Tatoo wedding bands

Dolphingirly05

I've seen more and more people lately that don't have actual wedding bands, but rather a tatoo of a wedding band on their ring finger.  What's your opinion of this? 

Dolphingirly05

I personally don't like the idea.  Maybe I'm just old school about placing the rings on eachother fingers at the ceremony.  With the divorce rate so high, its the same as tatooing a boyfriend/girlfriends name on your body to me.  You can't get rid of it if you ever need to.

[Deleted User]

I don't like this idea at all for the reasons in the pp.

maria.pedroza

Well, the poll is clever.  You don't have to worry about losing it or loosing it...

jeanna85

it's NMS, but I do know that my FI won't be able to wear his ring all the time because of the metal (he's a mechanical engineer working with battery circuits, etc and wears grounding material to not get electrocuted). He isnt interested in the tatoo thing, but he said a few of his coworkers have gotten it done because they cant wear their ring at work.

megk8oz

I don't like them.  I like sparkly things and tats do not sparkle. Also, because the only people I know who got ring tats hired a very lousy artist to do them ... and theirs look awful.

lola1988

I've actually been toying with the idea. My fiance and I have both love tattooes and have a couple. We have one tattoo artist we go to and refuse to go anywhere else, but we are a little worried about how other people will take it. We don't want to offend anyone, but after all it's our opinions that really matter. I work at a convenience store so I continously knock my pretty ring on the counter or cash register and because of that I can't wear it at work. I suppose for now it's up in the air for us.

Dolphingirly05

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_tatoo-wedding-bands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:36Discussion:94c7a062-3c3a-4232-8bdf-131892ab48f7Post:26cff4f8-65c0-4938-af2d-47d32e944569">Re: Tatoo wedding bands</a>:
[QUOTE]I think it's a great idea!  I couldn't do it myself because I couldn't handle the pain of getting a tattoo, but for someone who's up for it, why not? I like the idea much more than I like people who type on message boards in garish colors and don't use spell check.
Posted by aerinpegadrak[/QUOTE]

<strong><em><font color="#ff00ff">I'm sorry that I'm not perfect like you are!  How dare I actually be human, and not  Goddess like you.  I am SOOO sorry, your majasty!  I usually do use spell check, but I accidentally clicked the button to post the poll instead of going back and spell checking it.  As for the color, who cares?!?!  I like it, because you can look at the color and tell who is typing it.  It you don't like it, then DON'T USE IT!  Wow, what a concept!  You don't have to be so rude!  It's people like you who make others want to kill themselves!</font></em></strong>

megk8oz

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_tatoo-wedding-bands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:36Discussion:94c7a062-3c3a-4232-8bdf-131892ab48f7Post:0ac3159c-ad90-4f3f-b7a9-14db1e767bb5">Re: Tatoo wedding bands</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tatoo wedding bands : I'm sorry that I'm not perfect like you are!  How dare I actually be human, and not  Goddess like you.  I am SOOO sorry, your majasty!  I usually do use spell check, but I accidentally clicked the button to post the poll instead of going back and spell checking it.  As for the color, who cares?!?!  I like it, because you can look at the color and tell who is typing it.  It you don't like it, then DON'T USE IT!  Wow, what a concept!  You don't have to be so rude!  It's people like you who make others want to kill themselves!
Posted by Dolphingirly05[/QUOTE]

Wow. You know, Aerin only said something because if you did this on another board that had regs on it like E or SB, they'd just completely rip you a new one for it and wanted to prevent that from happening to you in the future. Considering how well you handled her civilly telling you, I really can't imagine you're going to take it much better when some of those other girls jump on you. Have fun, but I really don't see you lasting much longer with this attitude or choice of font.

aerinpegadrak

If finding out that someone doesn't like your choice of font and colors makes you want to kill yourself, you need to step away from the internet ASAP.

bethsmiles

I think its a great idea for someone whose work would prevent them from being able to wear a ring. And just because divorce rates are high doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. I think if getting a tatoo is a bad idea because of divorce rates spending so much $$ on anything else wedding related is just as bad of an idea.

Anyways if it suits your personality/lifestyle I don't see any reason to judge another person's personal decision.

jennylove810

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_tatoo-wedding-bands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:36Discussion:94c7a062-3c3a-4232-8bdf-131892ab48f7Post:0ac3159c-ad90-4f3f-b7a9-14db1e767bb5">Re: Tatoo wedding bands</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tatoo wedding bands : I'm sorry that I'm not perfect like you are!  How dare I actually be human, and not  Goddess like you.  I am SOOO sorry, your majasty!  I usually do use spell check, but I accidentally clicked the button to post the poll instead of going back and spell checking it.  As for the color, who cares?!?!  I like it, because you can look at the color and tell who is typing it.  It you don't like it, then DON'T USE IT!  Wow, what a concept!  You don't have to be so rude!  It's people like you who make others want to kill themselves!
Posted by Dolphingirly05[/QUOTE]

*snort*

maria.pedroza

In Response to Re: Tatoo wedding bands:
[QUOTE I am SOOO sorry, your majasty! [/QUOTE]

I know you didn't mean for this to be so funny, but the way it's spelled, it rhymes with "nasty" so in a way, this is a poetic post!

(It's "majesty")

Kidlet 26

Actually, I did find Aerin's and Maria's posts quite rude.  She was asking for advice.  If you didn't like how she said it or how she spelled it, then you could've kept quiet about that.  Not everyone is a perfect speller and some people enjoy individuality (such as using different colors or fonts while posting). 

Yes, she responded badly.  But there was no reason for the comment in the first place.

megk8oz

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_tatoo-wedding-bands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:36Discussion:94c7a062-3c3a-4232-8bdf-131892ab48f7Post:afa44467-6f38-48e0-b304-64a9ea0d3823">Re: Tatoo wedding bands</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tatoo wedding bands : As someone that is young, I take a little offense to this! I don't think that at 19 I would throw a fit because someone called me out on using a fluorescent color.
Posted by Audrey&Austin[/QUOTE]

I can't truly speak for Stage, but I've posted with her enough to hazard a guess that she wasn't calling the OP strictly based on her choice of font, but the fact that the OP received a tiny bit of critisism and immediately told the person that did said critizing that "it's people like you that make others want to kill themselves". Most mature <strong>adults</strong> realize how offensive and innapropriate of an arguement that is. I know that's where I based my guess of her age on.

Audrey&Austin

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_customs-traditions_tatoo-wedding-bands?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:36Discussion:94c7a062-3c3a-4232-8bdf-131892ab48f7Post:17d38c6f-dfa1-4eea-82c3-19c01cc32a61">Re: Tatoo wedding bands</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Tatoo wedding bands : I can't truly speak for Stage, but I've posted with her enough to hazard a guess that she wasn't calling the OP strictly based on her choice of font, but the fact that the OP received a tiny bit of critisism and immediately told the person that did said critizing that "it's people like you that make others want to kill themselves". Most mature adults realize how offensive and innapropriate of an arguements that it. I know that's where I based my guess of her age on.
Posted by megk8oz[/QUOTE]
I agree, most people my age think that suicide is something to joke about, along with a lot of other serious matters in life. I also think that the post about the OP's age had a lot to do with her second post were she went a little crazy... But, as someone who has lost a close friends due to suicide and even as one who considered it many years ago, suicide isn't something to joke about. Ever.

mizri

I like the idea and it's something that I have thought about with FI.  My fingers are apparently sensitive to different metals (my e-ring recently broke my finger out, so I'm going without a ring until it heals) and I'll never have to worry about it.  We are thinking about maybe having something written in elven for the tat rings.  But we're both nerds and like tats.  

Nukke

tattoos on your hands/fingers don't last very long.  They smear easily too. 

mizri

I have a cousin who has a tattoo on the inside of her index finger that says "Shhh!!!"  Yes, she was drunk.  She's 18 and is still currently amused by it.  It's less than a year old, was done by a friend and she hasn't taken care of it, so it's fading.  With proper care, a ring tattoo would last longer.

jemmini6

i personally find ring tattoos to be a pretty redneck kind of thing to do, but probably because i've only seen rednecks have them.  and like most people said, some are done by bad artists which make them look even worse.  i'm not saying there's no such thing as a classy ring tattoo, i just haven't personally seen one.  it does however make sense for people who work with their hands a lot, i just think the design would have to be nice and the work done impeccably.