Personal Narrative: Getting Inked

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Getting Inked I knew I wanted a tattoo after I watched my brother get his first one. He was sixteen and my mom had to bring him in because my dad wanted nothing to do with it. He didn’t hate tattoos; he just thought they weren’t worth permanently marking your body for. I was thirteen when my brother got his tattoo, so I had a good amount of time to decide what I wanted to get. I ended up going through many ideas. At first, I wanted a pink and purple butterfly I saw in a picture. The woman who had the tattoo in the picture had it on her shoulder, but I knew I wanted the tattoo to be on my foot. Then later I saw a beautiful cross and I thought it would look really nice on my foot. My junior year of high school, however, I decided to take a step back and really…show more content…
I didn’t tell him I was going to get a tattoo, so I knew his reaction was going to be interesting. He was watching television in the living room and I walked in there prepared to tell him. I sat down beside him and told him to remember that I was nineteen years old. I started to take off my sock and he knew what I was going to show him before it was off my foot. He didn’t want to look at it at first but he wasn’t yelling so I took that as a good sign. He then said that it was my body so he can’t really tell me what to do with it anymore. I was very relieved that he wasn’t disappointed and he eventually warmed up to it by the end of the Christmas break. I still can’t believe I actually did it. I got a tattoo. The satisfaction I get from it now feels wonderful. It is so amazing to know that I finally have the tattoo I wanted. My mom says that I should be proud because there are many people who are too scared or cannot handle the pain of getting a tattoo. I will have to say that I am proud of myself and am really happy with the way my tattoo turned out. The day I got my first tattoo is a day I will never forget and I wouldn’t change anything about it!

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