Think of the children

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Laura Hathaway initially had no regrets after getting a tattoo on her lower back when she was 21. But now, 10 years later, she wants it gone.

The pharmaceutical sales representative from Atlanta, Georgia, says it doesn't fit in with her current lifestyle as the mother of a 2-year-old boy who just started to talk. "The other day I bent over and he said, 'What's that?' and it just confirms why I'm having it removed."

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Well, what is it? A flower, she says. Uh-huh. And anyway, she says, she got it before low-rise pants became popular. And what would a pharmaceutical sales representative be without low-rise pants?

Just like my Mama said, "you'll regret it when you get older." Which is why I waited until I was 60-something before I got mine. I was already older. And I don't worry about low-rise pants because it's on my arm.