You’re kidding me!

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

When I was in college, I thought I wanted a tattoo. Had it all picked out. It was my favorite ring, at the time. An open eye. I wanted the tattoo just like the ring. Except, the eye needed to be blue. ‘Wink, wink’ I have blue eyes. This ring was small-ish about the size of a dime.

A group of us, ring on my finger go to the parlor. With excitement, I show the ring to the artist, explain about the eye color, tell him where I want it.

This was late 90’s. Give you a time context. Dude says, “yeah I can do that. That’ll be 80 bucks.”

Well I about died. 80 bucks is a lot of money. Especially for a poor college student. Nope. I thanked him for his time and helped my friends pick out their designs.

In that moment, I knew I was too cheap for a tattoo. Even back then. ‘Wink, wink’.