Hypothetically, a tattoo...

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  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,443 Member
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    If you are getting a tattoo because you WANT people to see it, you are getting it for the wrong reason.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    If you are getting a tattoo because you WANT people to see it, you are getting it for the wrong reason.

    Good.

    (Because that's an incorrect supposition.)
  • makemewannadie
    makemewannadie Posts: 401 Member
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    Its only a mid life crisis if you get one because you think it'll make you appear younger or 'cooler'.
    Otherwise, there's no age limit!
  • monroe61
    monroe61 Posts: 620 Member
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    My mom got her first and only tattoo at the age of 50... I paid for it :)

    She got a simple 4 leaf clover on her hip, for good luck and we are irish...no one can see it unless she shows it to them or is wearing a bikini :) which she does have the body for!!!!
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,443 Member
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    I know I wasn't being clear. I already have a back tattoo... it's just not the sort of thing that's liable to be seen (or should be seen, if I'm honest) by friends, coworkers, etc.

    My mistake. Let me be more clear. Who the f^(k cares if other people think your new tattoo is a mid-life crisis thing or not?! You want another? Do it and quit whining about what other people think.
  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
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    You’ve asked the question, and clearly care what people think.
    You’re too late you’re already having one, a midlife crisis that is.
    Got my first at 30, didn’t give a flying monkeys what people thought. Still don’t
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I know I wasn't being clear. I already have a back tattoo... it's just not the sort of thing that's liable to be seen (or should be seen, if I'm honest) by friends, coworkers, etc.

    My mistake. Let me be more clear. Who the f^(k cares if other people think your new tattoo is a mid-life crisis thing or not?! You want another? Do it and quit whining about what other people think.

    Who's whining?

    I'm asking a simple question. The answers which I will take into consideration.

    Time of the month?
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    You’ve asked the question, and clearly care what people think.
    You’re too late you’re already having one, a midlife crisis that is.
    Got my first at 30, didn’t give a flying monkeys what people thought. Still don’t

    I think you'll find that most people do care what others think, to some degree.

    But there's a difference between caring and letting it drive you.

    But thanks for the comment.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    I got my first at 39. My second two weeks later. My third seven months later, and my 4th a few months ago.

    I don't consider any of them a mid-life-crisis thing. I consider it a "I finally stopped giving a damn," coupled with, "I finally decided what designs I'd like to have."

    I have a few more designs in my head, but haven't drawn them up yet.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
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    Rock hard

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  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    have a few more designs in my head, but haven't drawn them up yet.

    That's amazing. Being completely unartistic myself I would need an artist to bring vague hand wavy ideas to fruition.
  • Sh1tsRainbows
    Sh1tsRainbows Posts: 1,227 Member
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    I think it has more to do with what tattoo you are getting.

    If you get a douche tattoo, 30.
    A sentimental one, never.
    Sleeves and murals, 40.
    Nekkid ladies or gambling - 50

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    so is it ok to get nekked ladies when your 23??? (was 23 a LONG time ago)
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
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    I am 42 and my wife has been bugging me to get one.
    She is slowly wearing me down.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I am 42 and my wife has been bugging me to get one.
    She is slowly wearing me down.

    What does she want you to get?
  • fiveohmike
    fiveohmike Posts: 1,297 Member
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    This should be your tattoo without the text of course:

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  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    This should be your tattoo without the text of course:

    tumblr_m2dpsiiSpu1rtfzu1o1_500.jpg

    No no no!

    What should I get, please tell me, is entirely another thread!
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    Anyway, I'd get the text too.
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
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    I am 42 and my wife has been bugging me to get one.
    She is slowly wearing me down.

    What does she want you to get?
    She hasn't said.
    Now, IF I do get one, it ABSOLUTLY wont be a lame "Jersey Shore" tat.
    No barbed wire or tribe bands.
    For a long time, I have pictured a hammerhead shark starting from my left elbow and swimming up to about the middle of my arm and then above that, a SCUBA diver swimming up and away from it to my shoulder.
    Lots of colors.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I am 42 and my wife has been bugging me to get one.
    She is slowly wearing me down.

    What does she want you to get?
    She hasn't said.
    Now, IF I do get one, it ABSOLUTLY wont be a lame "Jersey Shore" tat.
    No barbed wire or tribe bands.
    For a long time, I have pictured a hammerhead shark starting from my left elbow and swimming up to about the middle of my arm and then above that, a SCUBA diver swimming up and away from it to my shoulder.
    Lots of colors.

    That sounds quite interesting.

    And I agree about the tribal or barbed wire. Though I haven't seen Jersey Shore, I just intuitively know...
  • r1ghtpath
    r1ghtpath Posts: 701 Member
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    you get ink for yourself. where you place it could mean nothing, it could mean EVERYTHING!!! but, it's for YOU!!!

    your age should be of no significance, even if you're getting a tattoo for the first time.....

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