Midlife Crisis – Dads New Tattoo!
The idea of me being in a midlife crisis makes me laugh!
Dad
Gets
Inked!!
At 42-years-old I did something the other day that many people would consider a midlife crisis. I got a new tattoo! Before you start judging me and stating “Aaron went off the deep end!” Let’s look at a few things openly and honestly. I want to talk about the words “midlife crisis.” I am not overly fond of that phrase. I think it implies that my life is half over, I am in crisis mode and I have nothing better to do with myself.
Midlife Crisis Revealed
The words “midlife crisis” is an insult to me and the phrase should become an insult to any man. I realize the scientific basis behind the terminology. A man somewhere around their 40th year realizes they have less time and things to look forward to and they are at the “midpoint” of their life. I want to go on record and say “bull crap!” I look forward to the NBA Playoffs every year, the Superbowl and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition (hey sometimes you just have to become honest with yourself!)
If a person is in their midlife, I believe they can always find things to look forward to. I am looking forward to the Avengers coming out on DVD. I am looking forward to my son getting potty trained before he is 30 years old (see Zero Tolerance – Potty Training Nightmares) I look forward to the day I get to watch television that doesn’t include the Disney channel. I am even looking forward to winning the powerball and hiring a nanny!
A midlife crisis wouldn’t be complete without a crisis (if I had one.) The terminology “crisis” implies that something is wrong with me, that I must not feel well or that I don’t understand how to handle life around me. Let me state that my son wouldn’t allow this “crisis” to become a reality. He is my day and my life. I have to handle him everyday. It is mandatory that I stay one step ahead of him otherwise he might win!
Bring It On
If people want to discuss whether or not I am in a midlife crisis and they think that my son is the cause of it, I would have to tell them to “bring it on!” I would like to see these people get down in the floor and build with blocks, an entire city, over and over while reciting the alphabet (sometimes without burping.) My son and I both have better things to do than work on an imaginary crisis! He is working on placing me in a nursing home and I am working on potty training him!
Now that I have discussed the reasons I am not going through a midlife crisis and I might or might not have you convinced of this. The question you are now asking yourself is, “Aaron, how can you get a new tattoo at 42-years of age?” My answer is simple, “Why not get a new tattoo at 42-years of age?”
Tattoo represents my last name!
Dad’s
First
Tattoo
A tattoo is not a midlife crisis to me. I got my first tattoo when I was 32 years old. I had wanted one since I was 18 but they were illegal to get one in the state I grew up in (they no longer are illegal in Oklahoma) I remember being 18-years-old and not understanding how my state could decide they were harmful to my young mind. I wondered at that time if Oklahoma knew something I didn’t know about tattoo’s….maybe they would cause me to go sterile? maybe they would make me curse like a sailor (back then I had that one covered!) or worse yet maybe they would give me independent thought?????
Tattoo represents my childhood and strength! (Left calf)
Seriously
Another
Tattoo??
Tattoo’s to me are a part of my identity. I don’t mean that I am going to become the next sideshow attraction. I mean that each one I have gotten has meaning to me. They all represent something in my life. I have made sure that each of my tattoos is not readily viewable. Most people wouldn’t even know I have one unless I told them.
Tattoo representing my birth month.
I plan on getting at least one more tattoo that will represent my son. One of his nicknames is X-man and I would like to get some Wolverine claws with his birth date inscribed in them. If you want to judge me for having tattoos go ahead. Personally, I know as long as you’re talking about me I am saving someone else from having that same horrible fate and besides I am a good subject to talk about (I am not vain either! see Vanity – Good, Bad and Ugly)
Everyone has some form of self-expression. Whether you agree or not I have chosen a form of body modification. What do you do as a form of self-expression? Do you have and tattoos? If you don’t have you ever thought about getting a tattoo? Tell me in the comments!
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Good for you Aaron. This just shows a desire for self expression not a crisis.Any way, 40 isn’t necessarily mid-life any more if we’re pedantic.
David,
I agree! I think of it as a way to express who i am and what I believe in nothing more and nothing less! Each one of my tattoo symbolizes something in my life and it’s why it has taken so long for me to pick them out!
Aaron
I love self expression! I myself have 2 facial piercings ( a nose stud and a monroe). I get some looks here and there but compared to some others, I think mine are pretty tasteful and it’s a way to express myself as an individual. There actually is someone in here that has an identity outside of “mom” and it’s good to show that part of me. I love the idea of your next tattoo by the way
Thank you! I have a feeling this next tattoo will be the least amount of time that passes since I know what I want this time! Each one of mine tats has meaning and i have placed thought and ideas in them so they have taken time to decide.
Aaron
Nice tats, Aaron and an awesome attitude! I think the term “midlife crisis” is just another label people seem to love to slap on others. Basically, it explains everything that they don’t understand about someone, right? If you think something is weird or different then it’s easy to say, “oh, he must be having a midlife crisis.”
I’m a tattoo fan. I only have a measly one, but plan on getting my second when the time is right. The truth is, we’re all different and weird and we should be left alone in peace to express our weirdness (as long as we’re not hurting anyone!). So I say, go YOU!!
I really dislike the term midlife crisis. I think it cheapens the experience of life itself! I am a man that believes in self expression and have waited great lengths of time between each of my tattoos. I make sure they are exactly what I want and never look back!
Aaron
Aaron, First off, I didn’t realize you were only 42 years old. Is that the sound of the Universe and Everything I hear? I thought you were about 28 from your photos. Secondly, I’ve had a mid-life crisis, or so I thought since I was about 16, so I guess it’s just how I roll with life. It’s cool; life and I have come to an understanding and now with all the stuff I have going on, brain on high alert, eyes not worth a toot and crazy as a bat on high-octane, it’s still okay, but what I love is your willingness to just go and say, “crisis, it’s not happening. I have better things to do. Like, live my life and play with my son. Let him work on putting my in a home, while I potty train him.” Lots of parents, moms and dads, people in general just get in their own ways and let it all get to them.
We’re always going to have problems. There are mortgages and calamities. Illnesses and days where we feel sick, or just mean. It takes no more effort and I dare say it takes less effort to be nice to your family as you so obviously are, as it is to be mean. We can be thoughtless. I am so guilty of that, probably more than anything. I am quick to cry “foul” at the slightest instance of injustice, or cruelty, when it’s deliberate, but unheeding often of the hasty. It is a lesson I learn over and over. And that is what life is about, isn’t it? We keep on a’larning. I’m 56, I guess I’m past the mid-way point, but darn, I look forward to the silly fun stuff.
My world is limited so much now, but entertaining for all that. Life is what we make of it. That is one reason why I get such a kick out of reading your blogs and all my friends’ blogs here in the cyber ‘hood. I look forward to writing my posts and committing my little acts of cyber-terrorism. Maybe one day, my life will not be so restricted and I’ll be out on the loose again. I can look forward to that. I can’t wait. Thank you for all of your writings and encouragement. I did enjoy the August posts. I’m still reading them. They pop up, randomly. I don’t see well, so I catch them when I can. Mary <3
Yep’er I am 42 year-old and try my best to act 12 most of the time! I believe your only as old as you feel and i have noticed my age changes on a daily basis!
Aaron
Midlife crisis with tats? That’s pretty mild. If you started losing hair, driving a yellow lambo and getting botox, that would be a crisis. As it is, I think you’re just fine. Love the new tat, by the way. I need to get my one and only touched up.
Amberr,
You made me laugh with all that…Let’s answer those in the order you gave them…
1. Losing hair – I am vain. I have no doubts and I never pretend not to be. I would fight this until the bitter end…I happen to like my hair. I would start to worry about myself if i did the “comb over” or the “fake rug” that doesn’t look real. I think I would choose something more professional and cutting edge. I have read they are starting to have great success with various forms of transplants (that LOOK real) and they are working on various pills to grow hair! (hey….never take a chance and always try to stay ahead of the curve and read up on the latest technology in medicine for anti-aging!)
2. Lamborghini – I am not sure about this one….I mean in my city a lamborghini means nothing more than “Hey Mr. Police Officer…please pull me over and give me a ticket because I can afford this car and you can’t”
I think I would prefer a nice Mercedes with leather heated seats. I think I would make the car look good. After all its about how I would increase the value of the car isn’t it?
3. Botox- Knowing that would be injecting poison into myself and only be a short fix I couldn’t do it! Seriously, I would have to get it redone every 6 months and that’s not worth effort to me. At least plastic surgery with a tuck here and there would last longer! I have always heard the motto is “No pain…No gain!”
Truly…it’s a lot of work looking this darn good. Who am i to deny the world of my good looks! I don’t think I am too vain? Do you?
Aaron