Show off your ink!

[IFjane]

Love all the ink - wish I had the nerve to do it myself....but this keeps me from trying:

[KSH]

Let's see if this works!

[Kimmyt]

The thing I love about my tattoo is that I got it for me. If other people can't tell what it looks like when I'm 80, it doesn't really matter. Half the time I don't even see my tattoo, and other people don't either. The fact is, I know it's there, with me all the time, a kind of physical representation of everything that is inside me. It comforts me.

[Pax]

The thing I love about my tattoo is that I got it for me. If other people can't tell what it looks like when I'm 80, it doesn't really matter. Half the time I don't even see my tattoo, and other people don't either. The fact is, I know it's there, with me all the time, a kind of physical representation of everything that is inside me. It comforts me.

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.

[KnottedYet]

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.

I will confess that part of why I want to get my bike tattoo is so that some day if/when I can no longer speak for myself someone will look at my skin and say, "Hey, this chickie must've been a biker."

[Kimmyt]

bwahaha, yeah i hear that. a bit of the 'when i am an old woman i shall wear purple' thing goin on

[solobiker]

I don't have a one but I have what I think is a funny story. I was when I was a new grad and was working at my first job as an OT in an ortho rehab setting. I went into a male resident's room to help him get up as he was only a couple days out from having a total knee replacement done ( he was in his mid 70s). He had a thin sheet on and I saw a lot of lines on his legs, kind of like a lot of "X"s. Me being new and niave I thought maybe it was from the surgery. When I helped him take the sheet off I notice it was along his whole leg. When I asked him what it was he told me it was a tatoo of a fishnet stocking. It went along his whole leg, had the seam in the back and a garter belt!! I asked him why and he said years ago a girl he was dating used to wear them. I asked if he ended up marrying her and he said no. He said he regreted it because he could not wear light colored pants as it would show through and he was an algebra teacher. Sorry this was kind of long, but I still think it is kind of funny

[Dianyla]

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.

I always find it amusing how everyone always focuses on the "what's that gonna look like when you're 80" topic. Frankly, the rest of me won't look so great when I'm 80, either! Who cares about a little (or a lot of) ink?

No tats yet, but I'm in the planning stages.

[Kimmyt]

You'd be surprised how often I hear, 'what are you going to about it for your wedding?'

And that was back when I was single, even!

[Dianyla]

You'd be surprised how often I hear, 'what are you going to about it for your wedding?'

To which the proper response is: "Wear a backless dress to properly display it!"

[Velobambina]

I always find it amusing how everyone always focuses on the "what's that gonna look like when you're 80" topic. Frankly, the rest of me won't look so great when I'm 80, either! Who cares about a little (or a lot of) ink?

No tats yet, but I'm in the planning stages.

D--You got the best outlook on life! I agree wholeheartedly.

[RoadRaven]

That’s looking pretty awesome, Andrea

Will it have much colour or will it be in dark shades?

And I’m interested in why you chose the 9 headed dragon – its been so long since I read Revelations that I had forgotten all about it!