Getting a tattoo

janthea each to their own,but sometimes it is a personal statement,I am proud to bear the name of my children,but I can see your point as I say each to their own,if you where to meet with me you wouldn't see it,unless I chose to show you.When I was working tattoos were not acceptable and needed to be covered,my other one a butterfly small and discreet on my shoulder is for me...because I wanted it...

littlenellie we're singing off the same hymn sheet. janthea that's sad.

No thank you! I can't imagine why anyone would want one.

Littlenellie ((hugs))

I have a feeling that the idea ears keep on growing through life is a myth.

nannad I too have a tattoo at the base of my neck/top of my back,a star with 4shooting stars coming from it with each of my children's names on it,very personal to me also as two of them are no longer herexxxxx

Hello - Really enjoying reading different reactions to my Tattoo post

As Grannyknot says I really dont enjoy the process but for me its the final outcome that i like.

Tristan

nanadb now that I can understand ...

That is nice Nanadogbody .

I have a tattoo on the inside if my left wrist. It simply says Tommy but it means something very personal and dear to me.

Presumably if someone's had a nose job theirs won't keep on growing - so Tom Jones, Cilla Black et al will just have big ears!

Not as much as ears

So do noses

Especially men's! (Or at least it seems so....I expect it's because of the lack of hair)

Ears definatly grow larger as we age . ho hum

[sob] I used to have such dainty ears. I never wear heavy earrings in case I end up at the cosmetic surgeon's getting my lobes trimmed. I do believe that's an option.

Grannyknot, I think it's true to say that earlobes do lengthen as one ages. I mostly wear small studs rather than big jangly ones, though I do have a few of these for special occasions.

I had a mendhi (henna) tattoo done on my inside wrist when a cultural diversity day was held at work. That was fun. Sue you're right as long as they make you happy what does it matter. I don't like the way my pierced ears have aged, my lobes have lost their 'bounce'

I am 55 and I have 6 tattoos on my left arm and my right hand. I absolutely love them. None of them have hurt, and I have a very low pain threshold, believe me!! All of them mean something to me, and as for when I get older, so what?? Thousands of people will have them. Piercings? No, I have my ears pierced but that's it for me. But tattoos?? Bring it on!! My next one will be to celebrate my new grandson's birth. But what to have?? Mmmmm.......

My GD put a temporary tattoo of a mermaid on my ankle last year on holiday. Why not, as long as it washes off?

My GDs love the ones that come with chewing-gum - hope they don't get addicted!

They do "stick on" tattoes in the £1 shop

stansgran . QI re the comment about tattoos being addictive. This blogger doesn't enjoy the process, so what is it then - the ritual of planning, the anticipation, admiring the final work of (body) art? Quite a few of my younger women friends seem to have stopped at one - usually something symbolic to them. But - 'self-inflicted harm', pain, skin being stained with ink, having to avoid the risk of blood borne virus infection... I just don't get it. As john says each to their own.

As I said on the other thread-only DNR on my forehead past 75/80yrs and going into hospital is the only tattoo worth the money.