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Etiquette for Tattooing Thigh “Bracelets”

Janet Kuypers
7/20/12

I saw a woman today
who had an intricate pattern
tattooed like a ring, all
the way around her thigh.
And it made me wonder:
when she had this done
at the tattoo parlour,
did she lay on her back
while they rested her calf
in some sort of brace
so they could tattoo all
the way around her thigh,
or did she have to stand
with her feet five feet apart
for the entire time, while
they tattooed her thigh?
And come to think of it,
what do you call a thigh
“bracelet”? Because your
wrist gets bracelets, and
they call ankle rings
like that “anklets”, so
can you call a thigh tattoo
like that a thighlet?
And speaking of, why
is that circle around your
wrist called a bracelet
in the first place anyway?
I mean, do they call it
a bracelet because it
binds you the way
that handcuffs do, or like
how a wedding ring reminds
a woman that she’s
forever bound to one man?
I wonder if being bound
to someone with a ring
is like being bound to
a tattoo ring on your body,
but it makes me wonder:
does a woman getting a
thigh tattoo bracelet like that,
does she lay on her back
while they rest her calf
in some sort of brace
so they could tattoo all
the way around her thigh,
or does she have to stand
with her feet five feet apart
for the entire time, while
they tattooed her thigh?

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