'Christian tattoos to start a conversation as the Lord leads.'

[Neighbor]

14 minutes ago, farouk said:

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DW says that  as a bank robber she doesn't want to have tattos that make it easier to identify her.

Seriously, DW has knowledge of the history of tattoos going back in time to cosmetic use around eyes by Egyptians and the marking of ownership over slaves. She does not wish to identify  herself with, nor validate either history as being proper in any sense by adorning herself in inks.

In general she thinks they are an ugliness upon any body.

I guess I have never seen one that was beautiful either. I have seen some real messes though. Gads, so many of them are indeed  ugly botches of overdone inking,  especially so it seems on the women running around today. I tend to wonder were they a practice board for a boyfriend trying to become a tattoo "artist".

Anyway I am too busily having biopsies to ever again seriously entertain having one. 

[farouk]

On 6/15/2023 at 2:38 PM, debrakay said:

when he texted the photo I told him it was beautiful. 

@debrakay Not everyone does understand, but I guess that when he sent you the picture, he knew you would well understand his motive for having it done, right? Not least because you are inked up yourself.

[debrakay]

26 minutes ago, farouk said:

@debrakay Not everyone does understand, but I guess that when he sent you the picture, he knew you would well understand his motive for having it done, right? Not least because you are inked up yourself.

I do have one little flower tattoo on my left shoulder commemorating my very first trip to Hawaii.  That was enough for me.  I do think that in many people who get numerous tattoos it has something to do with adrenaline.  Adrenaline is a self made drug and too much of it can cause addiction especially in younger people.  There are studies about adrenaline addiction and needles with pain would certainly be another avenue to that addiction.  I'm not a medical expert but it makes sense to me.  I don't jump out of airplanes or bridges with a cord around my ankle, or watch horror flicks either.

[farouk]

10 minutes ago, debrakay said:

I do have one little flower tattoo on my left shoulder commemorating my very first trip to Hawaii.  That was enough for me.  I do think that in many people who get numerous tattoos it has something to do with adrenaline.  Adrenaline is a self made drug and too much of it can cause addiction especially in younger people.  There are studies about adrenaline addiction and needles with pain would certainly be another avenue to that addiction.  I'm not a medical expert but it makes sense to me.  I don't jump out of airplanes or bridges with a cord around my ankle, or watch horror flicks either.

@debrakay

Your post is a helpful contribution from someone experienced.

I see what you say; and yes I can understand that for you the experience at a tattoo parlor would not have been driven by a rush of adrenaline or anything like like that (as maybe might happen with some young ppl; IDK).

Instead, it would likely have been something controlled and calmly undertaken, right? that was done to you as a more mature adult Christian woman: the ink up as a definite act of will, decisively planned not just hormonally driven.

(Which if done at all, is as it should be.)

The bereaved have many memories; and separately tattoos bring memories also; but I reckon that for you the memory of the ink up encounter is as something that you decided; a definite reflective act of will in the past.

[farouk]

@Anne2 ; @debrakay I think it can be helpful for ppl to understand that for some ppl it's a definite, deliberate choice and decision; reflecting a real act of measured will; and that the most conservative of ppl may experience this desire.

(I think this quote is expressive and helpful.)

FYI:

juliannenw said:

I am a nurse in a cardiac ICU. I am also pretty heavily tattooed. I am a well educated, well rounded nurse, and was raised with strong morals and manners. .. I am an extremely traditional person. .. a professional persona as well as a unique one while I'm not working allnurses dot com

[farouk]

2 hours ago, Neighbor said:

DW has knowledge of the history of tattoos going back in time to cosmetic use around eyes by Egyptians

@Neighbor It's still done as permanent eyeliner.

(Also as permanent lipliner.)

(cc. @debrakay )

[debrakay]

4 minutes ago, farouk said:

@Neighbor It's still done as permanent eyeliner.

(Also as permanent lipliner.)

(cc. @debrakay )

Being a true Caucasian blonde I honestly have thought about eyebrows and lipliner but would have to travel a few hours to find an artist that could do this.  The older I get the harder it gets to draw in and stay in the lines.

[farouk]

5 minutes ago, debrakay said:

Being a true Caucasian blonde I honestly have thought about eyebrows and lipliner but would have to travel a few hours to find an artist that could do this.  The older I get the harder it gets to draw in and stay in the lines.

@debrakay My wife does not feel dressed if she goes out without putting on her face. A personal habit of decades that seems to affect quite profoundly how she feels.

(Maybe my wife and I should have stock in the content of facial coloring bottles that she uses.)

But anyway I have not heard her considering any facial tattooing. And I don't really want to urge her to do it, either, because it would first definitely need to be something that she herself really wanted to do.

But maybe if it's something you would consider taking the initiative to do, then perhaps if you are due to go visit family away from where you live you could beforehand find out if there were in fact a place near there that did facial tattooing and get an appointment in advance.

For my wife putting on her face is probably very much about how she feels about herself as a woman; as a married woman part of being a complement and completion to a Christian couple, I suppose. For a widow, I guess maybe an expression of dignified memories of a stable life lived.

So I can guess what you mean about the effort and priority and desire to draw in the lines really accurately.

[farouk]

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[Anne2]

1 hour ago, debrakay said:

Being a true Caucasian blonde I honestly have thought about eyebrows and lipliner but would have to travel a few hours to find an artist that could do this.  The older I get the harder it gets to draw in and stay in the lines.

So true. My sister had it done, but some faded real quick. she was supposed to get it refreshed but did not. I have not had it done, but have considered it getting older too.