@Mamapolo2016 I got my first tattoo when I was 20. I’d already left home. I knew my mother thought they were "tacky" so I made sure it was covered whenever I went home. When I was ill and in the hospital in 2008, I had three more. The nurse was caring for me and Mom saw them. She raised her eyebrows, but said nothing. "I’ve had them for years," I told her. “I know," she replied. "Your sister told me back when she got hers. I still think tattoos are ‘[i]grossier[/i]’ but at least yours are pretty."