i can't believe i'm writing this ... ppl w/ tattoos

my ex boyfriend got a fruit stripes zebra tattooed on his chest........kind of thought it was awesome ;D

mine suck but i thought they where cool when i got the my first is donald duck in a devils out fit my second is a cat face because i love cats and the third is my nick name. but what can i say you only live once

My husband is a tattoo artist and we have this discussion all the time. I have a mixture. The tattoos for my kids mean something. But I also have a Cthulhu cupcake, a tea pot, a coffee pot, a zombie librarian, an owl, and a black pegasus. The pegasus is something me and my college friends all got, but everything else came from the good ole imagination and it just expresses personality (yes, I am weird).

I think there are two extremes: folks who get crappy, bull**** tattoos just because (my husband said he will scream if he gets one more chick wanting stars on her foot) and then you have people wanting tattoos that are smallish put have a lot of elements and MEAN SOMETHING. I say, keep 'em guessing.

I got three, a phoenix tattoo (when I lost 100 lbs) it has some meaning granted generic meaning, I have a black sun below that my first tattoo, I really just like the way it looked. I told my parents it was because I always felt like the blacksheep in the family, just to piss them off. I have my favorite baseball team logo on my other arm, no real meaning just I like the Redsox. I guess they kind of have meaning but not all of them. WHo cares is what I say if you like it, get it.

I think people say that because the more it means to you, the less likely you are to regret it. So many people go in just to get a tatto or because they think something looks "cool," then to turn around and hate it as the years pass and regret getting it.

Not everyone is like that, but a lot of people are, so I think people just try to give advice out of their own tattoo mistakes.

I have a very risque pin-up girl style tattoo of my wife on my left shoulder/bicep. I wanted to show off just how incredibly hot looking she is. My other three are just things that I thought looked cool.

The rest of my full back piece is being drawn up and I go in may to approve it. It has 7 flowers that have significant meaning and a few other things. It'll also have a dagger, gypsy skull and banner that really mean nothing...they just looked nice. I have leopard print in it as well which has no meaning. Nothing wrong with that. I don't think they have to have meaning at all. I love traditional, sailor Jerry type tattoos which really have no meaning but they look awesome.

Some of mine mean something, some don't. But when I look them, I'm reminded of what was going on in my life, what I feeling and what made me decide to get that tattoo at that point in time. And thats one of big reasons I love tattoos!

i've drawn all my own tattoos,

the dragonfly tattoo on my upper arm if for my little girl, my husband and i decided butterflies were her thing when we went on vacation shortly after finding out we were pregnant with a little girl, and we ended up getting RAIDED with dragonflies on the beach1 hahaha

my chest piece is a rose with a tiger lily on each side, to signifiy my little sister (rose) protected by my brother (blue lily) and me (purple lily)

i have a rainbow peace sign on the back of my neck for 'living in peace, between gays and straights'

and the key to my heart down my sternum.

but i'm not cool hahahah
i just to try and scribble what i want, and then my artist makes them beautiful!

Another thing... I think women get more of the "why" and "what does it mean questions." Dudes are just viewed as being bad@ss. Gender stereotypes against heavily tattooed women suck. Although i do love it when people spend the PTA meeting looking at my arms (hehehehehehehe)