I've always wanted to get one but I always worry about what it will look like when I am 80, You know get a tiny russian tat when you are 30 and then it will be a giant galapagos, when you are 80
finleafeater said:
best friend tattoo, inside joke.
finleafeater said:it IS real, I just got it.. thats why it looks fake.
Its on my right ring finger. Its a best friend tattoo, when we were kids we bet eachother a massive amount of money ($1000 dollars is a lot to a kid) that who ever go married first.. the other would have to pay them $1000 dollars. Kind of like a race to the alter.. because when youre young and trying to be a princess you need a prince of course.
now our views have on marriage have change quite a bit, but we always get a good laugh out of that little bet.
and it seemed more unique than getting eachothers names tattooed on eachother.
best friends, 11 years and counting!
dmmj said:I've always wanted to get one but I always worry about what it will look like when I am 80, You know get a tiny russian tat when you are 30 and then it will be a giant galapagos, when you are 80
dmmj said:I've always wanted to get one but I always worry about what it will look like when I am 80, You know get a tiny russian tat when you are 30 and then it will be a giant galapagos, when you are 80
Interesting.finleafeater said:
best friend tattoo, inside joke.
CtTortoise said:Cfr200 said:I would not say body art or piercings are becoming more acceptable everywhere a lot of that depends on your location and your job. The problem you will run into is the older people like me who own a business do the hiring and are the customers they might have a different perspective on this.....
I would still follow the rules my mother told me over 30 years ago. It was do not get ones that show when you don't want them to and do not get anyones name. Which in my case meant nothing that show in a short sleeve shirt or while wearing my uniform.
As a guy who spends 80%+ of my time doing everything I can to cover up the tattoos I got over 10 years ago, I agree with this post.
Sleeves are a tough thing to deal with, and were a huge mistake. I gave up all of the "I don't care what The Man thinks, I'm going to express myself however I want" BS years ago. It's crazy how raising a family, providing for children, caring for patients, etc will change your views on something as silly as a tattoo. When a parent at the park gives you that nervous look because you are playing with your child close too their child, you start to realize how decisions about things like body art can effect your life, and the lives of those you care about, in ways you never expected. I don't care what they think about me, but how many times have my kids missed a chance to make a friend at the park because of my tattoos?
Clients, customers, friends, your child's teachers, the parents of the other kids on the soccer team you coach, etc will all judge you no matter what you think. You can easily end up in an uphill battle to "prove" that, despite your tattoos, you really are a nice guy/girl. People often say to me, "Now that I know you I've got to say, you don't seem like the type of person that would get all of those tattoos!". They mean it as a compliment, I'm sure.
I now work in an operating room. I am forced to wear short sleeved scrubs per hospital policy. When I meet my surgeon customers, I am usually in a jacket and tie in their office. It is always a struggle knowing that when I see them in the OR I am going to have to explain my tattoos. All too often, I am greeted with a horrifying look of disgust and disappointment. This is after having spent the previous night worrying about it. (Neurosurgeons tend to be of an older breed!). It is an uphill battle to prove myself to these customers. My competitors use it against me. I've heard the comment in the OR, "Wow is (company x) now involved in a work release program?". Surgeons don't like to be associated with those kinds of comments, and so I am vulnerable to loss of business.
I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't use drugs of any kind. I don't cheat on my wife or gamble away my paychecks. I have competitors in business who do all of these things, yet none of that shows when you are wearing scrubs! I'm the one getting the strange looks and running against the stream just to catch up to guys who engage in these behaviors all the time.
When I got my tattoos I worked in the field of photography and digital manipulation/restoration. That world was filled with body art. My point is, where you are today may not be where you are tomorrow. You never know where life will take you and you need to be able to adapt. Tattoos can be a difficult thing to manage when making career moves or other life changes.
I'm not against tattoos. I actually quite like them. I don't hate my tattoos, I just wish I could choose when to wear them and when to take them off. People tend to look at you funny when you show up to coach your kids soccer team and you are wearing a long sleeved shirt when it is 90 degrees outside!
18, 21, 25.... I don't think there is any magic age. People change at different points in their life. People change, but tattoos don't.
My suggestion for anyone who wants to get a visible tattoo: print out a picture of the tattoo you want to get and have it laminated. Carry it around with you for one year. Pin it on your shirt. If at any time during that one year, you encounter even a single person or a single situation which makes you want to take the picture off of your shirt...... Reconsider the tattoo or at least the location.
Wirewehear said:Here is one of my hubby's ... Its me, lol. Luckily he chose an old photo of me for the tattooist to copy. Cant see it real well but its the best shot I could find. He has 3 others but no pics of them. They are Marine Corp tats he got over seas.