Tattoo's = regret?

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Brooklynella

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Tattoo's are about as popular as ever and i'm seeing more and more rather large, "Questionable" tattoos on seemingly normal people. Now, This is not intended to be insulting in any way; quite the contrary, I have a tat myself. But... Some of you may live to regret getting sleeved with bleeding skulls and things like this.
I understand that at the time, getting a tat makes sense but IMO, a little thought about the future may be a good idea before getting that satan tat across your forehead.
For one, and you may not believe this now, you may find it difficult to find a good paying job if you have tats that cannot be easily hidden. You may find that your own kids find them downright scary one day. You may find yourself in a social situation among people you admire and feel embarrassed by thos "Rage against the Machine" lyrics you have inked across your pecs.
I believe the reasons people get tats has not changed; people get them for personal resons that mean a lot to them at the time. However, one day you may wake up at 67 yrs old and see this wrinkled mess in the mirror and think "What the hell was I thinking".
So I am curious what your opinion is regarding tats as many of you are among the younger generation. Me, at 39 yrs old i've seen my friends get Iron Maiden album cover tats, Taz tats and "[blank] Iran" tats.
I wonder if they still hold special meaning, now that they are pushing 40.
 
IMO there are at least two types of tattoo getters.. The ones who get something personal mainly for the meaning behind it, and the ones who are rather free spirited and get it as a form of art.

You only live once. And I don't know if those who get the "iron maiden tattoo's" truely regret it or mark it as a peice of their history. Kinda depends how you look at it I guess.

I have two tattoo's. I recently thought about getting another but couldn't settle on something that would last and I would not feel different about later. I had a girlfriend who once wanted me to get words tattoo'd on my forearms with the theory that "it's hot" and "So and so's boyfriend has them done" leaving out that the guy was just out of jail and thus had a hard road ahead anyways. Although society is more accepting of tattoo's now, I still wouldn't mark up visable parts of my body if I wanted to be assured white collar work.

At the same time if someone just wants tattoo's to have tattoo's and can live with it later that's cool too.
 
And here is some examples, to get the ball rolling...


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Agreed! :D

cichlaguapote;2491779; said:
IMO there are at least two types of tattoo getters.. The ones who get something personal mainly for the meaning behind it, and the ones who are rather free spirited and get it as a form of art with no real meaning.

You only live once. And I don't know if those who get the "iron maiden tattoo's" truely regret it or mark it as a peice of their history. Kinda depends how you look at it I guess.

I have two tattoo's. I recently thought about getting another but couldn't settle on something that would last and I would not feel different about later. At the same time if someone just wants tattoo's to have tattoo's and can live with it later that's cool too.
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Oh man...This one's bad


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okay, so i have drawn alll my tats and had them done by friends. all but one i am still very satisfied with. the one i got at 17 when i thought i knew who i was. then i met myself and realized i wont ever know who i am. thankfully this one is on my back, so i never see it. I am a little worried of others seein it, but really only ones who see it are ppl that love me with or with tatoos. someday maybe i'll cover it,but i doubt, since most of my $ is spent on my kids or fish,lol! I really have more regret that i didnt get more tatoos when i was younger and had nothing more important to do.
 
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