It's funny that back then when I was quite young and I saw older ladies with ratios on them, I was always mesmerized and told myself that when I grew older and started making decisions of my own and had my own money, I would go to get a tattoo on my skin, a flower tattoo precisely. What intrigues me more is when I see it on the fair ladies, there is this beauty their skin adds to a tattoo on their skin but I am almost three decades on this planet earth, I have my money and make my life decisions myself but drawing tattoos has never crossed my mind again.
I think it's because of my current environment and because I rarely see people with tattoos or expose their tattoos compared to my former location and also maybe because I have outgrown most of those things and realized that there is more to life than doing all the trending things because back then, it was quite trending. We all wanted to have tattoos, so many of us back then even though we were quite younger took the risk and secretly used cashews to draw on ourselves because it was all over the place.
It's been years never and it never for once crossed my mind, even though I love and admire it and worst of all, the country where I come from, there are some sectors you can not work in because you have a tattoo on your body. It's one of the funny rules, I had but then, what can we do, it's the same way we have age segregation and stereotypes in getting a job even when you are qualified for the job.
I got to know that when you go for the job interview, they will have to do a body assessment of you, to be sure you have no tattoos on your body. So, because of this segregation and stereotype in most jobs, many people who had an interest in working in such sectors and once had a tattoo on their body have had to look for a way to clear off their tattoos to be qualified for such jobs. Since for me, it was just merely a childhood fantasy, I don't have intentions of having anything tattooed on me, but it doesn't change the fact that I so much love and admire it on the body of others.
I have a friend who recently tattooed her only child's name on her hand, and I had to accompany her to the tattoo shop to get it done, I could feel the excitement that comes with having a loved one's name tattooed on you. The fun part is that she said she has plans to tattoo all of her children's names on her body, no matter how many they are, and I kind of find that intriguing and she has gone on to get more tattoos on her body.
For me, if I decide to get my body tattooed, It would be a tattoo of my dad's name, I mean some of us here know how much I have talked more about my dad and always reference him as being the person whose discipline and believe in me, pushed and kept me to be better me and also, he was my first best friend, cheerleader, and confidant. I am a strong independent, brave, and intelligent lady who believes in herself and her worth, who wouldn't settle for less because her Dad did believe in her first, he taught and showed me what that means.
So, if I have or will have any intention of getting a tattoo on my body, it would be a tattoo of my Dad on my chest, where he always live and be forever. It's been a hectic and challenging journey without that man by my side, he was my rock and the shoulder I had, he was the one who understood me more and always gave me a listening ear whenever I needed someone to complain about my adolescent age, academic and what not.
The only person who I believed in and he, in me, was the only person who made me dream more and bigger even at a young age. The one person who gave me a sense of belonging and hope that with him by my side, I could fly to any height and be whomever I wanted to be because he was by my side.
Thinking about it now, I think I would love to get a tattoo of my dad but I am confused right now, whether to get a tattoo of his face or his name. I don't know which one will look more cool, and where is the best part in my body to have it tattooed.
This is my entry to the Day 16 #Novemberinleo prompt, here is the link to participate.
PS: All images are mine and of my friend with her different tattoos
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