To Tattoo or not to Tattoo

That is the question lovies.

I have 6 tattoos and I love all of them. Some tell a story others are just there because I liked the design. They all have meaning to me.

I put a lot of thought into placement of tattoos. Studying to be a paralegal means I will be working in offices that have a dress code and having tattoos right there in their face might not work. All my tattoos I can hide, some easier than others: my wrist tattoo I need a large bracelet, my leg tattoos require dark tights or pants in some settings. But I am ok with that, I knew what I was getting into.

I recently found a picture that I would love to have tattooed on my body. The colours are amazing and it's different. It's also different from my usual tattoo style. It's pin-up. I have always wanted a pin-up style tattoo but I could never find one or think one up that I would like and I didn't know where I would put it. I would want this one to be easier to cover up in job settings but that I can still show off sometimes on the weekends. So where to put it?

It would not work on my calves as I have a tattoo in that area on each leg. My arms are out of the question (at least until I am retired or is accepted in the job place, or I move somewhere really cold where wearing long sleeve shirts wont bug me). I have three tattoos on my back but they are high on my back, however my back is spoken for. I have plans to put a large Alien tattoo back there. Then I thought about my thighs: easy to cover up but I can show it off a little bit if I want. I would get it on my left thigh and I have a lot of space there. It works!

Then I get an email from Marc, after telling him about my plan, telling me he does not want a tattoo there. He doesn't want me ruing my thighs. Well what the hell do I do with that!? Marc is good about my tattoos, he supports my choices (even though I know some of them bug him). But this one he is against. He's not against the tattoo I should add, just the placement choice. Marc has no say what I do with my body, he can suggest things or voice his concerns but at the end of the day it is my choice. I will change my hair style and colour and wont care if he prefers it long. It's my damn hair. And I have gone ahead and gotten tattoos without paying attention to him because it is my body.

But I'm stuck on this one. He's VERY adamant about me not getting the tattoo on my thigh. I'm not used to him being this opposed to something I am doing to my body. Like I said, I would just go along and do whatever I like but for some reason I feel as if I shouldn't do this. That I should find another area on my body or just not get it at all. I would love this tattoo as much as my others, I have no doubt about that. But I don't want to upset Marc.

Now, I wouldn't get this tattoo for a few months and only if I have enough money so I have time to think but it's so odd that I am even humoring not doing something to my body to please a man.

Anyways this is the tattoo. I found it on a Tumblr site. I don't know who created it but if you do know please send me the persons name/site/whatever.

This is not my creation. Like I stated above, if you know the origin of this image please send me the info so I can add it here.

Also spare me the whole "What will you do when you're old?!" "They will look horrible" "Tattoos have to all mean something" etc. I hear enough of that from my aunt and my mother. If tattoos bother you then don't look, period.