# Inked Folks - Why SHOULDN'T I get a tattoo?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 12, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inked-folks-why-shouldnt-i-get-a-tattoo/325946 "2005-10-12T19:54:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inked-folks-why-shouldnt-i-get-a-tattoo/325946/41 "2005-10-14T02:38:17Z")

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Pretty much just seconding everything said here.

I got my tattoo about 8 years after I decided I wanted one (because I was underage and no WAY would my parents give permission :p), I’ve had it about 5 years now and still love it, though like **delphica** I sometimes forget I even have it.

Most of those 8 years I would flip flop about what I wanted, but the last couple of years I settled on what and found a style I loved. When I had the cash after I was legal, I went and got it.

Now I’ve been pondering my next tattoo since a couple months after I got the first one. This one I’ve known the design I want for the last few years, it’s just a matter of coming up with the cash to go to a good place.

This will be my last tattoo though, I don’t want or need a lot of ink.

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inked-folks-why-shouldnt-i-get-a-tattoo/325946/42 "2005-10-14T02:41:36Z")

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Oh and if you’re like me I don’t think **Spartydog** ’s analogy works. I’ve been wearing the same necklace (only replaced the cord) for the last 7 years and very rarely, if ever, take it off.

My tattoo is also in an easily hideable place. It can be visible when I want, or not as I prefer.

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inked-folks-why-shouldnt-i-get-a-tattoo/325946/43 "2005-10-14T04:49:00Z")

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Please make sure you give a lot of thought to placement. A girl I went through basic training with got one on her tummy near her hip. I remember thinking,“Sure, nice and taut now, wait until you have kids.”

Just give some thought to how your body may change.

That said, I have been thinking about one for a while. I am thinking on my lower back, near my butt. It was one of the few places that didn’t stretch out during my pregnancy.

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