So nice, I wrote it twice

[elarbee]

I thought of a good analogy:

Getting a tattoo is like getting a really significant other (such as a spouse), or a child.
- Really good ones or really bad ones are usually a significant investment of time and money.
- All are awfully hard and often expensive to get rid of if you really don't like them.

Thereby, if ever I do get a tattoo, it will probably have something to do with my husband or children.

Piercings, though, are more like non-serious boyfriends and girlfriends, or distant relatives.
- If you really don't like them, you can usually get rid of them relatively easily.
- Definitely less of a time investment, frequently less of a financial one, too.

I have a significant number of piercings. Maybe not that many non-serious boyfriends, but enough to judge by, and definitely lots of distant relatives.

Comments

[mar-go202.livejournal.com]

Do you have any tattoos?

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

No! Haven't found anything I'd want to live with for the rest of my life!

[lenkapenka14.livejournal.com]

I like it! :)
My tattoo means an awful lot to me, I am really, really glad I have it. I have been contemplating an idea of a second one for a really long time now, maybe 5 years? I know what I want, but I couldn't find the exact rendering I want, and I asked a number of artists to make it for me. It is so permanent I want to make sure I am happy with it for the rest of my life.

Piercings - yep. And, like non-serious bfs and gfs, they sometimes leave a scar that surprises you every time you see it ;)

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes! BTW, I know an excellent tattoo artist in SF, although I guess it all depends on how your aesthetics match hers.

[lenkapenka14.livejournal.com]

Maybe, maybe! I won't be able to get a tattoo now for a bit over a year, but for the future. I have 9 different drawings that different artists did for me :) They are great, but not quiet what I want to wear for the rest of my life.
Oh, another thing - some piercings you remove and then put back in, again, like some non-serious bfs and gfs. :)
(I once lost my belly button ring and it closed by the next day, so I had to repierce it)

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

This analogy just keeps getting better and better!

http://www.blackandbluetattoo.com/artists/idexa/

[bagira.livejournal.com]

"I won't be able to get a tattoo now for a bit over a year"

Erm?

[broken_guitar]

Следуя этой логике получается, что наделав определенное количество пирсинга человек таки рано или поздно придет к тому, чтобы сделать тату? Типа показатель взрослости? =)

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily, plenty of people never get married or have kids because they want to lead a different kind of lifestyle.

[broken_guitar]

Ну да, согласна. Мне просто понравилась эта аналогия, что-то в ней есть. В плане временности пирсинга и постоянства тату.

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

I'm saying!

[tenorgroupie.livejournal.com]

You don't have a tattoo? For some reason I was sure that you did. I have one, got it for my 40th birthday after thinking about it for 15 years:) I am happy with it, but have no desire to get another one.

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

I saw yours, it's awesome! Maybe I'll get one for my 40th, too! It's not so long from now.

[bagira.livejournal.com]

Ok, all my favorite people are commenting here saying that they have tattoos, so I'm not going to say what I think about tattoos in general (suffice it to say, I would never, ever ever ever get one).

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

You don't have to! Got any piercings, though?