I went to a tattoo parlour

@JudyEv (326083)
Rockingham, Australia
November 10, 2021 3:33am CST
I don’t understand the modern love affair with tattoos but if others want to have them, that’s okay. I’ve never been inside a tattoo parlour but our old home town now has one and the friend we stayed with asked if I wanted to see inside. I was a bit surprised that she’d ask or want to go but I was even more surprised when I stepped inside the shop. It was very luxurious in a dark kind of way and I loved the cubist-type dog. The actual tattooing took place behind a screen. It seems they are used to curious people popping in to take a look and they didn’t mind me taking photos. So is this similar to most tattoo parlours? Usually, you can’t see into the windows so I’m wondering what others know about them. And it's five days since I posted. That must be a record for me. But I am negative for COVID and the antibiotics are at last starting to kick in.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
10 Nov 21
I'm so glad to see you! I was really getting worried since the last you told us you weren't feeling well... I'm glad the antibiotics are helping and you weren't positive for Covid. I don't have any tattoos but I've been in tattoo parlors here. Most aren't that fancy here. The waiting areas are more plain, like a doctor's waiting room... I was able to go in with a friend when he was getting tattooed. The artist was very nice and talked with my friend and I while he worked. It was very interesting. That was the same place and the same artist who did one of my piercings and pierced Pretty's belly button when she was 15. I got her the piercing for her birthday. Don't ask about my piercing unless you really, really want to know because I'll tell you. Some parlors here allow anyone to watch, as long as the patient doesn't mind someone watching. Others are behind screens or in a different room.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv You're welcome... I don't have any tattoos. I just can't see myself with one... *shrug* I think some of them look good on other people but I just don't want one. Depending on where the person is getting the tattoo, my friends said they can really hurt. I didn't want to watch that. I'm not into watching someone being tortured.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
It's been a long time since I felt so ill but I'm on the mend now, thanks. The tattoo chair was just behind a bit of a screen but I didn't particularly want to watch even if it had been okay. And I'll pass on knowing where your tattoo is, thanks. I'll just use my imagination.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil They say it hurts if it's near the bone. I'm not really into pain.
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@LadyDuck (458648)
• Switzerland
10 Nov 21
This looks pretty. I have no idea how the tattoo parlours look, I do not like tattoos and I never visited one.
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@LadyDuck (458648)
• Switzerland
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv I cannot understand the love for tattoos. Even if I do not like, I can understand a small one that looks like a decoration. I am horrified by those bodies covered with tattoos.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
@LadyDuck Some have bald heads and have their skulls tattooed. I think they look hideous.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I never had any intention of visiting one either but my friend talked me into it.
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@Shavkat (137221)
• Philippines
10 Nov 21
I am glad that you are doing well and the medication is effective now
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@Shavkat (137221)
• Philippines
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv How was the follow-up checkup?
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
Yes, the antibiotics are really helping. I see the doctor again today.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
@Shavkat Hahaha - I am SOOOO embarrassed. The appointment is tomorrow!
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@Juliaacv (48476)
• Canada
10 Nov 21
I have never been into a tattoo parlour either. This is decorated very nicely, love that dog. I have no desire to get a tattoo, I have enough scars on my body from surgeries over the course of my lifetime, that's enough to identify me.
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@Juliaacv (48476)
• Canada
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv Every generation has their own thing, I think that mine was getting the second piercing in an ear. I love that dog.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I can't see what the attraction is. The dog is great, isn't it? And it was quite large.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
@Juliaacv I still have to take a photo of my cubist cat. I'll try to do that today.
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@Fleura (29175)
• United Kingdom
10 Nov 21
I've never been to one either. I assumed that would be like going to a beauty parlour or hairdressers when you didn't need their services - I wouldn't consider going in one of those either if I wasn't considering using them. The ones I've seen around here usually have lots of designs stuck up all over the windows, and I've never really stopped to peer past those and see what was inside.
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@Fleura (29175)
• United Kingdom
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv So why did your friend want to go there? Was she just curious and took you along for moral support? Or is she a regular? Or a friend of the owners?
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
@Fleura It's new to the town and I think she just thought I'd like to see it. It was just totally different to what I expected.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
Yes, that's quite right. I was really surprised when my friend wanted to take me there. I wasn't sure we'd be welcome but they were quite okay with it. Certainly different to what I expected.
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@Ronrybs (17840)
• London, England
10 Nov 21
I have never been in a tattoo shop. I did, briefly, think about having one, but decided against it
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I know it's really stupid but I'm always a tiny bit disappointed when I see someone with a tattoo. I guess it's the age. When I was young, only soldiers and sailors had tattoos. But now even quite young people through to grandmothers might have them virtually covering their arms and some, usually men, up into their hairline, even on their scalps. I just can't imagine why they think it's nice.
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@Ronrybs (17840)
• London, England
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv I'm not sure about tattoos. They are so hard to get rid of. The one I was thinking of was discrete and hidden. Sort of glad I didn't do it
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@1creekgirl (40576)
• United States
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv I agree. It's a fad, but eventually a lot of people will regret them.
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@rebelann (111235)
• El Paso, Texas
7 Dec 21
I have never been near one, not sure if the ones in El Paso would be as luxurious though.
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@rebelann (111235)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Dec 21
I wonder if tattoo parlors are made to look sleazy in movies and never actually look like that.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec 21
@rebelann Most you can't see into so I would never be brave enough to poke my head in but this one has windows open to the street
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Dec 21
It was very fancy and not nearly as sleazy as I expected.
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@RebeccasFarm (86787)
• United States
10 Nov 21
A cool parlor for sure Judy to be sure. Nor me the obsession with multiple tattoos not for me. So glad you are negative
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• United States
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv Right Judy so glad to hear this..I didnt realize you were so sick
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I go to the doctor again today but I'm very much on the mend, thanks goodness.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
@RebeccasFarm I had six days and barely got out of bed. But I'm much better now.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Nov 21
One never been in one even though I want to get a small one some day
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv a flower probably like a violet or a Cala lily.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
@BelleStarr That sounds nice.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
Have you decided on a design?
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@LeaPea2417 (36482)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Nov 21
Interesting, I would not know because I have never had a tattoo, I never felt the urge to go into one to look around.
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@LeaPea2417 (36482)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv I agree. They are awful. I think people who get them all over their bodies ruin their look. You know the soccer star, David Beckham? He has a handsome face but he ruined his good looks by getting tattoos all over both his arms.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Nov 21
@LeaPea2417 Many of the top sportsmen have lots of tattoos. It cheapens them in my opinion.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I only went because I didn't like to disappoint my friend. I think tatts are awful.
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@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Nov 21
I’ve never been in a tattoo parlor. Some people love to be tattooed but I don’t understand why.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
I don't understand it either. Most are hideous.
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@RubyHawk (99423)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv They certainly aren’t pretty.
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@nela13 (55728)
• Portugal
10 Nov 21
I love the dog too. I have never been inside of a tattoo parlour.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I can now brag that I have!
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@nela13 (55728)
• Portugal
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv yes you can
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@iKONICNoona (3994)
• Philippines
11 Nov 21
Thats good news maam keep sae all the time and always take vitamins to boost your immune system. Its always interesting to be in a different place and to see whats inside
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
Taking vitamins would probably be a good idea. Thanks for mentioning it.
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• Philippines
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv Always welcome .
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
11 Nov 21
Wow it's not like a tattoo parlor in general, it's very luxurious like a hotel or apartment at once. Here the tattoo parlor is very simple and looks boring.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
It was much more luxurious than I expected.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv Yeah looks luxurious and neatly arranged so when we enter it will be amazed and feel comfortable in it.
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• Eugene, Oregon
10 Nov 21
I have never been inside one either. The ones around here don't look that good outside. So glad you are testing negative! Are cases still climbing there?
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• Eugene, Oregon
11 Nov 21
@JudyEv That sounds like the US. Every state seems to have the reluctant ones.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
I've always thought they looked very sleazy and had no desire to go inside but I didn't like to disappoint my friend. We have no cases in WA but we've locked out people from the eastern states. They have a lot of cases over there at the moment. We've managed to isolate all our cases before the virus got a chance to spread. But 'our' people are now a bit complacent and a bit slow to turn up for vaccinations.
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@Dena91 (15907)
• United States
11 Nov 21
Thankful you are negative for covid. I haven't ever been on a tattoo parlor before. Nice pictures.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Nov 21
I didn't see how I could possibly have it but it's nice to know for sure.
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@MissNikki (5237)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
2 Dec 21
That is a pretty fancy tattoo parlor compared to the ones I have been to!! LoL.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 21
I was really impressed with the entrance parlour. Very upmarket!
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Nov 21
Have never been inside one.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
It wasn't on my bucket list! lol
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Nov 21
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
10 Nov 21
I honestly have only been in parlors in Copenhagen and Amsterdam, and that was a curiosity (see what they look like) they (the ones I went in) were very different than the one you've shown. Hopefully you are feeling better!
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 21
Thanks. I'm just starting to come good and have stopped feeling so nauseous. Back to the doctor tomorrow. At least I've lost weight but it's not the easiest diet I've ever been on.
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
10 Nov 21
@JudyEv good to lost weight, bad how it happened. glad you are on the mend!
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11 Nov 21
At my age, I sometimes wonder what if I will have my skin tattoed, maybe my colleagues and friends will just say or ask me, what happened to me. Maybe they will ask me, why only now. Anyhow, nowadays, tattoo are one way of expressing your body art.
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@JudyEv (326083)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Nov 21
Some people like to have tattoos but they're not for me. I don't like them at all.