Do I need to include my step children in my tattoo along with my children?

Elizabeth: Do I need to include my step children in my tattoo along with my children?
My husband and I are planning to have one more child sometime soon. After we have this baby we will be finished having kids, and I want to get a tattoo. I want a hand print and a foot print for each baby that I have had, but do I need to include my step children into the tattoo somehow? I don’t know what to do?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Mommy Ryder
No, they aren’t even blood related.

Answer by Em
It’s something you are putting on YOUR body for…forever. You don’t NEED to include anybody or anything you are not comfortable putting on YOUR body for forever.

I plan on getting a tattoo for my daughter one day. I will not be getting one for my step daughter…I love her to death, but I don’t see the point of getting a tattoo in her honor just “because” some people may think it’s not nice not to get one…hell if I have more kids, I can’t promise I’ll get tattoos for all of them…I refuse to put anything on my body out of obligation, my tattoos are all there because I want them there…for forever.

Answer by FLO
NO! What if you get divorced? That’s just crazy talk. Only get tats for your OWN children.

Answer by Mommy2Aly
Hmmm…I wouldn’t unless the mother is not around or something.

Answer by guess who got oopsed
i would…

i had to abort a child (i know… horrible me)… and i gave it it’s own tattoo… amongst those of my other kids… nobody knows that that tiny little rose means so much… but to me its a symnblom of a part of my life… the same as your step kids will forever be a part of your life… even if you divorce, that won’t change the love you feel for those children… so i say… do hand prints or foot prints… and maybe a small star for each step child… i’m sure that would mean the world to them… and to your husband… and to your bio kids for showing them that all children are important regardless of blood relations…

Answer by Susan
I am a step child. If my step mom didn’t include me I would be heartbroken. I would gladly accept a flower or astrology sign. Just something small to know that she loves me too.

Answer by Hey look at your feet, oh wait you cant
Bullchit. Sorry. But I’ve never been supportive of blood-is-thicker-than-water and nothing else matters. The answer to this depends how hard you work to make your blended family blended. Some people work hard to have one family unit and everyone gets treated equally. If that’s what you aim to do, and you get tattoo and leave them off, to me it’s the same as saying, “You’re part of this family, but not really.” I find that hypocritical. If you work hard on one family unit, and raise all the children to be siblings, and you don’t want your stepchildren as part of the tattoo, don’t get the tattoo. If you don’t care, this kid isn’t particularly close to you, and is just an every-other weekend kid, go ahead.

Either way if this child has a relationship with you it’s going to hurt his/her feelings. I couldn’t be okay with that.