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A 8" dob is perfect it all comes down to lugging it around. My Favorite was a 6", great for planetary and most dso's and bright neb. The 6" was great because it was easy to move around the place and could be lifted in 1 piece unlike the 10" which needed 2 people or to be pulled down. Now that we no longer have the 6" we tend to spend less time viewing because the 12" goto is just to much hassle for my wife and myself to move and setup. My wife now has to take a friend to public the mpas if i don't go because she can't lift it by her self. We also owned a 10" and it was a living hell moving that about also, so i would go a 6" or 8" at most when starting out.
Personally grab the 6", use the change on a nice wide feild eyepiece and you tons of enjoyment. The 12" goto now lives in the telescope room and is only taken out to viewing nights for public member to look through and rare planetary imaging seasons, this is because we are turned off by lugging it outside. People get aperture fever like the poster above saying get a 10", trust me later on if you get it you can sell your 6" and upgrade to a bigger scope and you won't loose out much from your pocket.
If your a small built female and don't work out at the gym differently get the 6"over the 8" as the turn of off from lugging it about won't be an issue.
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