I'm sorry, but tattoos are tacky

[WriterDom]

Fine for sailors and carnival workers. In fact, I almost got one in Singapore from Two Thumb Tommy who at the time was the best in the world, but on women? No thank you. I know, "the times, they are a changing," and I've bedded tattooed women, but still, I think it's tacky, and I shudder each time I open a Playboy and see this desecration on a beautiful body. Now granted, a quarter sized on an ankle isn't a big deal, but they keep getting bigger and grosser. And the worst these damn Chinese or Japanese lettering which are supposed to mean cute things like "flowering beauty" when for all the person knows might actually say, "My vagina leaks green goo."

 

[SweetCherry]

It depends on the artwork and the artist, really. I have seen some on women that are most definately tacky, but there's nothing wrong with something that looks feminine and is very discrete. Neither one of mine can be seen unless I'm either naked or in a bikini. The general public doesn't even realize I have them. Both of mine were done by a very talented artist who designed exactly what I wanted and made it small enough to be feminine and big enough to be identified as to what it is.

Now I know a woman who has tattoos everywhere, her face, her neck, the backs of her hands, EVERYWWHERE. Now I think THAT looks tacky, but not a couple in discrete places.

 

[CW]

Tattos can be quite artsy and beautiful,,, but, as with piercings, it can quickly become too much,,, wayyyy too much

 

[CreamyLady]

I designed mine -- a Scottish thistle. It is in a spot that no one will see unless they get permission, which means a much closer relationship than usual.

Since it took me a long time to go ahead and do it, and I waited until I knew exactly what I wanted and where, I don't think of it as tacky.

However, if one gets drunk and goes out with friends and gets something blatant and tasteless, well, I'd agree with you there. It would definitely be a little hard to explain to a future husband why "I Love Big Dicks" is writ large across one's bottom, with illustration.

 

[Xander]

I love tatoos. But again it has to be well done, and not be overdone. But hey, a few is a nice thing and yes I do find it very sexy on a woman.
My own, I got it just the way I want it.

 

[LittleRedDevil]

I love my tattoo. I think it is pretty feminine. It's on the back of my right shoulder, and no one can see it unless I show it to them, or I'm in a bathing suit. Some can become pretty tacky. Some people take them to far.

I, like CreamyLady, waited to get mine until I knew exactly what I wanted. I didn't just jump into it. Mine is a reminder to myself, and has a very deep meaning to me. I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

 

[Siren]

I agree with Writer Dom...sorry women

 

[LittleRedDevil]

A tattoo doesn't make a woman. I know lots of successful women with tattoos.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't hide my tattoo because I'm ashamed of it. It is a very personal thing for me, and I take pride in it. It is a guide for me, reminding me to be strong, even when times are tough.

[Edited by LittleRedDevil on 02-20-2001 at 10:21 AM]

 

[WriterDom]

I think it's an age issue to. If it became "cool" to wear a bone thru your nose, then you'd have more kids eating at KFC.

it's not cool yet, right?

 

[Siren]

What I mean by 'hiding' is

 

[CreamyLady]

I'm not sure about it being an age issue. It took me years to get the courage to go through with it; I had it done a month after my 47th birthday.

I think it is more a matter of when the timing is right. I couldn't have done it at 19, but I don't necessarily think it is silly at that age. It was a 19-year-old who encouraged me and told me about the artist.

 

[Siren]

Hey Creamylady.........

 

[CreamyLady]

The small of my back. Painful, but not overwhelming.

 

[Siren]

Can you say OUCH ???

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[His Whimsicality]

Re: What I mean by 'hiding' is

that you dont see a business woman with a visible
tattoo on her,,,it is just not acceptable.
Pehaps it is an age thing Writer Dom.
Younger women accept tattoos as expressions of art
and decoration.
But for older people it has a sleazer connotation.

It will take a while for that to go away.
Perhaps with nicer and prettier tattoos it will happen
but the skulls and blood dripping dagger tattoos
kinda ruined it for people for a while

Well, yes, there´s the skull and blood tattoos and there´s the small, beautiful and discrete tattoos and that´s why I think it´s wrong of you to say tattoos in general are 'bad'.

You also said that successful businessmen/women don´t have tattoos or something. Perhaps they do on parts of their bodies only a few people get to see? For my part, I´d be very positively surprised if I discovered a tattoo on woman I got intimate with, especially if I didn´t suspect it of her!

 

[CreamyLady]

Truthfully, it wasn't that horrible. Wolf(!), the artist, was very quick and professional. If the pain got bad, he gave me a few moments to breathe through it (LaMaze training came in handy for that, if nothing else) and then resumed.

I'll do it again, but I'll wait until Skibum gets here. We'll spend an interesting day at Venice.

 

[Siren]

That isnt what I said....please re-read

 

[Siren]

Boy you said a mouthful......

 

[His Whimsicality]

Re: Boy you said a mouthful......

Also dont show visible tattoos, even nice ones
at a job interview.
It is sad really, but that is the reality, people
look badly on tattoos in general.

Now, if they were pretty, didnt hurt to get and
didnt have a negative stigma, I just might get
me one of them there tattoo thingies.

Yes, I´m sure you´re right on that but you also wrote

"If you have to 'hide' your tattoo, then that should
say something right there. If it didnt diminish a
woman's stature...then why hide it?"

and I wanted to get across that they don´t hide it, they just show it to a few special people, it was never meant to be shown to everyone, I suppose. (It´s like the half-empty/half-full glass of water thing).

 

[Siren]

Good point.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

Tattoo's are tacky?

Not if ya can't see'em.

Think about it.

Is the King wearing any clothes?

 

[Whispersecret]

I don't particularly think tattoos are classy. I wouldn't allow my children to get one, and once they're adults, I'll still frown upon it. I think my attitude is a combination of age and culture. If people want to get them and think they're cool or classy or a true expression of their inner self, that's terrific. However, when I see some stranger with a tattoo, depending on the tattoo (size, subject matter), I automatically think less of them.

To me, tattoos are like any item of physical appearance. I would have similar negative thoughts about someone who walked around with dirty, wrinkled clothes; greasy, purple, or radical hair; or an Elvis costume. Everyone has an internal monitor of what is appropriate and inappropriate, acceptable and unacceptable. A few people will protest that they are "accepting of everything and anything," but they aren't really. Everyone has a line that can be crossed. Would you want a lawyer you hired to appear in court with a mohawk and a tongue stud? I doubt it. Nor would you want the teacher of your eight-year-old daughter to show up at school braless with a low-cut tank.

That's not to say I can't be friends with someone who has a tattoo, or that I would have less respect for a friend who had one. The appearance you present as a friend of mine ends up having little importance in the long run. There are far more crucial issues upon which I base friendship. Honesty, reliability, humor, etc.

However, in the larger scheme of things, tattoos, multiple piercings, etc., are things that I tend to look down upon more often than not.

 

[Siren]

Whispersecret always says it best....damn it, I wanna be as clear as she is

 

[CW]

Re: I agree with Writer Dom...sorry women

But nothing says tacky and sleazy like a tattoo.
You dont see executive or successful women with
tattoos, or showing the tattoos

wanna bet?

Several highly successful female attorneys that I know, and more than a few male business owners sport tattos,,, not garish full body ones to be sure,,, but tattos just the same