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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a very small tattoo that is very meaningful to me on the inside of my wrist.  Most days my watchband covers it.  Most people would never even guess it is there.  It's in memory of my best friend who died recently, and it's my way of always carrying her with me.

My fiancé has half sleeves on both arms, which are very muscular. He is insanely sexy and the furthest thing from trashy.  He is successful in his career, responsible with money and adult obligations, and well-respected.  His tattoos don't affect any of that.  In a long sleeved button-down, no one would be the wiser.

So, you all can think whatever you want of us and we will just continue living our happy, prosperous lives.[/quote]

Don't bother, PP. This board is populated mainly by dowdy, middle-aged, non-creative types. Declaring things "trashy" is all they have.[/quote]

I never said they look trashy. They do, however, look like a skin disease to me. Their "meaning" is nothing more than narcissism. Everyone has meaning in their lives - birth dates of our children, tragic accidents that took siblings, families being torn apart - we don't all feel need to scar ourselves to make that known.

- in my mid 30s, creative type who enjoys looking "dowdy" according to you. Maybe you're the hater for judging those who like to look put together adults.[/quote]

If you were creative, you'd understand the difference between body art and a "skin disease". You would also, hopefully, be a creative enough thinker to comprehend that people express what is meaningful to them in different ways.[/quote]

Yes, I know the difference between a skin disease and a tattoo. It still looks like a skin disease, especially with the passing of time when the crisp lines of a newish tattoo and smooth skin of youth disappear leaving blurred lines on crepe. And I am creative enough and bright enough to comprehend that some people need their feelings to be seen to be validated. It's still narcissism. [/quote]

So, you're not on Facebook, right? No family photos displayed in your house either, hopefully. Pure narcissism, according to you.[/quote]

No, I'm not on Facebook, and actually I don't have any family pics displayed in my house, even though photographs within my home would not be analogous to visible "meaningful" tattoos.[/quote]

By thinking you're superior or better than those with tattoos -and the folks I know with them are far, far from narcissist - you become the thing you preach against - full of ego. 
The world is a big place. There's plenty of people with visible and non visible tattoos that are nice, or assholes. Just like any other representative slice of humanity.  
I have one tattoo,  only visible if I'm in a swimsuit.  I got it at 45 and my partner loves me and will love it , wrinkled or not when I'm old. He sat with me the five hours I took to have it done. It was a vivid,  spiritual journey and very painful. Anyone that knows me describes me as kind and humble. My body art, like my clothing, hair and glasses, are not yours to judge. [/quote]

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