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I came by all my scars honestly, and never had much intrest in tattoos. If I'd been accepted for military service for the first Gulf War, (turned down for hearing problem), I'd intended to get a unit tattoo. Since that didn't happen, I never got one. No intrest in piercings; when I was growing up men didn't do that.
So nada, I'm clean except for what life put on me, which was enough.
That's me. I don't really mind a small tasteful tattoo on folks, and some of my family members have them, but I'll have to say that a lot of tattoos do bug me and distract from what would otherwise be an attractive appearance. At least to me. Piercings, other than earrings, have the same affect on me. They just bother me especially if on the face. It isn't a judgmental thing and I don't think less of those who have them. But the people are far less attractive to me.
In all honesty I'd have to agree.
The other week I saw this pretty girl in a store, and she was just literally covered in tattoos. I wondered why she wanted to take a beautiful form and put what looked to me like graffiti all over it. I had this depressing mental image of her in 30 years, covered in fuzzy distorted ink that no longer looked like what it was intended to be.
To me it just seemed like someone had spray-painted the Mona Lisa with "Coolbreeze Wuz Here".
It's not that I looked down on her, I just felt saddened that she had marred her natural beauty by covering it over with dozens of largely-unattractive tattoos.
That's just the way I tend to feel about it, my gut-level reaction. I think a guy covered in tatt's looks just as bad. Guy I work with has this really ugly tatt all over his forearm, looks like a "zombie" tatt (rotting flesh, maggots, etc). I have to wonder why in hell someone would want to go through life with that on their arm, if they're over the age of 15.
My husband has full sleeves - skulls and zombies, stuff like that. I always liked it. He always liked it.
To each their own.
''I've met people who have vitiligo and psoriasis who get tattoos to cover their blemishes and other imperfections. ''
I know a women, who got a tattoo on her stomach, when somebody she didnt know asked her how old her baby is. Apparently, the stranger could tell she had a baby because of a stretch mark on her stomach. She got a tattoo to camoflague it, rather than think of it as a medal of motherhood.
I have a long scar on one knee, but I would never get a tattoo on it. It is sensitive, and I hate when anybody tries to touch it, let alone tattoo it. But, the scar doesnt bother me. I dont even try to cover it with clothes. I dont even think about it, when choosing clothes, and nobody else seems to think about it or notice it either, despite its size. Maybe being indifferent to ones inperfections makes others think about them in the same way. If so, it is a pity I cant be indifferent about everything to do with how I look.
I came by all my scars honestly, and never had much intrest in tattoos.
''I've met people who have vitiligo and psoriasis who get tattoos to cover their blemishes and other imperfections. ''
I know a women, who got a tattoo on her stomach, when somebody she didnt know asked her how old her baby is. Apparently, the stranger could tell she had a baby because of a stretch mark on her stomach. She got a tattoo to camoflague it, rather than think of it as a medal of motherhood.
I have a long scar on one knee, but I would never get a tattoo on it. It is sensitive, and I hate when anybody tries to touch it, let alone tattoo it. But, the scar doesnt bother me. I dont even try to cover it with clothes. I dont even think about it, when choosing clothes, and nobody else seems to think about it or notice it either, despite its size. Maybe being indifferent to ones inperfections makes others think about them in the same way. If so, it is a pity I cant be indifferent about everything to do with how I look.
medal of motherhood?
*giggle*
Yeah, that's what they are :shrug: Sorry, but if I felt that a small, cute tattoo - or a few - would hide all my "medals" I'd get them too. . . **** yeah I'd get them. Sadly, my "medals" look like they were partially smelted amid purification . . . and then some. I'd give anything to just have a few stretchmarks.
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