AIBU to think this woman should have posted on MN?

[NarkedRaspberry]

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Her 21 year old son had a tattoo on his shoulder. She didn't talk to him for 3 days.

Jumping, God didn't create my body, so I don't see why he should get a look in on the whole debate. As you said, each to their own...

My children are beautiful (in my eyes) they don't need to scribble on themselves.

It's branding, like Auschwitz numbers, a marker for life.

Crikey, you're right in saying you don't care about offending anyone then!

she sounds like a prize twat

SirBoobAlot you are beautiful(waves)

I'm a lentil weaver

seriously - would you agree every baby is born perfect ? (take the god thing out - that my belief and not everyone elses) , so if every baby is a perfect bundle - why would anyone want to ruin perfection?

Look. It's only 'ruining' 'perfection' because you don't like it.

Last time I checked I wasn't a tiny bundle of anything and nor have I been in a concentration camp ffs

Do you cut your hair Jumping? Your nails? Do you ever wear make up or perfume? What about clothes?

I think there is a huge amount of physiological difference between a new born baby and an adult.

Threesocks I don't remember who you are but I'll wave back very energetically

Hoops but we're not talking about babies, we're talking about adults who choose to make a decision for themselves. And you will offend a lot of people with the Nazi comparison.

I think we can safely say that a newborn baby with a tattoo would pre somewhat frowned upon :)

BE frowned upon.

I thought she sounded mad as a box of frogs, meself ... He's 21, for Gods sake! Why on earth shouldn't he get a tattoo if he wants one, it's his arm he's inking, not hers ...

Maryz. Am not sure anyone would actually fall for that one...

It is easy to criticize this woman, but it's not so much about the tattoo but her realisation that her opinion didn't matter anymore. I thought it was a brave piece of writing as she knew her reaction was wrong and that she would have to accept her son as he is, not how she imagined he would be.

My bonkers mother told DSIS to take out her belly piercing or move out. She was 21.

Mother spent ages crying hysterically at the betrayal and crushing disappointment.

Personally I'd have packed a bag and never looked back.

It's impossible to make someone like this see any kind of reason, they are sadly unable to see any negative as anything other than a personal attack.

They genuinely see their histrionics as rational. It's truly exhausting.

That poor son

Their relationship is certainly not ideal and I also thought the comment about how he paid for it was a bit weird. I just hope she has seen how irrational she has been and by writing this article It has made me think and hope I don't fuck it up when my kids get tattoos.

She says 'I would have understood if he'd lost an arm'.
Yeah, because that would be way better than having a tattoo .
She is writing like she's had a bereavement in that article, so fucking insensitive.

Its all about her isn't it. Me me me, I I I. Not a thought for her sons feelings