piercings and tattoos

I met with both of my informants yesterday and we went out to eat and I brought up tattoos and piercings to see what they have and what they think about it. My older informant who is 19 got her first tattoo when she was 13! She said all of her friends were getting their belly buttons pierced and her mom said she'd rather her get a tattoo then get her belly button pierced so she did. She got a flower on her back and she said it was spur of the moment just because her mom said she could do it. My other informant was like "Damn your mom's crazy!" She is 18 and got all 3 of her tattoos this year because her mother wouldn't let her do anything until she was 18. One of her tattoos on her lower back is matching with her old boyfriend and it means the holy trinity. Her other tattoos are her name on her upper back which she said she got when her dad moved out and life was crazy and she wanted something permanent and her other tattoos is a star on her ankle because she loves stars. My 19 year old who has the flower tattoo also has a tattoo of a cross on her left ankle that she got when she was 18. She got it when her and her dad were having some tough times with religion and got it on her left foot because she leads with her right so her left foot is behind her, like God is always behind her and supporting her. I thought that was interesting. Overall we had a good dinner and the girls got to know each other better.