Poll: Best age for first tattoo?

[Hope in God]

I don't like them. My opinion is that, because they don't keep their soft glow, in no time they are unrecognizable and blend into one long display of nothingness. I mean this in love, really.

 

[farouk]

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll!

If you have not yet voted in the poll, please vote now! :)

 

[farouk]

Um . . . I believe it was . . . not voting.

Naw. I'm just not into the polls. Call it my one and only idiosyncracy. That would be charitable!

PS: I'm guessing - maybe correctly - that Mrs. marks has not wanted to get inked either..

(Often it's both husband and wife, or neither husband nor wife, do it, anyway.)

 

[marks]

PS: I'm guessing - maybe correctly - that Mrs. marks has not wanted to get inked either..

(Often it's both husband and wife, or neither husband nor wife, do it, anyway.)

You are free to select either answer you wish!

:)

 

[marks]

PS: I'm guessing - maybe correctly - that Mrs. marks has not wanted to get inked either..

(Often it's both husband and wife, or neither husband nor wife, do it, anyway.)

I'm curious . . . you seem to have a certain fascination with tatoos. Do you have them?

 

[farouk]

You are free to select either answer you wish!

:)

I guess I just meant that I suppose she shares your views...but I'll say no more. :)

 

[farouk]

...he has three planned out in his mind

PS: I guess that for you the planning process isn't only about feeling good with ink, it's about making it express some aspect of your faith and testimony clearly....

 

[farouk]

I'm curious . . . you seem to have a certain fascination with tatoos. Do you have them?

My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. A lot of Christian young people have tattoos. The person my wife and I talked to had gotten her favorite Bible verse done. (It's my favorite Bible verse, too.) I'm sure anyway that other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to let her wrist area skin be injected in this way; which maybe was the whole idea for going ahead with it. A design I got on my arm soon faded and was not successful; but when Christian young ppl try carefully to get it done in a clear and lasting format that will effectively act as a conversation-starter, I reckon they feel joy at being a witness in this way in a dark and hostile world.

 

[marks]

My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. A lot of Christian young people have tattoos. The person my wife and I talked to had gotten her favorite Bible verse done. (It's my favorite Bible verse, too.) I'm sure anyway that other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to let her wrist area skin be injected in this way; which maybe was the whole idea for going ahead with it. A design I got on my arm soon faded and was not successful; but when Christian young ppl try carefully to get it done in a clear and lasting format that will effectively act as a conversation-starter, I reckon they feel joy at being a witness in this way in a dark and hostile way.

May it be so!

Much love!

 

[farouk]

May it be so!

Much love!

PS: I meant: '...joy at being a witness in this way in a dark and hostile world' and not '...in a dark and hostile way' (as first written, above; already corrected).

 

[farouk]

I know that this is a thing with you, Farouk. But you may not get the approval of other Christians and that is okay if you honestly feel that it is the right thing to do.

It's not only - or even mainly - about feeling good doing it; but rather for so many young Christians it seems to be about doing it as a clear and effective conversation-starting witness.

(Mind you, a lot of ppl do feel good doing it, although it's not the point, really.)

 

[farouk]

@farouk As I waited for my husband to come back from doing an errand I sat on a bench in the sunshine. There was already a man sitting there and we got into conversation and I noticed he had a rather nice tattoo on his right forearm and I commented on how nice it was. It was the nicest one I have ever seen and depicted a dragon fly with a green body and shimmery golden wings amongst frondy grasses. I was so delicate and finely drawn by a really talented artist. It was on the inside of his arm and on the outside he had an oak tree by the same artist but it wasn't as nice. Now don't get your hopes up, I'm not planning to get inked any time soon. But it was a work of art.

PS: Pearl: Did you happen to see him again?

 

[Pearl]

PS: Pearl: Did you happen to see him again?

No I didn't farouk but he lives in my town.

 

[farouk]

No I didn't farouk but he lives in my town.

Well, if he does, you'll probably bump into him again, eventually, you or your dh. (If you visit local parlors with portfolios - with no obligation, of course - you'll probably meet other ppl with similar interests also.)

 

[Pearl]

Well, if he does, you'll probably bump into him again, eventually, you or your dh. (If you visit local parlors with portfolios - with no obligation, of course - you'll probably meet other ppl with similar interests also.)

I've no intention of visiting parlours as they are all seedy places.

 

[farouk]

I've no intention of visiting parlours as they are all seedy places.

Oh really, so in your area maybe?

Over here at least some of them may have been in the past, but now many parlors over here are more like salons. While years ago bikers and sailors might have been the preponderant clientele, yet over here the parlor clientele demographic has changed and expanded hugely, and apparently 55%-70% or more of parlor clients in North America is female, and the environment of parlors tends to reflect this.

So anyway over here ppl can go into parlors without obligation and it's perfectly straightforward if the portfolio artwork interests them. (It's also considered very unprofessional for artists to try to do a hard sell on people who are there simply to look at the portfolios.)

But you must know for over there, anyway.

 

[Pearl]

Oh really, so in your area maybe?

Over here at least some of them may have been in the past, but now many parlors over here are more like salons. While years ago bikers and sailors might have been the preponderant clientele, yet over here the parlor clientele demographic has changed and expanded hugely, and apparently 55%-70% or more of parlor clients in North America is female, and the environment of parlors tends to reflect this.

So anyway over here ppl can go into parlors without obligation and it's perfectly straightforward if the portfolio artwork interests them. (It's also considered very unprofessional for artists to try to do a hard sell on people who are there simply to look at the portfolios.)

But you must know for over there, anyway.

farouk, I don't know why you think I'm interested in tattoos 'cos I'm not in the slightest bit interested.

 

[farouk]

farouk, I don't know why you think I'm interested in tattoos 'cos I'm not in the slightest bit interested.

Saw your post about the man you talked to about his tattoo, but anyway, fine! :)

 

[Pearl]

Saw your post about the man you talked to about his tattoo, but anyway, fine! :)

:):):):):):):):):):)

 

[farouk]

one daughter has a rose, a sun, and I think a dragon,
The other one has a rose and a dolphin.

Anyway long gone are the days when women just got tiny ones; seems like for a long while now women - like your daughters - have had the confidence to go for bigger ones.

(Shows also that when Christian women - and men - want to express faith in ink, their visibility need not be an issue - it's widespread now.)