Tattoos

Son has two small tats on upper arm/shoulder. They look fine
But I do know someone whose D H paid for her to have an enormous tat all over her back as a present. Now there is something about this that
Makes me shudder. There is BMW a lovely short story by Paul Jennings about the tattooed man.

I think they are hideous my nieces have them and are covered, one even has her grandmothers birth and death date up her legs (why??). Thank goodness mine haven't got them (yet) and hope they don't. when the skin sags as so many are saying what will they look like. Ugh

I once had a prisoner to sort out/help with employment on the 'out' He had a tattoo on his forehead that read F***off. He couldn't understand why no oe would employ him. In the end he some very expensive NHS treatment for removal. Need I say more

Hate them all. Unfortunately, even when the fashion dies out the tattoos are there for ever.
My daughter has a tiny seahorse on her shoulder which was done when she was a teenager. She's had three or four laser sessions trying to remove it and all its done is make is paler and fuzzier. Looks worse than before.
She's 50 now and wishes she'd never had it done. Thank goodness she can keep it covered most of the time.

I find them repulsive, fascinating, sometimes beautiful and sometimes funny. Watching a wedding dress programme was hilarious as a very tattooed lady, arms festooned with blue and red roses, tried to find a gown that would set off her tattoos. In the end she chose a beautiful strapless dress . . . and a long sleeved 'shrug' type top that covered everything.
That said, I'd rather not see them at all but saying so would be a sure way to see at least 1 DD adorned.

Thanks sweetcakes

I know a lot of young(ish) people with tattooes and they are mainly lovely caring people. It's a form of body art in their eyes.

I'm not saying I like the look of it, or that they won't regret it perhaps one day. But they are all quite happy and well balanced IMO. It's a fashion. And fashion is so often condemned by The Older Generation. My parents hated my Beatnik phase!

ANYA Totally agree with you it's not a form of self abuse

Each to their own, but if you cant get a job because you have visable tattoos then you shouldnt be allowed JSA. If you make yourself unemployable then feed and house yourself.My DH has 2 tattoos( 1 on each upper arm) he was 20 years old when he got them and now wishes he had never been so stupid.

I believe that it is to do with lack of self esteem when it is extensive. It says look at my body art and not at me, a bit like putting on a mask, it gives you a way to face the world from behind a disguise. I have a small and discrete tattoo myself and I know it was done as an act of rebellion in a bad relationship, he hated it.

Matter of choice.? I am sure when body tissue starts to 'sag'
in later years and it is not possible to identify what tattoo is what then they may just wish they hadn't gone through what was a totally unnecessary process like making holes in ears and other parts of the human body.

Yes this is definitely a generational thing. I once remarked on Facebook that I couldn't understand why people wanted to get tattoos as I think they look ugly, and I got a shedload of abuse from young people in return. There's a TV programme I'm particularly fond of and I follow it on social media. It has mostly young fans and a lot of them have had tattoos of images or dialogue from the show done on various parts of their anatomy. I'm sure they're going to regret it in 10 years when the programme is long finished and mostly forgotten.

Hideous, vile , disfiguring things.. My elder son had one on each arm when he was 16- obviously too young to be legal anyway but we did not find out until he was 18. He always had dressing gown on when he came out of bathroom & in summer used to wear tee shirts in garden. We thought he was just very cold or maybe ' private'.

Then I went into his room in the early hours to wake him up as I was driving him to airport for his holiday & there he was with British Bull Dog on one arm & Wimbledon Football club on the other. It is just as well he was going away for 2 weeks as it took easily that long for me to calm down.
Many years later when the football club had changed to WFC & he realised that the bull dog was associated with rather unsavoury characters he had to have them covered up & have 'sleeves' of oriental fish out over the top- it cost a small fortune but removal was far too expensive an option.
He now lectures his children on the folly of his ways & says he will disown them if they ever have a tattoo.

I hate them. I have only ever seen one that I thought was even half way attractive and that was a daisy chain tattooed around a wrist, which was quite pretty. Personally I would rather wear a daisy chain bracelet.

That said, I have suggested to my daughter that she has "Type 1 diabetic" tattooed on her wrist, as that could be a life saver.

I think my dislike of tattoos stems from them being associated (I'm sure it's not just me) with "hard men" and "troublemakers". They always make me feel very uncomfortable.

My son has one on his forearm. I insist he wears long sleeves when he's with me, as I just don't want to see it.

Not keen on them myself, and I don't think any of my sons have them (!). My sister decided she wanted one for her 60th so our nephew paid for it and took her to get it done. She loved it, I (and DH) thought it was garish (too many colours). She had it slightly extended a few years ago and that seemed to tone it down a bit. Now she says she wants another for her 70th .

Elliesgran - it's probably the thought of all that snot that gathers in a nose piercing! - oh yuk!!

Each to his own Lupatria!

i have two tattoos - one on my right ankle and one behind my left shoulder. both were acquired when i was almost 50.
i have never regretted either of them and never will.
neither was painful to have and i've been thinking of another one but can't make my mind up what to have.
however i must say that i don't like to see arms or legs totally covered in tattoos - although there can be some really beautiful ones. a friend of mine, for instance, has twining roses up the sides of both legs and also on her arms - truly works of art!
would i have mine again - yes, in an instant.

I hate tattoos, don't see them as artistic at all, just ugly and I'm sure many people grow up to regret having tattoos as youngsters.

Worse still - facial piercings, they make me feel queasy. Can't bear to look at a person with rings through lip, eyebrow,etc. Have to admit though (no logic to it), pierced ears don't bother me at all.

I have always hated them and don't think they look artistic at all. I feel I want to get soap and water and scrub them off!

sorry, still can't get the emoticons right.

My son is 50 now and decided to get quite a large tattoo on his arm at the age of fifteen. He hid it from me during the visits he needed to get it completed. Then one hot day he came down the stairs and forgot to cover it from my sight. I hit the roof!! he wasn't old enough to make the decision to have one and knew how much I hated them. It has faded now, but he has regretted getting it done all these years later .... [SAD]

A tramp stamp is apparently a tat that is at the mid lower back

Of course any one can do what they want without our critisism or input, but do I like them? No I think they are horrible and defacing and when I see a lovely woman with an armful from wrist to shoulder I shudder.

I like them to a degree , my daughter has one a heart with music notes going through it, it's prettier than it sounds & it shows her love of music & that she overcame her needle phobia, in fact only Ds1 doesn't have a tatoo. My uncle has a peacock tattooed up his arm & I've always loved it, it was a time when only sailors & criminals had tattoos, which may be why some of you older grans don't like them - bad connotations

I think when they are done by an artist they can be beautiful, I'd never have one myself though as I cannot see the point of choosing to have needles stuck into me. Not good with needles!!