perverseangelic
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Joined: 2/2/2004 From: Davis, Ca Status: offline
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I didnt' read all the replies, I appologize, but since the situation resonates with me I wanted to reply. My Parnter isn't really a fan of tattooing or peircing either, and it's something I very much like, and which makes me feel connected to my body. Anyway, while he doesn't -hate- tattoos or peircings, he's not really enamoured with them, and this has caused some conflict with us. Anyway, with us, I finally decided that it was important enough for me to ask for authority over it back from my Parnter. It didn't actually come to that, because right when I'd asked we had the situation with his family occur, and we ended our dynamic for a while anyway. ~sigh~ I guess what I'm saying is that for me, claiming and marking my body is very important in my sense of self. It helps me to keep a hold of who I am, despite the stuff that's going on around me. I think that if it's important to you, you should have a discussion with your partner and explain where you stand, and that he should be willing to accept you as who you are, tattoos included. I think sometimes it's about showing our partners we aren't changing ourselves because we think there's something -wrong-. My Parnter thought that I modified because I felt inferior. It's taken a while to explain that I do it becuase it helps my outsides look like my insides feel.
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