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Okay guys, I could use a little input here... the 26th of this month sees me having given the virus the finger for 26 years and I think I deserve a treat in the shape of a biohazard tattoo. Been pricing them up today and I can afford one for sure. I'm very paled skinned so I want to go for basic black (also black tattoo ink is basically carbon so there are very few reaction issues which I have had in the past).

The biohazard shape doesn't lend itself to covering anything up, even if I wanted to: my arms are too full of disparate images to make a sleeve that I'd like. Each tat has its own meaning to me, however badly it's aged (first one was 89). So my arms, though carrying a lot of blank space are out. I have a bondage bear on my chest (from the days when it looked like three of us were going to form a relationship). It's hell having a straight tattooist getting that close to your tit without calling him "Daddy", but I did it ;-)

I'm totally out about being HIV+ (like I do the TV interviews, press interviews because no-one else around here will) so I want some visibility which suggests a shoulder given that in warm weather I wear a vest/singlet (sorry don't like the american slang as I took my mother to A&E too often) or perhaps the right side of my chest, opposite bondage bear. But then I consider myself versatile (and, yes, I know indecisive!) so I'm also thinking back of my neck or under my throat.

It'd be a lot easier if it was something I wanted to keep to myself. But then my cutoff is covered with rainbow flags, leather pride flags - I'm pretty obvious ;-)

Guys, I've laid out my options as best I can. I'm not going to say "most votes win" but I would seriously appreciate your ideas. (And much as like the idea it's not going to be a skull job!)

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Thanks guys - centre back neck had never occurred to me and it's the most obvious place, given my fetish for vests. It also avoids top/bottom symbolism - I think of myself as too top to be bottom and too bottom to be top. Versatile, not confused! And damn you, btm2bbred, I think I'll have to go along with the upper chest one as well. Again a place I hadn't considered, but makes absolute sense. Unless tomorrow's party is postponed till next week (quite a possibility as many villages are cut off at present because of the snow), I'll get started on the first one next week.

Thanks for your input - even though I decided on places I hadn't considered but you suggested, the end decision is mine. Sometimes you need someone else's thoughts to show you what you're thinking. Diolch yn fawr!

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