I really hate that everyone in my
family (extended included) and a lot of my
friends think I'm on the road to messing up, just
because of my piercings and
desire for tattoos.
I currently have six piercings, two on each ear lobe, a
helix (cartilage) on my right ear and a conch on my
left ear. I want to pierce my forward helix on my left
ear also.
They say it's bad and I have enough, and it'll
lead to tattoos. They're wrong.
I do want tattoos, but not just any tattoos and not a
ton of them. I want two small tattoos, that mean a lot
to me. I know they'll mean a lot to me in the
future too, they'll never lose their meaning. Even
if they possibly could, I'd rather have a tattoo
from something that meant a lot to me in my teenage
years, than something random. It shows something I was
once passionate about. However, these tattoos will
always hold a meaning.
The first one is a semicolon in typewriter font. A lot
of you might be thinking, "What could that
possibly mean?" Let me tell you, a semicolon is a
place where the author could've chosen to end the
sentence, but didn't. To me, that goes hand in hand
with supporting the fight against suicide. You could
choose to end your life, but think about why you
haven't. The author didn't end the sentence or
story there, so you shouldn't end yours either.
The second, is a butterfly in white ink on the inside
of my wrist. A lot of my friends don't think I
should do it, because white ink tattoos often look like
scars. That's another reason I want it in white
ink. It's my permanent support of the Butterfly
Project. For those of you that don't know what that
is, it shows support for those struggling with
self-harm. There's one day a year where everyone
who is there for those people struggling with
self-harm, draws a butterfly on the inside of their
wrist. I personally don't think this should just be
a one day thing. So to show my permanent support, I
want to tattoo a butterfly as if it was drawn on for
the butterfly project. White ink does often look like
scars, that's another reason to do it, it goes
hand-in-hand with the Butterfly project.
Now that you know my side of the story, I hope you all
understand. If I even try to mention tattoos to anyone
in my family, they won't hear it. They just tell me
not to do it, and that it will mess up my life. They
don't even want to hear the reasoning behind it,
they just think it's a stupid immature
mistake.