Oooo - aren’t you clever and snarky. I’m cringing from your biting repartee.
OK, a new reason not to get one: I’ve heard many times that tattoos are addictive. So, once you start, there’s no telling what will happen. You don’t want to end up like this, do you? 'Cause that’s the inevitable next step.
Seriously, though, I’d go with the inner wrist myself, just out of my own personal preferences. Yeah, it’s painful, but after having one on my left wrist, I still went back for the right wrist a while later. I have no experience with ankles, though. And I have a full complement of nerves hanging out in my skin.
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I really don’t think I deserved that. You do as you please, I’m done here.
Get it. I know you were asking to be talked out of it, but I love my tattoo. I means something to me, and I think it looks damn good…and I want to get another.
So, the reason not to get the tattoo…tattoos are expesive and ADDICTIVE. Addictive in a way I can’t actually explain, and I am a smoker. So, you will end up either spending a lot of money on tattoos, or spending a lot of your free time planning your next one. Also, tattoos don’t really hurt tha much when you are getting them (this depends I know, but it really isn’t that bad), but they itch like crazy later. No one talks about that part.
I don’t personally like either the wrist or ankle for a tattoo that shape, I would go for the nape of the neck or a shoulderblade, possily the hip, but that is me. FYI, the ink in the wrist will fade more quickly than on other parts of your body, so you will need to get it touched up more frequently.
But if you designed the tattoo yourself, and you have been planning it since you were 16, and have found an artist who’s work you absoultly love…get the tattoo. As long as it is a quality tattoo (i.e. it meets the criteria above), you won’t regret it.
P.S. I think the idea of drawing it on you with a sharpie is a good one. It will help you decide if you like the location.
The only thing I’ve got to offer is that the tatoo will not be the “natural” you…While I’ve admired tattoos for their artistry, they have always been a distraction from the beauty of a female.
Ahhh…the wonderful lines of an ankle…the fraility of a woman’s wrist which is so delicate, but can support lovers and children…the wonderful reducing curve from the hip to the waist that cries “Woman!”… the soft enticements of a breast…that warm throbbing heat of a neck…Who would want to change that-or hope to improve?
I’ve never seen a tatoo that made a woman more attractive.
Well the very fact that your asking us to talk you out of one says to me that you really have some real doubts about going through with it. Just my personal opinion but I think tats are really trashy looking, but hey you don’t care what people think. But if you get one dear lord don’t get one on your wrist!!!
YIKES! That statement really wasn’t directed at you at all. I really appreciate your input in this thread!
Oh my! That certainly gives me pause…
It seems to me that a decision on something that will last a lifetime should be based on an absolute conviction that the something itself is desirable for a lifetime.
Pay the money for a very good quality fake tattoo. Wear it for a month.
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…not to mention heavy shopping bags! 
please don’t hurt me.
Ginger and pool: Are you trying to dissuade her from getting it on her wrist for aesthetic reasons? Or am I not the only person with major hangups about the inside of his wrists? Heck, the thought of merely getting my pulse taken there makes me uncomfortable!
This is what I’m thinkin’.
I highly doubt I’ll ever get a tattoo. I think of tattoos as conversation starters and pretentious. Tattoos are obviously gotten to be viewed because we don’t get nano tattoos or tattoos that are only exposed under ultraviolet light. I too wonder about the people who get very small chinese symbols tattooed on their backs. Mmmm, yes, I can see them now with their telescopes and black lights infront of their bathroom mirrors.
A 2,095 word tattoo story involving 2,095 people.
Link to UV tattooing with pictures.
Another Reason: The warnings on my box of hair dye say having a tattoo can make you more likely to be allergic or sensitive to the dye.
I wanted a tattoo since I was a teen. For Christmas one year my husband got me a coupon for one and I got it when I was 40 (flowers and vines designed from an antique needlework). It’s not completed yet but after the first year it became like any other part of my body in that I just don’t notice it anymore. I can only see it in a mirror and sometimes I see it and am shocked that it’s there.
I did get it where it’s not visible to other people just in case I got tired of it, and of that I am glad. Also I didn’t want one that would get exposed to sun because from what I’ve read that makes the ink fade and I didn’t want to always worry about sunscreen. I’ve seen too many faded blue tattoos on people.
Why would you want to give yourself the evil eye?
well something that you designed yourself that is “2 lines, a blob and twelve dots” and “smaller than a dime” may look like nothing more than a mole in need of an excision.
smaller than a dime? why even get one then? If pain is not an issue go large!
Oh now you’re just baiting the audience.
I figger it’s an AWFUL lot like losing your virginity.
Before: Oh horrors, you don’t want to do THAT! Look at all the awful implications of doing it! Disease! Regret! Pregnancy! You’ll be a Trollop!
After: Meh, whish’d I’d done it sooner…and a whole lot more.
The world doesn’t really look all that much different on either side of getting that first tattoo.
Now, the folks that make the biggest deal about ‘saving yourself til marriage’…are THEY the people you care to listen to? They seem a bit preachy to me.
Tattoos no longer have the stigma they used to. I seriously doubt you’ll find yourself ‘no longer with it’ JUST because you do or do not have a Tat. It’s not even close to cutting edge anymore. Is it a fad? That’s kinda not the point if you choose it for the right reasons. Will you get tired of it? Only if you DON’T choose it for the right reasons. Is it a litmus test for lopping off a big percentage of people you probably don’t want to hang with anyway? [bugs bunny]mmmmmmm could be.[/bugs bunny] If they can’t see past your ink, they’ve already pre-judged you.
I waited 6 months, and got a Corvette Logo. I’ve owned a Corvette for more than 10 years now. I doubt I’m going to wake up one day and regret THAT decision.
For the prudes that pop in and say: “Well then, you must be some hairy backed, gold chain wearing, schmuck trying to relive his youth.” Form whatever incorrect opininon you want. I’m not gonna take the time to explain my motives to ya. You’re not someone I want to spend time with.
I’m with badkittypriestess here.
Although I only have two and yes, one of them is a trampstamp, but I like it and that is all that matters.
They are addicting.
For three or so years now I have been trying to find the perfect tatt. I want a hippie/gothic/colorfull/something butterfly on the back of my neck or right inside of the hip bone. It’s hard to explain what I want and nothing screams out at me “this is it”.
The butterfly means something to me but the others don’t. They never have to. Not everything has to be deep and meaningful.
You want it, get it.
I’m a military wife and attend a formal dinner on occation and the tatt on my shoulder (the shoulder blade area not the arm) I can cover or not.
The ankle? Maybe on the inside but not on the out as I think it would not look right with certain dress and shoes.
The wrist is cool. Inside or out?
You think about making it quarter sized? Dime might bleed together and you might get the blob look. But the art has come a long way.
I can’t think of any reason to talk you out of it except they can get expensive and are addicting.
As for the not being marriage material?! If a man thinks a person is flawed and un-marriable because she has a tatt then who wants him? When you go to marry someone you are supposed to look at what is inside and how you work together, not if they can be a trophy wife.
Ooooh - see here I thought the prudes were talking about ME and I was like DU-AHM - do they have a hidden web cam in my house or something?
Nava - I wouldn’t be giving myself the evil eye - the evil eye is worn as a protection symbol to ward off evil. I have a ring that I designed with a stylized EE that I wear everyday as well. I dunno - I enjoy Egyptian mythology and I did some reading when I was younger and came up with a design and have been deciding ever since. I’ve pretty well run out of objections (that are important to ME) but I wanted to get unbiased opinions from people that I knew wouldn’t hold back. I haven’t been dissapointed. 
I’m fond of saying, “Don’t ask me a question if you’re not prepared to hear the answer”, that certainly includes asking for my opinion. I try to be tactful, but I do believe candor is more important in most cases.
BTW, I’m the world’s foremost expert on the subject of my own opinion. 
This is exactly what I was thinking. Super small image + more detail than just one line = going to turn into a blob over time. I honestly don’t know why you won’t take anyone’s word on this. Besides, why so small? It’s going to look like crap over time because of the size, and I really don’t think it’s going to have the clarity desired in about a year because of the miniscule size. Besides, why get a tattoo so small? I can’t see any rational reason to get one that tiny unless you’re looking for something that’s always somewhat hidden and unnoticeable. Why get a tattoo in a visible place then? Even a 1"x1" square would be a better choice than “smaller than a dime,” especially with what you’re describing.
In what mythos, please? In Mediterranean ones, including Egypt, you do wear eyes as a ward against the evil eye… but the evil eye itself is not the ward, it’s how you get cursed!
I believe you may be calling a shield a sword. It may be the fault of a translator, but whosever’s fault it was, it’s still wrong.