Piercings & Tattoos

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Me

Photos or it didn't happen

A thumbs up .

Where?

On second thoughts best nor answer as this is a family forum

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Photos or it didn't happen

Where?

On second thoughts best nor answer as this is a family forum

 

[Bazzer]

That I can understand for younger people but when you're past say thirty it just looks a bit strange. Who are you trying to impress? Piercings you can rid of but tats are there for good.

I don't think it is a matter of impressing, although no doubt some people have them for that reason.
I used to work with a woman who had a back tattoo, on the base of her spine. She and some of her friends had the same tattoo in memory of a friend of theirs who died in his late teens/early twenties.
I don't have a tattoo, but I understand the more boney the area, the more painful the tattoo is. The spine was chosen by them deliberately.

 

[Julia9054]

Who are you trying to impress?

So . . . it’s ok for the under 30s to try to impress others with their appearance but the over 30s presumably should just opt for crocs and cardigans?

 

[Cycleops]

I don't have a tattoo, but I understand the more boney the area, the more painful the tattoo is. The spine was chosen by them deliberately.

So did they think their friend would like them to remember them while going through pain? Stranger and stranger. As I said I can never fathom the reasoning so I'll just shut up.

 

[Mo1959]

I don’t find either attractive but whatever rocks your boat.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Watching these things over the years, with the exception of fashion tattoos, I sense that those with piercings, tattoos, including those in subcultures such as Goths, Punks etc had a deep story to tell. I had schoolmates that went into it but they were generally reticent and tend to be alone. But genuinely nice to talk to. For some reason they would turn down an invitation to a party or a gathering. They were oddly not interested in sports but interested in creative things and specific genre of music.

 

[Poacher]

There's a no doubt scurrilous rumour that a prolific poster on this forum (approaching 50000 posts) has a dick jewel!

 

[ianrauk]

 

[Julia9054]

a deep story to tell

One reason why I never had a tattoo. I’m far too shallow.

 

[Dave7]

From the age of 15* I wanted an ear piercing. I still think that, for a man** a small ear stud can look good.
**imo women can get away with more dangly earings.
*aged 74 I still think of getting it done.
What think you......should I go for it ?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

From the age of 15* I wanted an ear piercing. I still think that, for a man** a small ear stud can look good.
**imo women can get away with more dangly earings.
*aged 74 I still think of getting it done.
What think you......should I go for it ?

I have 2, awaiting more. Go for it

 

[slowmotion]

In a moment of drunken student experimentation, I poked a safety pin all the way through my ear lobe. It really didn't hurt at all but it took a surprising amount of force. It only stayed there for a couple of minutes before I decided that I wasn't that keen on the look.

BTW, if you go for an MRI scan they give you all manner of warnings about piercings. Those machines are amazingly powerful at attracting ferrous objects, as I discovered when my SPD cleats got caught in the magnetic field.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

From the age of 15* I wanted an ear piercing. I still think that, for a man** a small ear stud can look good.
**imo women can get away with more dangly earings.
*aged 74 I still think of getting it done.
What think you......should I go for it ?

Go on - push the boat out and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

We, wife and I, long ago stopped caring what other people think.

We have a lifestyle that is, at times, slightly divergent from the usual road travelled and the naysayers can bugger off - we are partying all the way to the grave even if they think we are nuts.

Re an earing: looks great on many men, even older ones imo, and tbh is small beer in the grand scheme of things.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

In a moment of drunken student experimentation, I poked a safety pin all the way through my ear lobe. It really didn't hurt at all but it took a surprising amount of force. It only stayed there for a couple of minutes before I decided that I wasn't that keen on the look.

BTW, if you go for an MRI scan they give you all manner of warnings about piercings. Those machines are amazingly powerful at attracting ferrous objects, as I discovered when my SPD cleats got caught in the magnetic field.

😅

Were you in a maternity ward pose by any chance?