To want a tattoo

I’m 68 and want “ carpe diet” on my wrist but scared!

I have the opposite problem. Both my daughters are urging me to get a tattoo .

Kacee I decided last year at the age of 61 that I want to get one, my DDS didn’t really comment neither of them have them. Now my eldest D wants to come with me and have one to.Ive researched the best and licenced ones in my area and decided on a small tattoo after searching on Pinterest but I haven’t had it done yet as can’t decide where to have it.I do feel it’s a bucket list wish. Good luck and do show us when it’s done.

A few months ago our local tattooist died of blood poisoning, that is a risk that people tend to play down but it does happen.

Go for it. I have wanted one for years but my husband said no. He now has Alzheimer's and I could get one but I now take a blood thinner and the doctor says no. My time has passed. Get one while you can!!!!

I have been thinking about having one done for ages! Go for it - why not?

I don't know anyone who has not regretted having a tattoo eventually. Especially my brother in law who got 2 on his arm & calf in Florida on his honeymoon. He got a huge Mickey mouse on his leg- his wife got Minnie Mouse, the marriage lasted about a year. He also got a poignant phrase about his Mother being the love of his life & it was spelt incorrectly. It said Moter not mother so the tatoo 'artist' did a little arrow & inserted the missing letter 'h' above. It looks awful. 30years on he still has them & bitterly regrets it.
Personally I hate them.

Kaycee Go ahead if it's what you want however when I observe a person with a tattoo, or tattoos my thoughts turn to how will these tattoos appear on an aging skin . Be it male or female we are living longer.
Unfortunately our appearance does not heed this.What were once clear and defined images will be hidden amongst , or appear nothing like what they were meant to be, in the aging skin.
Sorry to be so brutal.

Do what YOU want. I really hope you will be happy with the result.

I would love to have a tatoo and would have except for one thing... I am a coward and hate pain! Other people's opinion would not put me off. Go for it if you want one... and please tell me afterwards what the pain was like...

Absolutely! I had one done for my 49th birthday (against my then husband’s wishes which said a lot more for the marriage than I realised at the time!) and don’t regret it a bit. I had it done on my left hip, it’s quite small and very private as at 63 that is not an area I am encouraged to bare ?????

I can change my hairstyle, clothes, make-up but not a tattoo. How boring.
It’s there forever, I’m having enough trouble choosing bathroom tiles that I won’t get fed up of.

On holiday in Malta there were stalls doing the henna tattoos. On impulse I had three little butterflies done on my left shoulder while sitting on a chair in the middle of Valetta. I loved it. It lasted about three weeks. But wouldn't be brave enough for a permanent tattoo.

What will this tattoo actually give you? What will it do for your mental well-being? Weigh up these questions before your decision. Like one or two others on this thread I personally think its a dreadful idea but it's not my body or business. However, I do know three people in their 40s who had tattoos either as soldiers or in their 'wild' days and who are now undergoing tattoo removal which is costly and extremely painful, so my advice would be to think very carefully and put it where it can't be seen - and then what's the point? You're back to the question of what good can it possibly do for you - will it genuinely lift your spirits, and do they really need lifting to the extent that you want to poison your body?

I loathe them and would never have one but if you want one, go for it!

I quite like the small tattoos in places which can be hidden.
I would never have it done, though. As someone said, because of the pain, and my skin is as thin as tissue paper.
I once saw young man who had just left the tattoo parlour and his arm looked as if it was raw and infected.

I used to want a Celtic band around my arm, now I wonder why!

Your daughters are right.

I've got 2 tattoos and I'm thinking seriously about a third - and maybe a fourth. I'm 70 going on 25. Both my children know I've got them as do my granddaughters- they think it's my body and my money so haven't expressed any opinions.

A real tattoo I meant to say at the end of my post, !

Personally I don’t like them at all and am into pleasure not pain ( my friend said it hurts like hell ).
However, we only live once and a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do !!

DO IT - my husband hated tattoos with a vengeance !! I had always wanted a small dragonfly on my back, so some time after my husband passed I went ahead and had it done, I'm thrilled with it and being over 70 it's the one thing I've done for me - incidentally, my DD loves it and has one herself now !!

I’ve always been against tattoos and told my children not to have one, however DD had one done recently and it’s lovely, very discreet. She wants us both to have a tiny one on our hand which, when we put our hand together will make an elephant heart, just a tiny one. I must admit I’m up for it and will probably do it with her. (I have pointed out that at some point she won’t have the other half, she says she will get her daughter, when she has one, to get it done)Go for it Jaycee

I teased my husband for years that I would have a tattoo, his face just said it all, he didn't approve one bit, One day I drew with a felt pen a rose climbing up my ankle, I just sat and waited for him too notice, a while later he did notice,, he said , you haven't have you , you know I don't like tattoos, he didn't speak to me for ages, He was so relieved when I washed it off, but it told me that he would never have liked it , ?

Must admit I had a tattoo on the inside of my wrist back in May,its a nice one but as I deal with the public then I wear a thick strapped wristwatch to hide it in work.
If I had the choice again I would get a tattoo but not for one on show,I would of hid it where only I could see it.