I beg to differ. I love an inked woman :love:
The perfect woman - Kat Von D
Don't get them just because you're hitting 18. The best advice I've heard has been "Settle on an idea, if you still like it in 6 months to a year - get it. Chances are most of the time you wont. It'll take a few ideas to find one you want to become permanent." I don't have any myself yet but I have been planning what to get for years. I will eventually have two full sleeves, a back-piece & a chest-piece.
I'll be getting a small one or two to test the waters and find out how much of a bleeder I am etc and then I'll be going for this in a few sittings:
Japanese style koi sleeve
Do I treat tattoo'd people differently? Yes - in a good way. I love ink and I love people with ink. They're normally my kind of people. Alternative, interesting, etc.
Tattoo'd people only have bad connotations because tattoos all used to be shitty, fading, un-skilled pieces of drunken madness that your best friend's mum's boyfriend did for a tenner. Nowadays tattoos are popular, they look good and the tattoo equipment has greatly improved over the years. I hate people saying "you'll regret that when you're older", yeah, and you'll regret being a boring old bastard when you're older -.- Don't get me wrong, I can't stand tramp stamps and badly done shit. Just like badly done hair or badly done food. But they look awesome when well done and when you pay the money for it. Why not be unique and mark the good times and memories on your skin forever? I wont regret getting any, even when I'm old, they'll look just as good because tattoos are able to last that long when properly taken care of these days.