I must be the only human being in the world who doesn’t have a tattoo.
I don’t have a problem with them … well, much of a problem. I’m sorry, but for the first 40 years of my life the only people who got tattoos were criminals or sailors. So for me, the tattoo has a kind of negative vibe.
Now, tattoos are mainstream. Just about everybody has one. I wouldn’t be surprised if the president has a tattoo.
I would look stupid with a tattoo. I’m too old for that kind of thing. And whatever pattern I got would look awful after a couple of years, what with my accelerating weight gain. The state of Florida, for instance, would become the entire North American continent on my flesh, especially if it were tattooed on my waistline.
Besides, I might get a flawed tattoo, maybe one with a misspelling, like this chick:

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you’re wrong..my family and my husbands siblings don’t have tattoo’s, but his father does. He got all of them in the Philippines in the 40s-50s and no he wasn’t a sailor, he was AF. They don’t look good on an 82 yr old man…back then the tattooing wasn’t as ‘crisp’ as it is now and all the tattoo’s have spread till you can’t tell what they are, they’re blue blobs…::snicker::
I like to imagine the ear gauges that some people have, their ear lobes hanging down to their shoulders when they hit their 50s-60s-70s when their skin stretches a lot…
I don’t have any piercings either. No desire to wear an ear bob or have something clacking against my teeth or getting caught in my belt. And those saggy earlobe thingies – gross!
Hey Del, I don’t have any tats but thought that a tear drop on my boob that would turn into a waterfall with age might have been nice and yet I have never had enough spending cash to just throw it away on such nonsense.
You and me both!
Well Patty, I told my kids I should have gotten the face from the painting “The Scream” tattooed on my boob. That was as I got older the face would get longer. Since they’re teenagers, it totally grossed them out.
I meant that way . . .
The Tats I do not understand are the neck tattoos. But then again I am ink free.
Del, I also think tattoos aren’t going to be as pretty when everyone gets older. Some of them could morph into something very unfortunate. lol Ozzy Osbourne tried to discourage his own daugher by telling her as you get older the tattoos look like oil slicks. It didn’t work.
Del,
To each his own I guess. I currently have 8 tattoos. Some mean sopmething to me and some just looks cool. Not all tattoos need to have a story behind them, contrary to what popular shows on TV make them out to be. Once I turn 80 years old, I wont care what my tattoos look like nor what anyone thinks about me having them. Dont knock it till you try it. They are not for everyone, true enough, but they are not a negative item to have.
Nah. I’d look like an old fool – a bigger old fool than I am right now.
I guess I’d have to concur with you then
I work with a girl covered in tattoos. I realized I must be old because I find it very unprofessional. I can’t even look at her, it is disturbing. Some of them are even inappropriate. Cover that mess up at work! How was she ever even hired with all that??? As you can tell, it really bothers me.
So b/c a person has tattoo art on their skin, it makes them less qualified to do a job? Would you rather work with a less qualified person with no tattoos or someone with tattoos that is professional and knows their job well? It is a different time and age and tattoos are much more accepted than it was 40 years ago. You people are without a doubt, judging a book by its cover. That is what’s sad about it all. You see someone with tattoos and you automatically cast judgement upon them and do not want to give them the benefit of the doubt. You would be surprised how many people have tattoos that works, say in…. banks, doctor offices, lawfirms, etc. Tattoos doesnt mean you are a hoodlum, stupid, rebelious, crook, thief, wild man, etc. Just means you have art work on your skin and you are a person just like anyone else that does not have tattoos. Stop being so judgemental of people.