To be getting increasingly irritated by tattoos?

[tangofan]

I apologise in advance if I offend anyone with tattoos....Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-tattoo and I believe anyone who wants one should go right ahead but on the other hand there seems to have recently been a HUGE increase in the (imo) rather tackier end of the tattoo styles: kids' names and/or dates, side-of-the-wrist patterns (a la Cheryl Cole), three 3 black stars on the back of the neck,etc,etc...

I saw a woman the other day in fairly good area of a city with - I kid you not - one child's name and what I presume to be their respective dates of birth on her boobs - one name/date per boob right above the bra cup level!
On holiday recently the pool/beach/sunlounger areas were awash with names/dates of birth,etc on display everywhere and literally every 2nd or 3rd parent in the playground is sporting one and/or one of the aforementioned examples above and I cant help but feel they are becoming common and/or tacky ...(trying to avoid using the chav word)

Some look nice.
Some look hideous.
Some make me think "WTF were you thinking when you had that done?"

I don't like excessive quantities of tattoos (although my hairdresser used to have lots of plain black ones making up a pattern. He was black and they looked fabulous.)

But [shrug] Each to their own. I do wonder whether they all end up smudgy and blurred after time though.

The thing is, everyone's tats have meanings but it doesn't necessarily mean they don't become tacky or old hat.

The most common tats at the moment seem to be stars...all have meaning it would seem but still very common.

the one on my foot is gawjusss Soup

People can do what they want to their own bodies, but I don't like the look of tattoos and would never have one myself.

The names/dates on boobs sounds awful

That Gary Lineker's wife has got what looks like a shopping list tattoed up the side of her breast.

1 in 100 tattos looks good*

*not actual statistic but close enough.

I do agree the naame thing is getting a bit old now, personally, I'm planning my next tat for when my DD is born and it will be a symbol relating to what her name means, rather than the name thing again, I might get her name underneath

Lol - isn't having her name underneath a symbol just, you know, the same as having her name there? :)

No Uncharted I mean what I said Lol

I love tattoos but don't like names or hand ones.

Seriously. Please. STOP with the star tattoos. Be they 5 point stars or the nautical compass stars or little flurries of stars in a starburst pattern interlinked with butterflies to cover your stretchmarks or a giant star on the nape of your neck or a star that resembles a second bumhole...just STOP IT!

shopping list tattoo with obligatory Daily mail picture of Kate Middleton.

Oh for goodness sake, it's their body and they can do what they like with it. Live and let live

did you just lol Worra

I'm a normal 30yeae old not covered in tattoos u would not know I had if I did not want to to but I love seeing the names of people's kid on them especially dads that get no pain after all!! I wanted my kids pur on my boobs was pleased I dis not as they have gone so far south now they woul look like my to toddlers had done it personally!! So o have them on my feet instead and I'm very proud of that.

Years ago I worked with a thick girl who had 5 star tattoos from her belly button working their way down to her public bone. Each of the stars spelled out the name of her boyfriend C O L E Y.

It made me laugh.

Oh yes I'm a Loller....out and proud as always!

OP, come back and judge Worra for 'lol-ling talk to us

I find it so comical how people get so judgey about tattoos.

LOADS of people lol on mumsnet.

I always have.

lol

I saw a woman yesterday with a half sleeve on her lower arm and hand. It looked like it needed colouring in, as it seemed to just be a random pattern that started on the back of her hand, and carried on all around up to her elbow.

Got to say it looked ridiculous, as she was in her 60's and looked very "sensibly" dressed.. flat clarkes sandals, mid calf elasticated skirt, flowery blouse.. grey hair..

At least with piercings, you can take them out when you get to an age where you start to look a bit "desperate" to cling on to your yoof!

And yes, I have a couple of tattoos myself, so certainly not anti-tattoo, but I can cover mine up very easily.

I've been Lolling on the interweb for around 17 years

I'm not stopping now

Lol

Rofl

PMSL >

YABU. I wouldn't personally do it but getting irritated by it is beyond me.
I've wanted a tattoo for 13 years, but I can't decide on anything to have, so I probably won't.

I have three tattoos and...

I agree with OP.

I saw the BEST one EVER in Worcester the other day. Some meathead had at the top of his arm an etching of his kid with the legend "MY RESPONSIBILITY" scrawled underneath in brushstroke. DH and I were trying to catch up with him to have a better look but then he veered off and went into Iceland. It was the best tattoo ever. The kid looked really pissed off to be on his arm as well.