Help me out people, my DS (nearly 4) has put me on a massive guilt trip & now I'm not sure what to do.
I have a quite a large, very 90s style tattoo on my arm, which I had my first laser removal treatment on last week. The plan is/was to lighten it up enough that I can have a new & much more lovely design over the top. However... When DS noticed it looking red & scabby after the treatment he asked what was wrong, so I explained. and told a little fib when I said it didn't hurt He gave me the full wobbly lip & big sad eyes treatment saying 'but I don't want you to get a new tattoo, I like THIS one!', thus instantly making me feel horribly guilty. He's repeated this several times since (including just now while going to bed), out of nowhere.
I don't want to traumatise the poor child, but I don't want to be stuck with a rubbish (and now partially removed!) tattoo either! It's my skin, right?? But I know that if he's upset by my new ink I'll feel bad whenever I look at it. What to do??
AIBU?
To laser my (crap) tattoo off?
Chuckthefucklebrothers · 05/11/2013 20:54
Have you decided the design of your new tattoo? Maybe you could get his input. Yes I do know how silly that sounds, asking a 4 year old's opinion on your tattoo 
Can it be completely removed so you don't need to cover it? If you have a new one would it be possible that in 20 years' time you will want to remove a "crap very noughties style" tattoo?
My little nephew gets upset if my DSis changes her hairstyle
He's four, he's used to it on mummy and it looks like it is hurting mummy so he wants it to stop! He really won't remember in 6 months. Get what you want done! Careful asking too much of his opinion unless you know an artist who is very good at bob the builder sleeves 
Go for it. My six year old had an idea to extend my backpiece and I went out and did it. I'm really pleased with it, so's he. I'm just waiting until inspiration strikes him again
I have a duck and a goose together, DS1 thought that the goose should be giving the duck a flower so I got a few cocoa flowers added and one put in the goose's mouth.
It sounds ridiculous . It's on my profile if you want to have a laugh at it.
That is so sweet! And all the more so coz your DS contributed to the design... That settles it, I'm getting strawberries!
Just worked out how to put photos on my profile - feel free to point & laugh
you are still unclickable.Really Mortuus? Well I'm stumped. 
And hello! 
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