They look OK when their new, but once the ink has started to fade tattoos look like stains rather than art.

I have one that, so far, I don't regret. I can easily cover it up, and it's not of some stupid cartoon character that's only cute for the moment. (I know of at least five people who got Winnie the Pooh tattoos when I was in high school. Three totally regret that decision now.)

I think the wider acceptance of tattoos marks a shift between Generation Y and the generations that preceded it. Here's a great article from Fortune on Gen Yers entering the workforce. As the article says: "More than a third of 18- to 25-year-olds surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press have a tattoo, and 30 percent have a piercing somewhere besides their earlobe. But those are considered stylish, not rebellious."

But then again, tattoos have always been stylish to younger generations, right?

My wife and I both have tattoos, and I want more. My only advice to anyone that thinks they want one, is to just make sure it's really what you want. I've seen too many "off the wall" tats that people later regret getting

I've always wanted to get one but I have never got one for security reasons and for the fact that it's permanent.

And no, this isn'y my butt.....

I love them. I have a few, all obnoxiously noticeable, and one that lies covert. It's a tattoo of a butt on my butt. ....I kid the Swensen!