Thinking of not getting a tattoo - advice needed

Vesterberg

Hi,

I've always wanted to do something a little rebellious and reckless now I'm getting on a bit - try and reclaim a bit of that youthful spirit and show I'm not one of the crowd. So I'm considering not getting a tattoo on my left arm. I've considered it for sometime and guess I could cover up the bare space with a sleeve while I'm at work lest it caused any consternation.

I think I'm ready to join that elite and dwindling bunch of people without tattoos! Excited!

Does anyone else not have any randomly placed stars, tasteful roses, manly celtic bands or ironic anchors or hearts? Maybe you're a young working class lady without a tramp stamp?

Cleat Eastwood

I've not got one on my right arm and it was the worst decision I ever made.

GiantMike

I haven't got an Ironman tattoo on my calf and last year I didn't get the names on my non-existent kids tattood onto my back.

Each year I'm going to not get a few more so that, by the time I die, I'll be completely not covered from head to toe.

tlw1

I am worried about how having no tats will look on my arms when they are old & flabby

estampida

I dont come from Glasgow or Leed's so I cant have a tat on my neck.........

estampida

or a Chelsea tat on my chest - next to my hart

mouth

Just get it. Best to regret something you did than something you didn't. I've got three - two daft-ish and one is my son's name/DOB on my ankle.

Don't regret any of them one little bit, but TBH I am thinking of having one of them covered up with another piece.

SmellTheGlove

You could opt for laser treatment right now.

But if you do decide not to have tats done in that new invisible coloured ink at least the laser treatment will probably not work very well earlier on when you have no regrets.

Cleat Eastwood

When I was younger I had Llandudno tattooed on me schlong.......now it just says Lado.

Vesterberg

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

When I was younger I had Llandudno tattooed on me schlong.......now it just says Lado.

chortle!

Maybe I should have someone else tattooed instead.

DIESELDOG

Best one I've seen was on tonights local news on a lady in her 80's.

On her chest.

"Do Not Attempt Resuscitation"

Go Grandma, (or not as the case may be)

Love n hugs

DD

MattC59

DIESELDOG wrote:

Best one I've seen was on tonights local news on a lady in her 80's.

On her chest.

"Do Not Attempt Resuscitation"

Go Grandma, (or not as the case may be)

Love n hugs

DD

To be expected in your neck of the woods though

DIESELDOG

^^^ Oi you!! I happen to live in one of the most dead posh places in this little Island. (Well acording to the council tax rates and public skoolz round here I reckon it must be)

And anyway, at least my tats are all spelt correctly.

Love n hugs

DD

deptfordmarmoset

I'm still playing 'join the dots' with my freckles.

roypsb

My Wife and I felt very uncomfortable on our recent 2 week hols in Greece as two of the only people around the pool without the working class branding - very un-trendy.

Mark Bom

I see fat sweaty people in Asda wearing trainers and jogging pants all the time. They pretty much all have tattoos!

I feel small and insignificant compared to them because I don't have any tattoos. They all look so individual, original, unique and...well, just different I suppose!

Maybe, just maybe, if I get 'inked' I will be noticed amongst the crowd....perhaps I should take up smoking as well, but one step at a time!

Cressers

You are a trendsetter and fashion leader. Before long, many people will be following you and getting their tats removed. It'll be one of the few growth industries. Invest now in my chain of 'Ta-Ta' removal parlours, comming to a sink estate near you soon...

Tom Butcher

I've been planning on having "stupid western tw at" tattooed on my arm in Chinese characters - but I can't read Chinese - so how can I be sure the guy wont write something stupid instead ? Would a better way of expressing my spirituality be to get some kind of celtic symbol instead - I do holiday in Wales quite a bit.

Cressers

You could always try out you design in henna first.

MichaelW

I've always regretted not having the names of all Man U football team players tatooed on my back, especially since I dont like Man U, I hate football generally and some of the players left man u to play for other teams.
I considered not having the names of David Becham's children tatooed on my arms, in Chinese script.

Mccaria

I think you need them for certain Easy Jet flights. Although if you don't have one as a temporary measure you can substitute a football replica shirt.

DF33

I bitterly regret having a piercing between my buttocks. I just woke up one morning after years of total alcohol abuse and found this hole there that keeps discharging foul smelling stuff.

Take my advice and stay clean people.

daviesee

I don't have a chainring on my right calf today

finchy

Why spend all that money and undergo the pain when you could just buy a pack of felt pens and have a new one, painlessly, every few days?

Kerguelen

Vesterberg wrote:

Hi,

I've always wanted to do something a little rebellious and reckless now I'm getting on a bit - try and reclaim a bit of that youthful spirit and show I'm not one of the crowd. So I'm considering not getting a tattoo on my left arm. I've considered it for sometime and guess I could cover up the bare space with a sleeve while I'm at work lest it caused any consternation.

I think I'm ready to join that elite and dwindling bunch of people without tattoos! Excited!

Does anyone else not have any randomly placed stars, tasteful roses, manly celtic bands or ironic anchors or hearts? Maybe you're a young working class lady without a tramp stamp?

A brave decision especially in this economy.

Are you prepared to face the professional consequences of not having any ill-considered ink drawings etched permanently into your skin?

As a middle-aged IT worker I have to spend every day virtually cocooned in a long-sleeved shirt and full-length trousers to hide my unmarked body from ridicule.

Please think carefully before not acting.

Stewie Griffin

How do I get a tat that is instantly faded, blurred and green instead of blue? They look great they do.

lifeform

I too made the biggest mistake of my life in not getting a tattoo.

Where once my lack of tattoos just meant I could not blend into crowds of thugs, squaddies, or the lower orders. Nowadays, the dearth of branding on my skin means I can't even mingle successfully at middle class dinner parties in respectable houses about the town.

The look of disbelief of the other guests when someone spots that my arms are not emblazoned with a faux-Celtic tribal motif, or meaningless names and dates is a terrible thing to put cope with.

I tend to forget my Children's birthdays, because I've not had them written down on my shoulder blade.

Please, give just £5 a month to help a middle class professional white male to regain his dignity and prevent social exclusion.

keef66

"I dont come from Glasgow or Leed's so I cant have a tat on my neck........."

If you do get a tattoo, make sure the guy with the needle knows where to stick the apostrophes, cos you clearly don't

Leed's FFS!

rick_chasey

^ Vesterberg.

Ben6899

To be fair Rick, that represents anyone who thinks they've been thrown the invitational peanut to refer to tattoos as "working class" and/or "tramp stamps".

Lazy.

DF33

keef66 wrote:

"I dont come from Glasgow or Leed's so I cant have a tat on my neck........."

If you do get a tattoo, make sure the guy with the needle knows where to stick the apostrophes, cos you clearly don't

Leed's FFS!