Tats

Lucille · Oct 22, 2005

In a recent poll, where I asked about what a reptile keeper OUGHT to look like, quite a few people selected the option that said 'tattoos'.

I have a small, pretty tat of a rose on my left wrist, which fits under my watch when I am at work or at professional meetings.

How about y'all? Who has tats? Pix are permitted and encouraged...

Cat_72 · Oct 22, 2005

I posted a pic of my "favorite" tat on the "what do y'all look like" thread...a Pegasus flying across my left shoulder. I also have a small cross on my right ankle.....and plan on getting one more, across my lower back...3 lavender roses growing entwined, one rose to represent each of my kids and hubby, and the lavender roses in honor of my Dad, who had the most beautiful rose garden I have ever seen before he passed away. His pride was growing one of the very first true lavender roses, and it WAS breathtakingly beautiful. I was the only family member who shared his love of the actual gardening, and we spent hours out there, just the 2 of us, when I was a young girl. Treasured memories.

For me, all of my tats are (and will be) symbolic in some way, yet I have seen some very beautiful tats that are simply works of art. My mom was HORRIFIED when I first told her I had gotten one......but when she saw it, she thought it was beautiful, lol. Society is changing the way they view people with tats, I think....they are becoming recognised more for the works of art they can be as opposed to things that only BAD people and bikers (like, you know, those scary people who keep snakes and stuff, lol!) have.

ms_terese · Oct 22, 2005

I have never had any inclination whatsoever to have a tattoo. They're too permanent for me! My oldest daughter has several, and in just the few short years that she's had them, has regrets over certain ones.

If I ever get the urge, I think I'll go the henna route so I can wash it off later

Jim O · Oct 22, 2005

ms_terese said:
I have never had any inclination whatsoever to have a tattoo. They're too permanent for me! My oldest daughter has several, and in just the few short years that she's had them, has regrets over certain ones.

This is way too often the case, and is also why I have none. Of course, my mother telling me over and over that I would regret them may have had something to do with it also.

I will share an anecdote. When I was in medicine I had a patient who had the name "Bob" tattoed on her left breast in a drunken haze when she was 18 or 19 years old. Of course, 15 years later, Bob was now just a hazy memory...except for the tattoo that stared her husband (NOT named Bob) in the face whenever they made love. They didn't have enough money to have it removed at the time though perhaps that has changed.

Cat_72 · Oct 22, 2005

Exactly the reason I would not have anyone's name tattooed on my body.....with the exception perhaps of my children's.

shrap · Oct 22, 2005

No tats here, although I often considered getting them when I was younger. The thought of what I think is cool today may not be what I think is cool in 5 years is what always kept me from doing it. That and the few times that I almost did go through with it, the price tag was always enough to finally convince me to not do it. Always had more important things to spend that money on..... like beer and babes.

Then I became a parent, beer and babes were replaced by diapers and formula....

KelliH · Oct 22, 2005

I've got two, a multicolored peace sign and a yin yang on each lower calf. I was 19 when I got the yin yang and 23 when I got the peace sign.

I am preparing to have a fairly large chest piece done now.

I think most tattoos are beautiful, some more appealing to the eye than others, but all beautiful because they represent something important to the person that has them.

Sort of unrelated but I also have 0 gauge lobe piercings. Here's a pic.

South Dixie Dragons · Oct 22, 2005

I don't have anyone's name tattooed on me, but the words" Slippery When Wet" are tattooed on the inside of my thigh.....

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!
No Tattoos here.

ms_terese · Oct 22, 2005

the words" Slippery When Wet" are tattooed on the inside of my thigh.....

Now THAT'S funny!

The thought of what I think is cool today may not be what I think is cool in 5 years is what always kept me from doing it.

That's the mistake that my daughter made. She's now regretting the first impression that she makes on co-workers, neighbors, and especially the parents of her daughter's pre-school friends. It's not that she isn't the same sweet girl she would be without her body art, but she realizes that the impression she gives off initially isn't what she's about anymore.

Cat_72 · Oct 22, 2005

South Dixie Dragons said:
I don't have anyone's name tattooed on me, but the words" Slippery When Wet" are tattooed on the inside of my thigh.....
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol!
No Tattoos here.

I'm going to assume that was nothing more than a reference to the Bon Jovi album of the same name, huh? :hehe:

The only tats I don't like are the ones that are all gore and mayhem....USUALLY worn by guys who got them for no other reason than a sad attempt to make themselves look "tough" or something. My tats all mean something to me......and I thought about each one of them for years before getting them. And they are in places where I can either show them off or cover them.

I do think the many of the most beautiful tats I have seen have been in tribute to a loved one lost....I've seen portraits so well done they almost look real, all done on skin. Truly awesome.

jenn · Oct 22, 2005

Ok, so my second addiction besides snakes is tats. I have 8 and plan on more. Here are a couple of them. Hope you like
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jendahl/DSCF0003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jendahl/DSCF0037.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/jendahl/DSCF0004.jpg

dragonflyreptiles · Oct 22, 2005

I have 7, they all mark a time in my life or a feeling I had at the time that prompted me to want to be inked again. No regrets though I am only almost 36, so that may one day change but I hope not lol

I do have Rodneys name tattoed on my chest with an arrow through a heart with blood dripping off the end of the arrow. The blood drops were added much later when he trampled my heart a little. I swore he was the only man that made my heart bleed and not just hurt a little.

Only thing was at work they always said I was the only person there without a heart, but that seems to be the emotion when you are the one that has to tell them they were late and have to go home, have been written up 3 times are are suspended without pay for 3 days etc.

So I took the "Oh, so you thought getting a heart tattooed on your chest would qualify you as having one" all in stride and never said a word.

eddie1976 · Oct 22, 2005

one of my tattoo

This is a pic of my latest tattoo. I have 6 right now and am pretty much finished but for the addition of any more kid's names I might have to add. I have to keep mine coverable due to my wife's job. She is a vet and many times I have to attend professional functions with her and need to keep them hidden.
I have always been more of a lurker than a major poster, but hope to start posing more in the near future.
The cute face in the bottom pic is my gorgeous five year old who is the "Katie" in the tattoo. She did inform me that she now "owns" me since I have her name permanently on my body. Little does she know that she as owned me her whole life

reptilebreeder · Oct 23, 2005

I currently have seven. Don't really regret any, as they either have personal meaning (memorial heart/cross for my lil sister), or they are something I have been in to all my life (a dragon, and soon some reptile related). Course I didn't get my first one till I was 29, so I made it past that "get the first tattoo I see when I turn 18" stage.
About 2 years ago, I finally went "visible", a Tattoo on my forearm, visible unless I wear long sleeves. The rest are usually covered by my clothes, although 2 on my legs are visible if I wear shorts (which I basically live in from about late February to sometime in November, and warm spells in Dec. and Jan., so I guess they are visible too).
I've finally decided to take the plung, and hope to get a "sleeve" sometime in the next couple years. There are some amazing artists out there, and it will take that long to be on the waiting list, and to save the large sum of money.

A_Kendergirl · Oct 23, 2005

No tats, or piercing that are note worthy. That said - I have wanted tats since I was 13. I'll eventually get one - or (more likely) lots. It's just hard choosing what to do first. For about 4 years now I've wanted wings. The thought makes me warm inside. However, that would be a HUGE tat, and probably not a good idea for the first one.

My husband doesn't have any either. We plan to go together for our first ones. AWWWWW!

Sasheena · Oct 23, 2005

As a high school teacher I get my students sometimes asking my opinion about tattoos. I sometimes make a point with some of them... One day a particularly immature student wanted my opinion. I asked "what cartoon did you like when you were a kid" and when she replied "I loved the Power Puff girls"... So I said, "Do you still like them?" The response: "no, of course not." Then I said, "if you could have gotten a tattoo when they were the coolest thing in the world, you might have gotten a Power Puff girl tattoo, how would you feel to have a Power Puff Girl tattoo now that you're an adult (16 years old)" She saw the point and decided against it.

Now I'm not anti-tattoos, I just know that the younger a person is the more likely they are to make a decision they won't agree with later in their life. I try to discourage my students because I want them to at least have a little bit of living under their belts before they make that decision, instead of going with what is trendy just because it IS trendy.

I myself do not have any tattoos. My older sister got one when she was seventeen. A butterfly on her right wrist. By the time she was thirty it looked like she'd had an accident with a pen at work and hadn't yet washed up. Later on she had it cleaned up a bit and added a mushroom.

I do like some body art I see. One of my favorite characters on television has some very nice tatoos (even if they are painted on)... Abbey on NCIS. Her tattoos are quite cool, and completely in line with her character.

reptilebreeder · Oct 23, 2005

Sasheena said:
I asked "what cartoon did you like when you were a kid" and when she replied "I loved the Power Puff girls"... So I said, "Do you still like them?" The response: "no, of course not." Then I said, "if you could have gotten a tattoo when they were the coolest thing in the world, you might have gotten a Power Puff girl tattoo, how would you feel to have a Power Puff Girl tattoo now that you're an adult (16 years old)" She saw the point and decided against it.

Now I'm not anti-tattoos, I just know that the younger a person is the more likely they are to make a decision they won't agree with later in their life. I try to discourage my students because I want them to at least have a little bit of living under their belts before they make that decision, instead of going with what is trendy just because it IS trendy.

As I posted earlier, I think that is the biggest reason that I am okay with all my tattoos. If I would have gotten a tattoo when I turned 18, I may have gotten a Tattoo that said "What you talkin' bout Willis?" or something :rofl:

I did get a fad/trendy tattoo in 95' (tribal armband), but the rest (and some future ones) are all things I've liked long term, like; reptiles, dragons, women, or things "symbolic" like memorial hearts, crosses, grim reapers, etc.
My 2 daughters want tattoos (19 years old) and I'm trying to make sure they think long and hard about everything-the subject matter, the placement, etc. I also told them if they want a piece of flash (the "predone" ones hanging up on the walls of Tattoo shops) that they should not just pick the most popular current fad, even if it meant getting a traditional heart tattoo, and that they should stick it in a drawer for a year and then pull it out, and decide wether they still want it. I know a year is not much when you consider the tattoo will last a lifetime. I've been doing this the last couple years and actually dumped a few ideas that I had. Anyway, I'm going to use your power puff girls example, the next time it comes up.

codenamecrash · Oct 23, 2005

my left arm is sleeved from wrist to shoulder, then wraps over my shoulder and my whole back is covered. working on my right arm.

Lucille · Oct 23, 2005

To all that have shown pix, your tats are beautiful and impressive. Jay, you got any pix of yours?

Manhattan Herps · Oct 23, 2005

i'm preparing to have both arms done in sleeves..

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