Tattoos

[juliet]

I have been thinking of late about tattoos; & thus my mind turned inexorably to the research medium of the poll.

Poll #11 Tattoos

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

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Do you have a tattoo, and if so how do you feel about it?

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Yes, and I love it madly
2 (12.5%)

Yes, and I am not particularly bothered about it either way
0 (0.0%)

Yes, and I regret it
0 (0.0%)

No, but I'd like one
5 (31.2%)

No, and I wouldn't like one
7 (43.8%)

I am a special snowflake and will elaborate in the comments
5 (31.2%)

Comments

[juliet]

This is part of the reason why my inclination would always be to get tattoos that are concealable if required. Not because I feel that way - I mean, I've seen tattoos that I do dislike, but that's about my feeling about the art rather than the ink itself! - but because other people may think differently about them, and in some circs (e.g. job interviews) that may be relevant.

I do have a facial piercing (eyebrow) so to some extent I've made a call on the 'obvious alternative status' already; but it's small and I wear glasses, so people don't always notice it.

The tattoo I'm thinking about getting would be hip/stomach, so in fact I'd have to actively show people in most circs.

I live in an area where a large number of the tattoos that people have are, hm, less likely to be beautiful pieces of art (& more likely to be bulldogs or expressions of one's fondness for Millwall Football Club or something else picked out of the tattooist's Big Book) but I know enough people with gorgeous & meaningful tattoos to override that association. I was also brought up that Tattoos Are Bad, & my parents would/will doubtless have conniptions if I get one, but at the age of 31 I figure they don't get a vote any more :)

(I also have a theory/thought about the extent to which one writes one's experience on one's body *anyway*, & tattoos as another extension of that.)