To ink or not to ink....

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  • cashmtusa
    cashmtusa Posts: 8 Member
    You will only be young and fit for so long, might as well get a tattoo and be able to show it off confidently!
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    I used to say that I would get a tattoo when I got my body where I want it. I have now realized that "where I want it" is a sliding scale that will never be achieved. So I guess I won't be getting any tattoos lol.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    @LZMiner wrote: »
    Such a dilemma! Ihave a potential tattoo in mind, but I'm somewhat of a commitment probe and worry about buyers remorse a few years out! Anyone have ink that they really regret? Would you choose something different and are there times you choose to cover it?

    You should show us the potential tattoo!
  • mcafton
    mcafton Posts: 190 Member
    edited June 2017
    Got a big dark name on my forearm. long story. never should have done it. I got it covered with a big Koi because I was low on options that would cover it. Could still see it. It was now like a colored mosaic of the name. so I had part of the tail covered with a lion's head. it's not great, but at least I don't see her name anymore. it was expensive and was 4 or 5 sessions. The other alternative was amputation.

    So, make sure if you get one it's one you want, and never ever get a name, unless it's your child and even that is questionable.
  • iamunicoon
    iamunicoon Posts: 839 Member
    I have several tattoos that I would not get again today.

    However, my approach to tattoos is that they have a meaning and they're related to something important in my life. Even if it won't be important to me in five, ten, fifty years, I'll still remember the impact that thing or event had on my life right now and that's what the ink is for. So no, I don't like all of the images I have on my body now but I still cherish what they once stood for and I have no regrets about getting them.
  • m1ss_danni
    m1ss_danni Posts: 13 Member
    I have 4, 1 I regret. It was a matching tattoo with somebody I no longer speak with. Other wise I love tattoos. Go for it!
  • katiegranger13
    katiegranger13 Posts: 2 Member
    My first tattoo is terrible. 15 year old me decided that getting tattooed by a stoner while drinking a litre of cheap cider using a home tattoo kit was a great idea at time but I don't regret it even tho it truely is a terrible tattoo
  • katiegranger13
    katiegranger13 Posts: 2 Member
    It brings back good memories so I don't think id ever get it covered up
  • JLAJ81
    JLAJ81 Posts: 2,477 Member
    m1ss_danni wrote: »
    I have 4, 1 I regret. It was a matching tattoo with somebody I no longer speak with. Other wise I love tattoos. Go for it!

    You look familiar
  • m1ss_danni
    m1ss_danni Posts: 13 Member
    JLAJ81 wrote: »
    m1ss_danni wrote: »
    I have 4, 1 I regret. It was a matching tattoo with somebody I no longer speak with. Other wise I love tattoos. Go for it!

    You look familiar

    ;)
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    LZMiner wrote: »
    Such a dilemma! Ihave a potential tattoo in mind, but I'm somewhat of a commitment probe and worry about buyers remorse a few years out! Anyone have ink that they really regret? Would you choose something different and are there times you choose to cover it?

    I have two that I would change if I could go back in time. I'd still get a tattoo at those times; just something different.

    1) My first tattoo, a Confederate Flag on my upper left arm. I was born and raised in Louisiana and to me, the Confederate Flag just symbolized being a Southerner; not once did it enter my mind that it symbolized something other than that to other people. I was in young, in the Navy and fresh out of boot camp at the time when a shipmate and I decided Navy people have tattoos. We each got the same tattoo with the exception of his saying "Tennessee" and mine saying "Louisiana". It wasn't until I got out to the fleet that I realized it meant something else to other people. Now, I'm still proud to be a Southerner, but I wish I would have gotten a different symbol to display that.

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    2) Desert Shield was in full swing when I was scheduled to get out of the Navy and when I was asked to re-up, I requested a transfer to a combat ship currently in Persian Gulf. When that request was denied, I decided not to re-up (I was offered recruiter duty in New Orleans, but I didn't join the Navy to go back home), and the Navy involuntary extended my active status. This pissed me off and I went and got a broken anchor with the phrase, "U.S.N. Never Again" around it. It took me a few years to realize how wrong I was in doing that. Yes it sucked that I didn't get the billet I wanted. Yes it sucked that I was forced to stay on active duty longer than originally planed, however, I was thinking like an individual and not as a part of a team.

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  • TheJourneyToFabulous
    TheJourneyToFabulous Posts: 381 Member
    edited June 2017
    I have a few regret none of them. But I am always 100% what I want and where takes me forever to decide as it's there for life. Just make sure your 100% sure
  • KeepRunningFatboy
    KeepRunningFatboy Posts: 3,055 Member
    Yes, I have several, love then
  • work_on_it
    work_on_it Posts: 251 Member
    I have the stupidest reason... but my theory has always been... if have I have to go Jason Bourne style... one of the first things they ask is "any visible markings or tattoos?"

    Get some rest @LZMiner , you look tired.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    You can always do something really original with some nice ink or do something even more original and get none.
  • philhagan
    philhagan Posts: 62 Member
    I think if you are going to get one make sure it's relevant to you, don't get one for the sake of wanting a tattoo, you could regret it a few years later. Personally I wouldn't get a tattoo but they can look good on people.
  • gymfanatic2016
    gymfanatic2016 Posts: 80 Member
    Ink
  • JosephPulaski
    JosephPulaski Posts: 304 Member
    LZMiner wrote: »
    Such a dilemma! Ihave a potential tattoo in mind, but I'm somewhat of a commitment probe and worry about buyers remorse a few years out! Anyone have ink that they really regret? Would you choose something different and are there times you choose to cover it?

    Do it!!! :)
  • gottennis_2
    gottennis_2 Posts: 204 Member
    My wife has a couple and what she will do is when she has an idea for one she finds some one who can paint one on that will last a week or so. It washes off eventually. This will help her make the decision if it is what she wants or not or if she likes the location of it.
    Just a suggestion.
  • vnb_208
    vnb_208 Posts: 1,359 Member
    I have 3 no regrets, I got one at 18 to spite my parents its doesn't mean anything at all its a flower & its cute so eh.
  • cogirljb
    cogirljb Posts: 66 Member
    Do it, I've never regretted any of mine!!!
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    What if you have to go deep into enemy territory as a ninja secret agent, and are taken captive? Then you wouldn't want identifying marks on you they could use for identification.

    That's concern #1. Then there's my aesthetic view, similar to graffiti: I can't think of a wall that didn't look better before it got tagged up with scribbles.

    But you should do what you want.
  • Bfit614
    Bfit614 Posts: 6 Member
    Ink.
  • 1Wildthang
    1Wildthang Posts: 2,660 Member
    It's really personal preference. Just a note from experience, don't put a name on you unless it's a parent, sibling or child. Not every "partnership" is a forever thing.
  • deteriminedAMY
    deteriminedAMY Posts: 22 Member
    I don't have any tattoos but will your ink be visible for all or in a discrete location. If you are second guessing yourself then I would wait till you are sure one way or the other. ;)
  • Nebur2345
    Nebur2345 Posts: 1 Member
    I say do it
  • Mymfp12345
    Mymfp12345 Posts: 12 Member
    Fuckimg delicious

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