Do you have a tattoo? If so, what’s the story behind your ink? If you don’t have a tattoo, what might you consider getting emblazoned on you skin?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us PERMANENT.

“My angel, I love you” – no I do not think so, the problem being that you would have to carry a tattoo forever, and Mr. Swiss might start wondering who I mean. At our age you do not have tattoos, you just admire the tattoos belonging to others, or do you?

It must be around ten years ago when tattoos were in. Everyone had one. I suggested to Mr. Swiss a tattoo, with the words “Mrs. Angloswiss, Mr. Swiss forever”, in blue, surrounded by a heart in red. Somehow he did not seem to be keen on the idea. Did he no longer love me, did he have another? None of this, he just said at his age he does not go for tattoos any more, they just look stupid-.

I was really thinking about it, thought it would look good. I remember at the time that son No. 2’s girlfriend had a small tattoo; I think it was something Chinese, but can no longer remember. Before I began to search on the index in Internet for a tattoo emporium in our little market town, Mr. Swiss said “don’t think about it”. The man is a mind reader, but after 46 years of marital bliss life, I suppose he knows how my mind works. No problem, I know how his works too, so it was no surprise.

“Just a little butterfly on the right shoulder blade, or perhaps a snake curled around my upper arm. I could have your name engraved with a Swiss cross next to it” I said thinking that if it was patriotic he might agree.

I was overflowing with spectacular ideas, knowing how I would be admired, especially in summer where wearing sleeveless dresses.

“No, definitely not, It might look good now, but how will it look in ten years?” was his cool calculated answer. I always admire him for his down to earth ideas, always attempting to bring me back to reality.

I decided perhaps it would not be such a good idea and it might bring about a dysfunction in the Angloswiss household. I still somehow miss my butterfly or snake. On the other hand they are no longer fashionable and I must admit I rarely see golden oldies with a tattoo. Perhaps I might see more scars left behind after having them removed.

I must admit I had a quick glance at other entries already submitted for this prompt and this promises to be a super prompt. Everyone is proudly showing photos of their eternal skin engravings, or talking about them and I am just missing out on it. I would love to be part of the club, showing an elaborate Chinese dragon in three colours covering my back, or perhaps a surrealist illustration, something on the lines of Salvador Dali, with clocks hanging over tree branches. A skull tattoo would be impressive, on a shoulder blade, I am sure it would be the envy of all golden oldies that I know.

“Where did you get that? It is very original.”

my golden oldie colleagues would say “I want one too”. I crossed out the last sentence, as this might not be the case.

Is this risk free? With my luck I would probably have blood poisoning, or the engraver might have a shaky hand and suffer from dyslexia. I notice no-one talks about suffering when the engraving is done, but when it has to be removed, there are many negative remarks and I saw a few nasty illustrations on Internet of what could happen.

I decided to stay as I am. Smooth peachy skin with a few small blemishes caused by the aging process, but nobody is perfect. I am tattoo free and will now visit today’s daily prompt entries to see what I have missed.

Daily Prompt: Tattoo…… You?

Tattooed Pingbacks

1. Daily Prompt: Tattoo…You? | Under the Monkey Tree
2. Tattoos | Kate Murray
3. Port Cullis | alienorajt
4. What I Think Of Tattoos | The Jittery Goat
5. Family & Faith | Active Army Wife
6. My Ink, My Story | Finale to an Entrance
7. Tattoo… You? | Relax
8. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | A Mixed Bag
9. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Awl and Scribe
10. My First Tattoo | Steve Boer Photography
11. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Olivia May Photography
12. Should you Tattoo? | It’s a wonderful F’N life
13. Permenant | Momma Said There’d Be Days Like This
14. Daily Prompt: Tattoo…..You? | Steve Says….
15. Tattoos, A big No-No | A mom’s blog
16. The Accidental Tattoo | A Buick in the Land of Lexus
17. INK can’t Hide me ! | Dreams to Reality !
18. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | timzauto…. in search of the blond haired kid
19. Daily Prompt:Tatto…..You? | Motherhood and Beyond
    
20. Tattoo — You? | Flowers and Breezes
21. Daily Prompt: Proudly Inked | One Starving Activist
22. A tattoo! Or two…or three… | wordsandotherthings
23. Tattoo. | Bullet holes in the wall
24. Tattoo… Me! | Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis & Me
25. Body and Soul: of mundane miracles and secular sacraments | Muddy River Muse
26. Tattoos….You? That is the question. | Kansa Muse
27. Tatted Up! | meanderedwanderings
28. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Everyday Adventures
29. Who Needs a Tattoo? I’ve Got A Blog!
30. Sunday Confessions | Cheri Speak
31. Kissing the sky. | Inside of love
32. To Be Continued… | Charron’s Chatter
33. The tattoo that I have, and the ones I want | And I write
34. Tattoos | Mountains or Molehills
35. Daily Prompt: Tattoo’s the Diverse Art | Bowl of Rice
36. Ink’d | A Room of One’s Own
37. A Mark For Life | annezheng
38. On Tattoos | Not the Family Business!
39. Tattoo? – One Day | My Play Nook
40. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Basically Beyond Basic
41. How and Why I Decided To Get Inked | noinpart
42. Skin Deep | All work and quite a lot of play
43. Tattoo….You? | The Nameless One
44. Permanent ink. | Simple Heart Girl
45. DAILY PROMPT: TATTOO — ME! PHOENIX RISING! | SERENDIPITY
46. Tattooed Memories… | Haiku By Ku
47. Daily Prompt: Love Never Lasting | Morrighan’s Muse
48. The Lover’s Kiss | unaware but underlined
49. Impermanence | vic briggs
50. The Boob Report – Tits for Tats | Susie Lindau’s Wild Ride
51. Daily Prompt: Tattoo…You? | Poetry
    
52. Tattoo….You? | Trina’s North Germany
53. Get your tattoo here | tjbarkerseattle
54. My Forest | unaware but underlined
55. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Red Herrings
56. Tattoo | Lori’s Life and Other Stuff
57. To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo?…..(wp daily prompt) | Daily Observations
58. Sword – The Tatoo | Thoughts
59. My Tattoo Changed My Life | Notes by Natalie
60. Permanent PROOF | unaware but underlined
61. Daily Prompt: Tattoo……You? | Sorrowful Decay
62. Daily Prompt: Tattoo…. You? | SIM | ANTICS
63. Tattoos. Body Art or Body Damage? | Mr. Johnson’s Blog
64. Tattoo or not tattoo? | Tales of a slightly stressed Mother!
65. Mince and tatties | Land of Dope and Tories
66. 1.12 Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Family, Photos, Food & Craft
67. Tattoo…You? | My Conscious Self
68. Daily Prompt: Tattoo You? | BulgingButtons
69. Tons Of Little Tattoos, BIG Meanings | unaware but underlined
70. Time for a – Tattoo? Who? Me? | Words ‘n Pics
71. You Have a Tattoo? « disappearinginplainsight
72. Daily Prompt – Tattoo…You? | The Wittering Wallflower
73. Daily Prompt: Tattoo You | An almanac for concerned citizens and boysenberry jam fans
74. Permanent | The Magic Black Book
75. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You | Off The Beaten Path (Being Silly in the City)
76. If I Chose Tattoes | mycookinglifebypatty
77. Gilded Warrior
78. Daily Post: Tattoo | Mac’s Blog
79. Tattoo! | MissEmilyMarie23
80. Never | Life is great
81. Prompt: Tattoo | E aos 30…
82. Why the random posts | Jarime’s Blog
83. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | jane sleeps here
84. Daily Prompt : Tattoo …. Me? | LoudThoughtsVoicedOut
85. Daily Prompt: Tattoo…You? It’s in the Stars. | Mommy Problems
86. An Unfading Commitment | .:Lani’s Summer in Rain
87. Inked Up: Passion, not Profession | Blagoevgrad Narrates
88. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | White Girl In A Dupatta
89. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You?, Or: Blank Skin, Too Many Choices! | polymathically
90. The Permanent To-Do-List | Holoholo Girls
91. Daily Prompt: Taurus Tattoo
92. “The Daily Prompt | Tattoo…You”, Or Rosie has a change of opinion on the subject of ink | Rosie Writes…
93. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | GG’s World
94. Inked. | FadingSunlight
95. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | The Blogging Path
96. Imprinted. | kazenomachihe
97. The Art of Choosing Ink | The Silver Leaf Journal
98. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Hear Em Rant Oft
    
99. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | jennsmidlifecrisis
100. Memories Made of Ink and Skin | So This Is Writing?
101. Tangled Branches | loveletterstoaghost
102. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | adorablyobnoxious
103. Tattoo… You? | my random kind of life
104. Daily post: Who, me? Yep | helen meikle’s scribblefest
105. My would be tattoo | Kawanee’s Korner
106. Tattoo (Today’s Daily Prompt) | Walking the Widow’s Path
107. Defined in Ink | A.C. Melody
108. Strength | Daily Prompt | Word Disorder
109. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….. You? « J Elyzabeth’s Blog
110. Meaning in Ink | Write here, Joel.
111. Tattoo unites a departed family | Outreach
112. Thoughts of a Tattoo | A Weary Mind
113. Permanent | Andy’s Thinktank
114. Daily Prompt: Tattoo….You? | Nola Roots, Texas Heart
115. In light of earlier tattoo talk | HERESY, ECSTASY, AUGUSTASY
116. The Girl With The Horsey Tattoo – Lipstick and Lithium