Tattoos: what do they tell you about a person?


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Emme is offline Emme Post #1  September 6,2009, 5:14pm

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Do you have any immediate reaction when you notice/find out a match has one or many tattoos? Is there a difference to you if the person has one discreet tattoo vs having a sleeve or a tattoo covering his/her entire back? Are they a turn on/turn off/neutral to you? Men, what are you feelings about tattoos on women? Women, how do you feel about them on men?

I have a few discreet tattoos that remain private unless I care to show them off. I am discovering an attraction for heavily tattood men. Not a whole body tattoo, but a sleeve, or chest or something. Or several tats. No tattoos are fine, too, of course.

Anyone care to comment? I'm curious. I think my tattoos, which I got for intensely personal reasons to remind me of things, changed my view of people with lots of tats, men and women.
 
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Yes. My immediate reaction is, "Lemme see!"

As long as the tats aren't gang-related or have a negative racial overtone, I'm cool.

I may even "encourage" an SO get one if they don't have one already.
 
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I don't really have any reaction one way or the other about the person themselves if they have a tattoo or multiple tattoos. As far as someone I am interested in? Tattoos all over the place turn me off. Its not something I find attractive if he has tattoos all over his arms, or back or his legs even. It doesn't mean I don't like the person nor do I assume anything about them, its just not an attractive look in my opinion.
 
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Unless the person looks like Kat Von D, its neither here nor there to me. I have one small one on my ankle and i have been considering one more (tiny one) in the small of my back.

Tons covering the body are not all that attractive to me initially, but if i really liked the guy it would not at all be a dealbreaker.
 
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Time for my disclaimer, just in case: Nothing said here is intended to anger, single out or pick on anyone of either gender or anyone else for that matter.

Ok, tats do not "bother" me on a woman if they are not over the top. That is just a matter of personal taste,
thats all. And I have not met any women yet whose tats would have been a deal breaker for me either.

Case by case I guess. Just my humle opinion.
 
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I met only one woman with a tattoo.
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Nanette wrote :
Unless the person looks like Kat Von D, its neither here nor there to me. I have one small one on my ankle and i have been considering one more (tiny one) in the small of my back.
I would love to be tatted by Kat Von D.
 
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I will give you my honest viewpoint on this. Tattoos have been getting increasingly popular over the past 20 years (I've seen it with my own eyes) and with this has come increasingly vocal and vehement opposition to them. I am really turned off by tats so much so that the ink would be a huge blockade and impediment to intimacy. I know a whole heap of people who have ink and I'm cool with these people although I am not into tats for myself or a partner. People may be confused by my position on tattoos considering I go to Rock/Metal concerts frequently and have long hair, but if I am not into them, I am not into them. Period. My own father has one (one of those cheap $1 tats that people in the army got in the 1950s), but I will not get one. I suppose people have their reasons - some more genuine than others. Some people get tattoos so they can be "individuals" ... I find that rather curious in 2009 because if I go to the gym or a concert hall, I am the only person in there without any ink. Hmm, I wonder who the individual is now. Equally hilarious is when people get symbols they know nothing about or Chinese characters/quotes without knowing the English equivalent (imagine getting "I'm a(n) _____" - fill in the blank). Given how I am heavily involved with the music scene and weight lifting, people have stated that I "should" get a tattoo or I "need" to get one. No, I don't.

I like symbols and images and quotes as much as anyone else, but if I want them, I'll just get them on pieces or paper or stickers. A canvas is a canvas and a body is a body. I'll use a canvas if I want to be artistic.

As far as compatibility, someone with a tattoo would be far better off with someone else who has a tattoo. Just like a female who is an enthusiast of long hair should be with a guy who is an enthusiast of long hair. It would be far easier for people to date the same kind (headbangers, punk rockers, emo's, goths, etc).

People with tattoos should not get upset when others are not into the lifestyle. How many of us, including people who are into the ink, would date someone with a tat on his or her forehead? How many of us would date someone with a reverse mohawk? How many of us would date someone who has multiple facial piercings? Most would say no. Well, what if the person is decent? Okay, the person is decent deep down inside but most would not want him or her.

I do not have an immediate reaction of people with tattoos because I know it's just a trendy lifestyle. Again, in certain circles, more people have them than do not. People who have tattoos should not be offended by those who view tats as dealbreakers. That's the way the cookie crumbles. As far as people accepting you, it ain't like you were born with the ink.

When we groom ourselves a certain way or dress a certain way or look a certain way, we are going to find people who are just not into us for these specific ways in which we present ourselves. Yes, all of us want to be accepted but we also have to accept the fact that people will not always accept us for the choices we make in how we appear and present ourselves.
 
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As long as the tattoo has some serious symbolic meaning to it, I think they're ok.

FYI, Army snipers usually get their sniper serial number tatted on their sides as it is part of a tradition to do so.
 
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With reference to the title of the thread, tattoos tell me that she is not my type.

I can look in the back of any police car and what to I see, tattoos. Lots and lots of tattoos. 'nuf said!

There is a world of difference between a small discreet tattoo that is normally hidden even in the most skimpy public attire and one that is visible even in normal office attire.
 
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