First tattoo, age of DS, DD?

[person]

Haha! My son's was a little bit of a surprise, the love knot is quite tame in comparison to the tats he has now at 25 (navy man!). I also now have 5 in total so I dont mind tattoos at all. Whats funnier is my 13 yr old already making plans for hers

Really sounds like the original little knot tattoo from decades back kind of slowly paved the way to some of you guys gradually becoming a family of really confident pursuers of totally unregretted tattooing.

 

[person]

My daughter turned 18 last year and since then she’s gotten 4. Doesn’t matter to me one way or the other. The only thing I ever said was that my kids had to wait until they were 18 because I didn’t want them to come back to me at 25 and blame me and say why did you let me do this I was only 15/16 I didn’t know any better. At 18 it’s on them if they later regret it. I’ve never had any tattoos, but my daughter did convince me to get a matching one with her a few months ago, I love it!

Seems like it was your DD that kind of drove it a bit for you getting yours!

 

[TeresaBelle]

DD22 is actually getting tatted as I type this. This is her fourth. Her first she got the day after her 18th birthday.

 

[person]

DD22 is actually getting tatted as I type this. This is her fourth. Her first she got the day after her 18th birthday.

She has really taken to keep having it done, then.

(Some of us were slow even thinking about it.)

 

[pookybean]

Really sounds like the original little knot tattoo from decades back kind of slowly paved the way to some of you guys gradually becoming a family of really confident pursuers of totally unregretted tattooing.

I have two aunts that have many, many tattoos... i think they were the ones paving the way!

 

[person]

I have two aunts that have many, many tattoos... i think they were the ones paving the way!

And of course for your immediate family growing up now it would be their great-aunts. Yes, I can see (as maybe my OP didn't quite grasp) that it's become so well established and deep seated a custom that when they start doing theirs at around 18 it's not because it's novel or different but probably simply because they are now grown ups, with the way having been so well - and so heavily as in instances like you cite - paved already for so long, as you indicate.

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[Donald13]

Well this thread is new for me so I'll just post...

My daughter begged for one at 16 and I said no. Then at 18, she wanted a different one and I strongly discouraged it -- a bit shocking she listened to me. She's 21 now and she said she may get one some day, but it wouldn't be either of the ones she thought she wanted at 16 or 18.

I'm going to stick with discouraging it. she changes her mind drastically about a lot of things.

I’m 45 and If I got every tattoo i ever though of I’d be covered. But I don’t because I can’t afford it lol and I change my mind.

 

[disykat]

I wouldn't have given underage permission and it wasn't my business afterwards - unless maybe if it was a significant expense during the time they were still financially dependent. They are 28 and 26 and, as far as I know, still no tattoos.

 

[Disneytrippin']

The last think I want on my body right now is identifying marks. You know, in case of an apocalypse.

 

[LilyWDW]

Got my first at... 19 I believe. Parents gave me the money for it for my birthday (dad had a bunch of tattoos). It's a Celtic cross with a sword in front of it piercing a rose.

I got my second in 2014 after my mom passed away. It's a tree of life made of Celtic knots with a set of shooting stars going by. The stars are for those who I have lost.

It's sort of funny that both of mine are Celtic in nature as I now follow a Celtic pagan path.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Saw this and thought of this thread.

 

[person]

I would’ve been so quick to reply, “I don’t really care what I’ll look like so long as my personality is better than yours.”

...or alternatively you could reply: "Well, I might give my grandson earrings for his birthday, and he might pay for another of my tattoos for my birthday".

 

[person]

Well this thread is new for me so I'll just post...

My daughter begged for one at 16 and I said no. Then at 18, she wanted a different one and I strongly discouraged it -- a bit shocking she listened to me. She's 21 now and she said she may get one some day, but it wouldn't be either of the ones she thought she wanted at 16 or 18.

I'm going to stick with discouraging it. she changes her mind drastically about a lot of things.

Hi, redrosesix: Sometimes when they go for first ink they ask for someone to go with them and hold their hand; would you also refuse to do that, just like you refused your permission earlier?

 

[redrosesix]

Hi, redrosesix: Sometimes when they go for first ink they ask for someone to go with them and hold their hand; would you also refuse to do that, just like you refused your permission earlier?

That's not really the point. I just know my daughter. And funny you posted this reply today. The topic of tattoos came up at Easter dinner this weekend -- her little cousin asked her if she had any tattoos and she said "of course not...I used to think I wanted one but they were trending then."

She's actually very scared of needles so I doubt very much she would have left the place with more than half of a tattoo. Twice she fainted while getting blood tests done.

 

[person]

That's not really the point. I just know my daughter. And funny you posted this reply today. The topic of tattoos came up at Easter dinner this weekend -- her little cousin asked her if she had any tattoos and she said "of course not...I used to think I wanted one but they were trending then."

She's actually very scared of needles so I doubt very much she would have left the place with more than half of a tattoo. Twice she fainted while getting blood tests done.

Interesting that her cousin asked her the question. It must have been going through her cousin's mind, anyway. Because it's what young women your daughter's age seem to do, isn't it?

 

[redrosesix]

Interesting that her cousin asked her the question. It must have been going through her cousin's mind, anyway. Because it's what young women your daughter's age seem to do, isn't it?

Her little cousin was showing off her stick on tattoo at the time She thought she was very cool with her bunny tattoo...and bunny ears.

Some of my daughter's friends have tattoos, I don't think any have a lot of tattoos, and some don't have any at all.

 

[person]

Her little cousin was showing off her stick on tattoo at the time She thought she was very cool with her bunny tattoo...and bunny ears.

Some of my daughter's friends have tattoos, I don't think any have a lot of tattoos, and some don't have any at all.

Seems like the stick on ones kind of prepare them a bit in their minds for the real, inked ones eventually, if they get them.

You would of course as a military woman know the appeal that getting inked has over quite a proportion, wouldn't you?

 

[redrosesix]

Seems like the stick on ones kind of prepare them a bit in their minds for the real, inked ones eventually, if they get them.

You would of course as a military woman know the appeal that getting inked has over quite a proportion, wouldn't you?

Tattoos weren't really a thing when I did my time, except for in the navy with the customary ones.

 

[person]

Tattoos weren't really a thing when I did my time, except for in the navy with the customary ones.

Oh okay.

They maybe weren't then.

But they certainly are now, aren't they?

Military spouses also are a demographic that is very widely tattooed, often in patriotic, family or faith themes. Not all would have gotten them first at 18, but often strongly consequent to becoming part of a military household.