What do you reckon about tattoos?

nanna8

I don’t have any but 2 of my son in laws do and 3 of my grandchildren. None of them are particularly noticeable but I can’t say I particularly like them. I don’t like the ones that totally cover arms and/ or legs, though. I think they are ugly. Especially when people get older.

No one is making you have a tattoo. They mean something to the people that have them.
Aside from that, you are better off minding your own business.

Here’s mine, got it for 65th birthday 3 years ago.

Mine.

Wasn’t keen althoghDD has 5; then saw a lady with a small,beautifully drawn and coloured spray of lavender just above her ankle. Asked her where she had it done, unfortunately in France or I’d have been there in a heartbeat!!

And tattoos covering breast removal and self harmed scars, are amazing.

Not for me, but they’re a personal choice and you’re right chazwin it’s no one else’s business.
Dislike sleeve tattoos with wedding dresses, but if you have a sleeve tattoo you’d probably like to show it off on your special day.

My son has one on each of his inside lower arms - both quotes personal to him, including one with his grandfather's date of death on it.
With his first one , he picked me up from work and showed me when we stopped at traffic lights - after I asked him what he'd been doing on his day off from work! He was worried I was going to moan at him but it's his body and he was over 25 at the time!

Many a beautiful person has been spoilt by tattoos. They do not need them. A young relative of mine has them. It is such a shame, that she has ruined her looks. It seems that a lot of young people follow a trend.

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Only been on GN just under a month and haven't seen a current thread on tattoos.

Wouldn't have one myself.
Don't mind seeing small ones but coverage of more than 25% - total dislike.

I like them, but then I do have three myself. They’re in areas that can’t be seen by others but they each have a deep personal meaning to them which gives me a lot of comfort. I’m in my mid fifties, had my first one ten years ago. I think it’s each to their own.

Detest them

I like them, I’ve got 3, wouldn’t have anymore, mine all have meaning , two of them after my parents who have passed and the other, is my husbands name , he has quite a few all have meanings, most of my family have them, one of my sons has a couples of sleeves, and some on one leg look really lovely, I don’t judge people on what they chose to have on their bodies or otherwise, nobody’s business other than their own, ,we do find it quite amusing how people get so uptight about them though

When I loom at those big area tattoos I always wonder what the person would would think if they had an accident and end up with scaring, marks. Always convince myself they would want treatment to rid themself of them yet happily have tattoos all over. Can't understand the need for them.

They are incredibly tacky in my opinion.
Some visible ones make the individual unemployable and I resent paying taxes to pay unemployment benefit to someone who has deliberately done this to themselves.

Immediate reaction? A heart sinking, 'oh no, not again'.

There's been many threads on tattoos and as someone said, they're like Marmite, 'love 'em or hate 'em'.
I personally have four and plan to have one more. In the past I've been called a slut on here for choosing to have my tattoos. That's about the level the topic inevitably sinks to.

Carry on condemning.

I think David Beckham would look even better without them.

Up to the individual

I've found another reason to love Gransnet. You never know where it will take you. I started reading this thread two hours ago when I should have been decluttering. In the meantime I've struggled to remember an ancient playground joke about a man with a tattoo on his penis. Finally found it on Google. Read it out to husband who said it's definitely non-pc. It seems quite inoffensive to me ... Now I'm doubting my wokeness

Small and discreet I don’t mind, and some have great artistic merit, but.....after a few years they begin to blur and just look a mess. To me, the large ones just look dirty. This is just an old lady’s opinion. It’s the permanence of them that would worry me. Are you really going to love a tattoo that you thought was so cool at twenty when you’re fifty?

For several weeks I have been receiving a morning visit from a
member of a health team, there are many of them, each morning one walks into my living room, last week one walked in and - I almost needed treatment for shock, he hadn’t put his ppe on, he was wearing a tee shirt, his arms and neck were covered in large tattoos. I think seeing thugs covered in tattoos on tv caused me to react with much fear. No I do not like arms
and neck covered in tattoos.

I detest tattoos with a passion!!!

Most of my friends have them, one is covered, but they are not for me. The friend, who has loads, loves to show hers off in the summer by wearing shorts and vest tops and loves it when people ask about them. Her daughter is now doing the same think and already has a 'sleeve' done. They think I don't want any because I've a needle phobia, I just wouldn't one want one full stop.

I absolutely hate all tattoos, whatever the design, wherever they are on the body, whichever gender.

Those that detest tattoos , just look away! It always makes me laugh the reactions from some people, the same as when some see personalised number plates they are horrified ?????