# I got my first tattoo today!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185 "2005-09-24T05:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/1 "2005-09-24T05:52:22Z")
Today I, LVgeogeek, got my first [tattoo](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neolith76/detail?.dir=/aa38&.dnm=15f5.jpg&.src=ph)!! (The pic was taken about 4 hours after it was done) It was quite an experience, well, actually more of a rush. It didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would. I went earlier this week an met with the artist, who came highly recommended by several people I know, for my design consultation. Since a tattoo is forever, I wanted to see in advance a few days or so what he could do for me, and give me time to think about how I liked it… if I wanted changes etc… So today after work my sister in law and I went downtown to the tattoo parlor. The artist and I did a size check to make sure it was the right size, make sure I was completely happy. Which I was. Then it was time. I was so excited and nervous. A little less than 1.5 hours, my first tattoo was complete!! Now I see how they can become addictive :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/2 "2005-09-24T06:00:35Z")
Congratulations! And I love that design! ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/3 "2005-09-24T10:49:59Z")
Oh, wow. That is really, really, reallyreallyreally cute. I love it. Nice. Sweet. Etc. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/4 "2005-09-24T14:28:39Z")
Agreed…very nice design. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/5 "2005-09-24T15:23:12Z")
I like it. They’re creepy. 😃 I recently got a picture of mine. It’s not the best pic, but I love my tattoo. [Close up](http://www.sunflower.com/~cneuman/photos/tattoocrop.jpg) [(big picture)](http://www.sunflower.com/~cneuman/photos/tattoo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/6 "2005-09-24T15:51:52Z")
Great tattoo! And yes - they are addictive. That’s why I have a legpiece - I can work on it for the rest of my life. ---
**Author:** ![OhFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@OhFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OhFace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/7 "2005-09-25T04:11:40Z")
I really like that design. It’s so cute! I just got my sixth tattoo a couple of months ago! They are addicting! I’ll have to try to get them up on a website sometime to show them off. Love yours though. Welcome to the club. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/8 "2005-09-25T06:52:01Z")
I like your tattoo FilmGeek. It reminds me of those Volkswagen farfegnugen ad characters and their quirky spin offs. Really cute. **Snakescatlady** and **OhFace** post pics of your tattoos. i wanna see We should make a show your tattoo thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/9 "2005-09-25T18:46:03Z")
Something to consider: Those who are skilled at applying tattoos can make decent money. Those who are skilled at removing them make _serious_ bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/10 "2005-09-25T19:06:55Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Something to consider: > > Those who are skilled at applying tattoos can make decent money. Those who are skilled at removing them make _serious_ bucks. :dubious: Let me guess, you think that at least one poster in this thread will want to get rid of their tattoo at some point in the future? Maybe you don’t really approve of the concept of tattoos as well? How about you consider this point? It’s their body, and their business. If you don’t want a tattoo, fine, that’s your business. However let those who do want tattoos, and are happy to have them be. I don’t have a tattoo, I might one day. One of the reasons I don’t, is that I have had allergic reactions to clothing dyes in the past, which makes me leery of getting dye put under my skin. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/11 "2005-09-25T19:10:47Z")
I was terrified that getting a tattoo would hurt worse than anything. After all, I had heard all of the horror stories of people passing out and bleeding and on and on. But yeah, it didn’t hurt. The first tattoo I think I flinched once (when he was going over the bone). The other tattoo didn’t hurt at all. [Oh yeah and here are my lame, totally unoriginal tattoos that make me smile on a daily basis](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0VwD0AvQbTv99Wn*zcg3yUD9WItfte!LJOhy9BM7IZutdaJ9mHJJzYQOUsnI1yJoszVMuInIXouHetZ4PeJTHLvhqgCmItIwpZKOf6imAoHC3IP2SX5t9*MGdQj56EK3I/tattoo.jpg?dc=4675540776840782295)😃 (the butterfly needs to be fixed, in time!). ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/12 "2005-09-25T19:30:07Z")
**DiosaBellissima** your tats aren’t lame. They are very pretty and if they make you happy they are absolutly in no way lame. **Xema** here is something for you to consider. I had waited ten years to get my tattoo. I wanted to be absolutly sure this is what I wanted. I am also nearly 30, married and have a great job doing what I love (geologist). This was not an impulse act of just picking a peice of flash off the wall in a tattoo parlor. As **Zabali\_Clawbane** said, maybe you don’t approve of the concept of a tattoo, the idea that something will be with you forever. It is a big BIG commitment and all people that get tattoos do not do it with a wild hair up their arse. But then again, opinions are like buttholes… everyone has one. :eek: Now that that is out of the way… MORE TAT PICS… on with the show 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/13 "2005-09-25T20:42:55Z")
Everyone - make sure you sunscreen your tattoos - they will fade if you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/14 "2005-09-25T20:58:34Z")
AH! **LVgeogeek**! That’s almost exactly the same design I’ve been considering! But I’ve only been thinking of it for nine years. :smack: 😛 Also, I have other designs in mind, some are similar, like two black panthers with their tails intertwined in the same position, but looking more… panther-y. Are you a Gemini, too? That’s where I first saw it, in unique zodiac symbol patterns. Seriously, though, very cool, and it looks so nice. Congrats and enjoy! I’ve also been thinking of a big black panther, wrapped around my ankle with his tail wrapped around my calf. Might be a bit much, though. My husband and I are slowly coming into money and my styles at formal events might be limited to dress pants and longer dresses. 😉 (Ahhhh, who cares? Maybe I’ll rock a few worlds 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/15 "2005-09-25T22:50:58Z")
**Anastasaeon** , I am a Gemni 🆒 I wanted a gemini tattoo, but could it be a more boring symbol II 😛 So, I thought for years what a good design would be that was an interpertation of a gemini symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Erinaceus\_europaeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Erinaceus\_europaeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erinaceus_europaeus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/16 "2005-09-25T23:00:46Z")
Nice tattoo, **LVgeogeek**. I also like **FilmGeek** ’s. [Since we’re showing…](http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QgDVAmwTkn7IVggL*XOFVUDDG9z8O8GdZUbR8lgYfaNzkPOpIhxsZ7eQZphmHf3H5J5Yl63tjR25FT0*dXJQhd*UgrpS9TfOHu*S5kMjOrE/Photo0026.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/17 "2005-09-25T23:56:05Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > you think that at least one poster in this thread will want to get rid of their tattoo at some point in the future? Based on knowing more than a few people with tattoos who came to feel this way, I’d say it’s a distinct possibility. > [@](#): > > Maybe you don’t really approve of the concept of tattoos as well? And then again, maybe I endorse the view that adults should be free to do as they please. I do think they’d do well to consider the long- as well as the short-term implications (a view that several of my friends have expressed). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/18 "2005-09-26T00:41:32Z")
I hate tats, and think they are stupid, but the OP’s tat is cute! Since I have actually _met_ **LVgeogeek** , I can say “Good job!” Where exactly is it? I can’t tell from the pic. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/19 "2005-09-26T03:22:39Z")
**silenus** , it is on the outside of my right leg, about 2 inches above the ankle. Looking at the picture, it does seem a bit obscure as to where it is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185/20 "2005-09-26T03:25:13Z")
I hit submit before I could say that I really like that M.C. Escher inspired tattoo Erinaceus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-first-tattoo-today/323185.md?page=2)