...Well after going on 8 years of a on again off again relationship with my G/F it is off again...And its a good thing....Weve finally come to terms with our relationship and have accepted the reality that we are the best of friends and the worst of lovers...
...2003 was a crazy year for us, It started out with us coming to terms with her gambling addiction and ended with me helping with loading her scooter into her Dodge Dakota and wishing her a good life in her new endeavors back home in Seattle WA...on New years day.

....I had 19 days off for the Xmas break and spent the time helping to pack/move her stuff to storage then My son and I hit the road to San Diego (my home town) to a annual family gathering, which was a great way to download all thats happened this past year....

Found out that my nephew is a tattoo artist, so I looked him up for some work....I needed something to comemerate my time with the G/F plus all the other things that has happened....

....2003 is the 100th anniversary of Harley Davidson, it is also my 1st decade of riding, in addition I assumed the loan on OUR house from my G/F and am a home owner again after a 15 year hiatus, this is also the 1st year in many past that Ive havent had to worry about a lay-off and am actually looking at promotions and pay increases, My son and I are finally coming to terms with the whys and wherefores of my leaving/divorcing the ex-wife....and Im back in AZ where I can be warm again.....
...So the tattoo is a Phoenix with flaming wings rising up preparing for flight carrying a Harley Davidson Bar/shield logo in the center of my back....The phoenix for a rebirth, the flames for my G/F zodiac element, HD for the obvious and as my zodiac element is earth I figured that ties into the Phoenix.....rising up from the ashes.

So now Im wide awake cannot seem to fall asleep and of course I have to get up for work at 500am....about 5 hours from now...The house echos as the walls are bare, the bed is cold and empty...and suddenly I feel alone and old.

...Well thanks for the opportunity to share, I dont express my true feelings often and sometimes its easier to express them to strangers...Peace Yall, Happy New Year and have an awesome life.....

 

Take care. I wish I was in Arizona. I may be when I retire. One of my ex-gf's is my best friend.

 

Good luck man and thanks for sharing your feelings. Sometimes it is actually good to let things out to someone, when you can't to others, because it is a seeming "weakness" or something. Hogwash.. I don't care if you are the toughest biker or the wimpiest shoe salesman on the block. We were all given feelings. Unfortunately some folks have learned to ignore feelings...for a while at least.

After being with someone for such a long time, it's strange to start over. Habits that you have lived with for such a long time are now empty spaces and time made free for other adventures and activities.

You new tattoo sounds cool. I was never into tattoos until the last few years, and I still only have three...but when I can save the bucks for more, I will eventually finish my back. My back is an eagle scene, with the eagle coming in with claws out and a whole scene of landscape around it. My eagle also has a symbolism for me, but I won't go into that right now...not important anyway.

Have a good one.

 

FTE is like a big family. I've been on other forums where something like that and people would tell you spin off. Hope everything works out good, sounds like it is already. Good luck.

 

...Thanks All...

 

Getting a tattoo is a perfect way to start anew!!!
All the best!

 

...Yea, My ex has 8....Guess that should have told me something

 

I guess thats one way of looking at it....
I like to think of my tattoos as one big piece in progress....
at least mine are all large

 

...I agree, my left arm is a celtic band and my right is a modifyied japanese Mon (family crest) to represent my ethnic heritage...Irish/japanese both of which will be expanded accordingly, The new back piece ties everything together to some degree...Now, if only the itching will STOP