A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Three matching hearts

“My cousin and I convinced our eighty year old grandmother to get her first tattoo with us,” writes the submittor of this tattoo. She looks a little stunned by the whole process, but that’s OK — I hope if I live to eighty and have grandkids that they take me out for chamaeleon skin or whatever kids are doing in 2053…

Comments

42 responses to “Three matching hearts”

  1. latejune Avatar

    that’s amazing, i wish i could get my 80 yr old gram to do something like that!

  2. ookumbubbleoo Avatar

    Guess there’s no point asking how it’s going to look when she gets old 😛

  3. MissJanet Avatar
    MissJanet

    Great. Just great!

  4. Marm Avatar
    Marm

    best thing ever!!

  5. decapitater Avatar
    decapitater

    That is so awesome! 🙂

  6. Em Avatar
    Em

    My grandad (83) is an ardent communist (in his world view, I, with my centre – libertarian politics, might as well be Thatcher) and we think he should get a hammer and sickle tattooed on the top of his head.
    He’s considering it, as well, but can you get a tattoo if you’re on warfarin or similar?

  7. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    I’m impressed, my grandmother doesn’t like my tattoos at all.

  8. voodoo Avatar
    voodoo

    i LOVE that…. never to late to try somthing new!

  9. jeni Avatar

    Awww that’s awesome!

  10. Lisa Avatar
  11. simone Avatar
    simone

    sooooo sweet! =))

  12. Ana Avatar
    Ana

    my mother, sister, and friend all got matching heart outlines on the outside of their wrists. I love it.

  13. Isis pt Avatar

    awwww so cool 😀

  14. Aitch Avatar
    Aitch

    Wicked! Nana’s got some natty threads too

  15. nicole Avatar
    nicole

    That’s so awesome!

    I love it!

  16. kawaface Avatar

    that is so badass! if only my granny were so open to tattoos!

  17. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Today is my grandmother’s 81st birthday and I doubt I would be able to convince her to do this. This granny has got to be the coolest chickadee at the senior center!

  18. AshPlant Avatar
    AshPlant

    She looks a bit vacant….this post reminds me of something I wondered a while back about the age of informed consent fading out again as your faculties deteriorate. On the bright side, as 3 said, no comments about ‘mweh mweh what about when you get old’.

  19. Lilee Avatar
    Lilee

    awww thats so sweet. 🙂

  20. Amber Avatar
    Amber

    Aww, AshPlant thats pretty damn mean. She looks perfectly healthy, and “all there” to me.

    Anyways,

    Thats so sweet and cute 🙂 I would love to do that with my mom and grandmother

  21. keenan Avatar
    keenan

    amazingg……just amazing lol

  22. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    WOOOOOOOOOT!!…I love my grandma

  23. Holly Avatar

    Coolest grandma i’ve ever seen 🙂

  24. Lora Avatar
    Lora

    thats sooo coooll.. ur grandmaaa is the coolesttt
    hearts rule tooo man
    congratesssss…. hands down.. she is awesome

  25. HereKittyKitty Avatar
    HereKittyKitty

    If simply looking “vacant” meant your faculties had deteriorated, a good deal of the young population would be in 24-hour nursing care. I know the malls would be virtually empty and there wouldn’t be any full clubs.

    (BTW, Granny looks great.)

  26. AshPlant Avatar
    AshPlant

    Meh. I suppose old people look like that. And I have criticised people for making daft judgements from a single Modblog photo before. *shame* Although it was just reminding me, and the original thought was about something completely different (my granny doesn’t even recognise my dad now).

  27. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    lol I wish my grandma was so openminded!

    Oh and Em here’s what I got googling tattoos and warfarin
    http://www.warfarinfo.com/tattoos.htm

  28. Ausmoz Avatar

    Not quite sure why this was tagged “funny”, let alone “children and animals” 😛

  29. Yanick Avatar
    Yanick

    My grandmother is all there buddy….This was her idea….And yes she does recognize all her grandkids, great grandkids, her kids, my grandfather….Tough as nails she is…

  30. Tatjana Avatar
    Tatjana

    I don’t know about you guys, but I personally look a little “vacant” myself after getting tattooed.

  31. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    hehehe, thats nice 🙂

  32. starspring Avatar
    starspring

    I don’t think she looks vacant at all. She looks pretty engaged to me. Its a matter of opinion. I Love how she is holding thei arms together. She is obviously as intensely connected by this bonding ritual and seems as stoked as her much younger family members. Rave on Grandma!

  33. kyuss Avatar
    kyuss

    That is really touching.

  34. oniana Avatar
    oniana

    i want a tattoo of the nana’s shirt. my nana has this tattoo 082938459 from nazis.

  35. L1ZZARD Avatar

    I wish my grandmother was that cool dammit!

  36. alice Avatar
    alice

    AAAAWWWW she’s awsome!

  37. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    That is so awesome 🙂

  38. kana Avatar
    kana

    your grandma is so fucking cool 🙂

  39. beta Avatar
    beta

    That girl on the left in the picture looks like a friend from college! If it’s her then, “Go Kim!” I wish I could get my oma to get a tattoo with me…sigh.

  40. Lelah Avatar
    Lelah

    Awww. Not that my Grandma who just passed would *ever* think of doing that with me, but I wish I could have.

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