Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Laser surg is painful and takes longer than most think...they always think they are going to come in, get the tattoo zapped and be done with it. I've even had people tell me they want to have a tattoo removed because they broke up with the person who's name is on their inner thigh and want to get their new paramour's name tattoo'd in it's place! I've heard that one so many times I'm beginning to think that it's probably a jinx to get someone's name tattoo'd on your skin...or maybe that it's such a positive sign for crazy that it scares the person off...
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Now that's where I draw the line: tattooing someone's name to yourself. Could be a jinx, like you say!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I've been saying for a long time that IF I ever got the nerve up I would have flowers tattoo'd on my leg. A full rose for each daughter and buds off of them for each grandmonkey in the color of their birthstone...just got to work up the nerve.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 That's an awesome idea Sara! Love it! My future sis in law wants a star for each of her three kids in their birthstone color (two blues and a red) but she can't get up the nerve either.
Originally Posted By mele That is a good idea, Sara! I'm waiting to lose more weight to get one on my shoulder. I want a tree with my initials, and my kids' initials in the roots. I'm not sure though, cos I don't want one that is HUGE, so we'll have to see what I design I can find. I want to get another tattoo on my ankle. I have one now but it's tiny and boring. I don't hate it, I just wish it were cooler. It needs more. I love tattoos but don't really get the facial ones. I also don't like the ones that women get on their chests. Looks tacky, imo, but the older I get, the more I love tattoos in general. (Much to my mother's dismay...which makes me like them even more. LOL)
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I've got a tat plan. My problem... I want to do an anklette and my left ankle had a bad sprain so it looks permenently swollen and my right ankle has an ugly little growth that I want removed but have never taken the time. The tattoo I want will be sort of a memorial charm bracelet. When my best friend passed some other friends had a tattoo designed with her first initial. That would be one charm. My husband had a little symbol of a heart with wings made of his initials, that would be another charm and I'd like my sister to design something with a K and 2 tiny stars for the daughter and 2 babies she lost as a third charm. If I love it and want to ad on later I may ad a Harley Davidson charm for my cousin and maybe something for my favorite grandma.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'm such a wuss that I'm thinking of maybe putting my idea on canvas instead of my skin...see...I have this friend and when we were young and dumb she got a tattoo of a butterfly in her...ahem...bikini area...and now 35 years later it has mophed from a beautiful butterfly into an...um...er...see, it kinda looks like a rat with a long tail so maybe a nice cross stitch wall hanging would be not only less painful but wiser all the way around.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 <<<35 years later it has mophed from a beautiful butterfly into an...um...er...see, it kinda looks like a rat with a long tail>> Hot stuff! LOL. That sucks though. My friend has this fairy on her lower stomach and she just found out she's pregnant. I don't even want to know what the fairy is going to morph into.
Originally Posted By mele That fairy will probably morph into someone who looks a lot like me. ;-) Deb, I love your idea. Part of my tree idea is to have leaves that mean certain things or are added after certain events, etc. But I'm afraid I might have to have my entire back tattood and that is *not* an option.
Originally Posted By smedley I wouldn't have one myself, but I can see the appeal, having your face tattooed, and with that many seems seriously extreme though!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***i think the tatoo artist should have talked her out of it*** Why on Earth would a tattoo artist talk someone out of getting tattoos?
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Only if he is REALLY stupid...on the same vein...why doesn't the clerk at the grocery store talk chubbies out of buying pie and cheesy poufs, or soft drink companies warn customers about the effect of Coca-Cola on tooth enamel...
Originally Posted By Mr X or the bartender serving beer, or the convenience store cigarette seller, and so on and so on...
Originally Posted By beamerdog So, I'm old. What I thought about doing was having a bloody heart with a knife through it and barbed wire around it on my lower back. Wow, wouldn't the docs in the ER get a laugh out of that!! (kidding)
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins I never could have a tattoo if only for this reason: I could not on God's green earth decide what picture I want to go into eternity with. There's no way I could commit to a picture, no matter how nice.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin That was my problem MP, I can buy a pair of shoes and love them this week and next week they make my feet look big...so how could I make a choice knowing I could be so fickle?
Originally Posted By Disney_Binky My Dad got my Mom's name, Liz, with red flowers surrounding it, with leaves. It's really cool, and when I was growing up, I loved to stare at it for hours. To me it showed how much my Dad loved her. They eventually got a divorce And my Dad's new conniving, hateful, disgusting wife hates his Tat. She wants him to get it removed, but heehee he hasn't, and I don't think he ever will!!! YA go Dad!
