my sister...

so she's turning 18 this coming sunday, and she decided today that she's going to get a tattoo on the day of - as SOON as she turns 18 and it's legal. she booked an appointment at some random boutique in Boston, and she's getting the outline of an elephant on her left shoulder-area. i'm nervous. i feel that she should really wait and think about it a little more. i mean, she doesn't have a good reason to get an elephant - it's nothing significant. i just don't want her to regret it in a few years, i feel like she will. ugh. idk. sorry, just had to get this out there.

an elephant? that is a little odd, i guess, unless it's a really artsy, well designed elephant. hmmm...i'm not sure, you could talk to her, about maybe something more special in a less showy place?

yeah, i try to talk to her, but shes always like, "GINA SHUT UP I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO GET!!!!"

and she shuns at me for my tattoo idea. when i get older - certainly NOT when i just turn 18, but later in my life - i want to get the initials of my two uncles who passed away tattooed in pretty cursive letters on the insides of my ankles. i think that's a good, hidden place, and it really does mean something to me. ugh.

well, if she is so adamant, maybe she just needs to be allowed the mistake. i'm sure someday that elephant could turn into a pretty flower or something.

if she wont listen to you and hasnt thought it through then it's her own fault and if she regrets it, she's noone to blame but herself.

maybe she does have a reason? its just...personal or something.

but if she wont listen or take advice, it's her mistake to make really.

yeah, i guess. rawr. silly sister.

you should probably just casually ask why an elephant, of all things.. lol.. i see why you're nervous for her, but only she can change her mind. so i guess you just have to support her. she can always have it removed (black ink is easiest)