Tattoos... advice from those so adorned

[Tundra Tiger]

No offense meant whatsoever but are you sure you really want to? It’s not related to your divorce at all? Again, no offense meant. If my buddy was going through/had gotten a divorce and was talking about a tattoo (or whatever) I’d ask him about it too.

The timing is possibly divorce related; my interest is not. It's been simmering for a while.

 

[meigsbucks]

I don’t have any tattoos. Every now and then I think of getting one but always decide not too.
My doctor’s nurse was rather heavy set and had some nice art on her arms. She lost over a hundred pounds and what was a woman carrying a lantern is now almost unrecognizable.

 

[Milo]

I don’t have any tattoos. Every now and then I think of getting one but always decide not too.
My doctor’s nurse was rather heavy set and had some nice art on her arms. She lost over a hundred pounds and what was a woman carrying a lantern is now almost unrecognizable.

My wife has a tattoo of a pterodactyl on her boob. It used to be a butterfly. I'll show myself out.

 

[RR 314]

I will follow this post with great interest. I'm not interested in tattoos per se, but in the thought process on how people decide what to tattoo on their own body.
I really appreciate the question raised for discussion.

I enjoy wearing T-shirts with different messages that represent my interests/ beliefs/ passions at various stages of my life. All of them are changing in time for various reasons. (Funny example: "Truck off Trudeau". The recent events will make it obsolete in several month). So I already know that this message will fade in time. Colours and meaning equally and I have multiple options to deal with it.

But how would one select a tattoo that will stay meanigful throughout the life of the owner?

Don't get me wrong. Some of them are work of art. But even that goes out of style in time.

What are you talking about? Tribal arm ink and barbed wire are timeless.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

What are you talking about? Tribal arm ink and barbed wire are timeless.

And butterfly’s on ladies lower backs

 

[Tundra Tiger]

My wife has a tattoo of a pterodactyl on her boob. It used to be a butterfly. I'll show myself out.

Thank you sir for that laugh. I choked on my supper.

 

[dogcat1]

Not a fan. My son is a surgeon. During medical school while working on a cadaver, the dead man had a massive tattoo on his chest. While carving up the corpse, my son found that the ink was imbedded in the sternam and in the sac that is around the heart. The ink goes more than skin dead and does cause issues.

I have always viewed tattoos as a "Hey, everyone, look at me" deal, so was never interested.

 

[Bandera]

Ya gotta be careful about placement. A buddy of mine has a Dragon across his left peck and shoulder. He took an AK round in shoulder and now his dragons face kinda looks like it has a butthole in its face. At least that’s what I tell him.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Ya gotta be careful about placement. A buddy of mine has a Dragon across his left peck and shoulder. He took an AK round in shoulder and now his dragons face kinda looks like it has a butthole in its face. At least that’s what I tell him.

Don’t think the issue here was tattoo placement unless of corse you mean placing it in the path of an incoming bullet.

 

[mdwest]

I have always viewed tattoos as a "Hey, everyone, look at me" deal, so was never interested.

That sorta paints with a broad brush…

I’ve got 8… collectively they probably cover 2 square feet of my body…

Other than a wedding ring tattoo that’s about 1/4” wide, that is completely covered by my actual wedding ring, none are outside of the t-shirt line or are on any part of my body that you can view unless I specifically choose for you to see them…

I’d hardly qualify that as a look at me request… if anything it affirms they are very personal in nature and probably mean something…

I’d go further and ask, what do people do with their outward appearance that doesn’t make a statement about who they are and ask you to evaluate them?

What clothes someone wears… their choice in watches.. their haircut… whether or not they wear earrings (both men and women), their footwear, facial hair, etc etc all have some measure of “look at me” in them…

Otherwise we’d all look exactly the same, wear exactly the same clothes, get our hair cut the same way, etc etc…

 

[CoElkHunter]

I don’t have any tattoos. Every now and then I think of getting one but always decide not too.
My doctor’s nurse was rather heavy set and had some nice art on her arms. She lost over a hundred pounds and what was a woman carrying a lantern is now almost unrecognizable.

I don't have any either. When I was growing up in the late '60s and throughout the '80s, the only people that had tattoos were ex cons, bikers and formerly drunken sailors who got tattoos when on leave in ports. I actually LIKE many of the tattoos I've seen people with and have considered getting a few myself. I particularly liked the black and red Ruger "rising phoenix" tattoo a guy had on his shoulder. The guy told me I was one of the few people who knew what it was. I still may get that one. I just don't want to pay for what some of them cost. Visions of buying large bore ammo and rifles come into my feeble brain when thinking of paying for a tattoo. LOL

 

[CoElkHunter]

And butterfly’s on ladies lower backs

My wife has a turkey tattoo on her lower back because she spotted a turkey I eventually shot before I saw it. True story.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

That sorta paints with a broad brush…

I’ve got 8… collectively they probably cover 2 square feet of my body…

Other than a wedding ring tattoo that’s about 1/4” wide, that is completely covered by my actual wedding ring, none are outside of the t-shirt line or are on any part of my body that you can view unless I specifically choose for you to see them…

I’d hardly qualify that as a look at me request… if anything it affirms they are very personal in nature and probably mean something…

I’d go further and ask, what do people do with their that doesn’t make a statement about who they are and ask you to evaluate them?

What clothes someone wears… their choice in watches.. their haircut… whether or not they wear earrings (both men and women), their footwear, etc etc all have some measure of “look at me” in them…

Otherwise we’d all look exactly the same, wear exactly the same clothes, get our hair cut the same way, etc etc…

apparently that makes you a pirate and you can’t hang out with Ontario hunter any more

 

[mdwest]

apparently that makes you a pirate and you can’t hang out with Ontario hunter any more

Always did enjoy plundering booty…

 

[CoElkHunter]

Gee, I always thought pirates were sailors. They sail the seas right? The classic "pirate look" also includes face jewelry, shaved head, ear rings, goatee, man bun, etc. Not for me.

Parrot on the shoulder? Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me. LOL

 

[CoElkHunter]

I reckon we should give you Australian citizenship. And yeah, that’s meant as a compliment.

My only concern with your advice is “scotch “ . I recommend rum.

Cheers mate.

Bundy?

 

[TOBY458]

I’ve got an M tattooed on both butt cheeks. When I bend over it says MOM. When I turn over it says WOW.

 

[Troubleshooter]

Never get a tattoo anywhere the Judge can see it.

 

[sureshot375]

The timing is possibly divorce related; my interest is not. It's been simmering for a while.

I don’t know your back story, but I’ll give you the advice I give all my clients. Don’t make any major decisions for at least a year post divorce.

Divorce is such a terrible process, even when the litigation is minimal, that it takes at least a year to process everything emotionally and gain perspective on your situation.

You may think and feel very differently in a year.

I’ve never been divorced, but I dodged one major bullet. I acted out afterwards by buying a gooseneck equipment trailer I didn’t need. That was good enough for me.

Anyways. I’m not a tattoo guy. I don’t trust myself to put something permanent on my body. I would no doubt regret the things I would have choose 20 years ago.

 

[Sabre]

This thread reads like a lot of old hens pecking.