I have to confess, I have always appreciated artistic value that can be put into having a tattoo.

I myself recently got one.. I am not entirely convinced i'm the type of person that can handle a tattoo. I hate my body. Why would I want to show it off with tattoos?
Anyway, I got my sisters name on my right forearm. I love my sister, and Ill say that to my grave..But i'm not entirely sure now that I want her name permanently on my arm.  It feels like too much emotion to be spreading out into the world.. And I feel kind of bad about that.  She hasn't seen it yet, she's only nine... And sometimes I love the tattoo, other times It kind of freaks me out. Just having permanent ink on a body I really dont like, but not necessarily what it says.

When it comes to it being my sisters name.. Yes, there actually has been a bit of conflict with that for me.. I don't live at home anymore, and my familys going through a nasty divorce..and before i got my tattoo i've been able to concentrate on school, go to work and pay my rent on time, and minimize my sadness over the whole thing by distracting myself with a social life, and work.. But now her name is continuously reminding me and making me feel guilty..
Isn't that strange?
To open up to you all, i do have personality complexes, so i'm not perfect and normal-- but nor am I stupid! I just think I made a stupid decision in getting this tattoo a few days ago..
It was pretty unthought out, and i'm positive if i was medicated at the time I wouldn't have gotten it.. But I just feel so bad about all this!
Anyway, I just wanted to get my feelings out there. I love my tattoo for what it says because I love my sister, but It's too much emotion to wear on my sleeve...I think, what do you guys think?
will I grow into loving it?
Thank you.

Tattoos with strong emotional meaning behind them can take awhile to get use to. Hell ANY tattoo can take awhile to get use to. But after awhile it just becomes your arm. Trust me whenever you first get a tat there is an adjustment period but after awhile you'll find yourself doing a double take when you remember that your arm didn't originally come with the art on it.

Thank you 
I think I agree to that.
I'm actually planning on getting a vintage clock of sorts on my back, or my left shoulder.. Hopefully before this huge art festival called Burning Man in 6 months!

Hopefully that will occur with my tattoo of my sisters name, but right now i'm definitely regretting it, which really sucks.  I wish I didn't get so caught up in that moment when I impulsively got it. Which isn't how any tattoo should be, obviously, and I understand that I just thought this specific tattoo was not one I could ever regret. heh.. Hopefully you are right through! The script is admittedly quite pretty..

Part of a tattoo is the moment in which you got it. My first tattoo isn't anything really special but the moment I got it while on a trip with friends was a great moment and one that I look back on with fondness. My tat helps remind me of that.

Don't concentrate on the bad or regret stuff. You love your sister and what a great way to show it by having her name on your arm. Have it symbolize those positive things. The tat is what you make of it. You define it, it doesn't define you.