People with tattoos are just like everyone else, but with a permanent artistic mark on their body. Because of this, people with tattoos get looked at more and often get judged more harshly. Along with tattoos come many questions from those close to you and strangers alike. Other people with ink have an unspoken understanding of ‘tattoo etiquette,’ but those without tattoos don’t always have the best judgment when it comes to asking about tattoos.

Here are eight questions everyone with tattoos just loves to be asked:

1. "Is that real?"

No, I wake up early every morning and reapply my stick-on tattoos.

2. "Did it hurt?"

Do you really need to ask this? Yeah, some places hurt to get tattooed more than others, but when a needle repeatedly injects ink into your skin for sometimes hours on end, it isn’t going to tickle.

3. "How are you going to get a job?"

4. "What does it mean?"

If you’re a stranger who I just met and you don’t know me well enough to know anything more about me than my name, I probably don’t feel like telling you the personal inspiration behind my tattoos.

5. "What do your parents think?"

Well, my mom went with me both times and has her own tattoos, so I’m sure she doesn’t mind what I do with MY OWN body.

6. "What about your significant other?"

Who cares? I’m sure if they didn’t like tattoos or specifically my tattoos, then they either wouldn’t date with me, which is pretty shallow, or would overlook them because they like me for who I am.

7. "What happens when you have kids?"

I’ll be a mom just like everyone who doesn’t have tattoos? It’s not like I traded maternal instinct for my tattoos. I can be a great mom who raises kids who are open-minded and know from a young age not to judge a book by its cover.

8. "Aren’t they going to look weird when you get old?"

Maybe, but the rest of my body will look just as “weird” and wrinkly, so who cares?