My first tattoo was the rose on my ribs with my sister's name. Funny story though, it didn't hurt at all.....mostly cause I was asleep drooling on the table.
I knew I wanted to tattoo roses on my ribs for two years before I finally convinced myself "it won't hurt that bad!" So I found the perfect artist and set up an appointment. When I got there I was so nervous I took a hafe a Xanax and hafe a Norco. The artist and I started to talk about placement and details, trying to make sure it was perfect.
An hour went by and I started to panick that my pain killer was going to wear off. So I took another and the other hafe of my Xanax. We finally started tattooing 30 mins later, so I took the other hafe of my first Norco. I was in a warm fuzzy happy place. Mind you I don't usually take any kind of pills other than Advil. But, 2 Norcos and a Xanax later, I was feeling GREAT to say the least! Hahaha
A hour and a hafe or so into tattooing two of my girlfriend showed up with a bottle of whiskey. The artist, not know my previous pill consumption, told me it would be ok to have one shot since we were almost done. So I did, duh!
I then woke up to pictures of me drooling on the table while getting my ribs blasted with ink. It was fucking epic! Hahaha Moral of the story.... Don't roofie yourself before getting tattooed, it's embarrassing and soooo unnecessary! But hey, now I have a great story when people ask about my first tattoo.