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Tattoos - Yea or Nay?

Its Me LuLuBelle2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:16:54 GMT

I'm a way big NAY! When my daughter was about 14 she started bugging/begging me to give my permission for her to get a tat. Uh, that would be a NO, a big fat NO! Being the persistent child she was (I felt like I was raising 6 kids with this one) she never gave up and I never caved in. On her 18th birthday she came home with the fool boy she was dating at the time and showed me what Mike "bought" her for her birthday. Yep, you guessed it - the tat she dreamed of. It's on her shoulder - 5 1/2" long, 2 1/2" wide; it's all black and she calls it a "tribal lizard." So I naturally asked her, "what tribe is it exactly you belong to you little Irish girl?" Yeah, no coherent answer to be had. Then I asked Mike to show me his new tat. Oh, he told me he hates them and would never ink his body. I'm sure he's now married to some little pristine gal who was a whole lot smarter than my little rebel without a cause.

As many of you know by now, I'm in my mid-60s. I bought my husband a Harley for his 40th birthday and we have ridden (not trailered) across the USA twice. We have been to all but 8 of the continental US states (I will hit those 8 before my final day on Earth). Anyway, a few years ago, a very good friend of ours and fellow Harley rider, married a gal who had never ridden before but it was something she always wanted to do. She's my age, and recently has had one full arm covered in tats (mostly Harley related) and is now starting on arm number 2. Her husband, like mine, has no tats and has expressed his displeasure - loud and clear.

I have recently noticed more and more women in my age group sporting tats. Not tiny little butterflies or ladybugs on their ankles, but full leg/arm pieces. I'm a real live and let live kinda gal, but I really don't get older women (or younger women for that matter) wearing ink. I'm not being judgmental, I just don't get it. Thoughts and your points of view would be appreciated. Thanks, LuLu

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GenXmuse — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:40:28 GMT

Recanted and deleted

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mousiegirl — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:21:30 GMT

I'm with you, a big NAY. If it isn't tats, it is holes in noses, many ear piercings, etc. I never understaood why a girl would do this to her body. Of course, many later on wish they hadn't done it.

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september — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:25:28 GMT

I thought about getting one at one time. I'm not impulsive, so thought about it for some time and didn't do it

I'm over it now but whatever anyone else does...their business!

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SahmIam — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:27:03 GMT

No issue with it.

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lovesrecess — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:28:25 GMT

Tats really make a statement about the person wearing them. I personally hate to see tattoos on anyone. Wh n my daiughter went off to college she came home for a visit and had a tattoo on her ankle. I nearly had a fit! Discovered it was one that washes off...she thought it was a funny joke...I never did laugh..there is a verse in the Old Testament about disfiguring your skin..need to find the chapter and verse....

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haddon9 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:31:29 GMT

I don't care for them either. I really don't like the half & full sleeve. It just looks like a dark mess from a distance.

The other day DH and I were at the beach. There was a young woman who had a very nice figure wearing a bikini but her waist and a good part of her back was inked. From a distance it looked terrible! Many tats are dark...mostly black and dak blue and on her it wasn't a good look.

If you have a lot of ink covering your body & arms it's hard for a doctor to check your body for skin cancer....but I guess most don't ever think of that.

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fourpaws56 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:34:52 GMT

I like them....that's all ..

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insomniac2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:34:53 GMT

I am not into the damaged look.

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patbz — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:35:45 GMT

Some tats are works of art but that said they signify how the wearer felt at the time he/she got them. How many of us would like to do irrevocable change to their body's at age 25 or 35? Also some of them won't "age" well (when things start to sag or bag). Fortunately my 30 year old son has nary a tatoo.

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Kalli — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:37:07 GMT

Nah, not for me. Son always wanted one but he’s afraid of needles so none for him either. 🤣

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QVCkitty1 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:37:39 GMT

I confess that I don't get it, but whatever floats your boat. I don't think they will look very attractive when they are old, but again none of my business.

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fourpaws56 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:38:15 GMT

@insomniac2 wrote:
I am not into the damaged look.

damaged look? like anything else,if it is done nice...

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Carmie — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:40:14 GMT

I don't have any and my DH and kids do not either. My DIL has a heart on her ankle that she wishes she didn't have. I think she has another one that is always covered for modestly too.

My kids wanted to get them when they were younger and I told them that I would not allow them to come home if they did.

My oldest son called me while he was in the military and told me he got a tat. I told him I had no son and hung up on him.

He called back and I didn't answer. Finally my DH answered the phone and spoke to him. My DH told me that he really didn't get a tat, and was just testing me. I laughed and said "I know." Today that son is glad he didn't go through with it. His employer does not allow them to be showing.

I have a beautiful niece...really beautiful, who has a large "tramp stamp" and tats on her arms, but not covered completely. I don't like the tats, but I love my niece.

I also have a nephew who got a very large tat on his chest and shoulder when he was 16. I didn't approve, but my brother and his wife gave their permission. His tat is very big and ugly, but I love my nephew anyway.

Tattoos are on the bottom of my love list, but it is a personal choice that everyone needs to make for themselves when they are an adult. I do not think less of a person with a tat. Their body, their choice.

( I know, I gave my young adult son a difficult time, but if he really got a tat, I would still love him and he would be welcome home)

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puttypiesmom — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:43:13 GMT

@Its Me LuLuBelle2

I don't know maybe the older women have spider veins on their legs they are trying to hide or sun damage on their arms also trying to hide. As a woman ages the skin usually gets thinner and I think it has been proven that the ink gets in your system and that's not good so that would be a big no from me.

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KathyM23 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:44:34 GMT

I cannot imagine where this tat's trend came from. Why anyone would want to do that to their body is beyond me. I can possibly see why a woman (girl) may want a small butterfly or floral at her ankle or other body part but full sleeve, face, neck tats, Oh my. And what they are going to look like as the skin ages. It's really makes me wonder when I see someone with an all black or all blue tat, what the purpose of it is - just looks like a dirty spot. It adds nothing decorative to the body which I guess is the purpose of colorful tats.

Wonder about the infections that occur from tne needles and ink while the tat site is healing. I see young men and women with children full of tats and my thought always is where do they get the extra money for tats with a young family.

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fourpaws56 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:47:15 GMT

@KathyM23 I know a few people that do tats..they will barter or do them very inexpensively...

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puttypiesmom — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:49:20 GMT

When a beautiful woman gets a tat it just makes her a beautiful woman with a tat but when an older woman has them beautiful or not......

I've never thought it looked good. Aged faces and bodies doesn't make a good canvas for tat ink.

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GCR18 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:53:33 GMT

I don't have any tatoos. It's not something on my radar. A handful of coworkers have one or more. I think less is better.

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GenXmuse — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:55:47 GMT

I don’t judge others who don’t have tattoos. Why harsh on those that do? It’s very unbecoming and small minded. Now pat yourselves on the back. Go on. I’ll wait.