Body art ! (Possibly TMI !!)

lol well i only have my 2 tattoos now(the one on my hip has since streeeeeeeettttcchhhhhhheeeeedddddddd)and i have one on my lower back but dont have any pics of it

I have a rather large tat on my back. Its the sign for pisces with my birth flower wrapping around it thing fish head to tail around that. I still need to get a dragon underneath but dont know if i want him asleep or awake. Also i want my kids to be sitting on his back.

i have a butterfly (meaning of my name) on my stomach and another one on my lower back. will try and get some pics to load.
tattoos are certainly very addictive!! i want one done to symbolise my children but will have to wait til #2 is born

I have a koru on my left arm, and used to have a nipple piercing, until I took it out for Jake. Funnily enough, the hole leaked milk.

I have 1 tattoo at the top of my right arm, it is the chinese symbols for Angel, in blue and purple.

Also 2 earrings in each ear.

i have a moon on my tummy which is now twice its size a divil on my tit (gotthat when i was 18) and a sun symbol of ra the sun god on my sholder use to have abelly ring and a nipple ring and am going to get them done again and 1 hole in each ear!!!!!

Ok. First I don't want to offend you Jax by asking this question - but I'm fascinated, and since you brought it up ....

Looking at the pic of the 'stretch' earring - it looks like one of those barrel type things where if you took it out, you'd have this big hole in your earlobe. Does that make sense? Anyway - what I'm fascinated about is the appeal of it, for you, to get one. I mean, don't you think ... what if I don't want a big dangly earlobe when I'm 50? or, what's this going to look like when I'm 80? Do you ever take it out and think 'ewww'?

(I'd just like to reinforce that this is purely a question from curiosity, and not me being judgemental at ALL ...just in case it sounds like that - I really don't mean to - asking questions is just the best way to get answers!)

I see a lot of them around and it's something that I've always wondered about.

Oh, and you might have guessed I don't have any tattoos. I had my belly button pierced, but had to take it out because of infection problems, and I have 2 holes for normal earring on each ear, but never really wear earrings. The husband has said that he will get our children's birthdays tattooed on probably his shoulder or bicep.

Hi Ginger ! Not offended at all, because I don't wear the type of earring that is hollow through the middle a lot of people don't realise just what sort it is and that it is *actually* that size, and often also ask if I've lost the one on the other side LOL And to be honest, I'm not sure exactly what the 'appeal' was when I first started it, it was only small as that's the way the stretching works - only just went up from 9mm to 10mm the other day, but am considering stopping at this particular size because if it gets any bigger I would have to have it stitched up should I decide to take it out. If I don't end up taking it out (the one in my ear), I have considered starting on the other one so at least they're kind of even I have a huge thing for body art in general, and along with my other piercings and tattoos was something I wanted to try and then got hooked (although I absolutely do realise that it's not everyone's cup of tea!). One of my personal beliefs (or series of, maybe?) is that the body, despite the amazing things it does, is just a shell that I will leave behind when I die - and how it appears to others is not the most important thing, which to me is not just being alive but living. Hope that doesn't sound too airy fairy and makes a little bit of sense !

Oh, and yes, sometimes I take the ear stretcher out and go 'ewwww' but like I mentioned before, it is removable in a sense and would probably completely heal up over time.

And interestingly enough this thread has actually given me some more food for thought on other tattoo designs I might like in future, in particular to do with children - I am quite intrigued / attracted to the idea of having something done to represent my baby once she's born.

I have (so far) three tatts - a nordic compass on the upper centre of my back, a celtic religous symbol on the lower centre, and the pagan on eof the same on one ankle. Would like more, they are sooo addictive, but am a bit undecided yet. Got my belly buttine peirced about 10 years ago, and took it out when I was about 7 months preg as it got uncomfortable. At that stage i didn't realise you could get "maternity" bars. There is still a hole, but I haven't put my bar back in, it makes me feel faint when i try, I hate the sensation.. (might have to get drunk forst!) oh yeah, have 2 holes in each ear, got the 2nd ones done a couple of years ago so i could always wear a set of diamond studs, but they peirced them unevenly, and it looks rude, also,one hole not straight through, but on an angle,so is difficult to put earring in. Have let them close over,a nd wills tart again.

ha ha, the follies of youth.... I CLEARLY remember, at 14 making a bet with my bestest mate that by 21 we would both have the guns and roses symbol tattooed on our boobie or the one who didn't would owe the other $50.
Pah!