Would you incourage your husband get a tattoo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are not tattoo people, and we wouldn’t be together if either of us were. Also no strange piercings or haircuts or colors.

Thank you for your incredibly pertinent contribution to this discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it helpful when LMC, undereducated people label themselves as such. It helps me adjust my expectations.

I'm a doctor's kid who went to a private high school and holds a Master's Degree. My sister is a published scientist. George Schultz is one of our country's most highly regarded elder statesmen. Matt Taylor is an astrophysicist known for his work on the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.

Guess what we all have in common?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I had a husband (thankfully my divorce is almost final, because I HATE being married) I would encourage him to do whatever makes him happy. I have a sleeve and my tattoo is one-of-a-kind. No one else on earth has one like it. It has deep meaning to me and is a memorial to someone I lost tragically. It was therapy. I can take a nap while being tattooed. There is no pain afterward (not in my experience, but I have a high tolerance for pain.)
I truly do not understand the aversion to tattoos on this forum. They are a form of self-expression. Art. My only rule for my kids is that they must be 18 before being inked. I have one son who has a couple of tats, and my 16 yr old daughter is planning to get one when she turns 18, in memory of a friend who recently committed suicide. To the OP, I think your husband should go ahead with it. Find a good tattoo artist (dude who did mine used to work for Marvel Comics.)

Well, DCUM is weirdly conservative & judgmental on most topics.

Please. DCUM is Name-that-begins-with-the-letter-K-that-we're-not-allowed-to-use Central. And NOTHING is more NTBWTLKTWNATU than judgy shrieking about tattoos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I had a husband (thankfully my divorce is almost final, because I HATE being married) I would encourage him to do whatever makes him happy. I have a sleeve and my tattoo is one-of-a-kind. No one else on earth has one like it. It has deep meaning to me and is a memorial to someone I lost tragically. It was therapy. I can take a nap while being tattooed. There is no pain afterward (not in my experience, but I have a high tolerance for pain.)
I truly do not understand the aversion to tattoos on this forum. They are a form of self-expression. Art. My only rule for my kids is that they must be 18 before being inked. I have one son who has a couple of tats, and my 16 yr old daughter is planning to get one when she turns 18, in memory of a friend who recently committed suicide. To the OP, I think your husband should go ahead with it. Find a good tattoo artist (dude who did mine used to work for Marvel Comics.)

Well, DCUM is weirdly conservative & judgmental on most topics.

Please. DCUM is Name-that-begins-with-the-letter-K-that-we're-not-allowed-to-use Central. And NOTHING is more NTBWTLKTWNATU than judgy shrieking about tattoos.

Huh. Apparently we're allowed to use it again (I don't drop in very often). Karen Karen Karen!

[Anonymous]

I have face tattoos, litigate cases, and no one bats an eye.

[Anonymous]

Never but you cannot stop him

[Anonymous]

There's a whole lot of boomers in this column, lol, my DH thinks my tattoo's are super hot (I have a back piece + quarter sleeve).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have face tattoos, litigate cases, and no one bats an eye.

To your face. Definitely judge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have face tattoos, litigate cases, and no one bats an eye.

I don't believe you.

[Anonymous]

Tattoo on buttocks is best

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tattoo on buttocks is best

+1 if it says “insert here”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DCUM pearl clutchers always recoil in horror at the thought of a tattoo!

It’s not recoiling in horror but rather acknowledging lack of class and poor decision making.

[Anonymous]

Wanted a sleeve probably 30 years ago, glad I didn't get it, just seems to common now.
Would be hot if DW got some ink

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eek, I personally do not like tattoos.

I think the body looks best if the entire skin surface is unmarked.
But this is just my very own, personal opinion on this topic so of course any response that I give will be biased.

My main beef w/tattoos is how bad they look later on when the person ages.
Ever see a sixty/seventy yr. old w/sagging skin + a tattoo??

Well you will in around 35 yrs.
And it will not be pretty!

As opposed to how good normal 70 year old skin looks? I hate to break it to you but at that point the tattoo is not the problem.

agreed to the second post ... i have never understood the argument "it will look bad when you are older" ... like no, ALL my skin will look bad.

I actually LIKE the weathered look of older tattoos, it shows how much this person was and has been through.

[Anonymous]

“Let him”? Is this like when women have to get permission to cut their hair?