Last week my sister confessed to me that she was going to let her son get a tattoo for his 16TH BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm not against tattoos, but I think that a 16 year old is not in the right frame of mind for such a committment. I told her that she should let him wait until he turns 18.
depends what design he gets.. i had my first tattoo at 16 or 17 and my mom paid for it. i still like the design i chose.. though i had quite a few by the time i was 18 and i hate some of them. but they are ALL being coverd up.. even the ones i like cus i have sleeve in progress and id rather have my sleeves finished and cover the ones i have already. if he gets a stupid cartoon design or something no doubt he will regret it. but you can always get them coverd up, depends how serious he is about tattoos and how many he wants. i learned the hard way and wish i waited til i had the money to get sleeves instead of loads of smaller designs
I am with you GM...my son is turning 16 this year and there would be no way I would let him get a tattoo at that age.
Their tastes will change so much between now and forever.
I was 43 when I got my first one and wanted one since I was about 17, the longer you wait the better. If he is however the kid that would go behind Mom's back and do it anyway...maybe not such a bad idea.
look I am 30 years old and I got my first tat when I was 18 . I regret what I got but It reminds me of my youth . Same with your sisters son he will always remember the day and what made him choose what he got . But mainly thank god its not a homemade tattoo he and his friends did .
To me it doesn't matter what he got tattoed. I just felt like I got punched in the gut. Sometimes my sister acts like I'm some stranger off the street as opposed to the sister who got puked on in the backseat of the car by her kids when they were babies.
Actually, when it comes to someone raising thier own kids, NO you do not matter. This is your sister's son, and your sister's choice. You are free to disagree with it but the bottom line is you are not the boy's mother.
You don't get it. I practically raised the kid, his mom even calls both of them "our kids". I even changed his diapers and helped potty train him. I guess when he peed on me at age 2, I should've taken the hint.
I do have some sympathy for you but really in the big picture you do not matter, it was between his mother and him.
I have 2 sisters and their kids a like my own and we are very close...just because my son puked on his aunt when he was little it does not give her the right to tell me what I can and can not do with him.
No..I would not allow him to get a tattoo at a young age.
Maybe there is more going on here other than the tattoo business and this forum really isn't the place to air the laundry of your family.
do you still love your nephew? Of course you do so accept what your sister has down because you can't change it and get over it...life is way to short to be mad at someone because of an issue so trivial.
Update: I've soften quite a bit on my nephew's tattoo. Its on his right arm and he lives in t-shirts, he has a "farmer's tan". So whatever money he spent on that tattoo is wasted by his modesty.
Last summer, we were walking around a local fair and he had a sleeveless shirt and he was incredibly self-conscious about his tattoo, which made me feel a lot better. I'm not sure how it will change, should he decide to work-out and become more muscular. But that tattoo got him to thinking.
