<p>I have had both of those worlds (I’m smack in between your kids). I know what I have to do to survive in this world- I’ve been essentially on my own for most of my life. I also know that I have control over my body and if my employer doesn’t like my body then he or she and I aren’t going to have a great working relationship anyway. </p>
<p>Oh, and FWIW, neither of my grandfathers ever regretted their tats. And they’ve had more life experiences than either of us ;). </p>
<p>And I’m sorry your younger child thinks other people are “freaks” because of a very common and ancient practice. They’re going to get a shock at college…</p>
<p>No, I think you will see fewer and fewer tats at college…except among their professors. The kids are really getting more conservative. And grandfathers and grandmothers are two different things. Tats for military men are thought of significantly differently than tats on attractive young women…a clear double standard. There are lots of young men out there, who aren’t part of the “hipster” crowd who already “select out” girls who have visible tattoos…like it or not.</p>
<p>I’m not part of the “hipster” crowd. I fully plan on getting a visible tattoo at some point, when I have sufficient money. </p>
<p>And men are whatever. If they’re going to overlook you because of what’s on your skin then they aren’t worth your time. I started dating my fiance before I had my tat and now I have one. Didn’t change me. If a guy can’t see past your skin then you DON’T want to be dating him anyway. </p>
<p>One grandpa got a military tattoo, one had a few visible hippie-ish tattoos. The latter is now a multimillionaire. Yeah, it wasn’t acceptable for ladies to have tats then. It also really wasn’t acceptable for them to have shorter hair or wear pants. Whew! Glad times have stayed the same.</p>
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<p>I highly beg to differ.</p>
<p>Maybe your multimillionaire grandpa (didn’t you say you raised yourself?) can help you remove your tattoos when you grow up.</p>
<p>Not really relevant to the conversation… But congrats on getting engaged Romani.</p>
<p>i wouldnt get a tattoo.</p>
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<p>Yeah… I did. Grandpa lives in Cali… probably seen him about 5 times in the last 10 years (other one died when I was three), I live in Michigan with my disabled father and my drug addict mom. Your point?</p>
<p>Thanks Qwerty, but I’ve been engaged for about 2 years :p</p>
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<p>Parents make poverty. That’s not news.
And yes, I do. But I don’t argue to argue. I argue because I have a point.</p>
<p>“Thanks Qwerty, but I’ve been engaged for about 2 years”</p>
<p>Long time…? Did you get engaged in high school?</p>
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<p>There is a significant double standard in the area of regret. </p>
<p>My daughter’s tattoo removal will cost her 10,000. And she was as “sure of herself” as Romani. Some kids have to take their own path. They win some and they lose some.</p>
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<p>Yes. Between my sophomore and junior year. Wow, so that actually makes it 2.5 years. Hmm.</p>
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<p>Never said there wasn’t. There’s a significant double standard in almost everything. Where the heck did that even come from?</p>
<p>Romani, you hang out with a lot of 16 year old kids? I do. Believe me. The younger kids are significantly more conservative than the older kids. I remember in the 70’s when my brother’s generation graduated from hs at the end of the vietnam war. Those kids were druggie hippies. My art teacher commented that the class that graduated 2 years later was significantly more conservative…and we were. I hate to tell you…it’s happening again.</p>
<p>Why did I mention that women more often regret their tats? Because you so proudly keep mentioning how much your grandFATHERS still liked their tats.</p>
<p>No, but I was one 2 years ago. I still have plenty of 17 year old friends. I know it’s a HUGE gap between that one year. </p>
<p>And no, trends are that kids are becoming more socially liberal. Actually, more libertarian in that they think government shouldn’t tell us what we can and can’t do. </p>
<p>Why does a dad hang out with a bunch of 16 year old kids all the time? I know it might be hard to believe, but perhaps they’re not telling you everthing ;).</p>
<p>Well, it’s been lovely debating you debrock, but now I have to go drive an hour from job 1 to job 2.</p>
<p>Hanging out on CC at work!?!</p>
<p><em>shakes head</em></p>
<p>Bad employee!</p>
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<p>Livin the good life.</p>
<p>I work at a school with ESL kids. They’ve had testing all week so I’ve been sitting there in a class room with 10 interpretters doing nothing and twittling my thumbs. My teacher finally told me I could use the computer lol. Now I’m stick in traffic. Blah standstills.</p>
<p>One problem is–what tattoo actually looks good? If a technician is skilled at creating a certain design–roaring tiger, Jesus on a surfboard or what have you–then it’s already a cliche, if they aren’t skilled then it’s likely to be a disaster of poor workmanship. And then there’s the uncomfortable fact that most people don’t seem to make up a masterplan for their body art. They’ve got the rose on the ankle with the weird spiky ankle bracelet with the Celtic squiggles and it all gets to be a design catastrophe. Then the only thing that pulls it together is putting on more and more tattoos. And seriously, you don’t think that you’re going to get sick of seeing Daffy Duck smoking a joint or the bikini mudflap girl on your sagging biceps when you’re in your 60s?</p>
<p>^ I’ve never actually seen any of those tattoos. The only people I know with tattoos are ones that are meaningful and therefore less likely to be regretted.</p>
<p>What are meaningful tattoos?</p>