{"id":23425,"date":"2014-10-04T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23425"},"modified":"2014-10-04T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T10:00:44","slug":"a-marked-change-in-thinking-about-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23425","title":{"rendered":"A ‘marked’ change in thinking about tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my new ink<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>Ummmm, sit down, friends. I need to confess a little something. Remember how I wrote about tattoos (not once, but TWICE) and how I never much cared for them?<\/p>\n

Well\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

I had a lunchtime margarita (OK, two, but who\u2019s counting?) during a weekend trip to NYC with my besties and left Manhattan with a teeny, tiny memento.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I KNOW! I KNOW!<\/p>\n

Let me explain myself. (I have never been at a loss for words before. I\u2019m actually sweating)<\/p>\n

The thing is, I don\u2019t have a profound answer. Mid life crisis? Maybe. I do think a part of me wanted to do something completely out of my comfort zone. I mean, I\u2019m a good girl. Always have been (pinky promise Mom & Dad). I never rebelled. Like, not at all.<\/p>\n

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Before (left), during (center) and after (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

So, when my girlfriend Patti peer pressured me into walking into a tattoo parlor across the street from the Port Authority, I have to say, it was sorta thrilling…in a terrifying kind of way.<\/p>\n

It smelled antiseptic, which instantly put me at ease. Plus, our tattoo artist was a young, cute woman who had no visible tatts or piercings! She was totally patient with me as she reduced the size of the heart shape I chose again and again until I was comfortable (meaning that it could be covered easily by my Marc Jacobs boyfriend watch)<\/p>\n

It hurt. Although, I have exaggerated this part a bit so as to make my boys somewhat fearful. Not real confident of my success on that front.<\/p>\n

People have been surprised by my decision. There has been a lot of gasping. I\u2019ve been asked for the \u201cmeaning\u201d of my tattoo. Hmmmm. Well, it\u2019s a heart that is small and black (not unlike the organ inside my body) but open to change\u2026.<\/p>\n

Obviously.<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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