[wonderbread]

First of let me say that I do have a tattoo on my wrist and I am a sucker when it comes to pain. It did hurt, but it was manageable. Although the very wrist, because I got it done long ways, the actual wrist part hurts a little bit more than the other part.

Now the ink, most tattoo artist will tell you it is not wise to get white ink. My brother being a tattoo artist, won't do white unless its to lighten another color. White does not show up really at all and it would be a waste of your money and time if you go with white. It would probably take about thirty sessions to actually even get white to show up. If I were you, I would get another color that is light, that would show up and stay. Just over all white is a difficult color to work with. You don't want such a sentimental and precious and small tattoo to be difficult do you?

As far as the tattooing parlor, I am happy you didn't go with the person you first met. I would suggest not going back there. That really is never a good sign. Do your research on tattoo artist and the parlor. Call around, go to a website if its possible, check out the parlor in person, ask people who have tattoos that you know and where they went, get testimonies of those who got tattooed at a particular parlor, get pricing checked, and see if they are willing to do the tattoo you want. Do not rush into this. Also, I most likely guarantee that all the tattoo artist you speak to, won't do white.