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

I sport a full back piece, shorts, short sleeves, ribs and the my lower left leg. Until I blew my leg out with this incredible dragon I could wear shorts and a t-shirt and none of them showed. I also get that silly question. I guess people just feel the need for things to mean something...I agree with you....mine don't all mean something specific either. Some are "just because they looked cool". I also have quite a few that were whatever the artist wanted to do. Guy Atchison did my head, Patti Kelli did my ankle and the other side of my head, and Randy Adams did most of my back. I have my husband and my oldest son's birth signs and now I am going to get one of my best friend's initials in memorium of him; those mean alot. The funniest one I have is Chinese writting on my right wrist. People ask what it means and I tell them,"it says that whoever asks what this means will die in 7 days!!" Actually it is my acupuncturist's name. LOL

I've got 4 tats and only one doesnt have any real purpose, and honestly its the one i regret the most, i didnt put any thought into it, plus it was done with a rigitty tattoo gun, so it doesnt look the best, the others are ones i thought out and drew myself, no real major meaning but ideas i liked, i agree with the others, i think it is a personal preferrence, if u want a tat just because then do it, and dont let anyone else make u think twice, if it realy bothers u to a bigger degree, maybe u should think before u ink lol.....just sayin

Mine does, but that's just me. Any tattoos I get will have a meaning, simply because getting a tattoo for me is the most terrifying thing in the world, and also ensures I'll always love them. This said, I don't believe that everyone with tattoos must have some big story behind each and every one. It's our body, nobody elses, we can do what we like with it!

Some do some don't. Some didn't at the time when I got them, but now they have meaning for me (remind me of a particular time or experience).
Only one was gotten with the intention of it "meaning" something - a memorial piece for my best friend. The rest I got 'cause they're pretty/I wanted a new tattoo

I have one tattoo and it doesn't mean anything. I drew in while in class at college 12 years ago, liked the design and had it done simply because I wanted a tattoo. My mom was not too impressed at first but soon came round and even encouraged my brother to get a tattoo. What was strange though, is that my aunt was even more unimpressed. So much so that she would heavily criticize me in front of other people. Well, karma has come to bite her in the *kitten* as now her own darling daughter is a tattoo artist!

I got a small dolphin at the age of 17, peer pressure from mates as everyone was getting them but I liked dolphins and think its rather cute.

My second tat is that of my sons name and DOB. I got it for my first Mothers Day present. I will have to get a tattoo again if I have another child as its only fair, but my Daniel tattoo is on my lower back, so the next one will need to go above that, (on lots of bone) lol so that will kill!!

I think my tats should be personal though. I didn't get my sons name to show if off or anything. Was literally from the heart, as my son was also seriously ill a few weeks before getting tattoo so it means a lot to me.

Yep my whole sleeve is based on this:

Revelation 20

The Thousand Years

1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

i have 3 tattoos..a black panther on my thigh...meaning nothing ,, except i like them i have a heart with tribal on my lower back cause it looked cool,,, then i just had a angel on a dagger added to the heart bcause i do collect angels... can i say they r just addicting.. lol

The only one I've got that actually 'means' something is a Venusian sigil. To me, tattoos are art - I don't need a reason to buy a picture other than I like it, same with my ink - I want it, I save up for it, I get it done. I got my first few getting on for 20 years ago, including a pure impulse piece on my left bicep, and I don't have any regrets. I don't know if I'll even be here in xx years time, let alone whether I'll be regretting any of them - if all my actions were governed by "I'd better not do this I might regret it" then I daresay I wouldn't do anything.

I've got 3...and only 1 of them "means" something

Only 1 of out my 3 mean anything. The other two are because I thought they were pretty.

Yep my whole sleeve is based on this:

Revelation 20

The Thousand Years

1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Even though I'm not religious...that sounds epic

When I was getting fitted for a pair of running shoes a couple weeks ago, this was the conversation:
Him: "So why sleeves? What do they MEAN?"
Me: "Why do you have a justin beiber haircut?"
Him: "Point taken."

Thank you for making my morning.

I have plenty of tat and working on my back piece. As of right now you cannot see them while I wear cloths unless i wear shorts. This is due to my occupation but when I retire I will also get sleeves. Some people do not understand tattoos especially on women. Some of mine have meaning and some do not.

I do not have to justify what i do with my body to no one.

...just because someone asks if your tattoos mean something doesn't require that you have to be rude to them (unless they say something totally inappropriate). You could have just said that you got these tats because you think they are beautiful/awesome/amazing/scary/interesting, etc.

People who don't have tattoos are just curious and are asking questions.

I myself don't have tattoos but if I were to get one it would probably only ever be the names of someone I have lost or my children. That being said, I love looking at tattoos.