Tatoo's - yes or no, when is it too much?

[Cletus11]

Question for the board. Sitting at swim team practice yesterday watching my kid swim. Women next to me is sitting there. She appears to be early 20's. Has shorts on. On her right outer thigh is a tatoo. Tatoo is very large, goes from underneath her shorts nearly down to about 1-2" above her kneecap. I would say probably a good 8" long and the entire width of her outer thigh. The tatoo is of a skeleton skull with the brain part of the skull having some design that was colored that looked like either an outer space or underwater landscape.

So i am not sure who would find that attractive. A massive tatoo on your entire outer thigh and of a skull? What am i missing.

 

[diontechristmas]

You are missing nothing, that one is total trash.

 

[wilbury]

Question for the board. Sitting at swim team practice yesterday watching my kid swim. Women next to me is sitting there. She appears to be early 20's. Has shorts on. On her right outer thigh is a tatoo. Tatoo is very large, goes from underneath her shorts nearly down to about 1-2" above her kneecap. I would say probably a good 8" long and the entire width of her outer thigh. The tatoo is of a skeleton skull with the brain part of the skull having some design that was colored that looked like either an outer space or underwater landscape.

So i am not sure who would find that attractive. A massive tatoo on your entire outer thigh and of a skull? What am i missing.

GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

 

[Fox Chapel Lion II]

Tattoos on women are a total deal breaker. It's like throwing an over ripe tomato at a Rembrandt.

 

[PSU95alum]

I have NEVER in my life seen someone with a tattoo and said "wow, that really makes them look better!" Furthermore, my tastes as the years go by change. I couldn't imagine getting a tattoo of whatever flavor de jour I was interested in at the time.

I was very close to getting different tattoos when I was in my 20s and so glad I didn't. I created my own rule for getting a tattoo. It basically went like this: once I settle on a design that I want imprinted on my body forever, sit on it for 1 full year to see if I truly love it. Needless to say, my body is ink free.

Without this rule, I would have any one of these tattoos:
- black panther on my leg
- Calvin and Hobbes on my shoulder
- The Rusted Root monkey on my back
- The Penn State logo on my back (this one, when I was thinking about getting it, was the only one that could never be looked at negatively- so I thought).

I've told my kids that when they get older, "think before ink". Your tastes will grow and change. If I had them get a tattoo when they were 7, they'd have Dora The Explorer on their arm.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

So many women undergoing a mid-life crisis get them. Lame - like old dudes dressed like Pirates on Harleys.

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Tattoos can be great...my one complaint with the current trend would be when people get so many tats that they all blend together. Rather than being able to appreciate some really intricate individual works of art, they end up blending into one giant mush-mash of multiple colors and look like somebody threw up on your arm/leg/back/etc.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

I have NEVER in my life seen someone with a tattoo and said "wow, that really makes them look better!" Furthermore, my tastes as the years go by change. I couldn't imagine getting a tattoo of whatever flavor de jour I was interested in at the time.

I was very close to getting different tattoos when I was in my 20s and so glad I didn't. I created my own rule for getting a tattoo. It basically went like this: once I settle on a design that I want imprinted on my body forever, sit on it for 1 full year to see if I truly love it. Needless to say, my body is ink free.

Without this rule, I would have any one of these tattoos:
- black panther on my leg
- Calvin and Hobbes on my shoulder
- The Rusted Root monkey on my back
- The Penn State logo on my back (this one, when I was thinking about getting it, was the only one that could never be looked at negatively- so I thought).

I've told my kids that when they get older, "think before ink". Your tastes will grow and change. If I had them get a tattoo when they were 7, they'd have Dora The Explorer on their arm.

The last paragraph is gold. Or Peppa the Pig

 

[Nitwit]

It’s ugly, plain and simple. I suppose people with tattoos are trying to make some sort of statement with their personal art. But please collect art elsewhere, not on your body. I’ve never seen a tattoo which enhanced someone’s body and in my opinion, it degrades it. It’s like putting a bumper sticker on a Rolls Royce. Ok so I’m in the get off my lawn crowd, and I know that cultural changes have happened where tattoos are now “acceptable” and maybe even encouraged. I can hardly watch the NBA anymore because of it and many other athletes seem to go in for it as well. It also seems prevalent in some occupations like chefs where the person has little interaction with others. So I suppose there is some sort of counter culture element to the psychology of tattoos, but again please just say NO. Leave your body as God has intended it.

 

[BBrown]

Question for the board. Sitting at swim team practice yesterday watching my kid swim. Women next to me is sitting there. She appears to be early 20's. Has shorts on. On her right outer thigh is a tatoo. Tatoo is very large, goes from underneath her shorts nearly down to about 1-2" above her kneecap. I would say probably a good 8" long and the entire width of her outer thigh. The tatoo is of a skeleton skull with the brain part of the skull having some design that was colored that looked like either an outer space or underwater landscape.

So i am not sure who would find that attractive. A massive tatoo on your entire outer thigh and of a skull? What am i missing.

About the most, tatoos, on women I want to see are maybe a small butterfly or something thats hidden 95% if the time. Is that sexist? Probably I don't care.
I don't even like seeing a lot of tats on guys. I think the ones on the muscle studs will be especially funny once they hit 50 or 60. Remember how you used to copy the comics on silly putty and then stretch it...
The one thing I'm seeing that just shocks me is the amount of "older" women, I'm talking 60+, that have tats. SMH.

 

[psuro]

So many women undergoing a mid-life crisis get them. Lame - like old dudes dressed like Pirates on Harleys.

Hey! Don't mess with Harleys! Pirates - OK. But not Harleys!

 

[Little J]

To each their own on the tattoo and for those who like or dislike them. I'm old school and not a fan of most tattoos. Nevertheless I'm cool with something that is subtle and classy. Particularly on women. Guy tattoos are pretty much ego expressions and I do not like them much. There is usally a story behind them and I'll listen and maybe I end up getting it and liking it. There are some doozies out there.

What anyone does in place I can't see is their own business and I reserve judgment on whether I like such artwork or not.

 

[hagberg]

I don't begrudge anyone their tattoos.....personal choice, freedom of expression, all that. However, I also exercise my right of expression to say I don't care for them. I'm also ink-free, even after a career in the Marine Corps.

My ex had two small tats on her - let's say - front hip. I think they started out as ladybugs, but by the time she hit 30 they looked like cockroaches. She decided she'd have them removed surgically. Well, the doc did okay on one, but didn't quite get all of the other. She was left looking like a bug had just crawled in through the cut in her skin. It was not attractive.

 

[PS4814]

To each their own, a nut for every bolt and all that. But when you're spending big bucks on body modification and it's impacting your day to day living, it's a bad idea. I knew a couple back in the day who lived in a crapshack, was paycheck to paycheck, drove cars that were falling apart, massive credit card debt, but yet the girl was somehow spending $2500+ on a tattoo that went from her calf to her shoulder.

 

[joeparules]

All three women in my life (wife and two daughters) now have a tat. I was against all three, but at least they are all small and have some meaning to them. As I told my daughters the tattoo must be concealable for both a job interview and a wedding dress. I interview for my company and know my reaction to perspective employees with tats all over and I would not pay for any wedding if the tattoo was visible in her dress. I understand the cultural shift in tattoos (used to just be guys that were in the navy), but to me there is nothing worse then watching a beautiful bride walk down the aisle just to see a big tat on her back.

 

[TheWizardofCamelot]

Judging a person by their tattoos - yes or no, when is too much?

If you don't like tattoos, then don't get one. Why do you care if someone has a tattoo or not?

 

[fairgambit]

Tattoos on women are a total deal breaker. It's like throwing an over ripe tomato at a Rembrandt.

Absolutely agree. A woman's body is the most beautiful thing on this earth and a tattoo degrades that beauty.

I will add something that I said in a post last June.

"I watched a stunning woman walk into a dinner party a few months ago. Even my wife thought she was beautiful. We were introduced and exchanged some small talk. Then, she saw a friend walk in, excused herself, and turned to meet the friend. As she walked away I was horrified to see a tattoo across the back of her neck. It did nothing but detract from this woman's great beauty. I cannot even remember what it said...something about love. To me it was like putting a bumper sticker on a Corvette. Some things are just better in their natural state."

 

[Kmase21]

Some guys definitely have a fixation for girls with tattoo's. I dont necessarily.

Google "Suicide Girls", you might change your mind

 

[Langmuir]

I have never seen a tat that I thought was classy.

I am so glad my kids have said they have no intention of getting one.

 

[PSU95alum]

A woman's body is the most beautiful thing on this earth and a tattoo degrades that beauty.

Exactly! I mean, just look at how these tattoos ruined perfection!

 

[Cletus11]

So to each his own on the tatoo thing, i am not passing judgement. I don't like tattoo's nor do i have one. I have seen some on men and women that are pretty cool. I think when they are overdone it gets to be too much. For a women, a small tatoo on the ankle or upper thigh can be sexy.

But the point i was making was who is going to find a 8" long by 4" wide picture of a skull on a woman's thigh?

 

[fairgambit]

Exactly! I mean, just look at how these tattoos ruined perfection!

OK. "Some" women's bodies are the most beautiful thing on this earth.

 

[hagberg]

OK. "Some" women's bodies are the most beautiful thing on this earth.

Her's may not have been, but once she got the tats.....WOW!!!!!

 

[NittPicker]

Exactly! I mean, just look at how these tattoos ruined perfection!

More surface area means more space for more tattoos. Imagine the cool tats she could put in her skin folds. They'd be hidden but she could show them to her special someone.

 

[MontereyLion]

Hell no. Yet my wife has gotten 2 tats. Her first one was where you wear a watch, so that she could hide it, when needs be. It was three hearts. For me and our two children. Then when our granddaughter was born she added a fourth smaller heart. The second tat is for our epiletic son. I'll leave it at that. Still I don't like tats. Get off my lawn.

 

[Alphabets]

Just like anything else, depends on a lot of factors. Some look great, some not so much.

 

[ELDADDY]

"You wouldn't put bumper sticker on a Bentley". That quote always stuck with me whenever the topic of tattoo's on women.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Sorry, seeing a bride walk down the aisle with tatoos all over her is very sad.

And having a server in a nice restaurant showing up at my table with tats all over his / her body diminishes my appetite.

To each their own, I respect their right to do so, but tats are seldom flattering and often disgusting.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Not a huge fan, but if mostly hidden by regular clothes I'm okay with it. For example....

 

[KnightSlayer]

I can't believe women don't seek out this boards approval before getting a tattoo or, for that matter, what sort of clothing they should be wearing.

The idea that there are women walking around doing what they want, without a single care of what so random guy thinks, is quite disturbing.

 

[83wuzme]

“ No Regerts “ ?

 

[TangSoo]

Absolutely agree. A woman's body is the most beautiful thing on this earth and a tattoo degrades that beauty.

I will add something that I said in a post last June.

"I watched a stunning woman walk into a dinner party a few months ago. Even my wife thought she was beautiful. We were introduced and exchanged some small talk. Then, she saw a friend walk in, excused herself, and turned to meet the friend. As she walked away I was horrified to see a tattoo across the back of her neck. It did nothing but detract from this woman's great beauty. I cannot even remember what it said...something about love. To me it was like putting a bumper sticker on a Corvette. Some things are just better in their natural state."

This

 

[TangSoo]

Not a huge fan, but if mostly hidden by regular clothes I'm okay with it. For example....

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I'd be willing to make an exception in this case.

 

[Woodpecker]

Not a huge fan, but if mostly hidden by regular clothes I'm okay with it. For example....

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Can someone translate? I hope she knows whether it says "This End UP" in Chinese or not.

 

[kgilbert78]

I'm getting more and more used to it as the next generation is joining our workforce at my workplace. Piercings too (visible ones like nose and mouth)--though I'd think some of them have to be uncomfortable.

 

[BudatPSU]

Question for the board. Sitting at swim team practice yesterday watching my kid swim. Women next to me is sitting there. She appears to be early 20's. Has shorts on. On her right outer thigh is a tatoo. Tatoo is very large, goes from underneath her shorts nearly down to about 1-2" above her kneecap. I would say probably a good 8" long and the entire width of her outer thigh. The tatoo is of a skeleton skull with the brain part of the skull having some design that was colored that looked like either an outer space or underwater landscape.

So i am not sure who would find that attractive. A massive tatoo on your entire outer thigh and of a skull? What am i missing.

I remember reading a Dear Abby letter once. A mother explained that her daughter had gotten the word TIGHT as a tattoo across both cheeks of her butt. Her mother had asked her what she was going to do when she turned 50 and it was sagging. The daughter had replied that she would go back to tattoo parlor and have them add USED TO BE just above it. The mother wanted to know what Abby thought about all that. Abby said, sounds like your daughter has it all figured out.

 

[PAgeologist]

Exactly! I mean, just look at how these tattoos ruined perfection!

I was eating lunch damnit! Cottage cheese of all things.

 

[Woodpecker]

I remember reading a Dear Abby letter once. A mother explained that her daughter had gotten the word TIGHT as a tattoo across both cheeks of her butt. Her mother had asked her what she was going to do when she turned 50 and it was sagging. The daughter had replied that she would go back to tattoo parlor and have them add USED TO BE just above it. The mother wanted to know what Abby thought about all that. Abby said, sounds like your daughter has it all figured out.

Welcome to Jamaica, mon, have a nice day

 

[PAgeologist]

Can someone translate? I hope she knows whether it says "This End UP" in Chinese or not.

I believe it says from top to bottom:

"lower, lower, keep going, almost there"

 

[Alphalion75]

It’s ugly, plain and simple. I suppose people with tattoos are trying to make some sort of statement with their personal art. But please collect art elsewhere, not on your body. I’ve never seen a tattoo which enhanced someone’s body and in my opinion, it degrades it. It’s like putting a bumper sticker on a Rolls Royce. Ok so I’m in the get off my lawn crowd, and I know that cultural changes have happened where tattoos are now “acceptable” and maybe even encouraged. I can hardly watch the NBA anymore because of it and many other athletes seem to go in for it as well. It also seems prevalent in some occupations like chefs where the person has little interaction with others. So I suppose there is some sort of counter culture element to the psychology of tattoos, but again please just say NO. Leave your body as God has intended it.

When my son was a teenager he asked me if he could get a tattoo. I asked him why did he want one. He told me he wanted to get a tattoo that would make him 'different" from his peers. I told him, that he could get one, but the tat would not make him different. Instead of a tat, if he really wanted to be 'different' from his peers, I told him to work hard and excel in everything he attempts in life, be it school, sports or work. Being the best at whatever he does will not only make him different but will bring him a lasting satisfaction that a little ink will never bring.