My mother is by far my favorite person in my immediate family. While my dad and I are much more similar in personality and appearance, my mom and I relate much more in our interests and humor. So, tonight my mom and I were talking about teenagers getting tattoos and what the tattoo laws are in Minnesota (where we live). I told my mom that I had looked it up before and that, even with parental consent, minors cannot get a tattoo legally.
So my mom asked about Arkansas (which I also know off the top of my head--don't judge me! I love tattoos) and I told her that with written consent and presence of a parent/legal guardian, minors can definitely get a tattoo.
My mom then proceeded to talk about the tattoo that she has been wanting upwards of fifteen years, a black widow spider. Now, you have to know that my mother and I have shared a loved and respect for spiders since I was a little kid. We hate killing them because they serve a fundamental purpose in our house: Killing those damned flies.
Next, she asked if I would be up for getting matching black widow tattoos on our ankles the next time we go to Arkansas.
I knew my mom was super badass.
But this surprised even me.
I obviously agreed because, well, that sounds frigging ideal. I love tattoos, spiders, and my mom is pretty cool so a matching tattoo with her would be totally cool with me.
So, guess who has just signed up to get a tattoo with my mother.
And to think some kids have to do this crap behind their parents' backs.
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