Help Please

[Ironside]

is there any other anti tattoo blondes out there?

Well, it's each to their own really. I'd rather die than have a tattoo, but there are those who don't like trains, so I say live & let live.

One curiosity I do have - not in any at all cheeky or rude - but what exactly is the attraction in having a tattoo? Is it deemed to be coolio?

hum trains or tattoos now thats a question ok you got me i'll allow one train story every 2 years as longs as i dont get a tattoo

[4KingNutz]

I dont think its coolio and im sure other blondes with tattoo's will back me up here i allready have 2 but they are quite small i dont think its hard or cool i think its just an attraction to the art really i personally dont like cheap tacky looking tats just 1 off nice looking peices im look to find somthing and re-design it just want some ideas really.

[thetank]

An ornate ace of spades?

Ala the Rivercard logo.

[barhell]

Personally i have always liked them, mine are all covered most of the time, upper arms and lower legs, as for wether they are fashionable yes and no, but you would have to be very stupid to tattoo yourself for fashion.

[Ironside]

i was once dating a girl one day she got a tattoo and something happened to our realtionship i dont know why but we drifted apart i have never dated a woman who had pircings other than her ears

i have nothing against people that have tattoos or piercings but i cant see the enjoyment in either and i think alot of people when they are in there dotage look odd wth tattoos

maybe something happened in my past that is locked away in my memory turned me off them but i just dont get them

[thetank]

Did most of your felloe squaddies have tats?

[Ironside]

some had tatts but in the army its illegal to get them without permission which was often denied and squaddies just to get them followed by a minor punishment

[tikay]

i was once dating a girl one day she got a tattoo and something happened to our realtionship i dont know why but we drifted apart i have never dated a woman who had pircings other than her ears

i have nothing against people that have tattoos or piercings but i cant see the enjoyment in either and i think alot of people when they are in there dotage look odd wth tattoos
maybe something happened in my past that is locked away in my memory turned me off them but i just dont get them

Booder qualifies on both grounds.

[thetank]

Booder pwns though.

[Claw75]

I've regretted having mine since almost the day I did it.  Didn't think it through enough, went along for appointment not knowing what I even wanted, couldn't find anything I liked in the book so just plumped for one.  bloody stupid.  Gonna get rid as soon as I have some spare dosh.

[nirvana]

 
This site has quite a lot of examples

www.tattoodles.com

Asking why people have tattoos is a bit like asking why people style their hair a certain way, wear certain clothes, wear make up, wear jewellery, wash - don't think it can be much more than a personal choice about the 'you' you want to present to the world - some people like to look like an accountant, some people want to look younger than they are, some people dress to impress, most young fellas punk up their hair in very strange shapes, some people like to say, here are my tattoos, I think they make look me edgy and I might be hard - don't mess with me - an equivalent of the ten hole doc if you will. (s'my motivation anyway :-)

One small advice I'd give if you're certain that you want a tattoo. It is possible that you think you want it for your own amusment and appreciation and get it done in a place where, in the normal course of things, it isn't visible to the outside world.

Suggest you think carefully, human nature (well mine anyway) is that you tend to want people to know you have a tattoo and for them to see it. Especially in America it's surprising how many blokes you see with their T shirt sleeves turned up or rolled up to show their tattoos - turning up a T shirt sleeve I think is very un cool I think :-) Or you see them adopting strange positions so their shirt rides up to reveal the tattoo - lots of stretching and big movements.

Suggest you carefully choose and then make sure it's done where at least some of it can be seen without having to make efforts for people to see it.

Alternatively, get one done in a hidden place, and if you really like it, go straight back for another one in more visible spot.

[RED-DOG]

Asking why people have tattoos is a bit like asking why people style their hair a certain way, wear certain clothes, wear make up, wear jewellery,

All those things are easy to change your mind about though.

[dealerFROMhell]

My arms are sleeved in tattoos.

My only advice is that you get some that are expression of yourself as a person. Your body is a canvas. Tattoos are, and always should be, a reflection of your personality.

If you've really thought through what you want to get done, then you'll never regret it. Even if your opinions change about certain things over the course of your life, they can remind you of who you are/were as a person at a certain point in time.

[Ginger]

If you've really thought through what you want to get done, then you'll never regret it. Even if your opinions change about certain things over the course of your life, they can remind you of who you are/were as a person at a certain point in time.

Well said. Never rush into a design that you will have for the rest of your life, I literally took years (bit OTT I know, but really wanted to be sure) to pick mine and get it redesigned in a way I was happy with.

I loved it, but now want it extended...  I'm now after another one, and have narrowed it down to 2 areas that I want to have it placed, now I just need to fine tune the design - which could take months going by the last attempt lol.

[brummieboy]

My wife had a cute little Lizard tattoo'ed on her bum just after I met her, ten years on and it's the size of a dragon.