Your first Tattoo's & the story behind it

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  • Zee48
    Zee48 Posts: 789 Member
    December 2010, age 62, hummingbird in flight for my birthday present from self. I'd always wanted a tattoo but was not allowed, it wasn't acceptable for ladies {back in my time} then life just kept going and I let the dream go dormant. My husband died from liver cancer in January 2010 and I decided I was going to do something I wanted just for me and did it. I will eventually have at least one more when I decide what it is I want. Perhaps a Yellow Rose of Texas.
  • tryingtolive1
    tryingtolive1 Posts: 245 Member
    Mine is a set of eyes which flow out with almost a mask type look. I got it after my divorce to symbolize that I have to watch my own back because I cant count on anyone else to do it. Years later I still feel that way.
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    My daughter has a sleeve on one arm. That's what the Navy does to you (and maybe having a dad with a number of tats).
  • jersey_54
    jersey_54 Posts: 278 Member
    Foerarm, hazing lol
  • aimytye187
    aimytye187 Posts: 98 Member
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    That's the picture of the design I got drawn up when I was 15 when I lost my dad… The fire represents my dad because he was a firefighter… And the yellow roses represents my mom it's her favourite flower… I got it on my 18th birthday cause my mom refused to sign the papers… It runs up my spine and splits at my shoulder blades...
  • aimytye187
    aimytye187 Posts: 98 Member
    It's my only tattoo you this day... It hurt like an SOB!!!
  • tryingtolive1
    tryingtolive1 Posts: 245 Member
    aimytye187 wrote: »
    It's my only tattoo you this day... It hurt like an SOB!!!

    Spine is always tough area. Only place that was tough for me so far. Getting another one on my shoulder Thursday.
  • inka912
    inka912 Posts: 66 Member
    edited April 2016
    My first tattoo (having 3 currently) is on my forearm. An Arabic phrase saying "love yourself first". I got it during a really sh*tty time in my life; I felt that I needed something to remind me everyday that I always have to put myself first and just simply love who I am :smile: And it's in Arabic because I like the language a lot and it means a lot to me.

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  • tombaldwin1996
    tombaldwin1996 Posts: 4 Member
    A cross on my arm - got it because I was 16 and a bad tit :)
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    My uncle tatoo'd me in his loft when I was 15 before I went on a rugby tour to America and Canada with the school team. I got the English rose with 'England forever' in a banner underneath on my calf. It's since been covered up
  • saFit247
    saFit247 Posts: 117 Member
    SpiderGwens wrote: »
    I have a Lord of the Rings tattoo. It's the ring verse in Elvish in the middle of my back:

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    I got it when I was 23, but it was something I wanted it since I was 13. I figured that if I still wanted the exact same thing in the exact same place after 10 years, it wouldn't turn into something I would eventually regret. It's been 3 years, and I haven't regretted it once!

    My second tattoo is going to be my reward for reaching my goal weight. I'm probably going to get something on my upper arm. I still have to lose 50 pounds before I need to make up my mind, though. :D

    Nice one !!!
  • saFit247
    saFit247 Posts: 117 Member
    tcatcarson wrote: »
    Got my first one on Wednesday at age 42 - a stag representing the realisation that I have loved running all my life, and still do. I was looking for a reminder and companion, and a slight Scottish twist. And I love it.


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    Killer one ! Looks amazing
  • Mr_Stabbems
    Mr_Stabbems Posts: 4,771 Member
    @spidergwens that LOTR is fantabulous
  • MsAmandaNJ
    MsAmandaNJ Posts: 1,248 Member
    My first tattoo is an outline of the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland (Disney version). I wanted Alice (I'm so Alice), but the artist said she'd have to be much bigger than I wanted. I love my March Hare, he represents my crazy. I got his bowtie colored in when I went for some other work...I often get comments about it not being filled in. Honestly, I was green when he did the outline, lucky I didn't puke on my friend in front of me.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    I did my one and only tattoo of a unicorn, on my shoulder, during my first marriage (25 years ago) My ex was covered in tattoo's so it seemed like the thing to do. I remember the day well. We spent the first hour at the tattoo parlour watching a big muscle head getting one on his chest...Muscle head passed out....which scared the CRAP out of me! When it was my turn, ex asked the artist if he wanted to "smoke" one..if you know what I mean....and of course he did! So did I, which made me MORE paranoid than ever! The artist handed me a teenie top, said go in the bathroom and put this on....I sat in the bathroom, high as a kite, and crying, scared to death!! Needless to say, I eventually came out, sat on his forward leaning chair, and manned up. Pretty unicorn, not worth the fears and tears tho!
  • Zom_bunny
    Zom_bunny Posts: 86 Member
    Mine is soooooooo embarrassing. i will sit this one out lol
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    My first tattoo was a black cat with blue eyes on my left calf. I got it in college. I remember thinking for a very long time that I wanted a tattoo, and then I saw a flyer for a new tattoo place opening up, so I checked it out. The guy was a really good artist, and he drew the cat freehand.

    Had I known that later on in life I was going to own a Russian Blue cat, I'd have had him give the cat tattoo green eyes instead.
  • S1na3dy
    S1na3dy Posts: 850 Member
    My first tattoo was at 17 and I didn't tell my mum and dad at first so I decided to get mum and dad on my wrist as that is one thing il never regret haven on my body.... 8 tattoos later... Theres only one I'm not to sure on but I don't regret any off mine..
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I have the words "what is meant to be will always find its way" with a few sweet pea flowers around it. Its poorly done, shaky lettering and quite faded now. But it still means a lot to me, it reminds me that while I can try my best, not all things are meant to turn out the way we want. That which is truly meant to occur will in its own time.

    I have plans of a large thigh tattoo, sooner rather than later I hope. I am lacking a vision of what I'd really like. Can't decide if I want colors or not, likely not, and I'd like something along the lines of a tree but really only because I love the way a leafless tree looks in the fall. Nothing too significant but once I find something I like I'll get it :)
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  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    My first, one and only is a purple butterfly with an eye in the wing. My brother and I always talked about getting tattoos and when I divorced my first husband who didn't like tattoos my brother's first reaction was I'm making you an appointment and I'm getting you your tattoo. So I went with plans for a cat since I'm Ali Cat and flipped though the book and saw this butterfly which seemed appropriate...divorce, spreading my wings and the eye seemed like it would look out for me. So that's my story but really I just got it cause it was purple and cute
  • Guns_N_Buns
    Guns_N_Buns Posts: 1,899 Member
    edited June 2016
    Mine was when I turned 18 at the Circus Circus tattoo convention in Reno. It's a rosary that wraps around my ankle with the cross falling on top of my foot. Instead of beads it's just a chain and in the centerpiece of the "rosary" is an aries symbol. My mom got the same thing on her foot, but she has her kids initials in the centerpiece. Needless to say, it took 1.5 hours to complete mine and about 30-45 minutes for hers. :s

    She is a huge Nikki Sixx fan and him and his wife, at the time, had it done, so she wanted it. I just like crosses.
  • OfficiallySexyVal
    OfficiallySexyVal Posts: 492 Member
    My first tattoo is the Chinese symbol for strength, pink to black in color. I got this tattoo because I went through a lot in my life when I was 26, I became a single mom, I had to learn how to support myself and my son alone, and I finally lost weight (120 lbs to be exact). I got this tattoo as a constant reminder that I am strong and I can conquer anything that life hands me.
  • megemrj
    megemrj Posts: 547 Member
    1st tattoo @ 39, month before my 40th bday. My son's friend drew a manga angel which I LOVED. I wanted to get it on my left thigh. I took a picture thinking the artist could print it, but he couldn't. Said he needed the original. I REALLY wanted a tattoo that day as my son and I were doing it together, so I picked a commercial angel with color and had it inked on my right shoulder blade.

    PS- the friend gave me the drawing the next month for my bday and I got it inked Mar2015 right where I wanted it by my Awesome artist. I then had script free-handed tying my dark angel to my light angel and wrapping over my shoulder swirling to my right elbow. Love the results. No Regrets.
  • daniellek30
    daniellek30 Posts: 171 Member
    My first tattoo was for my sister who passed away. I had promised her before hand that we would get 'sister' tattoos, and we never got the chance. It is a cabbage rose, with her name. My husband, who is a tattoo artist, added onto it the book version of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet walking away together.
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    A skull with a pink bow. And because I loved skulls with pink bows.
  • PamelaW41
    PamelaW41 Posts: 287 Member
    Got drunk and it seemed like a great idea at the time. It was just meh, not in love with it....so YEARS later my daughter drew me an awesome tattoo and my brother in law helped her design it so it would cover the original tattoo and did a cover up, now I'm in love with it. :)
  • lissadecker
    lissadecker Posts: 220 Member
    My first is in the middle of my upper back. It's a peace sign with roses growing around and twining through it with the words "Let It Grow" in script beneath it.
  • tcarp8
    tcarp8 Posts: 369 Member
    My first tattoo was on the 1 year anniversary of joint the Navy. This was back in 1979...before tattoos were "normal."
  • pektranao
    pektranao Posts: 187 Member
    Ive been breakdancing for around 8 years now so i have key notes and piano to represent music.

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