewhere I can see it, so it would serve as a reminder, but I’m unsure about having people asking me about it all the time. Any ideas?