What made you guys want to get tats and what was your first one...

I'm 19 and I want one so badly and I love hearing other ppl's stories while I wait. Hopefully I get the balls for 2010 my mom hates them (shes ole skool) which is basically what's holding me back.. do I disregard her and just do it or wait til I move out

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Permalink Reply by Cindy on March 4, 2010 at 3:02pm

LOLZ awesome good for you. I hate when parents act like you should be a spitting image of their morals, likes/ dislikes, personality, what they value, their lifestyle etc. They build the foundation but its our choice whether to agree with everything they spit in our direction.

Fashionfreak said:

my parents hate tattoos n piercings. they call my sister and i circus freaks -_-...my twin sis has eight i only have one of a tiny butterfly. i want more though :) i always wanted a tattoo b/c they are beautiful and i'm into art. my sister drew all of her tats freehand and got em done they're badass! i got mine when i turned 18 at some random spot in brooklyn, next time i'm going to do more research and then go do my next ones.
my parents aren't too happy but they must live with it. i grew up in an extremely strict household! till this day my dad says tats are disgusting. o well his prob!

Permalink Reply by Sydney M H on March 9, 2010 at 8:04pm

I love tattoos, so do my parents! lol My mom never got one because she was born diabetic, just couldn't work out back then.

I haven't gotten one done yet though. I guess I'm really trying to design what I want still. I've always been inspired by the absolute magnitude of beauty a tattoo can have. It's a form of art and I love art. The pain of it seems to be a part of the experience in that art too. ^_~ Once I get one, I'll have a better story to tell.

Permalink Reply by Vea T. on May 14, 2010 at 12:23pm

My mom got one when she divorced my dad after 25 years of marriage. It's the kanji for 'bitch' and it made her feel empowered and all that jazz. It was her first tattoo. I also purchased my dad's first professional tattoo while I was in college. He had one before that, an eagle he did with Indian ink when he was 10. Needless to say, my tattooing was never a problem with my parents.

Back on topic, my first tattoo was of a scorpion (I'm a scorpio). It's on my shoulder. Since then I've gotten rather large pieces done on my forearms (an Amy Brown piece and a Stargate influenced Anubis) and I'm considering getting a sleeve. I have 8 tattoos total and I know I'm not done.

Colette von Strange said:

I am 18 and I got my first last year... my mom hated the idea but I have been wanting one since I bought my first tattoo magazine by accident when I was 11 or 12. After six years, my mom stopped caring so... I have a skeleton key on my back, a memorial tattoo for my dad who died of a heart attack when I was 5. She cried when she saw it, not because she was upset but because she was happy that I carried my memorial to him on my skin... Now my mom wants one...

Permalink Reply by Cindy on June 7, 2010 at 5:24pm

Yeah well i ended up disregarding her at the end of last month.I was like fuck it what am i waiting for and I ended up going with my sis. And now im hooked sucky part is imma just have to get them where she wont see. I can't wait for the itchyness to stop but i love it and the guy did an awesome job unlike my 2nd one which is healing poorly. Imma have to go get it fixed never again am i getting a tattoo in someones crib whose just learning. Thank god its small and i think it can still be salvaged. Just waiting for it to heal completely to assess it.

Permalink Reply by Kurojira Uzumaki on May 30, 2011 at 12:41pm

I was dating a bipolar stripper who cut her wrists and tried to make me believe I was the cause, so I got two cross-like Xs or X-like crosses tattood on each wrist to remind me to recognize the importance of avoiding "red flag" people. Why two? The other one was for the red flag before her... Did I learn? __________. I learned the importance of carefully evaluating tattoo artists beforehand! He vanished before I came back for touch ups so they will evermore remain sh1tty.

Permalink Reply by Pach Atomz on May 30, 2011 at 1:35pm

The first tatt I got was supposed to be a phoenix, but right before the guy started working, he decided to go to a back room and get buzzed before he started ...Ugh!! I didnt realize he was on something until halfway through. This happened twice by two diffrent people. LOL!

But anyways I recently got it covered up with a work that turned out pretty awesome. I was 16 when I got that first one. Now I have 8, and they are all pretty big and very detailed.