Poll - Tattooing: from male military and biker ethos...to viable witness means for both genders?

[Naomi25]

I guess that even if your daughter does get into this "loop", you might prefer not to comment to her, either. :) Silence is golden...

I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying if she gets a tattoo, I might not comment? Or if she gets into a biker gang? Or the military?
I wouldn't care if she got a tattoo. But i'd question her "life choices" if she joined a biker gang!! And...to be honest...sometimes i think about shipping her off to join the military! (Does that count as commenting? )

 

[farouk]

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[farouk]

It is just in anticipation of fading

Yes, well ppl often reckon on having to go back to the artist after some years for some emphasizing with ink.

She clearly knows a lot about the effect of sunlight and fading. Sounds like she is already rather experienced.

 

[aspen]

Yes, well ppl often reckon on having to go back to the artist after some years for some emphasizing with ink.

She clearly knows a lot about the effect of sunlight and fading. Sounds like she is already rather experienced.

She is an artist who tattoos on the side.

 

[farouk]

I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying if she gets a tattoo, I might not comment? Or if she gets into a biker gang? Or the military?
I wouldn't care if she got a tattoo. But i'd question her "life choices" if she joined a biker gang!! And...to be honest...sometimes i think about shipping her off to join the military! (Does that count as commenting? )

Oh I wasn't talking about biker gangs, etc....

So you wouldn't care if she got a tattoo. (I guess some strict Christian moms would become anxious...) Sounds like you are a lot more relaxed than they are. (And maybe your daughter herself already guesses that you wouldn't care if she got a tattoo, either. So many Christian young ppl have it done, anyway.)

 

[farouk]

She is an artist who tattoos on the side.

I guess for some tattoo artists who also do a lot of other artwork, tattoos are a sideline. For others it's as if tattoos are their ruling passion, so to speak. I guess it's all to do with the market opening up more and more because of the demand for tattoo skills; she maybe thought it was a market she just couldn't ignore...

 

[farouk]

If I were to have a scripture permanently tattooed on me I don’t know wich I would chose.

FYI:

tattoo-journal dot com

pinterest dot com

 

[farouk]

She is an artist who tattoos on the side.

PS: I guess if someone can combine a love of the art with a keen commercial awareness, it can be a key to successful tattooing, right?

Sounds like she is very accomplished, anyway.

 

[Naomi25]

Oh I wasn't talking about biker gangs, etc....

So you wouldn't care if she got a tattoo. (I guess some strict Christian moms would become anxious...) Sounds like you are a lot more relaxed than they are. (And maybe your daughter herself already guesses that you wouldn't care if she got a tattoo, either. So many Christian young ppl have it done, anyway.)

As they say...bigger fish to fry! If getting a tattoo is the worst thing she ends up doing, then I shall be a relieved mother! Truth be to tell...the only thing I truly care about, on the "big scale", is her salvation. I might not choose her fashion choices for myself, but I couldn't care less as long as she clings to Christ.

 

[Acolyte]

I guess it's a bit like how, while many granddaughters will have long flowing hair, not a few grandmothers have the urge to keep theirs cropped razor short. The fact that your son had the urge to jump right in to start getting tattooed - which both genders have the urge to do now, of course - is a bit like the urge to get one's hair cropped razor short, or like the urge to pierce one's ears - (which again both genders do now, right?)

They do. My son had 7 or 8 tattoos before I even thought about it.

 

[farouk]

They do. My son had 7 or 8 tattoos before I even thought about it.

So did you tell your son beforehand that you were going to do it, before you had it done? :)

 

[Acolyte]

So did you tell your son beforehand that you were going to do it, before you had it done? :)

I never planned on getting one. A long day fishing and enjoying dinner, followed by a few beers at the campfire. Plans made... smh
He was 18 when he got his first, I was 46..
So I got mine 8 years later.
He was shocked to see it as I'm a plainjane.. no jewelry(except wedding ring), no makeup, no hairdo and no fancy dress.. but hey, I have a tattoo.

 

[farouk]

He was 18 when he got his first, I was 46..
So I got mine 8 years later.
He was shocked to see it as I'm a plainjane.. no jewelry(except wedding ring), no makeup, no hairdo and no fancy dress.. but hey, I have a tattoo.

So: he the well-inked tough guy was shocked by you as a quietly confident tattooed woman and his "Ms. hey, I have a tattoo" mom! (I expect you won't forget the expression on his face, right?)

Actually I think that it goes to show just how wide the demographics of getting tattooed now are; and in a sense you helped your son understand just how wide an appeal it was having, and not only to certain perceived categories of people.

From a witness tattoo design perspective, it goes to show how much potential it has, given the wide demographics now of those who have it done.

But anyway, when he realized what you had just had done, I expect you won't ever forget the expression on his face, right?

 

[Acolyte]

(I expect you won't forget the expression on his face, right?)

It was priceless! Lol

 

[marksman]

In this new year 2019, the passage of time reminds us that young people turning 18 - when many acquire their first ink as adults - were born in 2001 (the year of 9/11).

The years have moved on considerably.

So has tattoo culture moved on also and broadened considerably also from a strongly male military and biker ethos years ago...to a viable witness means among Christians for both genders today?

Agree? /disagree?

(Honest and respectful comments, please.)

I think tattoos are repulsive.

 

[amadeus]

I think tattoos are repulsive.

Yes, I have never seen one that appealed to me no matter what its subject. It hurts me when I see a young person with still otherwise flawless skin who has defiled [as I see it] it in such a way. I know that people often do things they later regret. For those I have understanding, but that does not make the visible mark more palatable to me. I would guess that God has more mercy than me.

 

[farouk]

As they say...bigger fish to fry! If getting a tattoo is the worst thing she ends up doing, then I shall be a relieved mother! Truth be to tell...the only thing I truly care about, on the "big scale", is her salvation. I might not choose her fashion choices for myself, but I couldn't care less as long as she clings to Christ.

Yes, and I'm sure you really take to heart the Biblical exhortations for prayer generally and for her especially.

BIBLE VERSES ABOUT PRAYING FOR EACH OTHER

(Meanwhile a mere session or two of inking if she does it might like you say be almost be a relief for you as a mom, right?)

 

[farouk]

No didn't bother me, their body

While maybe years ago some ppl might have gotten a bit hot and bothered if their womenfolk as well as menfolk started getting tattooed, yet now it's getting pretty general to do it, right?

 

[farouk]

@Lady Crosstalk FYI, another thread started; any wisdom for us on this?

 

[farouk]

@Preacher4Truth FYI, so any wisdom for us, Sir, on this thread?