Age for your first tattoo?

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.

Your first tattoo: at what age did you get it?

  • Under 18

    Votes: 3 17.6%

  • 18-21

    Votes: 4 23.5%

  • 22-29

    Votes: 5 29.4%

  • 30-39

    Votes: 1 5.9%

  • 40-49

    Votes: 3 17.6%

  • 50-59

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 60 plus

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Total voters
    17
  • Poll closed .
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#301
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#301
Pres19 said:
Well I'm doin it more for it will look beautiful.
The verse it's self is beautiful so I want it to look that way. And cherokee writing looks beautiful to me.
Plus the verse is very meaningful just like my cherokee heritage.
Click to expand...
Presley:

So did you postpone doing it on the 19th?

Blessings.
 
Gemmy

Gemmy

Member
#305
Apr 30, 2014
193
103
43
#305
I got my first one at 18 and as of right now, it's still my only tattoo. I am contemplating getting another though, I'm just not sure what
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#306
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#306
Gemmy said:
I got my first one at 18 and as of right now, it's still my only tattoo. I am contemplating getting another though, I'm just not sure what
Click to expand...
Gemmy: Yes, 18 is the age when so many people expect to go to the parlor to have it done (sometimes with a variety of reactions from moms), but the fact that it's a kind of rite of passage age means that the person is old enough to decide. Was yours faith based in design?
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#307
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#307
Pres19 said:
My friends older brother will do mine at the shop he works at.
..

My tattoo will be a wooden cross with a old looking bible opened up where it will say my fave bible verse.
Click to expand...
Prestley: So you guys talked lately about your plans? getting a bit nervous, maybe?
Blessings.
 
P

Pres19

Senior Member
#308
Nov 27, 2013
779
22
18
30
#308
faroukfarouk said:
Prestley: So you guys talked lately about your plans? getting a bit nervous, maybe?
Blessings.
Click to expand...
Yes we talked about it. He went way with his wife for vacation so I have to wait until he comes back. Lol
But no I'm more excited than anything.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#309
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#309
Pres19 said:
Yes we talked about it. He went way with his wife for vacation so I have to wait until he comes back. Lol
But no I'm more excited than anything.
Click to expand...
Prestley: Oh I see. Many young women would be nervous, but you seem very confident; seems like you can hardly wait to be made a tattooed young woman with testimony ink! So you probably won't use a numbing cream, either.
Blessings.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#310
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#310
Gemmy said:
... I am contemplating getting another though, I'm just not sure what
Click to expand...
PS: It's always best not to be in a hurry, if you're not sure. (Some posters here are very sure.) There is no harm in planning well and waiting until ready.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#311
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#311
Pres19 said:
.. I'm more excited than anything.
Click to expand...
PS: Prestley: You seem pretty level-headed, really; so you're sure that the excitement you're feeling isn't making you rush into getting it?

You don't seem the sort of person that rushes into doing things, anyway.

Blessings.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#312
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#312
Von said:
I'm still thinking what my first tattoo should be, I want: Icthus fish, simple cross, "saved by grace, through faith" and "pray without ceasing"

View attachment 74606



Click to expand...
Hi Von! This looks like a great design, that would lead to a lot of conversations with people (which is what you want to happen, presumably! :) )

Did you check out any parlors yet?

Blessings.
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#313
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#313
Toska said:
I have been doing research on that and am trying to decide where I would want another tattoo if I get one.
Click to expand...
Toska: So how are you doing? and how is your research going about a design and placement?

Blessings.
 
Tiasmiles24

Tiasmiles24

Member
#314
May 10, 2014
57
0
6
#314
I got mines me at 23, its Agape written in a fancy way nothing big
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#315
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#315
Tiasmiles24 said:
I got mines me at 23, its Agape written in a fancy way nothing big
Click to expand...
Tiasmiles24:

At 23, eh? sounds like you had a number of years as an adult to think about it, anyway; a lot of young people want to have it done at 18, and sometimes they wish they have given it more thought.

'Agape' is a word that preaches well, anyway, in a Christian context; and maybe you've had opportunity to talk to people about it.

So are you done getting inked yet?
 
Tiasmiles24

Tiasmiles24

Member
#317
May 10, 2014
57
0
6
#317
faroukfarouk said:
PS: You said ribs; but sounds like if it's small, it can't have been unbearable under the needle for so short a time... :)
Click to expand...
Its not huge but it took an hour and yes it was unbearable haha, can you imagine having a needle at your ribs for an hour

I'm not done
 
F

faroukfarouk

Banned
#318
Feb 21, 2014
5,672
18
0
#318
Tiasmiles24 said:
Its not huge but it took an hour and yes it was unbearable haha, can you imagine having a needle at your ribs for an hour

I'm not done
Click to expand...
Oh so despite it being unbearable at the time, overall you liked the experience enough to want to do it more!

It used to be a man thing. But now it's been thoroughly established as well as a womanly thing to do.

So no regrets then! are you thinking of a particular design to do next?
 
Tiasmiles24

Tiasmiles24

Member
#319
May 10, 2014
57
0
6
#319
faroukfarouk said:
Oh so despite it being unbearable at the time, overall you liked the experience enough to want to do it more!

It used to be a man thing. But now it's been thoroughly established as well as a womanly thing to do.

So no regrets then! are you thinking of a particular design to do next?
Click to expand...
Yea its the change in times
but I'm not sure yet, I may or may not but Ii just know that I'm no done
 
You must log in or register to reply here.