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Anonymous wrote:You really can’t. If he wants to get it, he’ll get it. You can suggest he ideally get it in a spot that can be covered in standard office attire.

This is the best advice and to go to a reputable place.

Yup

The only real thing you can say is: no job stoppers (hands/neck/face) and pick your artist. Don't just walk into a street shop

Anonymous wrote:You really can’t. If he wants to get it, he’ll get it. You can suggest he ideally get it in a spot that can be covered in standard office attire.

This is the best advice and to go to a reputable place.

Anonymous wrote:Ask him to only get a tattoo if he is comfortable showing it to his future boss or mother-in-law. That should help him to make better choices about what it is and where he puts it. Tattoos are not trashy; they're really common. Some people may not like them, and that's their choice, but it doesn't make them trashy for people who do like them. To each their own.

If/when my son wants a tattoo, I will take him to get one so he goes to a reputable place to get high quality artwork and doesn't get a skin infection from a sketchy/cheap place. My motherly advice to him will be to make sure that he can still get a job after college (so not on his face/neck).

This is weird

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Anonymous wrote:Simple. You do something stupid = we don't pay for the next term. No spending allowance either. End of subject.

Bingo!

He's a D1 athlete that threat has no weight whatsoever

What sport does he play. Swimmers at the least likely to get one. Everyone else on teams get one.

Check your classism, babe.

I swam in college. When we won the national championship, we all got matching tattoos with our college logo. We also got drunk at our end-of-season celebration and some of us had sex with our teammates. Young adults are young adults, regardless of their intellect or parents’ money.

We all graduated and grew up. We have respectable careers, and families, and houses, and typical midlife drama. The only person who regularly sees my tattoo is my husband. My tattoo has had no impact on me becoming a functional human being.

Weird flex. “I was a swimmer and acted like a trashy skank in college, shows what you know!”

You really can’t. If he wants to get it, he’ll get it. You can suggest he ideally get it in a spot that can be covered in standard office attire.

18 pages later, I don’t know if you are still reading. The best way to stop him from getting any is for you and your husband to get lots of bad ones. Cover yourself as much as possible. DH and I together have a lot, most of which we regret. We are confident our kids will never get any because they think we are very uncool people.

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Anonymous wrote:Explain that tattoos are for low class or not very intelligent people. People who have too much free time on their hands. People who are insecure and follow the crowd.

They are also for really smart people with high paying jobs and plenty of class, and athletes (even amateur athletes - I'm a triathlete and see them ALL the time), and anyone who bloody-well feels like getting one, in spite of snobs like this.

People with high paying jobs may have tattoos, but that doesn't mean they have class. By definition, they don't.

Who cares about class? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:Explain that tattoos are for low class or not very intelligent people. People who have too much free time on their hands. People who are insecure and follow the crowd.

They are also for really smart people with high paying jobs and plenty of class, and athletes (even amateur athletes - I'm a triathlete and see them ALL the time), and anyone who bloody-well feels like getting one, in spite of snobs like this.

People with high paying jobs may have tattoos, but that doesn't mean they have class. By definition, they don't.

Anonymous wrote:Explain that tattoos are for low class or not very intelligent people. People who have too much free time on their hands. People who are insecure and follow the crowd.

They are also for really smart people with high paying jobs and plenty of class, and athletes (even amateur athletes - I'm a triathlete and see them ALL the time), and anyone who bloody-well feels like getting one, in spite of snobs like this.

Explain that tattoos are for low class or not very intelligent people. People who have too much free time on their hands. People who are insecure and follow the crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:Simple. You do something stupid = we don't pay for the next term. No spending allowance either. End of subject.

Bingo!

He's a D1 athlete that threat has no weight whatsoever

What sport does he play. Swimmers at the least likely to get one. Everyone else on teams get one.

Tattoos are common in collegiate swimming. There is an issue with timing bc they have to be kept out of water at first - this is helping to slow down my newly 18 swimmer who very much wants to get started. We visited many teams and saw many tattoos.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't.

The hell you can’t.

How? Going to strip the kid down and check when they get home?

Ask him to only get a tattoo if he is comfortable showing it to his future boss or mother-in-law. That should help him to make better choices about what it is and where he puts it. Tattoos are not trashy; they're really common. Some people may not like them, and that's their choice, but it doesn't make them trashy for people who do like them. To each their own.

If/when my son wants a tattoo, I will take him to get one so he goes to a reputable place to get high quality artwork and doesn't get a skin infection from a sketchy/cheap place. My motherly advice to him will be to make sure that he can still get a job after college (so not on his face/neck).

I would just advise him to get a tattoo in someplace that's usually not seen in work appropriate clothing, even on the legs or upper arms for guys would be ok later.