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Do you have a tattoo? If so, what is it, and when did you get it? Do you still love it, or do you regret it?
Can we see pictures?

Maybe you're looking to get a new tattoo. Let's hear about it! Or let's see a photo of it!

What would you tell your children if they said they wanted tattoos?

Do you think that tattoos are just a fad that will pass?

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I have one tattoo, on my foot. It's of a intricately designed (by myself) dragonfly. I don't remember when I got it. I think I was 20. It has my husband's initials in the wings, but you can't tell unless I point them out. (I do plan to be with him forever, but I also know that things don't always work out that way, lol.)

I definitely didn't want to pick something off of a wall, which was why I designed it myself. I'm really into art. The dragonfly represents my mom, my own spirit, and of course, my husband (with his initials). I think I got it mostly just because I wanted a tattoo; all my friends had one.

I do still like it, though it needs a little touching up now. After I had my daughter I wanted to get her newborn handprint tattooed somewhere, perhaps on my inner wrist. But I never did, and wasn't sure I wanted something I couldn't cover.

My husband got tattoos when he was 18, and regrets them greatly at his age of 25.

I don't know if I'll ever get another. I do laugh sometimes thinking back on how badly I wanted TONS of tattoos for this and that and that looked awesome, and now I think, well, I'm kind of glad I never did that.

I feel like getting tattoos is just fine. But now that I have a daughter of my own, I think I'd tell her to wait a year. And if she still wants what it was she liked, then she should get it done in henna, and then make a decision. I'd just give her the facts and give her examples of times she really loved something, and how she grew out of it, and remind her that they're permanent, so if she grows out of it, she's kind of out of luck, lol. I'll let her know that there are other ways to express herself, and still preserve her beautiful skin. But I'll always love her and stand behind whatever decisions she makes.