Your first Tattoo's & the story behind it

saFit247
saFit247 Posts: 117 Member
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I have seen a lot of MFP members with some really awesome Tattoo, so I thought of starting this thread to know more about it..

What was your first tattoo & what was the story behind it ?

My first tattoo literally changed my life, i was a skinny guy 4 years back weighing < 118 LBS at 5"10 .
I was so frustrated people calling me skinny. I love the dragons , so I decided to get a dragon tattoo on my right arm below the shoulder, I also started my work out at home. As days passed I realized my arms were getting a little bigger , so some reason the Tattoo had kinda of physiological impact on me and kept me motivated. 3 years down the line I go back to the same tattoo artist and get a Kanji Scripture done on my left bicep, the words from his mouth WTF are you the same dude ? I was so happy to hear those words. I am prepping up for my next one on my back, below my neck :)
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  • pichiPurinsesu
    pichiPurinsesu Posts: 776 Member
    edited April 2016
    my first tattoo is of a girl in gothic-style clothes which i had custom drawn for me and i liked it. not really a story behind it. My latest (no.12? or something like that) half sleeve is the one with the most story behind it though; I have a naked girl who's uterus/overies are on show and she has arrows in her sides bleeding.

    In short the arrows are the 2 miscarriages i suffered between having my 2 kids. It also represents my 2 kids too because after my son i was told a 3rd could kill me (basically, a 3rd arrow could hit me square) it means a lot to me and not many people know the meaning behind it but there you go
  • saFit247
    saFit247 Posts: 117 Member
    @pichiPurinsesu I am sorry to hear that and thanks for sharing , it pains just thinking about it. You are a strong woman ! *hugs*
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  • lilkimi525
    lilkimi525 Posts: 1,107 Member
    Funny story... My first tattoo was on my 25 the bday.... It was with a jailhouse tatoo gun...( which I would never recommend)!! Anyways... I was feeling Free that day.... Took 3.5 hours across my lower back.... And then went to a Lynard skyward concert .... This was a few moons ago... But really hilarious when I think about it...
  • madisonharvell703
    madisonharvell703 Posts: 18 Member
    First tattoo is Luke 10:27 when I was 18 on my foot.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    story for all my tattoos : i was 18 probably on drugs and felt like it
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Freckles for radiation treatments, to kill cancer cells ;)
  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    My first tattoo is an "M" that I have on the top of my right foot. I spent seven and a half years working in the music industry for two different bands. The "M" was the symbol for one of them.
  • Lucy1752
    Lucy1752 Posts: 499 Member
    History nerd here. I lecture on the Lewis & Clark Expedition. My first ink was the L&C peace medal the expedition handed out to the native peoples during their journey. It's on my ankle.
  • jennaraemyers
    jennaraemyers Posts: 41 Member
    edited April 2016
    Mine was on the top of my foot, Peace in cursive script. I got it with my sister who got Love in the same font. I've always loved the peace sign and what it represents, and back then I was a bit of a hippy. We got them as sister tattoos. We got our noses pierced together too :)
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Faerie on my back.....got it the day I turned 18 just because I could.
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    First tattoo...1979 in the US Navy. While the guy was doing it, I thought it didn't hurt at all. Then I realized all he had done was draw the design on my arm with a pen.
  • exsyscokid
    exsyscokid Posts: 10 Member
    tcarp8 wrote: »
    First tattoo...1979 in the US Navy. While the guy was doing it, I thought it didn't hurt at all. Then I realized all he had done was draw the design on my arm with a pen.

    That's funny, my first was in the Navy as well, 1981.
  • saFit247
    saFit247 Posts: 117 Member
    Wow ! .. really interesting stories ... Please keep it coming :)
  • xX_PhoenixRising_Xx
    xX_PhoenixRising_Xx Posts: 623 Member
    My first was a butterfly on my ankle. It was my brother's 18th birthday and I took him in to get his first done and saw the design while I was there and loved it. This was in 2001. The thing is it was never quite placed right, I asked at the time and the guy said it would be placed correctly if I lost weight (which I was intending to do even back then.) It took me another 10 years to actually start losing but as I did lose weight this butterfly began a 2 year flight back across my leg into the correct placement. I'm at maintenance and it's not perfect but it's a lot better than it was.
  • shaken2010
    shaken2010 Posts: 167 Member
    edited April 2016
    My first was also a butterfly with stars surrounding it. The butterfly is for my mother who died many many years ago and the stars are my children and myself.
  • JeffreyMGiron
    JeffreyMGiron Posts: 3,582 Member
    My first tattoo is a tramp Stamp of a slice of Chocolate Cake
  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    First tattoo wasn't till I turned 35, I'd wanted one for years but needed to pick something I'd like. It's a sun in the middle of my back. They are definitely addicting.
  • NYRhockey00
    NYRhockey00 Posts: 1,196 Member
    16 years old, and managed to get my mom to take me for a birthday tattoo. No real story behind it, but it was a shamrock on my calf, little did i know that the size of it in comparison to my calf was wayyyy off, so the next year i built around it.

    Havent looked back since, almost done with a half sleeve on the right side, big piece of the left as well.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    Tribal band, right arm. Because I was 15 and wanted something to show in my football uniform that made me look badass.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Family crest, top of my left arm.
    Git it in memory of my Dad on the 10th anniversary of his death.
    He was always very into genealogy and very proud of his family roots.
  • pichiPurinsesu
    pichiPurinsesu Posts: 776 Member
    138shades wrote: »
    JeffreyMGiron wrote: »
    My first tattoo is a tramp Stamp of a slice of Chocolate Cake

    sounds like you were hoping for some icing.


    sorry.

    or cream :lol:
  • JeffreyMGiron
    JeffreyMGiron Posts: 3,582 Member
    pichiPurinsesu wrote: »
    138shades wrote: »
    JeffreyMGiron wrote: »
    My first tattoo is a tramp Stamp of a slice of Chocolate Cake

    sounds like you were hoping for some icing.


    sorry.

    or cream :lol:

    I just love cake :D
  • Pam_Shebamm
    Pam_Shebamm Posts: 167 Member
    The first tattoo I got was of my last name, and that's the whole story. Lol.
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    I was 16 and got a tiny little turtle on my butt. It was a weird spur of the moment thing and I let some guy freehand it. He did a great job and it's still adorable. My teenage years were so much fun.
  • NYRhockey00
    NYRhockey00 Posts: 1,196 Member
    denversillygoose wrote: »
    I was 16 and got a tiny little turtle on my butt. It was a weird spur of the moment thing and I let some guy freehand it. He did a great job and it's still adorable. My teenage years were so much fun.

    Sounds like it...safest place to not get caught though
  • Rachel0778
    Rachel0778 Posts: 1,701 Member
    I was 19 and on a road trip with my best friend. We wanted to do something spontaneous so we stopped into a random tattoo shop and picked out coordinating star and moon tattoos to put on our left hip bones (there were so many ways this could have gone wrong). Luckily, I still love this tattoo and the time in my life that it symbolizes. I am also still best friends with the same girl so I love that we have a physical representation of our friendship together.
  • ellebreedlove42
    ellebreedlove42 Posts: 101 Member
    Mine is of a sparrow and robin circling each other in a ying and yang pattern. I got it for my aunt who died due to cancer. Her name was Robin but my great grandfather referred to her as sparrow.
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