Midlife Crisis Tattoo Thread

Posted by dreadpiratemyk@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 416 comments

Show us a tattoo you've gotten since turning 40. Should probably be safe for work. I'll go first: https://preview.redd.it/7h79eb60t2ng1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a6d0fa924cb4eebf91410ee49f574b6f22ff1c4

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BitterMarmalady@reddit

Art Nouveau jewelry https://preview.redd.it/iz3poj5j8o4h1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=adaa60bc19d321eb9fd267a1ae6365f737ac5309

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handsoapdispenser@reddit

Do folks here remember tattoos being very taboo? Like up until maybe the mid 90s tattoos were exclusively for biker gangs and sailors. Then punks starting doing it, then suddenly it was NBA players, then it was everybody.

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

Yeah. I don't have a tattoo specifically because it's more rare to *not* have one at this point. (Never felt the urge, too.)

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katie_cat_eyes@reddit

Yep, got my first one at 18 and had to cover it up for my grandmother who thought it was trash. It’s legit just a tiny daisy on my ankle. Grandma dies and my 70 year old mother now has two half sleeves. Like, thanks for throwing me under the bus, Mom.

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DotNervous7513@reddit

Got my first one at 18, while a sailor in the navy. I definitely remember a time when I first had a few tattoos on my arms and people would look weird at me and some would ask questions sometimes. Some time in the 2010s I was telling this to some younger people at a job I had and they looked at me like I was lying through my teeth. They wouldn’t believe me. I had to find a gen-x guy and get him to corroborate before they would believe me.

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_buffy_summers@reddit

My father got one before I existed, and he told me that they were really painful, and that I would regret getting one. I was twenty-three and got an infinity symbol in teal on my thigh. It didn't hurt at all. Since then, I've gotten: a rune for fire on the back of my neck an ouroboros and butterfly on my calf a lightning bolt and guitar pick as my own representation of the semicolon tattoo (in honor of a musician I admired) and a raven on the inside of my left wrist I had originally planned on getting a rune to represent each of the elements, but then neo-Nazis decided that Norse mythology was theirs, and I'm still not sure if I want the other runes (because fuck them, that's why) or if I want to get the one rune I do have reworked. I loved Norse mythology more than Greek or Roman when I was a kid. It infuriates me that anyone would even question my motivation for honoring my own ancestry. But that doesn't mean I want to go around and have to explain myself to anyone with questions.

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VegasBjorne1@reddit

More women than men have tattoos in the U.S. Times have changed since when I was a kid!

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GrungeCheap56119@reddit

Yep! My aunt got one at age 50 and it was a scandal. Now we all have them in our 30s in the whole family, hahaha.

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Rod_Shaft@reddit

Same with big beards. I maintain the movie 300 started that trend though

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handsoapdispenser@reddit

Beards are cyclical. They have been popular many times in the past and certainly in a lot of subcultures. Tattoos have not been prominent in Western society for a very, very long time.

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Bleacherblonde@reddit

I got my tongue pierced and my first tattoo was a tramp stamp when I turned 18. My southern baptist grandfather told me he'd rather I'd become a lesbian and wouldn't talk to me for 3 months. It was totally worth it. I took my tongue ring out the day I went into labor with my daughter though. I felt like a mom shouldn't have a tongue ring, for some stupid reason lol. I miss the hell out of it. I was one hell of a proud momma when my daughter got hers pierced and we got matching tattoos on her 19th birthday.

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involevol@reddit

When I got my lip pierced my grandfather said he was glad grandma had died the previous month so she didn’t have to have her heart broken. He was always a little dramatic, truthfully.

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Bleacherblonde@reddit

I think that whole generation was. Cheating on your spouse or having a second family? No big deal. Tattoo that’s not armed forces related or a piercing? Lifetime disappointment

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LazarusDark@reddit

>I felt like a mom shouldn't have a tongue ring, for some stupid reason lol. My early Gen X mom got her tongue ring in like 2010, five years after I got mine, lol. (It was part of her midlife crisis, she got a tat, a tongue ring, and a motorcycle... Until she laid the bike down in a curve and scraped half her leg off.)

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Bleacherblonde@reddit

I took my mom to get her first tattoo and a belly button ring right after I got my first ones lol. Time hits us all lol. Glad it just skinned her up- bikes are dangerous. Fun, but scary

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kinetic_cheese@reddit

I volunteered at an elementary school during college, so like, around 2000 or 2001-ish? There were a few teachers there with tattoos and they were required to have them covered. Seems so stupid now, but it was normal dress requirements at the time.

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Wurm42@reddit

That's still a rule for a lot of K-12 educators. Administrators continue to clutch their pearls and worry that ANY tattoo signals gang affiliation. *<eyeroll>*

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

Not around my area. My 5th grader's one teacher has a full sleeve. She started getting it 5 years ago when my oldest had her. Lol. As long as it's not questionable imagery it's ok seems to be the 'rule'

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Financial-Yak-4172@reddit

My company didn't allow visible tattoos or beards until about 5 years ago. Corporate finally decided to join the 21st century.

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aprillikesthings@reddit

I remember when you had to cover them up at work nearly everywhere! And now I work for an upscale retirement community, and the only rule about tattoos is that they can't be obscene/offensive. I also have a nose ring and purple hair. And I'm the receptionist.

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lawyers_guns_nomoney@reddit

Yup agree. So many hipsters now with tattoos. Not knocking anyone in this thread, as y’all go hard. But it is a different vibe these days. there was just a thread in the REM sub about what REM related tattoo a person would get, and then I came across this thread. Starting to make me want a tattoo lol.

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BrightAd306@reddit

I wonder if the next generation will see it as an old people thing, and not do it

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Indubitalist@reddit

This will definitely happen. Tattoos were to stand out. When everybody has them, including a metric ton of geezers that have them now, they won’t help you stand out. They lose their edge.

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flittingly1@reddit

Like cigarettes and booze

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firesticks@reddit

Cigarettes are making a huge comeback with Zs apparently.

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BrightAd306@reddit

Right? Imagine having sex with someone born in a different fiscal quarter or wage bracket, the power imbalance makes it problematic. Much better to argue on the internet all day.

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avalonfaith@reddit

Not really. I went with my mom to the shop to get tattooed (her not me) as a kiddo. I was just happy there was a Taco Bell AND a KFC across the street. Her husband, at the time, and so many of the adults I knew were tatted down. I always kind of thought it was a joke that people cared.

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Raekin17@reddit

When I got my midlife crisis tattoo, my mother went so far back as to suggest it was something only sailors got.

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aluminum_jockey54634@reddit

My sons 1st grade teacher in a public school system has large tats up and down both arms. Not sleeves but multiple large tattoos and wears sleeveless shirts. We live in a conservative area dominated by a conservative religion. She would have never been hired in the elementary school of my youth.

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involevol@reddit

Yep. Hid mine from my folks for years when I first started getting them. They’d already threatened to kick me out at sixteen for getting earrings, I wasn’t going to chance it.

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LazarusDark@reddit

I grew up around bikers in the 80s so it was always pretty normal to me as a kid (think like the bikers in the Cher movie _Mask_, good people mostly). My first tattoo was a large face tattoo and my second was a neck tattoo, both when I was about 22, and then I stopped, haha. My grandmother almost cried, said I'd never get a good job, but the tattoos haven't held me back at all as far as I know, I've mostly been able to do what I want, but it's possible it could have been more of a detriment if I'd had them in the 80s-90s and was trying to work then.

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drainbamage1011@reddit

My mom was not pleased when my wife got her first tattoo...around 2010? Still clinging to the old notion that tattoos were for criminals and military, and not ladylike. She didn't have nearly as much to say when my sister married a guy in a metal band with multiple tats, lol.

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Puzzled_Loquat@reddit

I got my first tattoo in 2016, a small one with my kids names on it and my mom was NOT pleased. I got my 2nd in 2023, it’s a bit bigger and colorful and when my mom saw it she said “I hope that’s not real.” I said “it is and I’m over 40.”

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drainbamage1011@reddit

See, especially for something like your kids, it's such a stupid thing to get worked up over. (My wife's first one was in response to her struggling over her 1st miscarriage.) It's not like you're getting a gang sign tattooed on your forehead. I pretty much told her, "what do you care? It's not going on *your* body."

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Puzzled_Loquat@reddit

The 2nd one i got also has something symbolic for my kids as well as something else meaningful for me. My oldest (almost 14) wants to get a semicolon when they turn 16. My mom would be overjoyed 🤣

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YourOwnPunkyBrewster@reddit

Yes, absolutely! I got my first in the late 90s when I was 18 from this burly old biker dude in a not so nice side of town, classic flash-on-the-wall type shop. Now, 30 years later, everyone and their grandma has a tattoo, and even tho I’m about 1/3 covered myself, I’m just “averagely” tattooed because I don’t have any on my face😬. What does it take to be a rebel weirdo these days?! I can’t wait til we are all sitting around at the nursing home with our faded wrinkly tattoos, and saggy gauged earrings talking about the “real” tattoo shops way back when😂😎

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Ippus_21@reddit

My grandparents (and to a lesser extent, my mom and dad) were conservative enough they'd have been *horrified* if I got a tattoo, even as an adult. My wife has one, and I'm reasonably certain I recall my mother making a face about it the first time she saw it...

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MaddaddyJ@reddit

I remember when a guy having an earring crossed a line .

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Churlish_Performer@reddit

Tattoo shops in my area were, for many many years, very few and far between. The exceptional few that were around also had many health code violations including "cleaning" guns between clients by using a bucket of water under the chair. Hepatitis and other blood borne illnesses were rampant. It wasn't until technology improved like affordable replacement needle packs and some basic regulations came into play that municipalities started opening up to it (late 90s)

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BetterThanAFoon@reddit

I remember it mostly from my Asian side. The belief there is that only criminals get tattoos even though that has softened.

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firesticks@reddit

My husband’s mother is *not* pleased about his ink.

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three-sense@reddit

Yep. Up until like 2010. Now go to Walmart and half the employees have sleeves lol

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BrightAd306@reddit

Oh yeah. You had to cover them up, even at minimum wage jobs as part of the dress code

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Elle3786@reddit

For sure! I still remember the look on my mother’s face when I asked her what the drawings were on Santa’s arms and when she explained it to me, I squealed and said I wanted them too. She was smart enough not to tell me no, and not make a big deal about it, but she definitely didn’t like that idea. Santa was an old biker guy. The suit covered the tattoos, unless you were really looking when he moved his arms, and I was a neurodivergent kid, so it didn’t escape me. He was also a very sweet guy, always had little treats and cheap toys to give away that he bought himself, and he didn’t scare me like the Easter bunny.

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Apprehensive_Pie2471@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/qtbl04ko4xng1.jpeg?width=1138&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fa546d0d1b0a086f035b2cddea61df10934118c

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grumpythenick@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/zryppvtta5ng1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a315061133ec3211a3c7ff4b8bfff93a6dca4772

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Finiouss@reddit

Redwall? Either way I love this!

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grumpythenick@reddit

Mouse Guard!

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ChiefBroady@reddit

I didn’t get one, my wife did tho.

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Expensive_Future327@reddit

I just got the one I always wanted. Not a crisis at all. Gift to myself. https://preview.redd.it/7he9pbdbk3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a17a01087a8117d1daeb3e2bfa2dc6d90d3a3ce

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

![gif](giphy|fetatclPjlwmp9RoCo)

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Expensive_Future327@reddit

Shits everywhere in nature

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

Shit is.

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Revolutionary-Lab372@reddit

I went in for some small flowers. Now I’ve got a full leg sleeve, that’s still being worked on. Whoops https://preview.redd.it/l8rw4dy3m3ng1.jpeg?width=2848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8db8b95cd4aed165dfbdd7e6d4256e9a1a577ac8

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

Is that a MMIW red hand?? Gorgeous piece btw

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Revolutionary-Lab372@reddit

Thanks! And no, but it sure does look like it. It’s part of the Zia on the NM state flag.

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sgdaughtry@reddit

I love this!! Very well done!

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Revolutionary-Lab372@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/xacjnfq5m3ng1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46fcc450033c9f30ce4f747509cdee190e691b6e

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Rinleigh@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3adwpaqnyeng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d91ac59b15ad07ee742178de0b4b6d6d9ced053b

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Entire_Parfait2703@reddit

I've got 4 and had to go to Texas to get them because they were not legal in Oklahoma until about 20 years ago

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Son_of_Eraserhead@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/zv5a4eru4cng1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95a35ae3ba31f7b3c515e2a36b576390198bf63a

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CanadianSpectre@reddit

46 and soon booking for Final Fantasy 1 character sprites on my arm.

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NerdyWordGirl@reddit

I want a moogle

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MrCrash@reddit

All the classes, or the memorable squad from your first playthrough?

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CanadianSpectre@reddit

Thinking all 6, I've played so many times they're all equally memorable.

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lifeat24fps@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/d9s0zwmr33ng1.jpeg?width=2256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=534abd3d627f0ceed6d9fa0e42e2ec6d11b68639 This whole arm almost. Getting a new one tomorrow.

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AuntAgness_Wig@reddit

Now you gotta come back and update us with your new one! Really lovely work!

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lifeat24fps@reddit

Here ya go! I put a little spider in this gap. https://preview.redd.it/duh9pbd9fbng1.jpeg?width=2308&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21b2bd1ac8e81260f636b9a3713904cb03c52db4

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AuntAgness_Wig@reddit

That’s so rad! Looks great. Thanks for coming back to show it!

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lifeat24fps@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/r9uj6a3u33ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70b0aae915c39fffb551a016e42caddaf79459f7

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jjmawaken@reddit

You remind me of BeardMeetsFood (competitive eater on YouTube)

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dreadpiratemyk@reddit (OP)

I also ended up with a sleeve post-40 lol https://preview.redd.it/z9rwwd1wo5ng1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3827dcd12c40769c67c33f81bd6e32bfeb0a163a

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lifeat24fps@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/u877xv4v33ng1.jpeg?width=2216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06c2c8ae0a6cc37acf525043a2564f1ed81a7221

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lifeat24fps@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/54bp83ug43ng1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45948edab6574ef0e1a5cfe9d0e3ed0c6447f4ff And my Agent Cooper.

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monsters_from_the_id@reddit

And every time he'd get a tattoo, he'd order another piece of pie!

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TobylovesPam@reddit

You know this is, excuse me, a damn fine tattoo.

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lifeat24fps@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3vmzm8yi43ng1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abbde43783433344e98e003d1280df9c0170418d Some more big cats and wolves and stuff.

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

I like your style

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AbsolutZer0_v2@reddit

I love this art style, so clean! Have you had to have the colors touched up at all? Those blacks are holding really well.

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phatatma@reddit

I’ve wanted this for easily 20 years. Didn’t work up the nerve until I was 42. https://preview.redd.it/wa5t778a04ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d0e62130d11eb15d3503dd827906dc5dde72658

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DirkDiggler1970s@reddit

\[now considering mid-life Starfleet TNG insignia on my chest to be private com badge)

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phatatma@reddit

![gif](giphy|pTQUOfSmjo2hG)

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moxvoxfox@reddit

I genuinely love this for you. Glad you did it! 🖖

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PacRat48@reddit

Not my tattoo, but I give props to anyone with this level of irony commitment : https://preview.redd.it/urxcbjktgbng1.jpeg?width=567&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0cf934866af9eed3ba00d0c82717b6bf7118192

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Suspicious_Ask_4877@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/47fofq5qd3ng1.jpeg?width=1101&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5258163b77c62f15e1f3d91149039d494928de62 This is just one of the many I’ve got

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jjmawaken@reddit

That's a lot of detail on a hand tattoo, how long have you had it?

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greyshem@reddit

On my 53^(rd) birthday, my wife jokingly asked if I wanted a tattoo. I hadn't considered it until that moment and it shows. 😁 https://preview.redd.it/guduxy3h03ng1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebe8b75412936f56e81a6f565ec7ade845d6d3cd

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Dantez9001@reddit

Gonna have to get a new one every year. And a line through the old one.

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jjmawaken@reddit

Or 53 can be the new 29 (like those women who turn 29 15 years in a row)

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bohiti@reddit

Bro this is funny AF. Did the regret start before the tattoo artist started? Have you invented an alternative story for what 53 means?

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greyshem@reddit

What regret? I tell everyone this story!

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Possible_Management4@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/12tp325zn4ng1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be00793c2e44562e1573e76f5243e0c8b020fde1 I got this one 2 weeks ago and another small one just a few days before. But I have 9 now.. I’m 42, have gotten all of them in the last 4 years

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aprillikesthings@reddit

....is it weird that going by the style, I might know your tattoo artist

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Possible_Management4@reddit

Amazing. They were done by 2 different artists though in south coast of BC

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aprillikesthings@reddit

ah! then I was wrong lol (the artist I was thinking of lives in Portland OR)

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Finiouss@reddit

I love this and is very similar to a design I was considering for a while. I ended up going a different direction but still love this style.

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Possible_Management4@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/bcnd3wbeo4ng1.jpeg?width=2902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc44ef87ecc719c1354713bbfb05ecd042f82980 This guy is a year old now. I also got braces lol

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oldmamallama@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/knafyn0nk3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8adbaa2a07442eaad276a3b224da998af4e18b9 The latest addition to my cartoon ladies of the 80s sleeve.

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aprillikesthings@reddit

....did you get She-Ra

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oldmamallama@reddit

Of course She-Ra is there. Also Rainbow Brite, Gadget from Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Pizzaz from the Misfits (from Jem and the Holograms) and Lydia Deetz from the Beetlejuice cartoon so far. There’s a long list we’re working from but Gummi Bears, the Wuzzles, My Little Pony, Care Bears, Dungeons and Dragons, and a few others are getting tossed back and forth right now. It’s a fun nostalgia project for both myself and my super rad tattoo artist.

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aprillikesthings@reddit

YESSSSS I love it

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

Oh my god a Muppet Babies Miss Piggy!! And I totally forgot about Magicka De Spell until I saw your tattoo! Memory unlocked

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oldmamallama@reddit

Muppet Babies and Duck Tales were two of my favorite shows so of course I had to include them. 💜

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Ocron145@reddit

Magicka De Spell! Nice!

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oldmamallama@reddit

She’s a highly underrated character imo.

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Eren-Alter-Ego@reddit

Got this last year at 46 https://preview.redd.it/45rbc9r20ang1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbd7abb62429bdc0fd491be85424d90b012775f9

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ncpsycho@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hio183wj13ng1.jpeg?width=1251&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bff00aef0725c0c90d18d2eb825fb6193dbee1b8 Finished this sleeve last month with The Hitman. No ragrets.

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Fenrirs-Fang@reddit

Not even one letter? (I see what you did there.)

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Foolishkushin@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/90sgm7gvh3ng1.jpeg?width=5632&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7b106267cc5fba0eeec7f8a9d15221004df03da I lost my husband unexpectedly last October, so I got myself a tattoo to honor him (he would have totally loved this, he had two sleeves). I already have some tattoos, but they're not visible, this tattoo is the first one so visible.

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Bleacherblonde@reddit

I'm sorry for your loss. Awesome tattoo btw.

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Foolishkushin@reddit

Thank you for your compassion.

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Foolishkushin@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/bdj1ryjsi3ng1.jpeg?width=586&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f03f5056ca0582a9d2212b08848ae82a5bedaec The front.

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EmberDione@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/li59wr0q33ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09696e1890ffef31887f0b8d142ab9ded1fbf564 This is my DnD tattoo. The lyric is from Taylor Swift and the dragons represent me and my family.

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EmberDione@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/4ecm0ktz33ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=539cc6f1697f817522d777dc778ea124140b664d And here's my Skylanders one. It's all the elemental symbols from the game. (I was a level designer on it.)

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Finiouss@reddit

You're such a beautiful nerd and I love it!

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EmberDione@reddit

Haha thanks! Happy Cake Day!

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three-sense@reddit

This is cool

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t0matit0@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/jh1ehj6733ng1.jpeg?width=604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=675c1fc0314b0c159b2f8a38179307fee560bd11

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involevol@reddit

Whoa!! This is amazing. Are you comfortable sharing artist/studio?

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t0matit0@reddit

Thank you! Jared Stomber out of New York. He does tons of amazing work.

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Chemical_Shelter9816@reddit

This is so cool! Love how the stitches look!

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AbsolutZer0_v2@reddit

I love that style!

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Morriganx3@reddit

🤩

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djsynrgy@reddit

Forgive my ignorance; why is OP's Scarecrow paired with a Cheshire Cat quote?

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dreadpiratemyk@reddit (OP)

It’s a nod to “Batman, Arkham Asylum: a Serious House on Serious Earth.”

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CheerfullyCursed@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/uzmiyknq23ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=254afaa69f2a665765fc09ae04dea2f82c84f7e6 It’s not finished yet but here’s mine.

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InsideRope2248@reddit

Whoever did those trees is a master of their craft, trees are hard! Actually I kind of really want to know because I would love a tree tattoo from whoever made this, you can DM if you don't wanna divulge publicly.

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CheerfullyCursed@reddit

Jon Ronzka in Charlotte, NC @jonronzka on Instagram

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involevol@reddit

That’s absolutely gorgeous! I love colorful pieces.

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MrCrash@reddit

Hey, uh, not to be weird, but that looks really familiar. Are we friends in real life?

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CheerfullyCursed@reddit

I don’t have friends so… But if you’ve lived in Charlotte or Savannah you may have seen me somewhere. lol

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MrCrash@reddit

Huh. Unlikely on that front. In any case, rad tattoo!

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Burner62391@reddit

Trees look amazing. How bad was the inside of the elbow?

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CheerfullyCursed@reddit

Not very bad, actually. The more north he went toward the armpit the more it hurt though. And the constant coloring of the planet did a number on my skin there. I have really sensitive skin so no back-to-back sessions for me. I had to wait 2 months between them.

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Kellzy1212@reddit

I have a full sleeve and the under arm and armpit were 100 times worse than elbow and elbow crook. I was warned about the wrong areas. 😂

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Churlish_Performer@reddit

Duuuuuuhhuuuuuuuuuuuudde! That is fkn siiiiick! Holy shit!

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

Like the trees!

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CheerfullyCursed@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/83uiroqs23ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20038360805d55956f1cb44539fd754ef122b683

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/msy8z9rc33ng1.jpeg?width=4246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f42e62eda7687d3faecadae5c76e92cd543dac7

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/8s2b2wne33ng1.jpeg?width=1155&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b96bded1345cc221ceffda8312a37b925219d7b

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gnomequeen2020@reddit

Ok, I may or may not be obsessed with gnomes, and I'm going to need to know who did your beautiful work!

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

Willow at Eden Body Art Studios in Dallas, TX.

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/i3izik4h33ng1.jpeg?width=3307&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=685a4f92c5b32af558de81033874e6f33927e68c

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/4xwuq5rk33ng1.jpeg?width=3543&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3198d2983eaf34acc9c4fe9717d7aa637cfec067

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Finiouss@reddit

You got an awesome artist on this one!

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JoyfullyMortified43@reddit

Where's your artist located? Those are amazing!

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

The bat is from an artist in Sherman, TX. The others are from different artists at Eden Body Art Studios in Dallas, TX.

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Chemical_Shelter9816@reddit

Feeling lucky to live in TX. Your art is all just so beautiful. Thanks for sharing

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shanty2021@reddit

this is gorgeous!

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Jestris@reddit

Also this. If I’ve missed any, I love those, too.

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

WOW! Color is intense

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Really-ok@reddit

So pretty 😍

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Really-ok@reddit

So pretty 😍

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Jestris@reddit

I also love this! Let me just give unsolicited opinions on all your tattoos whynot lol

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kellyk311@reddit

I love this!!

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Glass-Marionberry321@reddit

David!

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GeologistIll6948@reddit

I LOVE this tattoo!

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Jestris@reddit

Aw, I love this!

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Stang1776@reddit

Is that David?

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pedestal_of_infamy@reddit

That is stunning work!

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AuntAgness_Wig@reddit

That is so well done!! It looks great!

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YEMolly@reddit

Love this! 🥰

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Minions_miqel@reddit

So cute!

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Morriganx3@reddit

I love this **so** much!

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Background-Step-8528@reddit

That's the cutest fucking bat I've ever seeeeeeen.

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ThaNotoriousBLG@reddit

I got all of my tattoos (3 so far) after 40. I wish I hadn't waited so long. https://preview.redd.it/qfnec94mx4ng1.jpeg?width=695&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3842ac5780fe6e70f0e0eb7a94ff00f0a2aeed21

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

I’m also thinking up a knitting themed tattoo

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jstacy_wyldchyld337@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/u6bfe7br68ng1.png?width=539&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d1d263b70357cfeadcda72c0d907757d26cb0fe Yes, on my right hip/thigh; Trans axolotl throwing bricks

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psychcaptain@reddit

Oh, I want to get a tattoo after my divorce. It will just say Leviticus 28:19

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1101base2@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ilb1v739r4ng1.jpeg?width=2086&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0346909daa672b3b33dedb491f32d9d42f25e0f3 I've always wanted a tattoo but never felt strongly about anything. Was struggling hard with my mental health and saw this design. Plan on getting more if anyone else has any ideas for more traumatizing tattoos >;-D

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

Took me way too long to figure out why someone would want a bath bomb in the shape of the Brave Little Toaster. Jfc, this is darkly humorous and I love it

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awarpednihilist@reddit

Relatable. Now I want one!

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aprillikesthings@reddit

Okay this is the first tattoo on this thread that made me LOL

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AZbitchmaster@reddit

None for me, but I'm sure there are sone tramp stamps that could use a refresh, now that ultra low cut jeans are back.

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CarmenxXxWaldo@reddit

I always wonder what girls think about those tramp stamps now that they are pushing 40. I knew a guy that did competitive body building and I saw pictures from a meet and asked him why all the women had hair extensions that completely covered their backs. Seems like you would want to show off your back muscles. Anyway, he explained that the type of woman that gets obsessed with the gym after age 25 is the exact type of woman that got a bad tramp stamp at 16. Literally every single one of them had awful tramp stamps so the whole competition circuit agreed to crazy hair extensions.

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lilecca@reddit

I have one and I hate it. Plan to get it covered up one day

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

Me too. I absolutely loath my first tattoo, the semi-“tribal” all black, too big to cover up, shitty flash from the wall of the shop, tramp stamp of 1999.

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Designer-Amphibian29@reddit

I got a lower back tattoo when I was in college. It looks dumb now, but I don't regret it. I forget it's there most of the time. My partner and I joke that I fell victim to the trends of the early 2000s.

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TizzyTism@reddit

Exactly, it’s no worse/better than barbed wire or tribal. Dated, sure. Horribly embarrassing, nah. Current trends will generally be judged harshly in the future when they aren’t trends anymore.

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sorrymizzjackson@reddit

Fascinating. I will forever be grateful to the tattoo artist that kicked us out of the shop the day my friend and I hit up the campus bar and decided to get tramp stamps when we were 19. No tattoos to this day.

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Warm-teal@reddit

Tramp stamp circa 1999 in PCB, FL. I don’t regret it for a second. It’s a heart with wings.

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ihavecandyinmypurse@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/08z1eapfw2ng1.jpeg?width=1511&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7af93d864c569b27db4aa027b520c69127c203a0

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CherokeeTrailHeather@reddit

Love the tat and love your username! My daughter literally just asked me if she could have a candy from my purse lmao

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bluemitersaw@reddit

Great Scot!

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

That nice!

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YeahNahMaybe__@reddit

Ooooh that's gorgeous!!

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Medium_Stop_@reddit

Greetings programs https://preview.redd.it/kxc7q8d0z7ng1.jpeg?width=555&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=863357f872a7494d90035e516f27ff347d56d2b8

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Finiouss@reddit

Well shit. I didn't realize this was a thing we're all doing. I'm about to get my 3rd tattoo in 3 years. Previously I just had two over a decade or more. https://preview.redd.it/cr3otbovy7ng1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed77d45ee92749a2e03da70cae1b8b684b4ed580 This is my most recent. Bout to get one on the other forearm in memory of a best friend who just randomly died. I've known him since I was 5.

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LacklusteHero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/8rhi6kjxu2ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab52a4431f74aef7421903bcf80506ec41b9e655 In case I need reminding as I age.

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pr0zach@reddit

I love the quote, but can I ask what’s up with the fish? Seems like a good story there.

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LacklusteHero@reddit

It's a Ted Lasso reference! There's a bit with him telling his team to "be goldfish" and let their mistakes go. The mustache was my wife's idea to honor Ted 🤣

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

That's awesome. My wife coaches youth soccer and her assistant coach will tell the kids to be a goldfish and give a gruff 'Oi!' to get their attention.

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pr0zach@reddit

Thanks! I haven’t watched it yet. I’ll be sure to check it out.

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moxvoxfox@reddit

I'm pleased you used the US spelling.

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SweatyPalmsSunday@reddit

I thought it was “this is water” from the David Foster Wallace commencement speech. Great speech btw

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MirthRock@reddit

I thought it was Hecklefish lol

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FulcrumYYC@reddit

Smart lady, love it.

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False_Grape1326@reddit

You guys all got tattoos in the same spot at the top of this feed how random!

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coldbeerisgood@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/nbp51pzca7ng1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbb5dea681c6a0af64091d9480186e732aae1ee3 Here is my "Care Beer" ink

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DreyHI@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/s2cv8rs9y6ng1.jpeg?width=1935&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da2d060c215ce96d659c7f0fbd5901b7f372da60 Got myself a cosmic nudibranch

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therealpopkiller@reddit

I feel like such a dork for never getting or even wanting a tattoo

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Long-Effective-2898@reddit

I remember getting in trouble with my grandma as a teen in the 90s for fake tattoos and letting friends draw on me because "the ink will get in you skin and poison you" My first tattoo was for my still born son and I hid it for so long! As ai got more tattoos I made sure they were all in places a shirt would cover them until I got one on my forearm to go with one my husband got on his forearm (they aren't matching just the same theme so they stand alone)

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nuskit@reddit

I'm not going to show mine, because while I'm a bad Muslim gal who got a tattoo, I'm not so bad as to show a normally covered body part. Lol Anyhow, I got a male wood lark tattoo 2 years after my dad died. He hated tattoos, so I wanted to make sure he wouldn't come back & haunt me! It's reminiscing of both my dad and his father, both of whom I was very close to. I don't regret it. I was 43.

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Burner62391@reddit

Is tattooing forbidden under Islam? If so, is there a reason?

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

It isn't harambe

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BagOnuts@reddit

The gorilla?

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CriticalChop@reddit

What you call me?!

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wookEluv@reddit

The bible forbids it too

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goater10@reddit

Definitely. It works on the believe that Allah made you perfect when you were born, why would you desecrate his work by getting tattoos. I know a few Muslims who are heavily inked though.

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goater10@reddit

If it makes you feel better, this bad Muslim isn't fasting!

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nuskit@reddit

Neither sm I...but it's just because I have Covid. Joy. ☹️ I'm not judging you, regardless. I'm not one to throw stones!

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Thenadamgoes@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/uhs9mohea3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b48e41036db494c5fec274b1a269068a85fba023 I dunno if it’s a midlife crisis tattoo. But I got my first one a couple years ago after hiking the Camino Frances. A 400 mile trail from France through Spain.

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aprillikesthings@reddit

I knew it was a Camino tattoo immediately!! I was so tempted. (Maybe after my next one--I did my first in 2023, planning to do it again in spring 2028.)

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Thenadamgoes@reddit

Cool! I don’t know how but I convinced my 2 friends to get tattoos too. It was all of our firsts. I did the hike in 2024 and I’m dying to do another.

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aprillikesthings@reddit

Before I went I was like, "Why would people do this multiple times?" I was a week in and heard myself saying "The next time I do this--"

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Thenadamgoes@reddit

Haha same. I’m trying to get some people to do one this year. But it’ll probably have to wait till next.

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

Cool!

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Fun_Skirt8220@reddit

You got your scallop! So cool to do the pilgramage route!

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beerchef@reddit

One of my most recent. https://preview.redd.it/16rdfami63ng1.jpeg?width=756&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e3f941028cd45eeae2b361e3d91e3a7942c1bcd

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dancydistractions@reddit

So cool! Reminds me of Winston the Whale.

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hozezero@reddit

Pretty sick

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Suspicious-Ad665@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/yetr3ay7s5ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40289b9205edb9f538a5aa6f9adbe424efbcd75c It’s covered by the Saran Wrap but I love it!!

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thisismynewnewacct@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/owgk2icwq3ng1.jpeg?width=1774&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19d5a070e10247377f9f622d8b57fd8a08636147

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aprillikesthings@reddit

She just thinks they're neat!

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hiding-in-the-webz@reddit

My husband had a bunch of tattoos when we met. He was in the military and had a motorcycle (surprisingly responsible guy though, not a bad boy situation lol) I wanted tattoos, but never bit the bullet. Money was tight, and then time was tight after having kids, and then it felt like I really needed something super special, and then and then and then... Anyway, I turned 41, got a flash tattoo on a whim, and now I've got a half sleeve on one arm, a couple tattoos on my other arm, and another big ish one on my shoulder blade LOL. For me, I'm finally adult enough to afford good tattoo artists. Plus, 25 years ago, it was still such a stigma that I was worried about being able to find jobs. Same thing with dying my hair-its now pink lol. I call it my mid life awakening. I'm old enough to have seen the tides shift into most jobs not caring about tattoos (within reason, I'm sure they would still care if someone had the word FUCK on their forehead or something) or "unnatural hair color". I have the time, money, and ability to make my outside match my inside, so why wouldn't I? I now have more tattoos than my husband lol

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aprillikesthings@reddit

I saw a tiktok of an older woman saying, "People keep asking me why I have so many tattoos. The answer is: Life is hard, and I deserve stickers."

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aprillikesthings@reddit

I have four tattoos total: "All is full of love" in my own handwriting (yes because of the Bjork song) on my upper left arm when I was 27 A couple of stars on left wrist, my partner got the same tattoo at the same time, I was 39 The silhouette of Mt. Hood with doug fir trees and a rising sun on my upper right arm, I was 41 And finally, a very silly one that is a reference to a tumblr meme called Neil Banging Out the Tunes, on my thigh, when I was 44: https://preview.redd.it/29ubjnoim5ng1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acf9cbe080d44e1d181c7595a6158763deef3cc1

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firewifegirlmom0124@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/mj28invtl5ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2e11a6ca56cda3e294af0283c7dc36916164042 When I went back to work after being a stay a home mom for 20 years, I was struggling with knowing what to do and how I fit into the working world after all that time. My husband kept telling me I was capable of anything so I got it tattooed on my arm where I could see it and remind myself anytime I needed it. It’s in his handwriting.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

Just one? I have sleeves and a bunch elsewhere

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sparklyglittercheese@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ucux3qvvj5ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=200341a473dcec892efc3a9336645e291dc39023 My forearm

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tpero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/taaidftqu2ng1.jpeg?width=958&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d6cb3f256bd2005e2ce7522c726a8f6d5e82d76 Got my first (and so far only) tattoo at 41. My son has a special interest in octopus (and has basically since he could talk). Life is stressful, and I wanted the tentacles as a symbol of him grabbing onto me, pulling me down, keeping me grounded.

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Murderbot_420@reddit

They are super smart!!! Definitely an alien life form. I feel bad when I eat them. That’s not often though.

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Background-Step-8528@reddit

"How does it feel eating something that does PRANKS?" (That is a quote from Girls5eva about eating octopus, I'm not judging you for eating them.)

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avalonfaith@reddit

Girls5Eva!!!!! Yaaaaas!

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Blackbird136@reddit

Omg, Girls5eva!!! Might be time for a rewatch. Coincidentally ate octopus for the first time last week. A couple of bites off a friend’s plate just because I’d never had it. It was decent. I felt kinda guilty though because you can “tell” what the animal is by looking? The same restaurant also served full fish with the eyeballs. And I got sad. I know that makes no sense because I’m definitely not a vegetarian.

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firesticks@reddit

I have this condition. I don’t like eating meat that looks like it used to be alive. I’ll crush a burger and steak and chicken breast but shellfish and drumsticks and fish faces, I draw the line.

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pmcg115@reddit

Maybe stop eating them?

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Murda981@reddit

Your son has excellent taste in animals! I'm a big fan of octopuses, and cephalopods in general. They're amazing animals!

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YourOwnPunkyBrewster@reddit

Is that a 15 year old doing your work, or am I just old…! Cool idea, I love octopuses, I have one too!

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tpero@reddit

Think she's in her 20s. She's an amazing artist. Does a lot of animal work/dark line work

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Raekin17@reddit

First tattoo at age 43 https://preview.redd.it/4ws8eq14f5ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6707b5471f5fb85279f2ae0f5d74ff021a49e8da

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Pickles_McBeef@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/on0tnrkz43ng1.jpeg?width=2449&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94583c8869d2fd6dd96acb7fd930b969669ff0c7 Cover-up of youthful stupidity.

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Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit

That’s so pretty!

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Pickles_McBeef@reddit

I love it, the artist did an amazing job.

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Budgiejen@reddit

I think I got all 3 of my tattoos after 40. I don’t regret them.

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grumpythenick@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/lnhqhbfda5ng1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d4ea6cf8d98046dc6720fbad2a76e0f86b2396f

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grumpythenick@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/f175lwoy95ng1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c544f4a2b44a30d77e46e08acc39e512a9b08a3a

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TrixieLaBouche@reddit

Excuse the red, I have very sensitive skin and as it's on my back this is the only photo I have taken just after it was finished. Wasn't the tattooing, it was the disinfection spray! Stone Temple Pilots if you're wondering. https://preview.redd.it/293e662r53ng1.jpeg?width=1632&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c119cd118a1e2a3d7eb157e517001cbb87134172

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GeologistIll6948@reddit

My answering machine message during the flip phone era was for a Mrs. Weiland 🙂

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Churlish_Performer@reddit

I am now the age I lied about being when I won a radio call in at 12. The song i won on? Off Tiny Music. Cool quote!

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YEMolly@reddit

I would absolutely get another tattoo (or 3), but I’m phobic of pain & needles and can’t bring myself to get as fucked up as I was when I got the 2 I have (when I was much younger). 😆

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javaman83@reddit

I actually haven't gotten one since I was 24. I want more, but I have a hard time justifying the expense.

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GroundbreakingOne625@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/t8hc8k5n45ng1.jpeg?width=2544&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d80906e711366fb23d8c39785c0274d364e3425

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dearjuliet82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/edicj6n945ng1.jpeg?width=2860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1053984b05a63324c786b3f4474f6387eb6228e My daughter and I got matching tattoos for Xmas this past year. 44 and my first. 18 and her 4th. My 14 year old drew parts of it for us.

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Roobix9@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/pyozlwosz4ng1.jpeg?width=1807&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6824f7269b3ca20a8c7fb5fff57ddb2140cc208 First and only. Got it right around my 46th birthday

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Sevenswansaswimming8@reddit

I started getting tattooed at 18..so I don't think mine are considered mid life crisis tattoos..cause im heavily tattooed..but..I did just get a sick ass one piece tattoo 🤣

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thesweetestberry@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ywu9huujz4ng1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef0ef82eda319138a255149443d1639127f797ae 🌼🦋

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qwerty-game@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/9a40cgrhz4ng1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19fb9db026cc3a087876827980fc61ba49a8873c Close enough safe for work.

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SalsaSmuggler@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/h0xzfrjjy4ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9b4480a39f5ae8ae34988a868bb9c3e29585cf0 My boss does tattoos as a hobby so I had him give me this lol are you even an old man if you don’t love grilling??

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_Internet_Hugs_@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/lx7rro0hy4ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f94c4977a646887a2b73f4cd434d52acbe4a104 Inner arm.

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SBMoo24@reddit

Tramp stamp here! 🙋🏾‍♀️

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morganalefaye125@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/4s328uogw4ng1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89f76625eb94402ef48e1a960ef25654c2b335be

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scott_beowulf@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/wfk3zb4ns4ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50509b5e0faf2602bfeeadc6a7f039aa2a255ebd

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burgundyblue@reddit

Haven’t gotten one in my 40’s yet, but it’s gonna be the white tree of Gondor.

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SnoozuRN@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5fisspbnn4ng1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8d4fe5114c0dd0b4f8812de2d3fd3e1dcbf00c1 My second at 45

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Slowmaha@reddit

I got a big forearm tattoo in my mid 40s too, but I’m not gonna share the pic

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SnoozuRN@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/p5ygn02jn4ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff1746ceb3d360adce6cd2bcb0891e6d3bfb0721 I got my first at 45!

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snail13@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/dfhwixy2m4ng1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87f0ed21a4c7748f1bfee93d01aa24fe2f21e58e A few years ago, after many happy hour drinks, I declared I had always dreamed of a Care Bear heart on my right butt cheek, ever since I was a kid. A few months later, bestie took me out for a butt tattoo and brunch. It was my first and only tattoo so far. Zero regrets

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flyingdodo@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/zaknush8m4ng1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdc25dac975eb8f29bb0383f308c8b4efc4c10af One of many. Didn’t get my first tattoo until I was 32. But since then I kind of got addicted.

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jayhof52@reddit

Got this in January in Chicago during a library event (turned 40 in May 20205). https://preview.redd.it/dzoeh8z023ng1.png?width=1072&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccc01135f29d78155214cd0d0693409ff749c253

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Lorena_in_SD@reddit

Tell me more about the tattoos at the library event! I'm genuinely curious as I haven't heard of an event like this in San Diego...

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jayhof52@reddit

It was more “I was in town for a library conference and decided to get a souvenir,” which I almost did when ALA was in San Diego and I was staying in the Gaslamp Quarter. Reaper happened when I was in Chicago for the ALA Youth Media Awards (Great Lakes Tattoo) and Molotov autobiography was Columbia, MO, during MO’s state school library association’s summer meeting. I narrowly avoided shops in Philly and SD during national, but mostly because of flight and heat and having gotten fresh tattoos less than two months before those conferences, but chances are I leave Chicago with at least one more after National this summer.

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Lorena_in_SD@reddit

Ah! That makes more sense. Hope you can get a souvenir the next time you're in San Diego!

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jayhof52@reddit

I was close to getting a sailor tattoo, probably the Popeye anchors (my dad was Navy and left for Vietnam from San Diego), but to keep my social anxiety at bay at the conference I was taking THC mints pretty regularly and thought they would be able to tell and wouldn't let me in.

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Lorena_in_SD@reddit

Your dad might have enjoyed a night in the Gaslamp Quarter before shipping out! Back then, it was a seedier area popular with sailors up until the late '80s when the city started attempting to clean up the area (I grew up here). Maybe next time!

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jayhof52@reddit

Columbia, MO, during a different library event (the numbers and letters on the label are what would be the call number of my biography) https://preview.redd.it/9t4k7on623ng1.png?width=1072&format=png&auto=webp&s=17a85729534465c752375a3b65c74e41ecea6a2f

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kinetic_cheese@reddit

I went to Mizzou, wild to see a Columbia mention lol

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TheLeathal13@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5sznlb2yl4ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01dad7c03640c94b991ad8dbfcfeaadd778e1702 Just healed up.

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VividNebula2309@reddit

This is one of 6 I've gotten since turning 40. And I've only just started. https://preview.redd.it/3q5gxoftl4ng1.jpeg?width=805&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd1caa23a6361c8e0916708caae3d3419974b5c3

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CessnaDude82@reddit

I got my first tattoo last year at 43. https://preview.redd.it/cwo0uc2nj4ng1.jpeg?width=2423&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40b62c2d2fd45e994a0a9c473e2b15c4753e5f7f

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onions-make-me-cry@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/qfd3d4mkj4ng1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=32515ed11b09551a41205e3a508e95a469eb3233 I'm a lung cancer survivor (never smoked)

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iheartmytho@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ewoj7vdej4ng1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdb5d5659c48fca52fbd8d7e246ffde58ec3a722 There have been several more tattoos since these ones.

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ignatious-d@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hd1u90avi4ng1.jpeg?width=973&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9c939250397e8b76c58cd1b20d93737b8eddd32 Had to get my favorite anime character! Goku!! Of course it had to be the 4 star dragonball!!

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slash_networkboy@reddit

I opted not to get it, but when I earned my second degree black belt at 45 I seriously considered a small tattoo of a knotted belt over my heart.

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Puzzled_Loquat@reddit

I got my first degree in June and I want something to commemorate that without it looking too karate-y, if that makes sense. I saw someone recently that had squares down his arm, the colors of the belts in order. I kinda like that. It’s sorta iykyk kinda deal.

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slash_networkboy@reddit

Yeah, even that'd be too flashy for me. I was literally thinking about a tat that was only a half inch high and an inch and a half or so wide. However, that aside, Congrats! It's a big commitment to get that far!

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phillysleuther@reddit

I want to get forget me nots on my leg. I haven’t done it yet but I will. They’re to honor my mom, dad, sister and brother who have all died. I used to joke with my sister that I was going to get Good Luck Bear on my back.

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Squirrel_Kng@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ds784xfif4ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0f5429f3ca7fe3337bcb3a6d88317c6bde02daa Cover up

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dl_mj12@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/tqo0hlc8d4ng1.jpeg?width=3672&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee4a467834754f446f120826b11bb6172ee48b57

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atomicsean@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5o3mseox13ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f8fea0bb1eaa7f2bcf8b6f5a4eb7b8cb23b7c6a Full color custom to expand upon my bunny/rabbit shoulder!

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trashpanda6798@reddit

Now that is a sick ass conejo

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_R_A_@reddit

I don't do tattoos, but I saw this this other day and couldn't stop laughing. https://www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/s/zqJYBhcQJN

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PrarieDogma@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/soubt1rhw2ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bb6c3d8083f21baa0a960a98397e003d4d9a1e9 Got this is 2023, 45 at the time

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

That's awesome!

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Thank you!

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Electrical-Pie-8192@reddit

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. My best friend growing up had that one. I don't think I ever learned to transform it properly

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Yeah, Transformers were my jam when I was young

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TheTipsyWizard@reddit

Right on!!!

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Thank you!

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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

Okay, that is cool as fuck.

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Thank you

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False_Grape1326@reddit

Autobots! roll out!

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dreadpiratemyk@reddit (OP)

That is sick as hell

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Thanks OP!

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Aught_To@reddit

SICK, love it.

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PrarieDogma@reddit

Thank you so much!

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Usual-Big3753@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3j075g9y84ng1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f883a9cacdb1856038ed665bf39525175dfe6946 I had this in my head for years, I never thought I’d get a woman’s name on me but I love my wife and she has earned some ink in my skin.

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is_that_optional@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/c62av0vi84ng1.jpeg?width=1180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=172bb661be790d11544a1dd8a9f48dd2bc3c72ae Also got the playstation and xbox buttons on my knuckles because who the fuck cares.

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IndependentLove2292@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/s349r16e74ng1.jpeg?width=1701&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d15cd9f56332bba5059bc9f9adb22a0267c89acd This one is still a work in progress. It's been a out a month. Certainly, Xennials should recognize it.

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PlaneAd8667@reddit

Got one at 21, got these at 44. Getting another in 2 weeks. https://preview.redd.it/rogxdgsh74ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca17a62eb81f06f93341b40307d80ac9c0185c4a

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PlaneAd8667@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/fddhf1ti74ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f38f5e1c94321791238094fe3f62434f2b2b4486

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Dusty_Harvest@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/p3am6hjx33ng1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31d78b155ef51cd6b0044e552ff8d3a5f2fcf91e my favourite shoes

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

Cute idea

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genesimmonstongue415@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/t7jbmu3j34ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fed7a640e4e70b88dfb20de46d98383ad1a58f9 100% don't care about pain stainz anymore. Last 1 was 2019 or '18. Until this lil 1. When in Rome (well... Tokyo) in 2025.

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Ippus_21@reddit

I've considered a few over the years, but I still haven't landed on something I'd be cool with getting more or less permanently attached to me. Maybe something like a lascaux-esque horse across my back, or the [Uffington chalk horse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_White_Horse). Or maybe just a set of wolf tracks on my calf. I've always been a big distance/trail runner. https://preview.redd.it/izyor9yb34ng1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9da03b7b9a8bf1db9268cab02fb0bac2d3229f5

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rels83@reddit

It was illegal to get one in Massachusetts until like 2001. You had to go to New Hampshire

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Oc-ta-co-pus@reddit

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hatfarm@reddit

My grandfather stopped watching basketball because he didn’t like that they made him look at tattoos…

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P-a-n-a-m-a-m-a@reddit

No tattoos since the oh-so-trendy Kanji I got during my “I’m 18 crisis”.

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KudosOfTheFroond@reddit

If I ever get my first Tattoo, it’ll probably be a small “;” somewhere on my wrist or hand

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Sorry_Challenge_4179@reddit

I need cover ups now in my 40's for ones I'm embarrassed of

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oldmamallama@reddit

Nah, we’ve all got at least one questionable one. It’s just part of the journey.

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Sorry_Challenge_4179@reddit

Maybe, but I'm still going to cover

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oldmamallama@reddit

Fair enough. I had the 90s tribal tramp stamp covered up, so I get that.

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P-a-n-a-m-a-m-a@reddit

Not a midlife crisis thing but I re-pierced recently and felt like I got 10 years of my life back! I get this.

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Serrajuana@reddit

Hoping to get one that combines The Downward Spiral from NIN and "Spiral out" from Lateralus by TOOL. Getting dizzy just thinking about it.

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5szls9edx3ng1.jpeg?width=2940&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e18a6e213ab9b1b1f438799b1e57c864940b844b Still working on it, but this arm was empty until about four years ago.

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/537yp5sjx3ng1.jpeg?width=3122&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ad5a70d3f547b364be451338aa72de3abbe5038

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/byq2l5zhx3ng1.jpeg?width=2763&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99458174138202e261ed901cab93e4486d0b46a4

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DotNervous7513@reddit

My midlife crisis tattoos are that I can’t afford to get anymore tattoos right now.

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blixxic@reddit

I've never gotten one because any time I have that much money to throw away, I'd much rather take a vacation.

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MiniRems@reddit

Same, but my niece is apprenticing as a tattoo artist and has just started working on live people, so I might be able to get something now without losing a day or two of vacation 😄

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DotNervous7513@reddit

But the last one I got was at 42 and it is “semper fortis” on one of my forearms.

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

The bat is by an artist in Sherman, TX. the others are by artists in Dallas TX at Eden Body Art Studios.

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qisfortaco@reddit

My bird. I love it.

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Pheeline@reddit

My first tattoo was an 18th birthday present from my mom :) I have a couple more, and I'd like to get one in honor of my kid (a cat, or a velociraptor).

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SheWasAlwaysJody@reddit

I got mine at 38, as a canvas on Ink Master.

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International_Bit478@reddit

Got my first last year at 47. I’m now up to three and plan to get several more.

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cheddercaves@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/xexb3iazv3ng1.png?width=639&format=png&auto=webp&s=483a20d446440947de2da94ec178bbe1798536af

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Moofabulousss@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/f81b2phpu3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d37f197f093f3886504116dd85d3bf710a92f1d All of my tattoos are from age 40+ but these are my favorites.

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Moofabulousss@reddit

My second favorite: https://preview.redd.it/efcc87lev3ng1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6510502aa2c5c4c7b22f894b772d3d9eb698c7fe

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thedudeintx82@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/82e14mcct3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82d9392fa4b860f68ae9a946e48c41abdf493bdf I’m a big Star Wars fan.

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JudgeJuryEx78@reddit

My midlife crisis goal is to get one of mine removed.

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mom_bombadill@reddit

I want to get a Wild Robot tattoo because reading it with my little son is such a special memory, plus the entire theme of motherhood in the books. https://preview.redd.it/syjs09w3s3ng1.jpeg?width=1399&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc3ddaadb6d0825e5cbb84d704f429ccd2ba3aac I have zero tattoos yet though, I’m chicken 😆

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PersonalityAlive6475@reddit

No tattoos after finding my skin hates them in my mid-30s. But I have had a dozen piercings done, with 6 remaining. NSFW, so no pics in this sub.

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hozezero@reddit

Oh I got a bunch. Next one is in April

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/loesgqvpb3ng1.jpeg?width=947&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b2432a9937680be4c35395b2f2fd2410fbfa5ae

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Flashy-Share8186@reddit

gorgeous color on all these!

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Morriganx3@reddit

Wow, you have an incredibly talented artist! I love how cohesive the style is, too

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/a92y71yyc3ng1.jpeg?width=737&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d76dcd3b0910eabd3e1694e308edcf550a9b7fb0

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/2qcpxw0yc3ng1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=981918b50486054be6cfc62dc8fa7e7e3b7ba860

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/8rmq4s0xc3ng1.jpeg?width=796&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=143350ea3248bdf49b10206ede8b20129e4a516a

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hiuqrfaxb3ng1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b50b30534dcbe45adcbef0dc3b50c22dcaf24243

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/a69pkgdwb3ng1.jpeg?width=909&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8778287d5e5ebecf3c420758414c7f3fc82c089

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/cqxvsv9vb3ng1.jpeg?width=974&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=934b3a719e6a018fd7bc6752db9d5800c9eabbc6

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/a9f87zhub3ng1.jpeg?width=930&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95e87e72a5d4ec1a315acef64634854e0bf363da

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/vnq82fotb3ng1.jpeg?width=920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30f1225f20fe9019a579169508a070100b7138dc

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/mazytkusb3ng1.jpeg?width=953&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8283a87dc28754a19c4101bf172fe1bf08b7dd8f

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/aceo4wxrb3ng1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aaaa37f01c52d9f07ba538fa49e0c0fa76fd98f1

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/tg6tfhwqb3ng1.jpeg?width=926&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5437fdec052e3c5ac18266924b581b24bacba99a

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/9i8fq7tob3ng1.jpeg?width=408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61ab78f831c9d441ecd423588d027667247d3836

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/do28nblnb3ng1.jpeg?width=907&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8af2d5f65e2311aaf48d68dd7e9cbcfcd24b3d4

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/6dpcdximb3ng1.jpeg?width=669&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d67ccbfe85768af794056ab8d70c06aec98e5c48

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hozezero@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/15alht5lb3ng1.jpeg?width=779&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f17c9440b7ddde4ff1bc48ccd70c9b181e2a6dbf

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Flimsy_Goat_8199@reddit

I didn’t even get my first tattoo until my 40s. I now have 9 and counting

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shaunaSQUARED@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/guw8ri2mo3ng1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4db313bdf2c5aa4fad8fefe5a2bc4e9c3406bc55

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Sensitive-Candle3426@reddit

Not having tattoos is the new having tattoos.

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Oaken_beard@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/2kln28t6n3ng1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9066d359363d898a616e7639512ed8d617af511 It’s always in my peripheral to make every minute count.

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Hot_Frosty0807@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/i77yagm573ng1.jpeg?width=951&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=193ebacb1602c4d8670245ce1c652e27dc0f98fb Daddy/daughter tattoo. We went together for her 20th birthday.

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Bleacherblonde@reddit

Ok- that's freaking awesome. Such a good movie. I cried at the second one. My daughter and I got matching tattoos for her 19th birthday. Ours are a thunderbird black and turquoise and mine says "no matter where" and hers says "no matter what". We left it open for my mom to get a matching one that says "no matter when" but she hasn't pulled the trigger yet.

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Zealousideal-Fly9531@reddit

I was thinking of doing an aphex Twin logo lol

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WrenWinterWrites@reddit

I got all four of my tattoos after I turned 40 three years ago! Here are two…Jareth owl from Labyrinth, and my first one, a Triforce after my son was born. He was playing Zelda when I found out I was pregnant, so I designed this with each of our family members’ birth stones and ocean waves since our kid’s middle name is Ocean. This is my favorite midlife crisis hobby. https://preview.redd.it/hvgviab6l3ng1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76274ad46ae99adbc3531aefca862452c55c7555

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/1azouwxzk3ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=461e06477c288bd03cecabd2f2b15c9ae47895b2 Ludo, friend.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

In honor of Ozzy https://preview.redd.it/bfjf3f0223ng1.jpeg?width=3392&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82f782187b5c9012bd1dc7d22a89efb7daf8a2d2

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/oa7v9b0qk3ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f77b61da2dc9e1bbce97ba6665bcf25028c54154 Same!

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MsCatMeow@reddit

Love this!

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lilecca@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/3x278ot2j3ng1.jpeg?width=414&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f351661001f887f5e67c76bdc275bedf8a51a543 My bestie and I got matching tattoos last summer. Theirs is a bit different, different scarecrow and their junimo is green instead of pink.

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NorthernLolal@reddit

I could heal up a tattoo just fine in my 20s and 30s but girl, at 41 I think I would just about die trying to heal up fresh ink!

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platypus_farmer42@reddit

I want one but I don’t know what I would get. I have one already on my shoulder blade but I usually forget I have it, I don’t regret it but I have no strong feelings about it either

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larryb78@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/opn093jth3ng1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3e20264eeeebebf56fed4cf03f74b6574ec1eef Blurred out their names & birthdays because Reddit…wanted something as a tribute to my boys so as soon as I knew we were done having kids I got to work on the idea. I have others from years past that are more coverable, but now that I’m tenured and don’t need to give a shit what people at work think I was content to do the forearm thing.

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underscorea@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/g138h1inh3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6d7f668dc8f9304d8dffbb4d9c2800499d8bfb9 My first tattoo was at 43! No regrets!

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vulchiegoodness@reddit

That's be about half of mine. They are large. I've got full sleeves, chest, sternum, stomach to navel, shoulders, part of my neck and back, comes to a point over my lower back one. And then I've got like 6 on my legs.

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edasto42@reddit

There’s too many for me to show. But basically after 40 I decided to go for sleeves and a large chest piece. Part of the reason was it was an investment into my stage look on top of wanting them.

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Really-ok@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/5idrb13wg3ng1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbc647c7da7609ab5a08ba985054c58b592ddbe0

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alfguys@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ykfajy3cb3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2f72e5867190fd31ec40261de984170625eae5b Got this one 2 years ago at 41. Wife got an infinity related tattoo as well. Wasn’t planning on another but inspiration hit and got #2 last year (pic below).

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alfguys@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/gycdff2nb3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ed3c6168be3b63af2993d705fcdf361c657be52

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Morriganx3@reddit

I love both of these!

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el_barto10@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/d7sp29n1f3ng1.png?width=923&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd0056c1f956cc620bd1eed5137bca762858e4fb Here are 3 of 5 my post 40 tattoos.

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khatpewp@reddit

My best friend was killed last year. https://preview.redd.it/02994ceof3ng1.jpeg?width=2992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=143fbe8d7360a017787ea51f22bb3041d60cbf8a

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

A few weeks ago, I had a hardcore Catholic lady at the gym explain to me how tattoos and yoga create portals that allow demons to enter your body. This was conveyed to her by the exorcists she follows on insta. Needless to say, I will not be getting a tattoo.

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goater10@reddit

I feel kinda left out since Im still ink free. I know that if I do get one ill get sick of it and eventually get it lazered. Its cool though if you want to get them though.

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IrememberXenogears@reddit

I'm not going to show mine because it's boot as fuck and I'm embarrassed.

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Boose81@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/1mxd4zane3ng1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=779c3ea812a059a13dd05d6b8e77588b7972a704 Wanted it for decades, finally got it when I was 42, in 2024.

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prstele01@reddit

When I was 16, one of my buddies got the barbed wire tattoo around the arm just like Pamala. With his mom’s permission. Years later, I think he covered it with Star Trek. He’s a redditor here so…

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TheTipsyWizard@reddit

Love the tattoo, especially the art style OP!

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little_bird_vagabond@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/v54oiil5d3ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5df1b11fcf8620b9babd7aacc85ceb94fe87c893 The older I get the more ink I get

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chewiesfavorite@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/psv037w2c3ng1.jpeg?width=2867&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb43af285c85905888d3ea7d6cfd502801989429 Got this one last year at 45 with part of my work bonus. I have other tattoos on my back and one on my foot, but this is the first one that is visible in “work clothes”. I decided I was old enough and established enough that I’d didn’t care what people thought about having a visible tattoo at work.

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Bird_Herder@reddit

Drool from The Real Ghostbusters. A definite Xennial tattoo. https://preview.redd.it/r9awaxj2c3ng1.jpeg?width=3304&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d90d20109981183d90bc90eb36db47d0f9de7a4

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analogthought@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/8v4ociowb3ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a202007fd1c08364d90a04d31df16ccdeeaaa834 my last was at 39 but I’ve definitely had the urge as of late so it probably won’t be long now before another is added into the fray.

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StephInTheLaw@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/uw5pex8xa3ng1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=853527b09845fde7387d5f3d24bbdaea7f6aefc8 My sad little rain cloud on the back of my leg that doesn’t work because of a blown disc. I got it at a flash sale right after I lost feeling in that leg again a few years ago. (It’s back now because the human body is a strange place.)

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UnluckyCardiologist9@reddit

I want to get one of Dory. Just keep swimming. Yeah i’m lame. Lol.

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Fit_Illustrator8666@reddit

I have a few

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islipped83@reddit

Not finding the pics, but post-40, I've gotten three tattoos — golden ratio, pickle jar, and my kid's self-portrait from when he was 3. My first tattoo was done at 26, and I was SO SCARED to tell my parents I got it, despite being a married adult with a job. I was raised to think that tattoos = druggies, but moving to SoCal definitely squashed that. Then I hit 40, and eff it, gimme visible ink.

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ryguymcsly@reddit

I need to get my sleeve done. I’ve been getting ink stabs since 25 though so it’s nothing new for me.

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L31121@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/xnrnf6jc83ng1.jpeg?width=944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=250fc6830ba996e1327675ecd2865f973f360d51 Got the sand dollar at 41 in memory of my mom and the bear at 43 in honor of my best friend. Just recently got a 45 adapter tattoo (shortly before turning 46 haha). These probably qualify as “midlife crisis” tattoos

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sum-9@reddit

I got one recently and was amazed how little it hurt. Hadn’t had one in 25 years, the technology has gotten so much better!

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BrontosaurusB@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/c3ncv2kr33ng1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a25f16f620a8fd87c29d7a0e070826f300671b38

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Deletedmyotheracct@reddit

Is it a midlife crisis if I've been getting them consistently since I was 17 and am heavily covered?

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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

I haven’t been inked since I was 30 and I’m almost 50. I badly need a coverup on my left leg (a friend who first saw it when I was 25 said “Someday, you’re gonna have a kid and they’re gonna ask you ‘Daddy, why do you have a naked woman holding a sword on the back of your leg’. “ I’ll be a son of a bitch if that exact thing didn’t happen 15 years later, with my then 11-year old. It sounded stupid when I tried explaining that it was the queen of the Fey guarding Excalibur.) it was drawn with a shading needle by someone who had no business giving people tattoos, even for free.

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Emergency_Process622@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/z3w02yvc33ng1.jpeg?width=2208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96537f1b95909b4ede2c2043a04386dcbd665de0 First tattoo like a month after turning 40. Have since gotten a bunch more mostly sea creatures

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thechristoph@reddit

I’ve wanted I get He-Man’s H symbol (from the battle armor toy) somewhere for the longest time. But I don’t have “show off my tattoo” arms. You’d think that would be motivation!

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probablyatargaryen@reddit

Get a tattoo on your arm. Bam—it’s a show off your tattoo arm. Or an admire for yourself in the mirror arm. Either way, your arms are fine

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TiEmEnTi@reddit

No free advertising for corporate logos/characters in sight. Good job y'all

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Kentucky_Fence_Post@reddit

Had this done just before my 40th birthday. Designed by me. https://preview.redd.it/dhwhflho03ng1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73e26f6ccf46a4e2c5f268f6c2e09a27a4e5c88e

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thetrappster@reddit

No tattoos here, just scars from injury relates surgery.

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Philhughes_85@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/t96i9ag1u2ng1.jpeg?width=2246&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=010bf8481e417a610c7b31ce8a39fc547d811959 Got this for my 40th

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