Should I Get a Tattoo?

[HUMCALC]

If you are not sure, maybe you could have the tattoo artist draw it on and live with the drawing for a few days to get a feel for whether or not you actually want it or want it altered before you get the ink done.

That's what I did. I got a Tramp Stamp that read 'Humcalc' but realized it wasn't for me and washed it off.

This is what I think that I'll do

[Dennis.1960]

This is what I think that I'll do

That's a great idea...if more people did that, there'd be much less demand for expensive laser removal procedures

[CanDB]

That's a great idea...if more people did that, there'd be much less demand for expensive laser removal procedures

Makes you wonder what's behind the motive of a secret tattoo.....all pain and no gain??? Ha ha....I think the secret no longer is a secret when the right person comes along.

[VenomousDB]

I for one like the tattoo on my forehead!!! Thank you very much

[CanDB]

I for one like the tattoo on my forehead!!! Thank you very much

Make sure you got one backwards so that it makes sense to YOU when you look in a mirror. (Who cares about everyone else!!)

OK.....maybe one that does not contain words, or is basically "positionally neutral".

[Lumiere]

Make sure you got one backwards so that it makes sense to YOU when you look in a mirror. (Who cares about everyone else!!)

OK.....maybe one that does not contain words, or is basically "positionally neutral".

Or go with one of these minimally intrusive designs. When coupled with a suit, screams "business festive."

[Spice 1]

Got my first two tattoos in a friend's basement when I was 18. They're sort of rough, but I love 'em. I designed them, and they're unique. Just get something unique that speaks to who you are. Don't get something that everybody else has, and will go out of style.

[Spice 1]

Or go with one of these minimally intrusive designs. When coupled with a suit, screams "business festive."

This is the last thing you see if you drop acid before fighting Darth Maul.

[Lumiere]

This is the last thing you see if you drop acid before fighting Darth Maul.

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[CanDB]

Or go with one of these minimally intrusive designs. When coupled with a suit, screams "business festive."

Yes.....something subtle.

[HUMCALC]

Got my first two tattoos in a friend's basement when I was 18. They're sort of rough, but I love 'em. I designed them, and they're unique. Just get something unique that speaks to who you are. Don't get something that everybody else has, and will go out of style.

1 is unique, and the other will never go out of style

[Dennis.1960]

When coupled with a suit, screams "business festive."

More like screams OUCH

[CanDB]

Time For A Tattoo.....Or Two?

I don't have a tattoo. But I am thinking about getting one. My wife is too. Not a rush, not a necessity that's for sure, but what the heck!

As you get older, you really think about the place on your body that is likely to be tight for the long term, mind you, young folks should really consider that too.

I was never really interested for most of my life, but it's probably because I never seriously thought about anything specific to place on my bod. Sure, family works. I don't think they are going to leave me.....but you never know. My sports addiction could yet be a problem! Then again, do young folks really get it when they put a partner's name on their bodies? Really? You do know people split up!

But I was at the locker room the other day, and a young jock took off his shirt and revealed a nice Canadian tattoo....and I thought, hey, that would work for me. Proud of my country.....always have been. Makes sense.

So.....time will tell if I go ahead with it. If so, it will be smallish and on the right spot. Need to check out the local specialists.

I guess it will be one less bucket list item for me to check off!

Please share your tattoo experience(s).:thumb:

[Assassin27]

Funny how you started this thread. I just got my first tattoo last week in honor of my mother. She past last September 13th. Never thought I would get one. My mother had a tattoo of a moon and a star on her right shoulder I got a moon and a star on my right shoulder in her honor. I you Ma!!!!!!!

[brianmcfarlane]

Don't have one and I will NEVER get one. :2cents: