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Good quality, spousal gift idea?

Would you consider a quality tattoo as a gift for your spouse?

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farouk

farouk

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Recently a fine Christian lady told me (she can remain anonymous) that she so loves the art of Ink TV shows that she would love to gift her husband with ink done at one of those TV featured high quality tattoo parlors.

So: whether in a faith design or not, is a real, quality tattoo a great spousal gift idea?
 
i voted 50/50 , i think it is nice that she likes tatoos but she must know the spouse preference too. It is very easy for us woman to think that what we like is also what the man likes. And sometimes we ended up frustrated. Though i am not yet married , I believe that a spousal gift is something special, yet simple and would be cherish for a lifetime.
 
Hi, Farouk -

I voted 'yes, I might' ... it would depend upon 'spouse' decision for one. The work would have to be done by someone who knew what he/she was doing.

If 'spouse' did not want a tatt, then the gift wouldn't be a good idea.
 
AirDancer said:
Hi, Farouk -

I voted 'yes, I might' ... it would depend upon 'spouse' decision for one. The work would have to be done by someone who knew what he/she was doing.

If 'spouse' did not want a tatt, then the gift wouldn't be a good idea.
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AirDancer: Yes, you're right. It's a definite art and skill, combining also the need for a lot of patience and the willingness to work for years alongside someone experienced with the needle. Checking out parlors beforehand and doing thorough design planning are consequently very necessary before the person will be 'ready'.

savedbyhim01 said:
My wife would think I went crazy if I tried that gift idea.
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Well, okay. Not for you guys, then. :)
 
savedbyhim01: My wife would think I went crazy if I tried that gift idea.
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I can recall a time when I would have equated getting a tattoo with being crazy. I mean, why stop with a tatt...why not get a frontal lobatomy as well?????

My opinion has changed, though I don't have a tattoo. I fully understand tatts aren't for everyone .... and that's why getting one is a choice.

As for giving a gift of a tatt to a spouse, the spouse has a choice. Some spouses would appreciate the gift of a tattoo; some spouses wouldn't.
 
savedbyhim01: As has just been said, it's a choice, and sometimes a choice can be sensibly informed by helping to give a greater understanding of the choice, rather than simply reacting against it.

AirDancer said:
I can recall a time when I would have equated getting a tattoo with being crazy. I mean, why stop with a tatt...why not get a frontal lobatomy as well?????

My opinion has changed,
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AirDancer: Yes, very many people's opinions about it have changed.

(You are probably a very well read person, so it's with some trepidation that I might suggest that 'lobotomy' is usually the way I've seen the word.)

Blessings.
 
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I said no. I feel a tattoo, being a permanent fixture on one's body, is something that over time could become something that one could tire of. Also, have you seen a tattoo on an older person? Lets face it, the skin sags, and depending on where it is, it could look pretty gruesome. :o

I wouldn't give it as a gift, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over my mate getting one, if he chose to. I just don't want to be responsible for defacing his body. :)
 
I voted yes.
My wife and I started a tradition of getting each other tattoos on our twentieth wedding anniversary. We each got one on our 20, 25, and 30 year anniversary. Just four more years and it’s time for another one.
I guess we are not your normal old couple.
Be blessed.
Toby
 
tandemcpl said:
I voted yes.
My wife and I started a tradition of getting each other tattoos on our twentieth wedding anniversary. We each got one on our 20, 25, and 30 year anniversary. Just four more years and it’s time for another one.
I guess we are not your normal old couple.
Be blessed.
Toby
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tandemcpl:

Sounds like you guys have gotten a permanent, ongoing arrangement there with visits to the parlor. Actually it's not as unusual as you may think. So do you even share designs as you both go do it together, and maybe placement, too?

Thirstyone:

Ty for your comment. Some ppl are variously reluctant, or shy or whatever, though not necessarily hostile to the idea, either. But I can certainly understand the caution that a lot of people have.
 
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i voted no not only because their a sin but because this body is on loan from God and I want to return it in the best condition possible
 
farouk said:
Recently a fine Christian lady told me (she can remain anonymous) that she so loves the art of Ink TV shows that she would love to gift her husband with ink done at one of those TV featured high quality tattoo parlors.

So: whether in a faith design or not, is a real, quality tattoo a great spousal gift idea?
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I voted I don't know, but after you pointed out my profile pic might make a nice one, I'm thinking more about it. But where? :)
 
Yeah that might be cool. Give me some street cred with my nephews also. Seriously, I'm thinking about this.
 
SMOOCH said:
i voted no not only because their a sin but because this body is on loan from God and I want to return it in the best condition possible
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I used to feel that way, but after seeing a body after it has decayed....well, not so much. What about the people that choose cremation? Their flesh and bones are gone after death. Anyways, I don't want a big funeral. Just put me in a burlap sack and bury me under a tree. I know where my soul will be. :)
 
Nikki said:
I used to feel that way, but after seeing a body after it has decayed....well, not so much. What about the people that choose cremation? Their flesh and bones are gone after death. Anyways, I don't want a big funeral. Just put me in a burlap sack and bury me under a tree. I know where my soul will be. :)
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Nikki:

Interesting comment, but maybe the subject of cremation would be suitable for another thread.

Thanks for your participation and vote. Appreciated.
 
Thirstyone said:
I wouldn't give it as a gift, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over my mate getting one, if he chose to.
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Thirstyone:

Do you think you'd go to the parlor with him to be supportive, if he really wanted to go and do it? Did you ever visit a parlor yet?

Blessings.
 
farouk said:
Thirstyone:

Do you think you'd go to the parlor with him to be supportive, if he really wanted to go and do it? Did you ever visit a parlor yet?

Blessings.
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"Come into my web", said the spider to the fly.

Not sure why that saying came to my mind, but it did. :)

Wow, that is a tough question. I would always want to be supportive, but I'm not sure I could be in this instance. The answer to your question, farouk, is, I don't know.

I have never been in a tattoo parlor.
 
God's_gift said:
i voted 50/50 , i think it is nice that she likes tatoos but she must know the spouse preference too. It is very easy for us woman to think that what we like is also what the man likes. And sometimes we ended up frustrated. Though i am not yet married , I believe that a spousal gift is something special, yet simple and would be cherish for a lifetime.
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God's gift:

Hi. Sounds anyway as if you yourself are quite attracted to the idea of being tastefully tattooed.

(My guess would be that for you the design would make a considerable difference; such as faith related?)
 
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