<p>Of course, taking into account the orneriness of teenagers, perhaps if missypie developed an interest in tattoos and casual drug use, the daughter would find it not so appealing.
( but then you run the risk of her ratcheting her interest in risky behavior up a notch, rather than finding a nice Eagle Scout who cooks.)</p>
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I am a nice Eagle Scout, I cook, and I have tattoos, but I am already taken. And too old. And already taken.</p>
<p>My S is an Eagle Scout, cooks, not taken. He has no piercings or tatoos. He is also employed, smart and interesting. (Un)fortunately, he has never allowed me to have a hand in picking his friendsāmale or female. He has many friends who are also wonderful males & femalesāmany of whom have no markings or piercings either (as well as some who do). D is similar, though not yet employed as sheās in her last year of school.</p>
<p>Well, for me it comes down to motivation. It takes a significant level of motivation to go have holes punched into your skin in which to insert studs or rings. It takes initiative and money and a real objective to go have your skin punctured a gazillion times and dye inserted to make a picture on the surface of your body. Motivation.</p>
<p>To me it is just sad that this is what a significant segment of our youth are finding to motivate themselves. </p>
<p>Why not channel it into something like scholarly endeavor or service or exercise or meditation? But no, they choose to puncture the surface of their body to ādecorateā themselves.</p>
<p>Sorry. I seriously donāt get it. I seriously think itās dysfunctional.</p>
<p>My daughter has two tattoos that show in a wedding gown. I donāt remember any of the guests commenting on themā¦ except for the one person who wanted to know the origins of the Latin phrase on her left collarbone (the one that was snapped into four pieces when the car hit her while she was on her bike). </p>
<p>She also has at least six piercings that I know of (two nose, four ears) and Iām aware of others, but try to pretend I donāt know about them, because it would make me crazy.</p>
<p>She was recently hired to do SAT prep tutoring; she also teaches in an after-school program. </p>
<p>As for marijuana use, are there really people out there who donāt think it should be legalized? Weāre spending billions of dollars and ruining millions of lives over a relatively harmless herb. Letās legalize and regulate and TAX it.</p>
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<p>Orā¦ they could do all of thoseā¦ <em>raises hand</em>. </p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I canāt think of any coaches or board members (except my dad) in the non-profit sports league that I work with that donāt have at least one tattoo. Range in age from 21 (me) to their late 50s/early 60s. They give literally hundreds or thousands of hours of their lives, for free, to help kids. But youāre right. Totally dysfunctional.</p>
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<p>Donāt ask me why, but yes. Yes there are. Itās on the ballot in 3 (?) states this year so weāll see how it goes.</p>
<p>Yay, romanigypsyeyes!!! Great post.</p>
<p>In our house itās the older folks with the tattoos. My husband and I got matching ones for our 20th anniversary five years ago and I got a second one recently. The first isnāt typically visible (shoulder). The second is on my ankle so I can have it visible or not. I donāt plan on getting more.</p>
<p>My husband and I both have graduate degrees, have an occasional drink, and donāt do drugs (never have). He works in the medical field; Iām a college librarian. Many of our colleagues also have tattoos. In our fields tattoos are really not a big concern.</p>
<p>My son had a great job this summer (scooping ice cream actually). He really liked the job and especially the folks he worked with ā¦ and he had a really funny story to share at dinner after about a couple weeks on the job. During some downtime the worker bees were talking and mentioning they were surprised how much they liked SecondToGo ā¦ why the surprise ā¦ he was the only person working at the shop who did not have a tatoo or a piercing. (As he evolves weāre hoping for tie-die and a beard but the tatoo and piercings might happen also).</p>
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<p>This seems unusual to me. Shopping for nice clothing or wearing makeup or getting oneās nails done are also ways to ādecorateā the body that arenāt as noble as scholarly endeavor or service or exercise or meditation, but that doesnāt make them wrong.</p>
<p>I donāt care for the look of tattoos at all - I think they are unattractive and Iāve never ever seen one I thought was attractive - but I donāt think of it as a harbinger of drug use. Itās just an aesthetic choice I donāt care for, kind of like a mullet or skin-tight leopard leggings - not a moral choice, just an aesthetic one.</p>
<p>Iād love to invest in a start up company that has a REAL and patentable tattoo removal technology. Iād make a fortune. The vast majority of all Tramp Stamps will come to be deeply regretted.
AND ALL THAT MONEY!</p>
<p>Ok, I have a question. I knew and know people who refused to talk about their tatoos because they were not proud of them. Recently, I photographed the brideās attendants. One ladyās upper arm showed a big green plant thing, like an agave on fire or something. I was curious as to what the thing was, but I was afraid to ask. What if she was embarrassed? OTOH do people want to be asked about these things? It was all I had not to photoshop the thing out of the picture and give the girl a bare arm but I behaved myself and left the big ugly thing in the photo. Any etiquette tips?</p>
<p>Treetop, since tattoos are pretty common, maybe when you meet with the couple to finalize which pictures they really want, you could add a question about tattoos - āIf members of the bridal party have large tattoos, do you want me to arrange the shots so that the tattoos donāt show?ā. If bride loves her cousin but not the flaming agave plant, you could line the ladies up so that arm was away from the cameraā¦</p>
<p>I have a tattoo on my angle (maybe 3 or 2 inches big) of a giraffe and Iām ranked 3 out of 678 (soon to be probably 1st or 2nd), am one of the only sophomores in ap physics (the other one is ranked #1 of my class) and ap Calc ABā¦ Iām in student council (you have to run and be elected just to be a member, and run again to be pres or vp or secretary or something. Iām an avid member of national arts honors society, hoping to win an award or two in scholastics in my coming years of highschool, Iām also really interested in programming, engineering, robotics, etc and hope to be part of the tech club here at my school. I am also quite mature for my age however, and normally when I see other students with tattoos I see it as reckless and unthought outā¦ Honestly donāt think Iāll regret mine till my ankle gets wrinkly in fourth so years</p>
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<p>Even the latest modern laser tattoo removal often doesnāt work all that well, taking many treatments. And some colors, especially blues and yellows, are particularly stubborn and are in many cases pretty much permanent.</p>
<p>[Ink</a> color hard to remove for certain tattoos - chicagotribune.com](<a href=āhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-tattoo-removal-still-a-long-slow-processbre88h1-20120918,0,6282956.story]Inkā>http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-tattoo-removal-still-a-long-slow-processbre88h1-20120918,0,6282956.story)</p>
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<p>Well, of course not. If I saw a lovely young lady with a tattoo that showed when she was wearing a formal gown or wedding gown or something of that nature, I wouldnāt COMMENT on it. She presumably knows itās there and doesnāt need me to tell her. That doesnāt mean that I privately wouldnāt think it was unattractive. The āno one comments on itā is meaningless in terms of thinking that people must think itās attractive; of course no oneās going to comment.</p>
<p>Not that I think S1 would ever want his removedā¦just curiousā¦ are the black/gray ones easier to remove?</p>
<p>āWhy not channel it into something like scholarly endeavor or service or exercise or meditation?ā</p>
<p>You should see all the wonderful tattoos in my yoga class!</p>
<p>Dragonmom, there was no time that day to arrange people by tattooed arms. I took what i could get. But honestly, I wonder how pros handle this - Bride gets to decide if she wants the thing in the pic? Lady with tattoo? Nobody complained about it being in the photo, but who knows whether they would complain or not.</p>
<p>Happy Halloween, the day when people can adopt an extreme look in a non-permanent manner.</p>
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<p>please tell me thereās some meaning behind your tattoo</p>