| Are you looking to get a tattoo and having | | | | tattoos. If it's your boyfriend, girlfriend, even just |
| trouble deciding? Here are some pointers for | | | | a friend or relative, think twice before getting a |
| choosing a tattoo: | | | | name inked on. People change and situations |
| 1. Avoid trends. What's popular today could be | | | | change, despite how much we convince ourselves |
| mocked tomorrow. Case in point are low back | | | | otherwise. The exceptions to names are |
| tattoos that thousands of women got because it | | | | remembering a loved one, or even a pets name. |
| was trendy to do so at the time. Today they are | | | | Pet names are usually not regretful ink. |
| being mocked as "tramp stamps". For guys it was | | | | 3. Personality and Positive. You can't go wrong |
| the infamous "chain link around the bicep". This | | | | with choosing a design which is part of your |
| was cool in the 90's, yet is considered cheesy | | | | personality (or a quality which you want to |
| today. In a few more years the trendy "tribal | | | | improve on), and one that is positive. There is a |
| tattoo designs" will be heavily mocked since tribal | | | | lot of negative ink out there and many times |
| has been so trendy in the last several years. Go | | | | people end up regretting them heavily. The angst |
| with something that you want personally. | | | | and rage you felt in your early 20's will likely |
| Something that speaks to you, not something | | | | lessen or won't be the same as what you feel |
| that is supposedly "cool" in the moment. | | | | 10-20 years down the line. You can convince |
| 2. Avoid names (with exceptions). Name tattoos | | | | yourself otherwise but even the hardest core |
| are one of the most highly regretful ink to get. | | | | rebels have steered in different directions they |
| Cover up jobs usually involve covering up name | | | | could not have predicted in their earlier years. |