Mother who covered 80% of her 団体／死体 with tattoos after a painful 離婚 can't find a new man ... because her 外見 脅すs them off!

• Amanda Brignall, 49, 攻撃する，衝突する midlife 危機 at 37 and turned to 署名／調印する
• 決裂／故障 of 10 year marriage left her insecure
• Known as 'the freak of Beverley' where she lives in Yorkshire
• 乱用 got so bad that she had ‘talk to the 手渡す’ tattooed on palm

By Bianca London for MailOnline

Published: 11:53 BST, 2 July 2013 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 2 July 2013

Most women change their hairstyle に引き続いて an emotional break-up, but one woman went about changing her 外見 in a much more 劇の way.

When feisty Amanda Brignall 攻撃する，衝突する a 中央の-life-危機 she decided to cover her 団体／死体 in tattoos - but now she can’t get a man because her 外見 脅すs them off.

The mother-of-two’s 署名／調印する obsession started at 37 after she separated from her husband and her children flew the nest.

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Amanda Brignall covered herself in tattoos after she 離婚d from her husband

Since then she’s 劇的な changed her ‘mumsy’ look - 追加するing a new design to her 肌 almost every week.

Now 80 per cent of her 団体／死体 is covered - 含むing her 直面する.

The 49-year-old, from the sleepy town of Beverley in Yorkshire, says she has no 悔いるs - but not everyone loves her tattoos as much as she does.

Known as ‘the freak of Beverley’, she hasn’t been in a 関係 for the past seven years.?

悔いるs: Although she 初めは 署名／調印するd herself to make herself feel いっそう少なく 'mumsy', she is now regretting the 決定／判定勝ち（する） because she can't get a man because her 外見 脅すs them off

She said: 'I love my tattoos but men don’t seem to feel the same. My 外見 seems to 脅す them off.

'I’ve only ever been on one date in seven years. That was through a tattoo-lovers dating 場所／位置 - but it didn’t last.

'I think when men first look at me, they think I’m a bit rough. They mutter ‘look at the 明言する／公表する of her’ under their breath. They don’t bother to get to know me.'

Amanda is proud of her tattoos and never covers them up - apart from when she visits her 80-year-old mother.

Where it all began: Amanda, who 苦しむs from osteoporosis and is 現在／一般に 失業した, got her first tattoo done when she was 18 (pictured, L, age 28, and R, age 19)

Taunted: She is known around her hometown as 'the freak of Beverley' so she got 'Talk to the 手渡す' scribed on her palm to fend off 消極的な comments

Proud: にもかかわらず the negativity, she is proud of her looks and only covers her tattoos up when she 支払う／賃金s a visit to her 80-year-old grandmother

She said: 'The only place I 港／避難所’t got tattooed is my bum and that’s because I don’t see the point - afterall, who’s going to see it?

'But my mum hates my tattoos, so whenever she comes 一連の会議、交渉／完成する I wear a jumper and scarf. It makes me feel a bit like a 十代の少年少女 but I prefer to 避ける 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing. But besides her, I won’t cover up fo r anyone.'

When Amanda’s marriage （機の）カム to an end after 10 years, she moved to the small market town of Beverley to live 近づく her parents.

She said: 'I started working in a newsagents where I met a 地元の tattoo artist. She specialised in designs of pin up girls, and one day I thought - "I want one of them".

'My dress and hair had always been やめる normal before, but I felt like a change. I’d always been a bit mumsy - wearing baggy jumpers, leggings and no 構成.

Amanda loves her Fifties 奮起させるd look and 存在 able to dress how she wants?

中毒: She became （麻薬）常用者d to getting tattoos, 特に after becoming の近くに friends with the artist and getting them for 解放する／自由な (pictured here with tattoo artist Jimmy at a Tattoo Parlour in Yorkshire)

'But I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 追加する a bit of glamour into my life. I had Marilyn Monroe done, then Bettie Page.

'I loved the way they looked so feminine. After all, I like to make an 成果／努力. There’s no way I’d go out of the house without any 構成 on.'

Amanda 収容する／認めるs that tattooing became an 中毒 after the tattoo artist became a の近くに friend and 申し込む／申し出d to 署名／調印する her for 解放する／自由な.

She said: 'Once I started, I couldn’t stop - it became an 中毒.'

Three years ago, Amanda decided to start dating again.

She said: 'I didn’t think there was much chance of 会合 the man of my dreams in Beverley, so I went on nights out in 船体 to Spiders Nightclub.

What a difference: Amanda thinks she had always been a bit mumsy - wearing baggy jumpers, leggings and no 構成 (pictured, L, 25 and, R, 38)

'I felt more at home there, and people would come up to me and tell me how amazing my tattoos were. But often, that’s as far as the conversation went.'

So Amanda decided to 調印する up to a dating website for tattoo lovers.

She said: 'I knew I wouldn’t have much luck with normal men because I don’t think they like to be seen with a tattooed woman, so I decided to try and 攻撃する，衝突する it off with people like me. B ut I only went on one date, and the guy only had one tattoo. I wasn’t very impressed.'

Over the years Amanda has become so disheartened that she is ready to give up on the dating game.

She said: 'I don’t think there’s much chance of me 存在 in a 関係 now.

'But I don’t 悔いる getting them done. I think people should be able to see past the tattoos and 受託する who the person is on the inside and not on the outside.'

Out and about: She says people would come up to her and tell her how amazing her tattoos were. But often, that's as far as the conversation went

Amanda, who 苦しむs from osteoporosis and is 現在／一般に 失業した, got her first tattoo done when she was 18.

But it wasn’t until her marriage ended in 離婚 and her two sons, 老年の 24 and 21, left home, that her obsession snowballed.< font style="font-size: 1.2em;">

She said: 'I had a bit of a midlife 危機. I got to 44 and realised that my marriage was in tatters. I was also 失業した because I’d developed osteoporosis in my 支援する. I felt old and 拒絶するd.

'But then I started getting more tattoos done and every time I got 署名／調印するd, I felt a new 賃貸し（する） of life. Now people look at me and they can’t believe I’m nearly 50.'

She 追加するd: 'I get a lot of 消極的な 返答s. People are really judgemental. They call me ‘the freak of Beverley’. But at the end of the day it’s just small-town mentality.'

Covered: The only part of her 団体／死体 where she doesn't have a tattoo is on her 底（に届く） because she 'doesn't see the point'

The 乱用 got so bad that Amanda even had ‘talk to the 手渡す’ tattooed on her palm, now she shows it whenever she gets a 消極的な comment.

She 追加するd: 'I did worry what people would think, but then I thought, so what, it’s my 団体／死体, not theirs. Mum wouldn’t speak to me for days afterwards though, and dad’s just given up on me.

'いつかs I do worry that my tattoos will 影響する／感情 my ability to get a 職業 in the 未来, because I do think 雇用者s 裁判官 you on your 外見. But I don’t have any 悔いるs - it’s all 価値（がある） it.'

Now her eldest son Ben Clarkson, 24, who is a cobbler, is に引き続いて in his mum’s footsteps - he has had 40 tattoos done.

一方／合間 her youngest son Max Clarkson, 21, who is a hairdresser, has just 実験d with a tiny 星／主役にする.

Amanda said: 'It doesn’t bother me that my boys have had tattoos done - that’s up to him. As long as they don’t 感情を害する／違反する anyone.

'いつかs I worry that he’s getting the same 乱用 that I do, but then I remind myself that he can look after himself. I’m just glad that he’s 勇敢に立ち向かう enough to be individual, just l ike his mum.'

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