Who in here has a tatoo

[Takumi]

Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.

It is. I always say that with my generation it isn't just accepted, it's expected. Also it's especially common in certain cities (Richmond, for example, I once read has the highest amount of tattoos per capita of any large city on the East Coast). Off the top of my head, my brother's girlfriend is the only woman under 30 that I know that doesn't have any and has no plans to get any.

[bugo]

Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."

I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.

Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.

This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.

Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.

You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?

[bugo]

I didn't have any until I was 38 or 39.

[KG909]

I don't really want one, but if I would, it would be an I-10 CA shield.

[Duke87]

You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?

It certainly varies in terms of background but lacking tattoos is not by any means limited to "churchgoers".

Neither of my sisters nor any of my female cousins have any tattoos, and only one of them could be described as a "churchgoer". We just consider ourselves too classy for such things.

My girlfriend also has none and isn't about that sort of thing. Again, not a churchgoer, she just doesn't see it as her style.

But it is certainly true that getting a tattoo has in some cases become a bit more accepted. Used to be if you ever wanted to work in an office you wouldn't dare put ink in your skin anywhere. Now you occasionally see people in professional settings with a small tattoo in an easily hidden place - on the foot, the inside of the wrist, the upper back/shoulder/upper arm... apparently now such things can be artsy rather than simply trashy, at least among yuppie-types.

[kurumi]

Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."

You're right.

[1995hoo]

Do any of you get a dotted or squiggly red line while typing if you spell it like "tatoo"? I see that in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

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That's because the correct spelling is "tattoo."

I personally hate tatoos. I also don't date girls with tatoos, because I think think they look ugly and a bit slutty.

Good luck finding one. Most girls I know have at least one. I'm with you - I don't like them on girls either but I've learned to accept them, as long as they aren't too big or in certain places.

This. I know way, way more women that have them than don't.

Must be a generational thing. Most women I know do not have them.

You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?

No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.

To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.

[hbelkins]

[corco]

You're my age and most girls of the same age have them. We must run with different crowds. Do you hang out with churchgoers or something?

It certainly varies in terms of background but lacking tattoos is not by any means limited to "churchgoers".

Neither of my sisters nor any of my female cousins have any tattoos, and only one of them could be described as a "churchgoer". We just consider ourselves too classy for such things.

My girlfriend also has none and isn't about that sort of thing. Again, not a churchgoer, she just doesn't see it as her style.

But it is certainly true that getting a tattoo has in some cases become a bit more accepted. Used to be if you ever wanted to work in an office you wouldn't dare put ink in your skin anywhere. Now you occasionally see people in professional settings with a small tattoo in an easily hidden place - on the foot, the inside of the wrist, the upper back/shoulder/upper arm... apparently now such things can be artsy rather than simply trashy, at least among yuppie-types.

It is also a regional thing from what I understand- tats being most common in the west and least common in the northeast.

[bugo]

No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.

To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.

How do you know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.

[1995hoo]

No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.

To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.

How do you know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.

Why so defensive?

[bugo]

No, but I do work in the legal profession, which is generally conservative in appearance even with the move to business casual attire. No doubt the demographics in Tulsa are also quite different from here in the DC area.

To consider it another way–if you work in a profession where you frequently need to convince other people of your position (such as convincing a potential client to hire you, or a judge to rule for you), nobody will look askance if you don't have a tattoo, but some people will if you do. I prefer not to close doors for myself.

How do you know they don't have tattoos? I have two but you'd never see them unless I showed them to you (and no, they're not in "private" places, they're in completely normal places.) You can even hide a sleeve with long sleeved shirts. Speaking of professions and tattoos: my doctor has full sleeved tattoos on both arms. It doesn't make him any less of a doctor.

Why so defensive?

How is that defensive? I was just asking questions.

[1995hoo]

Sounds very defensive to me: "It doesn't make him any less of a doctor."

I never said it did. I said some people look askance at tattooed professionals. I think the truth of that statement is indisputable.

[Big John]

[Pete from Boston]

I like tattoos, but 95% of them are a lot of effort and commitment for what ultimately becomes visual background noise to everyone else. 

They're fashion like all fashion–I suspect in most of them there's a big element of wanting to look and be like the kind of people one believes wears tattoos.

[KEVIN_224]

I don't have a single one, nor do I ever plan on getting one.

[1995hoo]

BTW, I have to say I don't really understand the appeal of getting a "hidden tattoo." I'm not criticizing people who do it simply because they like a design or whatever, but to me it doesn't make a lot of sense to spend the time and money (and, from what I understand, to incur the pain) for something nobody's going to see.

(If it were done for religious reasons, that of course would be a different situation.)

[PHLBOS]

(If it were done for religious reasons, that of course would be a different situation.)

Actually, there are some religions that either discourage or flat-out prohibit getting tattoos.

FYI & FWIW, if one reads the Tenakh/Old Testament; Leviticus 19:28 lists a flat-out prohibition of tattoos.

Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Entire Leviticus Chapter 19 for context

[jakeroot]

FYI & FWIW, if one reads the Tenakh/Old Testament; Leviticus 19:28 lists a flat-out prohibition of tattoos.

Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Entire Leviticus Chapter 19 for context

In the context of the larger reading that particular quote belongs to, God prohibited tattoos so as to not lead people away from him (the tattoos had a connection to another group nearby). There's no particular connection to modern day Christianity and tattoo prohibition.

(FWIW, 1995hoo might have been referencing the several African tribes who are known for decorating their body).

[1995hoo]

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(FWIW, 1995hoo might have been referencing the several African tribes who are known for decorating their body).

Partially, but I was also just theorizing in general in the sense that if your religion requires you to tattoo your left butt-cheek, for example, then that's a reason to have a hidden tattoo.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?

[jakeroot]

I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?

A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.

[hbelkins]

I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?

A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.

What you're describing is commonly called a "tramp stamp."

[bugo]

I don't really understand putting tattoos on your back where you can't see them without a mirror (and even then it's hard). If tattoos are supposed to have meaning to you, how can they have meaning when you yourself can't look at them and be reminded of why you got it?

A lot of people have "another side" they they'd prefer to only have their partner see. This explains hidden tattoos. They aren't for the tattoo'd to view, but for their significant other.

What you're describing is commonly called a "tramp stamp."

Not necessarily.

[bugo]

So I'm the only person on this entire forum who has a tattoo? That's surprising.