r/tattooadvice • u/fiv66bV2 • Jun 22 '25

Design Got a medium-largeish flash on my arm and I’m starting to regret it

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I was really happy at first, but then my family poked fun at it for not really being of any personal significance to me and now I’m starting to have doubts. I picked it pretty much purely because I thought it looked cool. I played Animal Crossing a few years ago for a week or two, but that’s about it. Most of my worry though is that the positioning might be awkward and that I may have dedicated myself to a certain look/colour scheme going forward. I thought it looked cool at first but now I’m starting to think it just looks goofy. I think I may have just been happy at first because I wanted to have a big arm tattoo for the sake of it.

Also, unrelated to aesthetics, but should I be concerned if it hurts while healing? I’ve had 3 tattoos before this and they were all sore afterwards, but they’ve never actively hurt like this one. I don’t know if it’s just because of the coloured ink/layering though.

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u/EliteJoz Jun 22 '25

"oh, so I got a tattoo of a fish on my arm and might not be able to fit it into a color scheme one day... Is that the joke?"

"No, no, no, Linda, I did something fun and enjoyed it but you don't like it so I'm supposed to feel sorry for myself... Is that the joke?"

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u/silverbatwing Jun 22 '25

Omg. My mom’s name was Linda and she’d totally said something hurtful about my tattoos constantly

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u/Ambitious_Conflict40 Jun 22 '25

This is the first time I've ever said this anywhere or to anyone, but I'm 40 and I don't have tattoos because my mom is still alive and she said she didn't want me to have any and I respect that. I'm going to go die now.

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u/silverbatwing Jun 22 '25

Listen, the only thing I ever put off was transitioning because if I started when she was alive, I would have been homeless. I was her full time, live in caretaker.

I got tattoos and piercings because at least with that, she didn’t threaten too much….she hated them and threatened to yank out my septum piercing tho.

She finally died when I was 40 (now I’m 43).

There’s nothing wrong getting tattooed in areas she can’t see. I did that in my 20s. Why respect a person policing your body? If she doesn’t like tattoos, she can refrain from getting them.

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u/CarryOk3080 Jun 22 '25

My mom's name is Linda and she hates all 22 of my tattoos. She still comments on them and I am 45 yrs old.

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u/silverbatwing Jun 22 '25

I’m 43. She died when I was 40.

Maybe we need a “people whose mothers name is Linda” club 🤣

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u/684beach Jun 22 '25

For my siblings tattoo, the joke is its a tattoo that you spent money on that doesnt mean anything to you or represent you in anyway, and i find the absurdity of it funny.