At 84, I finally crossed getting a tattoo off my bucket list — and it took two women who became like daughters to me to make it happen.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I regret my first tattoo. My dad took me to get it at 18, and I now wish he never had. When I turned 18, my tattoo-obsessed dad ...

Then my husband died, and I understood why someone would want to permanently mark their bodies. When I was in my mid-50s, I got my first tattoo as a memorial for my husband. "Can you replicate this ...

Damn few human beings are blessed with a body as perfect as mine. So, I’m very choosy about how I decorate it. That’s why, when I decided to get the first ink on my septuagenarian hide, I asked my ...

I never wanted a tattoo. The thought of a needle pushing ink into my skin made me squeamish. But when my three kids, all in their 20s, got matching shamrocks etched on their bodies to bond over their ...

I avoided getting my first tattoo for seven years because I didn't feel ready. I learned that gender dysphoria was keeping me from feeling comfortable in my skin. My transition freed me from that ...

Argus reporter Charles Pring gets his first ever tattoo at the Brighton Tattoo Convention 2026 for Pring It On! This is how it felt going under ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kenny Jary of the social media account Patriotic Kenny. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in the day, I always said that I wanted a ...