Tattoos on older women

More creative and often deep thinkers
Huh!
“Body art” is no indication of creativity or deep thinking.
This is a totally spurious connection.

I can't say I specially like them. For a start the blue that is used on most is a colour I do not like.

Also I struggle with the idea of doing something permanent, especially when young, as we all change so much over the years and our tastes in what looks good changes - what we loved at 18 we might hate at 38 and then you are stuck with it.

My DD has a tattoo that was supposed to be temporary but 30 years later there it still is!

And tattoos are not on a rigid canvas but on skin that sags and wrinkles as time passes and what started life as a heart might finish up as a concertina!

One of my GC is studying to become a tattoo artist and some of their creations are very clever. Needless to say they have quite a few of their own - the first few were impressive but for my money the tone has been drifting downwards - but hey, they are happy. ...

I think all bodies are beautiful and to spoil the perfectness of a body with a tattoo is almost criminal.

The only tattoos that alarm me are those that cover an individual's face - completely.

Especially if said individual has had their eyeballs 'inked' plus nostrils enlarged or tongue 'carved' into a point. And metal studs and rings hanging of various parts of the face.

I shouldn't judge - I do though, but quietly to myself. Because I cannot understand why someone would completely alter their facial appearance to such an extent.

I think it's mostly quite young people who do this, could be wrong of course.

Anyway, that particular look spooks me.

There was a young woman I read about - every inch of her face was covered in tattoos - she was mentioning that she found it difficult to gain employment. Unfortunately, the tattoos were not even artistic - looked like some children had raided the marker-pen drawer and gone to town on her whilst she was asleep.

Judgmental or not, I could not help wondering - why? I felt sorry for her - she seemed puzzled and troubled.

Our daughter had a small tattoo on her back whilst at university, I was very upset.
Her perfect body permanently marked.

I asked her how much it was and the next month her allowance (she didn’t have a student loan) was minus that amount.

She was soon on the phone ranting, my husband said we pay for you to smoke and drink etc, we will not pay for you to have tattoos.

She gets it now.

It is hard when our children go for tattoos as we nursed and cared for that perfect little body! It is difficult to see it violated.

I personally don't have tattoos. I never had the desire. My wife has a few dotted here and there. They still look good on her.

But these full sleeves, legs, chest, neck and everywhere else... Each to their own. Not my business. But I think they kind of look cool on a younger body.

I know a guy who had full sleeves. Had them lasered off after he became a dad as he felt people regarded him as looking like a thug.

Bit of a thorny subject, tattoos. But they don't cause harm to others so I don't really care what people do.