JAllen

Don't crush my dreams. :P

For me, part of getting increasingly heavily tattooed is understanding and accepting that not everybody likes tattoos. It's tough when that negativity comes from your own family, but that's all part of what you take on by getting tattooed.
For my part, my family has been more or less fine with it. I know my dad doesn't like my tattoos but we don't have a super close relationship so we've never talked about it. My mom always wants me to say that my latest tattoo is my last one, though I don't really see how it even matters at this point. She's coming more and more to accept that getting tattooed is just something that I do, but there are tough moments for sure. My parents were staying with us but were away visiting NYC during the Montreal convention a couple of years ago and they got back to the apartment just at the moment I got out of the shower the day after having my shin destroyed by Chad. My leg was super beat up and swollen and my mom saw it and immediately burst into tears about it. I guess a large part of that had to do with what @bongsau said earlier in this thread about our parents not wanting to see us in pain. At the same time, though this has never been said to my face, I know that some of my extended family has been pretty hostile about my tattoos. One of my uncles, a retired former career air force officer, a really straight-laced type, asked my mom flat-out why I look like a "goddamned biker" and have so many tattoos. I couldn't have asked for a better response from my mom. She told this uncle that I have so many tattoos because I like them. So yeah, she doesn't like that I have tattoos, and she has asked me what she did wrong as a mother to make me do something like this to myself, but when it comes down to it, she doesn't think I'm a bad person for it and has stuck up for me. And that's great with me.
My in-laws don't know that either me or @Pugilist have tattoos at all. We see them in general a couple of times a month. It's all long-sleeved shirts and pants around them even during the hottest part of the summer, or hiding if they stop by unexpectedly. We say that they need to find out eventually, but if they do find out it's going to be a huge fight so it's best to just keep them covered. I think even when they do find out we're both tattooed, we'll still both keep them covered around them out of respect.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

Be confident, embrace who you are and show love no matter how anyone treats you.

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And, to cut to the chase, a panther.

Devil worship

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

They keep wimps away.

That, and drinking wine from the skulls of your enemies killed in battle

Devil worship

Devil worship

Devil worship

Because everyone has a skull.

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

I will most likely be at this Saturday/Sunday. So, yeah!

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"