I am a 45 year old woman

[prole_for_peace]

I have an accounting degree and work in a CPA firm as a tax accountant.

And today I wore a long sleeve shirt when I met my parents for lunch so that they wouldn't see the new tattoo on the inside of my arm.

I got a small one on my ankle 5 years ago and I STILL hear about it when they catch site of it. I don't know how long I can hide the new one but as long as I do I don't have to listen to my dad gripe about it.

Sheesh

[mzteris]

1. I hid my tattoo from my mom & dad

- they never saw it.

I'm more amazed that an accountant has a tattoo! :D

[prole_for_peace]

2. I'm not the usual stuffy boring accountant.

The partners in my firm haven't seen the new ink yet and I am sure they won't like it.

But I don't really care. If I have to help rich jerks lower their tax bill and then still hear them bitch about what they owe, I have to act out somehow (instead of slapping them)

[siligut]

3. Yes, the tattoo is the better option

Mr Gut is a conservative sort, but just announced he may get a tat. He has been watching Sons Of Anarchy, as long as he doesn't start calling me "woman" I am cool with a tattoo.

[EFerrari]

4. My mom is the kind of mom that gets a tattoo first and calls me a wimp

for not getting one first. But no pressure. lol :)

[murielm99]

13. That's what I did, too.

To my girls, that is. My son is way too much Mr. Eagle Scout to ever get at tattoo.

[edbermac]

5. What is the tattoo?

Gotta be pretty badass to hide it from your folks.

[OmahaBlueDog]

6. I'm guessing it was the time/value of money formula..

..or the formula for calculating compound interest. If you are a CPA, those are handy -- you'd want them close by.

[prole_for_peace]

9. It's Ganesh and it isn't what it is that makes me hide it

it is the fact that I have it at all. My dad would keep harping on and on about it. Like he did when I got my other one or when I got my ears pierced when I was 16 and the again when I was 18. I thought I would NEVER hear the end of it. And he actually still brings it up

[kentauros]

10. I like Ganesh

:D

That's an interesting minimalist kind of design, too :thumbsup:

Maybe get your father a book on the history of tattooing and have him read it before he harps on you about having one at all ;)


(I have no tattoos but am not bothered by others having them.)

[Quantess]

7. Yeah, I remember when it was sort of new to my parents.

Sorry to hear that they aren't as accepting to tattoos, as my family is / was.

I have not had any new tattoo work since 2003, and that was just to color-in part of a large, still unfinished tattoo. The only people who have given me grief since then, are kind of, small-town people, backwoods-type.

I'm exactly 40, and I have college degrees, too. I have a useless Masters, if you really want to know.

My dad passed away 2 years ago at age 78. He never gave a flying fig about my tattoos, which was very cool.

Edit to add about when it was new to my parents: I just went ahead and did it, and they had to live with it.

[travelingtypist]

8. I'm 46. I got my first non-ear piercing while my...

...66-year-old mother was getting her eyebrows tattooed. (Last Monday.)

I consider myself very lucky, my parents are very accepting of me, no matter what. As long as I stay sober and don't drink-and-dial.

:evilgrin:

[dawg]

11. If the partners fire you for it, come to Georgia!

A 45 year-old, liberal woman who is capable of doing all my work for me sounds like something out of a dream. ;)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Twenty years from now

you'll STILL be their baby, and you'll hide the tattoo.

It never ends.

:hi: