Tattoos,...do you like them?

Ouch! I go away for a day and that's when the first Fashion Board argument breaks out.

Thank you Brent and Tina for being so tactful.

Demodoll, I agree with them that your comment was out of line. This isn't the place to make hurtful comments like that. You are entitled to your opinion, but you don't have the right to maliciously offend people who have personal issues with that statement. Brent and Tina presented the other side of the issue very suscinctly, so I won't belabor the point.

I think I understand what you were generally trying to get at though. Tattoos can represent a sort of tough, dirty image that can scare people away. I used to work at Disney World, where no employee is allowed to have a tattoo of any kind, anywhere on the body. This is because Walt Disney created Disneyland as a place where families could go that would be bright, clean, cheerful and friendly.
He was inspired to create the park when he took his daughter to a carnival, but she was too scared of the carnival employees with beards and tattoos (and probably dirt under their fingernails) to have a good time.

Today we would never want to jump to conclusions that every person with a beard and tattoos is someone to be afraid of. But that initial reaction is still there, in many many people. And that's why Disney and other companies have these policies. They want to seem as open and friendly as possible to all people.

Since we are talking about image, and are concerned with professional image in particular, you made a relevant point.

Just please don't make broad sweeping attacks at Veterans! There are just so many sides to that issue. This just isn't the place to get into it.

demodoll wrote: I come from the generation that associates tatoos with weird old men who had shady pasts, and probably killed women and children in WWII or Vietnam.

Interesting......

Demodoll:
Easy on the W.W.II and Vietnam veterans. I can assure you most of them DID NOT kill women and children but they did experience alot of horror that scarred many of them for life.
While the rich sat back in comfort, the poor served in the military and died in the wars.
Please; a little respect for the veteran. We would all be living under dictatorships of the /Communist variety if not for these brave military veterans.

I come from the generation that associates tatoos with weird old men who had shady pasts, and probably killed women and children in WWII or Vietnam. So they really make me shudder.

That said, I have a 17 year old daughter who just loves them and really wants a visible one. She snuck off a couple of years ago and got one where no one can ever see it. I happened to spy it one day and both her Dad and I had fits. But I am beginning to soften. It appears to be something that is quite fashionable and so many people are getting them that I don't think the stigma attached to them will be around much longer.

My daughter has a bad scar on her ankle from a boating accident and wants a tatoo to cover it up. I am visiting her plastic surgeon with her tomorrow to see if this is even feasible due to the extensive damage to the skin. I fear that if she ever wants a corporate job that she might not be able to get it with a tatoo in that spot but she is adamant about covering the scar so I am trying to have a paradigm shift and see tatoos for a fashion statement rather than something underworld and low class.

I would not consider one for myself right now but then you never know........

Here's an interesting (and informative) story on getting tattoos:

http://womencentral.msn.com/beautystyle/articles/tattoo.asp

My ex-boyfriend had 6 tattooes..1 on each upper arm, 1 on each inner forearm (4 total), a tribal one around his belly button and one on his back.

He had like the most amazing body..the body n the tattooes..mmm made me all hot 'n bothered haha sorry

I put a lot of thought into each of the tatts I have. Time spanned between them...not one of those drunken, spontaneous decisions that one will live to regret.

One on my right ankle...original not from a book, or having been seen on another. I told the guy what I had in mind...an idea that had come from my love of cats. It's beautiful, unique and to this day remains my favorite....It's cat eyes, nose, mouth and whiskers...almost like silhouette, but not exactly...subtle shading, a hint of color. The other is a vine around the toe next to my big toe on left foot...again it is one I've had many compliments on and a couple of ladies I work with have gotten one like it.

Have a tiger head on my left hip...looks very good with high-cut bathing suit bottom...it's not real big..just right.

I have been tossing around the idea of some sort of tribal in the small of my back...but until it's a firm decision, with no doubts then I won't do it. May not...who knows. For now I'm quite pleased with the ones I have.

Funny story, will try to keep it short as have posted a long one this time *lol* two years ago I landed in the ER, after emergency surgery I spent 6 days in the hospital...all of my nurses loved my tatts. What's cool is most of them were your average 'little old ladies' and they were so good to me, asking sooo many questions about them...one of them, a cat lover herself made a pic of the one on my ankle..she said she was gonna get one..who knows?! Stranger things have happened *lol*

Well guys I better get back to work...do what it is they pay me to do.

Later

thank you elissa for putting ocean beach for people who might not know what OB stands for. i forgot to put it.

Ok, Time for Lili to fess up!!!

Yes, this ultra conservative southern girl has a tattoo. Part of me wanted it because it was the in thing to do the other was because of the dictator of a boss I used to have forbade them and if any of his employees gets one they are fired. (somehow I think that this infringed on our freedom of speech) anyhow, As soon as I was free from this dictatorship of a salon and opened my own I got one!!

Its a beautiful scallop shell on my ankle about the size of a nickel. I hid it from my mom for almost a year. When she finally saw it, I thought she was going to have a heart attack.

Its been three years since and I have yet to regret it, nor have I ever tried to hide it since my mom knows now. (BTW, I am 36 yrs old)

Its really fun for the "shock value" when my friends find out because if you knew me in person, I would be the last person you wold ever suspect of having one.

BTW, It hurt really bad!!! Like someone was carving on my ankle with an exacto knife. I don''t know how people stand to get the big ones.
Yes, I believe it takes alot of guts.

I have thought about getting one on and off for a couple of years, but in the end I decided against it because of the permanency.

I have a whole slew of temporary tattoos that I'd ordered a long time ago. For a time last summer, I was into them. So now if I ever get the urge, I can put one on for a day or a week. They don't look as good as the real thing but they can be kind of cute. I have all different hearts, roses, and butterflies. My favorite place to put them is on my ankle, or high up on one of my breasts, so you can see it in my bra but not when I'm wearing a shirt. I like that--it's sexy but my secret.

Some people think the temporary ones are lame, but for me they do the trick.

Elissa