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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2014 8:31:32 GMT -5
I have a dragonfly in flight on the back of my right shoulder. It represents my personal growth and strength. GW1 wants to get a tattoo on her 18th birthday, some simple birds in flight. I will go in at the same time and get my first tattoo sharpened up and get a slightly smaller second dragonfly to represent her.
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Post by Pants on Apr 3, 2014 8:31:47 GMT -5
DH and I are planning to get tattoos for our anniversary this year. We decided to get hash marks, 1 for each year we've been married. This year is 5, so good time to start.
Mine will be on my ribcage, the only way to see it will be in a bathing suit. You mean kinda like the lines prisioners scratch in the wall to mark the number of days they've been incarcerated...just asking ? EXACTLY like that.
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Post by swamp on Apr 3, 2014 8:32:05 GMT -5
I'm even older than Athena, and my personal opinion of them has never changed. As soon as I see one on somebody, I've made my judgment of them. A young man came into the dentist office yesterday while I was waiting for DH, his arms and legs were covered with them....immediately I thought...well never mind what I thought.
If you think they're wonderful go for it, but some of us think they are <insert adjective> If it's your choice to have them and I should just not make those judgments, its my right to have you accept what I think of them. And if you don't get the job because of them, you have no one to blame but yourself.
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Post by midjd on Apr 3, 2014 8:32:06 GMT -5
That's a cool one, BSB. Once I'm done with kids I'm going to get a back tattoo with both their names (in picture form, I already have a tattoo of initials)... DD's middle name is Fern, so it should be easy enough. BG would LOVE my husband... he has a forearm tattoo (it was a crappily-done bar code that he had covered up with a black flame), a tribal on one arm, and a snake on the other. Both his bicep tattoos go from shoulder to elbow and cover all but the very inside of his arm. And he wants more. But he has always had a good job and is a wonderful husband and father, so any negative judgments made about his character based on his body art would be wrong. (And I think his tattoos are hot.)
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Post by sheilaincali on Apr 3, 2014 8:33:39 GMT -5
I have a couple of tattoos- nearly everyone I know has at least one. We've been designing/talking about a family tattoo for a few years now. DS and DH are totally on board- we have talked about getting them as a family when DS turns 18 in 2 years. Placement will be most likely on the back/shoulder area.
Les- if it were my kid I'd have no problem bringing him in and giving him permission for the tattoo that he wants. I would encourage he get it somewhere less daily visible for his first one.
Tattoos and piercings don't bother me for the most part but the huge ear gauges do creep me out a little just because they look painful to me.
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Post by swamp on Apr 3, 2014 8:35:25 GMT -5
Tattoos and piercings don't bother me for the most part but the huge ear gauges do creep me out a little just because they look painful to me. Ear gauges completely freak me out. Not a fan of tongue piercing either, but whatever. It's not me that has them. I'm pretty live and let live.
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Post by yogiii on Apr 3, 2014 8:36:15 GMT -5
I don't think I'll ever get a tattoo but people having them does not bother me at all. They're so common now it's surprising they still carry such a heavy stereotype.
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Post by sheilaincali on Apr 3, 2014 8:39:53 GMT -5
My Uncle is a dentist and he cringes every time he sees a tongue piercing. He says that by and large they mess up peoples mouths and teeth. I don't mind the tongue one if they aren't playing with it constantly.
Eyebrow piercings, nose rings, lip rings are all ok with me.
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Post by milee on Apr 3, 2014 8:48:46 GMT -5
Like Yogiii said, tattoos are so common now that most people's perception of them is neutral, unless the tattoo is of an offensive subject (think porn or gang symbol) or on the neck/face.
That said, we heard a great bit from a comedian the other night who was talking about his friends who are docs/nurses on the emergency medical helicopter crew. The docs claimed they can tell if someone is going to live by the ratio of tattoos to teeth. People with 6 or more tattoos and 6 or less teeth are indestructible. If the patient falls into that category, when they land at the hospital, s/he is going to rip out the IV lines and walk out of the ER leaving only a trail of expletives. Those poor souls with perfect teeth and no tattoos are fragile flowers and sometimes don't even make the flight to the hospital without croaking.
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Post by giramomma on Apr 3, 2014 8:51:18 GMT -5
Well, I work in office environment that pretty much looks like Mad Men, except there's no booze in the office (I work at a university, so it's a no-no), and the bras aren't so pointy.
All the people making important hiring positions are 50-65+ year old men. For better or worse, they don't embrace sleeves and gauges. ETA: Some of these folks will STILL be around to hire my oldest as a student worker if he gets accepted at the university that I work at...
I help run a couple master degree programs. Our students, who are one the fast track to a high level of management look conservative.
If my kids are Self Employed, or the "only" one of their profession in town, well, then they can do whatevs they want with little ramification.
If my kids want to be an engineer or a high level manager, I'm not going to encourage them to get sleeves and gauges...
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 3, 2014 8:51:38 GMT -5
I'm even older than Athena, and my personal opinion of them has never changed. As soon as I see one on somebody, I've made my judgment of them. A young man came into the dentist office yesterday while I was waiting for DH, his arms and legs were covered with them....immediately I thought...well never mind what I thought.
If you think they're wonderful go for it, but some of us think they are <insert adjective> If it's your choice to have them and I should just not make those judgments, its my right to have you accept what I think of them. And if you don't get the job because of them, you have no one to blame but yourself. Judge away but know that just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. You could be doing business with degenerates and not even realize it! I've been accused of not hiring someone for green hair/piercings/tattoos (in a company that didn't care and I didn't hire him because his organizational system was sticky notes-we all do it but I don't think that's an interview worthy system without any further explanation), so I can say without question that I present a proper uptight appearance. Doesn't mean I didnt have almost a dozen piercings and a large tattoo. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 3, 2014 8:53:23 GMT -5
Geez, I don't even have my ears pierced.
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Post by yogiii on Apr 3, 2014 8:54:22 GMT -5
Geez, I don't even have my ears pierced.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 3, 2014 8:57:45 GMT -5
I feel totally left out. Raised by baptists and my grandma said only gypsies and women of ill repute get their ears pierced. My older female students thought that was hysterically funny!! After 50 years of marriage my grandpa got my grandma diamond earrings and that woman got her ears pierced so fast I thought my mom and aunts heads would spin right off. So off they all went to get theirs pierced. I never did. I just didn't develop the earring habit as a young girl. Even if my mom's stepson hadn't stolen her diamond earrings, I'd have given them to DD eventually.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 3, 2014 9:02:03 GMT -5
Piercings are so easy to remove though and better to do it as a teen then in your 20's. I had my eyebrow pierced for several years and I just kept a spacer in it when at work. Not that my career has done much, but I don't think it was the piercing that caused that. I was in Staples a few months ago and cashier had piercings on her chest, eyebrow, and lip and they were permanent. Like she had to go through surgery to get it and would have to go through surgery to get it out. She was explaining it in great details to my husband, but I wasn't paying attention. I pretty much stopped listening after "i had to do it through surgery"
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Post by Shooby on Apr 3, 2014 9:02:23 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind a tattoo. But, I just don't know what I really would want to put on my body forever. So, I havent'. DH wouldn't be happy if I did. He doesn't care for that sort of thing. But, if I choose too, I would. He would have to deal with it.
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Post by nutty on Apr 3, 2014 9:04:22 GMT -5
OK I will admit to taking my DD to get one on her 17th birthday. I honestly thought she would chicken out but she didn't, now she has it on her back so can cover it. I don't mind it but it does get some looks. Oh I got another one at the same time. Mommy/daughter bonding time at the tattoo parlor I love a man with some Ink. Alas even though DH was in the Navy for ten years he has no tattoos, I have three and about to get Scarlett on my wrist, DD has one and her BF doesn't have any either. I LOVE INK, but mine are meaningful to me.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 3, 2014 9:07:28 GMT -5
I don't make judgements about tattoos in a sense that a person is a biker or comes from blue colar, etc, but I do wonder about their judgements, depending on what tattoo is.
My husband, on another hand, who is the most old-fashioned, conservative guy EVER is fascinated with them and actually wants to publish a book with tattoo photographs and the stories behind it. (He was a photographer in his previous life)
I would never get a tattoo, but if someone put a lot of thought into it and did that way, I think it's nice. If you got it cause you were 18 and your BFF did it - well, there is that judgement thing
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2014 9:07:48 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind a tattoo. But, I just don't know what I really would want to put on my body forever. So, I havent'. DH wouldn't be happy if I did. He doesn't care for that sort of thing. But, if I choose too, I would. He would have to deal with it. DH would prefer that I keep my "canvas" pristine, but he knows that it's my body and I do what I want with it.
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 3, 2014 9:08:47 GMT -5
Piercings are so easy to remove though and better to do it as a teen then in your 20's. I had my eyebrow pierced for several years and I just kept a spacer in it when at work. Not that my career has done much, but I don't think it was the piercing that caused that. I was in Staples a few months ago and cashier had piercings on her chest, eyebrow, and lip and they were permanent. Like she had to go through surgery to get it and would have to go through surgery to get it out. She was explaining it in great details to my husband, but I wasn't paying attention. I pretty much stopped listening after "i had to do it through surgery" That stuff seems extreme to me. But one piercing or tattoo is not a gateway to gages, facial tattoos, or scarring (I've seen that but am mot sure of the proper term). And what do I know-my career took a 10 year hiatus, so maybe my managers could sense my alter ego and that prohibited me from moving up... Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Apr 3, 2014 9:11:29 GMT -5
Personally, I hate tattoos and piercings (other than ear piercings, and even then, just one per ear). Call me ridiculous if you want. That said, you and your son totally rock, Les. Go for it. You've been through a lot. My dislike applies only to what's on my own body, not anyone else. I know you love your son, but more importantly, you respect him. If it matters to him, and you're OK with it, it's all good.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 3, 2014 9:15:23 GMT -5
but the huge ear gauges do creep me out a littleMe too. I knew someone in HS that I could have stuck my hand up to my wrist thru his ear lobe. Blech. I'm assuming after a certain point your ears don't go back to normal, so what happens if you want to take them out when you're older? You'll look like a basset hound.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 3, 2014 9:15:26 GMT -5
When I was in the position of hiring people it wasn't tattoos or piercings that I was judging. It was the judgment of the person
all my jobs were in corporate finance, some companies more conservative than others. I always thought that when you interview - you need to know your audience, so if you come in showing certain things - to me it's not about the "thing", but about your judgement. does it make sense?
Also, i've seen some of our managers having a tattoos, so obviously, it didn't hinder their careers.
I don't know....I think our society and expectations are changing daily. I don't even know what is appropriate or not anymore.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 3, 2014 9:16:04 GMT -5
My uncle got one in the service. Its not my aunts name! We like to rag him about that.
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Post by NastyWoman on Apr 3, 2014 9:23:12 GMT -5
Geez, I don't even have my ears pierced. and that won't change either. Nobody is going to poke holes in me if not necessary for my health (can you tell I'm chicken?). But I am mostly neutral when I see tats. Now if you have face tats and wear a wife beater shirt, or depending on your general looks, I will go out of my way to avoid getting close to you...
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 3, 2014 9:24:31 GMT -5
DDs girlfriend got a turtle tattooed on her instep. Said it hurt like a son of a you-know-what. It's really cute but people always think she has dirt on her foot.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Apr 3, 2014 9:27:10 GMT -5
I got my ears pierced at 14, my parents didn't know it. I took a pair of my mom's gold earrings to do it. I think it was the worst thing I've ever done. Well, I did smoke for over a decade.
Which, btw, is another inteview no-no - don't come in smelling like a chimney.
anyway, I pierced at the beginning of the summer, bc i needed time to let it "set" or whatever as we were not allowed to have earnings in school
i am still wearing the same earring today.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2014 9:27:15 GMT -5
but the huge ear gauges do creep me out a littleMe too. I knew someone in HS that I could have stuck my hand up to my wrist thru his ear lobe. Blech. I'm assuming after a certain point your ears don't go back to normal, so what happens if you want to take them out when you're older? You'll look like a basset hound. I believe they cut the loop and then reattach the strip to make a new earlobe.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Apr 3, 2014 9:29:25 GMT -5
Geez, I don't even have my ears pierced. I just pierced my ears in August! My stepmom bought me earrings for the wedding and never noticed my lack of holes. Apparently my easy solution was to pierce as opposed to return the earrings. Lol. I do have seven tattoos with plans for another (hubs and I are getting text from Oh the Places You'll Go - it was incorporated into our wedding ceremony), but I have no idea where I'm going to get it. I also want a simple outline of a cat. Hubs wants Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2014 9:30:52 GMT -5
Obviously I don't have a problem with tattoos per se, but what they choose to get on themselves tells me a lot about them. I have never seen sleeves that I thought were attractive and eventually they just turn into one big blob. Written messages don't make much sense to me because they are going to blur and look crappy. In your face kind of symbols or messages tell me this person is not going to be a big team player. One or two attractive tatt's are usually nice and too look at and usually have a significant meaning.
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