Both my sons have tats. My wife detests them and I’m not real happy about them myself. I’ve never seen anything I liked well enough to have it etched into my skin for the remainder of my life. I thought about having a small 4th Inf. patch put on my upper arm once but that was a mere three years of my life and is 50 years behind me now. I’m just as glad I didn’t.
Myself and my eldest son both have our Scottish family clan badge tattooed on our right shoulders. They're beautiful, yet discrete. You'll never see them unless we're shirtless, or wearing tank tops.
I've told my other boys that they're welcome to join us when they turn 18, but by no means am I pressuring them to do so. My number three son turns 18 next month, and says he's going to do it.