Actual verbatim conversation between me and Precocious Daughter re: my recent consideration of getting a tattoo.
(We've just passed an acupuncture place in the mall.)
PD: I can't believe people get needles stuck into them to feel better.
Me: I know. I've considered getting a tattoo, but the thought of the needles in my skin is tough.
PD: Yeah.
Me: I mean, it would just be a little one, but still...needles.
PD: I know, right?
Me: BekS said she'd take me.
PD: What?
Me: To the tattoo place.
PD: What?
Me: BekS said she'd take me to get a tattoo.
PD: You mean you've considered it now?
Me: Yes, now. When else?
PD: I thought you meant you considered it when you were young.
Me: I totally never considered it when I was young! It was out of the question when I was young.
PD: Then why do you want to do it now?
Me: I don't know. I just do. Maybe.
PD: OK, now you're just getting weird.
Me: What's weird? Lots of people get tattoos.
PD: Sure, when they're young.
Me: Your aunt has a tattoo.
PD: Yes, but she didn't get it now.
Me: No, but she didn't get it in her 20s, either. (Actually, I have no idea if this is true. I don't know when my sister got her tattoo. It just showed up one day.)
PD: Where would you put it?
Me: Somewhere inconspicuous, where people couldn't see it.
PD: Then why bother to get one? (Here's the part where I bit my tongue instead of saying, "Well, the right people would see it, duh." TMI for a 13-year-old, probably?)
Me: I don't know, I just think it would be cool.
PD: (Silence as we walk out of the mall.)
Me: I'm thinking of getting a skull with a dagger dripping blood going through its eye socket being carried by an eagle.
PD: Yeah, right.
Me: Or maybe a Pokemon.
PD: That would be cool. (Note, her tone did not in any way convey that she thought it would be cool.)
Me: Anyway, I'm just thinking about it. Needles depositing ink in my flesh and all.
PD: Are you just doing this to satisfy your emotional need to rebel?
Me: No. Maybe. Get in the car.
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OMG, I love being that mom.
That girl is wise beyond her years. I love her.
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HAHAHHA...and you're never too old for a tattoo. It hurts..but it's not that bad
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