Here's one for Tat

[JayhawkMom]

Originally Posted by NoLongerInRadioGuy

I see a tattoo and think...geez, wonder how much that cost!

I always wanted a tattoo...so, when I was about 22, I finally got one. I then I got another one when I was about 27. While I respect your point of view and you, of course, are entitled to think however you want about me because I have tats, let me respond....

1. criminal...if I was, I wouldnt have the job I do, although my wife says I did steal her heart...
2. limit my life choices...how so? my tats are on my biceps and dont show 24/7 for the world to see...
3. expressing my individuality like everyone else...everyone IS an individual. Tats dont make the person. I got my tats because they were cool tribal designs. I know others that get tats to memoralize family and friends. My best friend has one to signify his love of music and his own personal battles with alcohol. It shows a figure breaking out of a bottle with music notes around him.

While I would not go as far as to say you are close minded, I might say a little old fashioned. I am sure you have issues also with men wearing earrings or having long hair, which is your right. But I can tell you - tats mean a lot more to the person displaying them than the person looking at them.

Excellent Post NLIRG.....I got my first tattoo on my 40th birthday.......loved it so much that I got another about a year later.

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by JayhawkMom

Excellent Post NLIRG.....I got my first tattoo on my 40th birthday.......loved it so much that I got another about a year later.

Out of curiosity where on your body are your tats?

[JayhawkMom]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

Out of curiosity where on your body are your tats?

Well, neither is on my face, hands or neck!!!!

One is on my ankle, the other on the top of my foot.

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by NoLongerInRadioGuy

I am sure you have issues also with men wearing earrings or having long hair, which is your right.

And you would be wrong.

I used to have hair down tot he middle of my back. Actually had a blonde stripe in it for a while. And you can still see the holes in my ear where it used to be pierced.

It's got nothing to do with being closed minded and all about the first impression. Sure people can get past it but that's just where it starts.

[Made in the USA]

I've got a tattoo of an a$$hole on my butt. I'm not telling you which "a$$hole" it is! That way all the "a$$holes" can kiss my "butt"!

[hoarsewhisperer]

Originally Posted by Made in the USA

I've got a tattoo of an a$$hole on my butt. I'm not telling you which "a$$hole" it is! That way all the "a$$holes" can kiss my "butt"!

pucker up?

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by JayhawkMom

One is on my ankle, the other on the top of my foot.

Dixie Chick fan?

[Bubba]

I thought about getting an "EXIT ONLY" sign on my butt cheek.

[Flying Dutchman]

Pierced my ear when I was 16. Used a fishook (me and a couple other guys did it on a dare) then put in a small gold ball. I had hair to the middle of my back dyed blond at the time, it was 1982, and my father called me a Gypsy Faggot. Didn't speak to him for over a year. I do not think anything about seeing an earing in a guy's ear, but if it is big and hideous looking then I do think the person has issues. He may not, but his appeareance says "look at me" not "see me".
I have 4 tats myself. Drew each one and each have a significant meaning to me. If I want you to see them, then you will. I have them where I can cover them if needed. They do not say "look at me", they say "see me".
I bought, and drew, my daughter's tattoo for her 18th b-day. I figured if she wanted one then I wanted to make sure it was not tacky looking and done professionally.
To each their own but I do believe first impressions are the best ones. It is hard to make a good impression if your first impression is one of narcisim (sic) or a "look at me" and "up the establishment" appearance. Don't want to be considered a loafer, slacker or gang-banger then don't look, dress or act like one. Don't want people to think you are a slut, then don't look, dress or act like one. If you choose to do those things then you have no reason to be pissed if people think you are one. That is obviously the impression you are trying to portray.

[SGT T.]

I am considering getting one... just haven't decided what I want to get. Something that memorializes friends I've lost, and places I've been, and then incorporate my kids in there some how. And if you think its a bad idea, well, thats your opinion and you're welcome to it, but like mom always said, if you can't say anything nice...