Anonymous
01/08/2025 13:27
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Let it go. My son got a tattoo of the Riemann Hypothesis equation (he's into math, but no particular tie to this equation). It's not my taste, but I let it go, he's a legal adult. FWIW, I am not against tattoos per se. His best friend plays trumpet and has a tattoo of a trumpet and notes on his leg, and I think that one is tastefully done and makes sense.
Anonymous
01/08/2025 12:53
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Tattoos are so commonplace now. It's almost cooler to *not* have them.
Ok but a HIPPO??
Anonymous
01/08/2025 12:28
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Tattoos are so commonplace now. It's almost cooler to *not* have them.
Anonymous
01/08/2025 12:16
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
I feel like mom going off on tattoos all the time is why my sister has so many.
Anonymous
01/08/2025 12:14
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter (25) went and did the one thing I always advised her never to do: get a tattoo. It’s of a hippopotamus and is really ugly. I just can’t understand why someone would get a tattoo of a hippo! I’ll admit it’s well-done but this is just disappointing. I’ve always said, ever since she was a little girl, that tattoos are a bad idea. She said that “she wanted to do it for a long time” and “it has nothing to do with me” but I somehow doubt that. I just am SO disappointed. Ugh. What’s a mom to do?
My parents' one and only rule, NO tattoos. This was a non negotiable. One of my sisters got a "tramp" stamp while in college and she admittedly was absolutely stoned out of her mind when she got it. One day she was helping rinse off my parent's patio before a family barbecue bent over and Dad saw it, ugh he was beyond angry. Having lost family in the Holocaust who obviously had tattooed numbers on them was a sacred thing to him and my mother. They did nothing then, but she was cut out of the will when my dad died.
Wild. What a controlling prick.
Nah. Actions have consequences
And the “consequence” was totally ridiculous and over-the-top. I’d definitely cal the dad a controlling prick
Me too. His principle is more important to him than his child.
+1
It was an over reaction and far from admirable. But slow your judgement on people who have lived through trauma.
-hate my kid’s tattoos and they know it, thus far I’ve managed not to say anything, but also fear it will slip out
Anonymous
01/08/2025 11:52
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter (25) went and did the one thing I always advised her never to do: get a tattoo. It’s of a hippopotamus and is really ugly. I just can’t understand why someone would get a tattoo of a hippo! I’ll admit it’s well-done but this is just disappointing. I’ve always said, ever since she was a little girl, that tattoos are a bad idea. She said that “she wanted to do it for a long time” and “it has nothing to do with me” but I somehow doubt that. I just am SO disappointed. Ugh. What’s a mom to do?
My parents' one and only rule, NO tattoos. This was a non negotiable. One of my sisters got a "tramp" stamp while in college and she admittedly was absolutely stoned out of her mind when she got it. One day she was helping rinse off my parent's patio before a family barbecue bent over and Dad saw it, ugh he was beyond angry. Having lost family in the Holocaust who obviously had tattooed numbers on them was a sacred thing to him and my mother. They did nothing then, but she was cut out of the will when my dad died.
Wild. What a controlling prick.
Nah. Actions have consequences
And the “consequence” was totally ridiculous and over-the-top. I’d definitely cal the dad a controlling prick
Me too. His principle is more important to him than his child.
+1
Anonymous
01/08/2025 10:40
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter (25) went and did the one thing I always advised her never to do: get a tattoo. It’s of a hippopotamus and is really ugly. I just can’t understand why someone would get a tattoo of a hippo! I’ll admit it’s well-done but this is just disappointing. I’ve always said, ever since she was a little girl, that tattoos are a bad idea. She said that “she wanted to do it for a long time” and “it has nothing to do with me” but I somehow doubt that. I just am SO disappointed. Ugh. What’s a mom to do?
My parents' one and only rule, NO tattoos. This was a non negotiable. One of my sisters got a "tramp" stamp while in college and she admittedly was absolutely stoned out of her mind when she got it. One day she was helping rinse off my parent's patio before a family barbecue bent over and Dad saw it, ugh he was beyond angry. Having lost family in the Holocaust who obviously had tattooed numbers on them was a sacred thing to him and my mother. They did nothing then, but she was cut out of the will when my dad died.
Wild. What a controlling prick.
Nah. Actions have consequences
And the “consequence” was totally ridiculous and over-the-top. I’d definitely cal the dad a controlling prick
Me too. His principle is more important to him than his child.
Anonymous
01/08/2025 10:29
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter (25) went and did the one thing I always advised her never to do: get a tattoo. It’s of a hippopotamus and is really ugly. I just can’t understand why someone would get a tattoo of a hippo! I’ll admit it’s well-done but this is just disappointing. I’ve always said, ever since she was a little girl, that tattoos are a bad idea. She said that “she wanted to do it for a long time” and “it has nothing to do with me” but I somehow doubt that. I just am SO disappointed. Ugh. What’s a mom to do?
My parents' one and only rule, NO tattoos. This was a non negotiable. One of my sisters got a "tramp" stamp while in college and she admittedly was absolutely stoned out of her mind when she got it. One day she was helping rinse off my parent's patio before a family barbecue bent over and Dad saw it, ugh he was beyond angry. Having lost family in the Holocaust who obviously had tattooed numbers on them was a sacred thing to him and my mother. They did nothing then, but she was cut out of the will when my dad died.
Wild. What a controlling prick.
Nah. Actions have consequences
And the “consequence” was totally ridiculous and over-the-top. I’d definitely cal the dad a controlling prick
Anonymous
01/08/2025 09:48
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter (25) went and did the one thing I always advised her never to do: get a tattoo. It’s of a hippopotamus and is really ugly. I just can’t understand why someone would get a tattoo of a hippo! I’ll admit it’s well-done but this is just disappointing. I’ve always said, ever since she was a little girl, that tattoos are a bad idea. She said that “she wanted to do it for a long time” and “it has nothing to do with me” but I somehow doubt that. I just am SO disappointed. Ugh. What’s a mom to do?
My parents' one and only rule, NO tattoos. This was a non negotiable. One of my sisters got a "tramp" stamp while in college and she admittedly was absolutely stoned out of her mind when she got it. One day she was helping rinse off my parent's patio before a family barbecue bent over and Dad saw it, ugh he was beyond angry. Having lost family in the Holocaust who obviously had tattooed numbers on them was a sacred thing to him and my mother. They did nothing then, but she was cut out of the will when my dad died.
Wild. What a controlling prick.
Nah. Actions have consequences
Anonymous
01/08/2025 08:58
Subject: Re:I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter has been body-shamed and faced sexism and homophobia.
So why are you, HER MOTHER, piling on with yet more body shaming? How about celebrating her choices? Keep your opinions to yourself, your daughter obviously knows them and decided to go a different way. If she's happy, you should be happy for her.
OP sounds horrible but not liking someone’s tattoo isn’t really body shaming
Posting about your disappointment about your dcs tattoo on a toxic website may not be body shaming, but it is something....
It can be a couple of things. If OP were just blowing off some smoke/venting here so that she can cool down and come back to her daughter feeling calmer, then that's a good use of the internet. If OP is here rallying support for cutting her daughter out of her life over of getting a Moo Deng tattoo, then that is a toxic use of DCUM. We don't really know which camp OP falls into here - but she did just throw a little tantrum over anyone pushing back, which suggests the latter.
We don’t know it was Moo Deng, just that it was a hippo. Not all hippos are Moo Deng, just as not all humans are you; refrain from assuming!
I'm sorry but what other hippo do you think a 20-something is getting this year as a tattoo
OP here. After reading this thread, I asked my daughter if the hippo is meant to be Moo Deng. She said that it’s not, and it represents adaptability, protectiveness, and survival. HOW DOES A HIPPO REPRESENT ADAPTABILITY, PROTECTIVENESS, AND SURVIVAL? But I am relieved that my daughter did not just get a tattoo of a meme.
If you spent five minutes reading you would know why a hippo represents adaptability, protectiveness, and survival.
OP has to be troll. No one can be this unhinged. Even in DCUMland
OP is definitely intense (and quite unpleasant tbh) but why DOES a hippo represent adaptability, protectiveness, and survival?
I happen to love hippos (I am not OPs daughter, pinky swear). So, hippos are known for having many adaptions that allow them to thrive in land and water. They are extremely protective, so much so that our cute little hippo is the deadliest land mammal. They kill about 500 people each year. That’s twice as many as lions! The survival piece is that they are a vulnerable species fighting to survive in the wild (or perhaps to OPs daughter the protectiveness and survival instinct are wrapped up together). Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
That’s really interesting! Thanks for explaining!
Anonymous
01/08/2025 08:48
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:OP your daughter definitely does anal.
WHAT
Anonymous
01/07/2025 22:53
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:OP your daughter definitely does anal.
Not because of the tattoo, the thumb ring gives that away.
Anonymous
01/07/2025 22:33
Subject: Re:I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My daughter has been body-shamed and faced sexism and homophobia.
So why are you, HER MOTHER, piling on with yet more body shaming? How about celebrating her choices? Keep your opinions to yourself, your daughter obviously knows them and decided to go a different way. If she's happy, you should be happy for her.
OP sounds horrible but not liking someone’s tattoo isn’t really body shaming
Posting about your disappointment about your dcs tattoo on a toxic website may not be body shaming, but it is something....
It can be a couple of things. If OP were just blowing off some smoke/venting here so that she can cool down and come back to her daughter feeling calmer, then that's a good use of the internet. If OP is here rallying support for cutting her daughter out of her life over of getting a Moo Deng tattoo, then that is a toxic use of DCUM. We don't really know which camp OP falls into here - but she did just throw a little tantrum over anyone pushing back, which suggests the latter.
We don’t know it was Moo Deng, just that it was a hippo. Not all hippos are Moo Deng, just as not all humans are you; refrain from assuming!
I'm sorry but what other hippo do you think a 20-something is getting this year as a tattoo
OP here. After reading this thread, I asked my daughter if the hippo is meant to be Moo Deng. She said that it’s not, and it represents adaptability, protectiveness, and survival. HOW DOES A HIPPO REPRESENT ADAPTABILITY, PROTECTIVENESS, AND SURVIVAL? But I am relieved that my daughter did not just get a tattoo of a meme.
If you spent five minutes reading you would know why a hippo represents adaptability, protectiveness, and survival.
OP has to be troll. No one can be this unhinged. Even in DCUMland
OP is definitely intense (and quite unpleasant tbh) but why DOES a hippo represent adaptability, protectiveness, and survival?
I happen to love hippos (I am not OPs daughter, pinky swear). So, hippos are known for having many adaptions that allow them to thrive in land and water. They are extremely protective, so much so that our cute little hippo is the deadliest land mammal. They kill about 500 people each year. That’s twice as many as lions! The survival piece is that they are a vulnerable species fighting to survive in the wild (or perhaps to OPs daughter the protectiveness and survival instinct are wrapped up together). Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Anonymous
01/07/2025 21:22
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
OP raised a free thinker
Oh dear OP do you still go to Church?
Your kid is smarter than you.
Oh dear OP do you still go to Church?
Your kid is smarter than you.
Anonymous
01/07/2025 21:20
Subject: I’ve never been so disappointed in my dsughter
Anonymous wrote:OP your daughter definitely does anal.
Is that what the hippo represents?