Poll: Best age for first tattoo?

[farouk]

Thanks to all who voted so far in the poll!

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

 

[farouk]

@CharismaticLady So did you see the recent posts on this thread?

 

[CharismaticLady]

@CharismaticLady So did you see the recent posts on this thread?

I haven't been following it, but I did see the number of responses. It is a popular post.

 

[Naomi25]

While there is some truth to what you say, FYI, I saw this report in Huffington Post:

' "...Most of my clients are in the older bracket," Gallo-Kohlas told The Huffington Post. "We see a lot of women in their sixties and seventies getting their first tattoos." Gallo-Kohlas recalls a woman in her sixties who got a tattoo because everyone in the golf clique at her gated community had one. It seemed like the thing to do in order to fit in.'
Many Women Get Tattoos Post 50 ? And Don't Regret It Later huffington post

I don't buy the doing it to 'fit in' aspect, but it's done at all ages now.

Perhaps. I suppose it comes down to personal taste. And on my part I'm sneaking towards the time in life where I'd firmly say "that ship has sailed". But each to their own!

 

[farouk]

Even a bit larger.

Some ppl do like them small; although to have it function a witness friendly design, it does need to be visible, right?

Whether or not young ppl at 18 get into the habit of receiving bigger ones or smaller ones is one thing, yet as a background to faith based designs such as something on a wrist, Christians are probably likely to have a bit more confidence to have their faith based ones large enough to be visible, if the prevailing custom is to have them a bit larger. (If this makes sense?)

 

[farouk]

Maybe something on the hand...it's very noticeable.

If ppl want to use it as a witness means, then the hand area would be a suitable, visible place, right?

(After all, plenty of ppl - with no Christian message to give - have their knuckles inked, for example, don't they?)

 

[GodsGrace]

If ppl want to use it as a witness means, then the hand area would be a suitable, visible place, right?

(After all, plenty of ppl - with no Christian message to give - have their knuckles inked, for example, don't they?)

Sure.
One guy I know,,,late 30's,,,wrote LOVE on his knuckels.
He's a really nice and sweet person too.

 

[farouk]

Sure.
One guy I know,,,late 30's,,,wrote LOVE on his knuckels.
He's a really nice and sweet person too.

Good when the character of the tattoo message corresponds with the character of the person who received the inking in that design!

Part of the qualification for a faith based tattoo is for the man or woman to have in the heart first of all the faith message that he or she wants to present through his or her inking, isn't it? :)

 

[farouk]

Sure.
One guy I know,,,late 30's,,,wrote LOVE on his knuckels.
...

PS: 30s might well be a suitable age to have it done, since the man or woman in question will have had plenty of time already to figure what sort of a permanent message he or she wants to convey, rather than someone at 18 who risks doing it on a whim, so to speak.

(Even though it's extremely widespread at 18; and it might work for some then.)

 

[farouk]

most that I see are not intended for the reason you are so enamored of...unfortunately.

There's likely to be plenty of ink at the beach these days (I think you commented not long ago); but you're right; a lot is not at all faith based. For the believer, good if the focus is on any faith based design rather than on the mere fact of ink - and it is a big fact now.

 

[farouk]

I was even going to get more

That is my favorite verse too Farouk, such a powerful verse and meaning.

Anyway @JohnPaul you can see why she really wanted to do it, with John 3.16. Esp. if you used to want to do it a lot, right?

 

[farouk]

I don't think so. One daughter has one started but isn't finished...

Well, if for her it feels so good to keep having it done, she'll be unlikely to want to stop any time soon. Kind of grows on you, really.

 

[Grams]

Well my husband is gone home all ready !

He had both arms with some thing on them.

When he went into the army !

One arm had MOM + DAD

The other paratrooper ... gee............ I really forgot how that looked, if it were
a picture or words..... ? He has been gone now close to 2 years.

I liked looking at the MOM and DAD, and thought maybe he would add me to

that but , , , , never did. Guess he was sorry he did it to begin with.....
at least that is what I remember him mentioning years ago.......

 

[farouk]

Well my husband is gone home all ready !

He had both arms with some thing on them.

When he went into the army !

One arm had MOM + DAD

The other paratrooper ... gee............ I really forgot how that looked, if it were
a picture or words..... ? He has been gone now close to 2 years.

I liked looking at the MOM and DAD, and thought maybe he would add me to

that but , , , , never did. Guess he was sorry he did it to begin with.....
at least that is what I remember him mentioning years ago.......

@Grams Keep looking up, anyway... I'm sure you have wonderful memories of your dh.

So you in theory rather liked the idea of being the subject of a tattoo design? :)

 

[farouk]

The tattoo reminds me to focus on God

As well as the various aesthetic, the faith symbolism and personal associative aspects of receiving a tattoo, do you think that the 'feel good' aspect of having it done is significant?

 

[farouk]

Perhaps. I suppose it comes down to personal taste.

It used also to be very much a man thing to do. Now it's also well established as a very womanly thing to do, it would seem. (I don't know about Australia, but in North America 59%-70% or more of parlor clients now are female.)

 

[aspen]

Honestly I really dislike a lot of tattoos on people. I saw a women today that had tattoos all the way down both legs - it just looked trashy.

There are two truths in life I can count on - the trashiness of cheap Catholic art and trinkets and bad tattoos.

 

[farouk]

I saw a women today that had tattoos all the way down both legs - it just looked trashy.

Thanks for your comment.

But I guess for some ppl what you mention are like distressed jeans; they are now almost obligatory — if you follow the analogy?

 

[farouk]

@aspen PS:, Did you vote in the poll yet? :)

 

[aspen]

Yeah, I voted on when I felt like I was ready for a tattoo - but I know other people think differently.