Re: now tattoos/DH

That's cool Jim. I totally understand how you feel and how my husband
feels..but I don't want somebody to tell me how I should feel about it.
That's all. And because I do love and respect my husband, I have not
done this because I know he just can't stand it. But, and here is the
point I made to my husband last night, I would never, EVER have some
dead animal hanging on the wall of my house. Never. I think hanging a
deer head or some animal skin on the wall is sick. My husband used to
hunt. He has several of these "trophies" and I know he likes the rustic
look in the house. So, I have two dead animal heads in the living room
and the pelt of a badger. Do I like it? No. But it's his house too so I
just look the other way. I feel I deserve the same respect in a lot of
areas of my life. I'm a hippy chick. He is "Mr. Conservative". Opposites
attract - but sometimes that can bite you in the butt as well.


james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:I was raised with the same litany, Jesse, as Robert--and still feel the 
same way. But I also think a person's body is his or her own property, 
and whatever he or she want's to do with it ain't none of my 
business--up to the last endurable limit.

On May 25, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:

> O.K. Andrea...e'splane what a "celtic moon" looks like. My husband is
> Scottish/Irish/German. Ya know what? I liked my analagy so much from 
> the
> e-mail I sent ya'll that when my husband got home from a biz trip last
> night I talked to him about it. He agreed...he doesn't like the fact
> that the kids have tattoos at ALL...but does not love them less for it.
> I asked him if I was in an accident and my face or body was
> scared...would he love me less because of what I looked like on the
> outside? He said no. He squinted his eyes and said..."I know what this
> is about...you still want that tattoo.." I asked him what his crazy
> hangup was (which I've heard before but I wanted him to say it out loud
> so I could analize why he feels this way). His reason is that it USED 
> to
> be that only the "skanks, "carnival people, and bikers" got tattoos and
> his parents harped about how only trashy people did that sort of thing.
> I said..."THAT WAS THEN (and I don't believe those people are any less
> human)
>
> wake up and realize it is now 2005 where church ladies, professional
> ladies/men, entertainers and the younger generation ALL do this. It is
> not a crime, it does not make somebody a lesser person, it's "body art"
> and personal expression. And yes, there are aweful tattoos out there,
> but there are some that are beautiful. And some just have a personal
> meaning for people." So...he gave me the "look". I just laughed and
> walked off. Think that's what I'm going to do for my 44th birthday. OR 
> -
> maybe he and I can go do a tattoo together for our anniversary - ya
> think???? LOL. I'm killing myself here. (so easily amused these days).
>
>
> Pam Evans wrote:
> I got a great idea. Next time I come to Claremore, we can go get one
> together. I like the feather idea. And he won't get TOO bent out of
> shape if I'm there. LOL
>
>
> On 5/25/05, A A HODGES wrote:
>> What's he going to do Jesse? Kick you out? ;-)
>>
>> My friend Liz got her tattoo as her 40th birthday present to herself, 
>> so go
>> for it! It's a Celtic moon. Very cool. I'm still thinking of getting 
>> mine,
>> so you're not alone.
>>
>> A
>>
>> Andrea H
>> Beaufort, SC
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Pam Evans
>>> To:
>>> Date: 5/24/2005 10:37:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT]now tattoos/soapbox
>>>
>>> I'm convinced Steve and Robert were separated at birth. Unbelievable.
>>> Thank God I had the good sense to stay single. I'm far too
>>> cantankerous and unyielding to be married. And I say - get your
>>> tattoos, let them have a snit if they want to.
>>>
>>> On 5/24/05, Jesse Bell wrote:
>>>> O.K. - like Forrest - this is all I have to say about this - and 
>>>> then
>>>> I'm done. Out of six children...we now have three with tattoos and 
>>>> a son
>>>> in law with tattoos. Do I love them any less. No. Does my husband 
>>>> love
>>>> them any less, no. He grumbles and expresses (loudly) how he 
>>>> disapproves
>>>> but loves them anyway. Last year when his/our 24 year old daughter 
>>>> got
>>>> married her wedding dress cut down really low in the back...and she 
>>>> had
>>>> most of her hair up. She has a wonderful dragon tattoo on her back. 
>>>> I
>>>> love it. He hates it. But he still doesn't think any less of her. So
>>>> then....why do I get such hell over it. Hmmmm....I'm a 43 year old
>>>> woman, thought about it over 9 years now...still have not changed my
>>>> mind or thought "glad I didn't do that"....so...my husband may just 
>>>> have
>>>> to get over it. "And that's all I have to say about that...." - 
>>>> Forrest
>>>> Gump
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> EvaTEsq@aol.com wrote:
>>>> LOL! Robert sounds so much like Steve! When I was in college I 
>>>> wanted to
>>>> get a tattoo & get my nose pierced & he freaked. (I never ended up
>> getting a
>>>> tattoo or getting my nose pierced). I still want the tattoo though.
>>>>
>>>> Eva
>>>> Long Island, NY
>>>> Zone 6/7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 5/24/2005 6:36:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> silverhawk@flash.net writes:
>>>>
>>>> Ohhh, pfffffftttt, your friend's children went ballistic because 
>>>> their
>>>> parents got a tattoo before them. HA. I still want one. I have for 
>>>> the
>>>> past 9 years. I just want a small feather. That's it. My husband 
>>>> won't
>>>> hear of it. Makes me nuts.
>>>>
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>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
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