not be so angry when strangers touch the tattoo on my arm

On July 4th I got a new tattoo. It is on my right arm, near the shoulder, and it is two fluer de lis and in between them it reads “do you know what it means to miss new orleans”. I guess I live too close to New Orleans, and there are a lot of people from there living here…especially Post-K. I really don’t mind people asking me if they can read my tattoo, or if I am from New Orleans. It’s the people who stop me and touch or grab my arm that want to smack. Am I wrong? These people – strangers, I might add…people I encounter at the grocery store or laundromat – are crossing a boundary of personal space. I wonder if I am wrong about feeling this way. I see lots of intriging tattoos, shirts, haircuts, etc. but I don’t approach people and touch them, as if they were in some sort of petting zoo or hands on museum. Maybe I won’t become okay with this behavor, but I would like to feel calmer about it…maybe just roll my eyes rather than have the feeling of wanting to jump out of my skin.