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Originally Posted by Alice in Wonderland
No. 348...
What is it with the "Get a tattoo? Are you crazy? Imagine what you'll look like when you're 80!"
a) I may not live to be 80. It looks good *now*.
b) Saying I do survive global armageddon/the rapture/the new Ice Age, what does this statement mean? That if I was 80 and didn't have a tat, I'd be like this stone fox and able to wear tight skin-revealing clothing without fear?
I'm not getting at anyone, it's just this crazy thing that people say that I've never understood.
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Well the majority of my family members live well into their 80's. I've seen grandma's sagging boobs and dumpy stomach. If she had any tattoos, they would have been way stretched out and misshapen.
Plus as someone who lives in NY, where tattoos are the norm, I've seen people in their 40's and 50's who look awful with sagging/greying/stretch marked tats and I can only imagine what they'll look like when they are older. Grandparents are supposed to be sweet and cuddly, not look like they've been ravaged by an exploding magic marker.
On top of that, of the people in their 30's that I currently know who have tatoos, the majority of them say they wish they didn't have them and that they got them when they were young and stupid. Having something permenently tattooed on you is a big committment. I think its pretty much a fad right now and when VH1 does their "I Love the Aughts," tramp stamps (i.e., the lower back tat on women) will be right up there in the "what the hell were they thinking?" montage.