Gentlemen Only

[lamble]

Tattooed women, yes or no?

I must confess to taking rides with non-bmw riders too. There seems to be an extraordinary amount of the women who ride that have tattoos, some on the arm, some on lower backs, or shoulders and that bracelety one they have round the ankle.

Why?

Do we find it attractive as men to see inky women?

If it's an expression of individuality, why do they get the same tattoos?
Is it a fashion, a bike culture an emulation of males?

Gentlemen, women and tattoos yes or no?

[WildBlue]

It's not that cut and dry with me.

It's not even a matter of volume.

It's more a matter of whether or not it's in good taste.

[lamble]

It's not that cut and dry with me.

It's not even a matter of volume.

It's more a matter of whether or not it's in good taste.

I assume that good taste is dictated by more than just correct spelling and punctuation, so what do you term "good taste"?

[smammon]

Love the women ether way! :brow The tattoos I can take em or leave em. Depends on the tat (or lack thereof).

[lamble]

Love the women ether way! :brow The tattoos I can take em or leave em. Depends on the tat (or lack thereof).

Not sure about using ether as a means to get a woman's "love", but willing to give it a go if you think it will work. Do you put it on a handkerchef or use it as an aftershave?

[tommcgee]

I don't care for tattoos on men or women. My two oldest dotters got them and I wish they hadn't. What's wrong with temporary? Most folks I know who got tattoos when they were young changed their minds about them. I never got one myself because I couldn't choose a design I thought I'd like permanently.

[BubbaZanetti]

i can go either way, i've dated girls with LOTS of them, sorta has to fit the personality, but nothing is worse than generic tats, IMHO, originality counts. personally, i've had them for 11 years now, haven't got one in a long time and not something i was really ever all that into.

[johnpeter]

@61 and 26+years sober, I still go to "those" meetings. Many if not most of the younger females have tats. The favorite seems to be the skank stamp... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skank+stamp

Don't care that much for tats on men or women but it is their body. None of my bid-ness what they do with it. Don't care for most of the biker types w/tats male or female because of "the attitude."

[2beers]

One is a teddy bear and the other is a special one to represent our daughters. Ask and she may show them to you.....:heart

She got them after we were married and meant a lot to her. I guess as long as you see a reputable artist and this has some lasting meaning go for it. And +1 on tasteful....

[m0rbid45]

I do not have a problem with them at all. If they have them then great and if they do not then great.

Unless it is a sea shell on the inner thigh and they ask me to put my ear there and then ask if I can smell the ocean.. :)

[Oldhway]

I think a butterfly tatoo on the small of a womans back, half peeking out above their jeans, is incredibly sexy. :thumb

[Mika]

:rofl

:lurk

[KGT1200]

I have a good friend who was married to "Manuel" in 1985, divorced in 1989. Still has "Manuel" tattooed on her left breast. Try to imagine being her husband named "Harold"

A real question though; I hate tattoos because they are only blue and black ink. Why not a rainbow a plethora of colors? I might like that tattoo of a butterfly on the missus's butt if it was in coda chrome color!

[Rapid_Roy]

I have a good friend who was married to "Manuel" in 1985, divorced in 1989. Still has "Manuel" tattooed on her left breast. Try to imagine being her husband named "Harold"

A real question though; I hate tattoos because they are only blue and black ink. Why not a rainbow a plethora of colors? I might like that tattoo of a butterfly on the missus's butt if it was in coda chrome color!
They are many colors.............at first.:D

[derail412]

Never did anything for me. Just my personal opinion, I think a tat on a beautiful woman takes away from her beauty. To each his own, my bro thinks their the best thing since implants!
:jester :ha :rolleyes

[Burnszilla]

I think a butterfly tatoo on the small of a womans back, half peeking out above their jeans, is incredibly sexy. :thumb

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tramp+stamp

[Oldhway]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tramp+stamp


bust my bubble will ya:nyah

[wsteinborn]

It's more a matter of whether or not it's in good taste.

With me, it is a matter of if they taste good. :heart

[Rapid_Roy]

With me, it is a matter of if they taste good. :heart

Less Filling! :laugh

[wuli959]

"permanent reminder of a temporary feeling" -jimmy buffet

:D

[ARValkguy]

I am going to have to call BS on all of you. You know you like that lower back tatoo with the little g-string above the pants on back of that little sport bike. If any of you say you don't like it you lie. I like it, every one of us have that little thought go through our minds. I am not trying to be sexist here just a realist. Tongue firmly in cheek, of course, not really.

[Visian]

Less Filling! :laugh

careful... one could get a reputation for that! :ha

http://www.suicidegirls.com - the ADVrider of tatt sites...

ian

[crazydrummerdude]

careful... one could get a reputation for that! :ha

http://www.suicidegirls.com - the ADVrider of tatt sites...

ian

As an SG "researcher," I must sadly say that the Suicide Girls are over-rated, but my favorite is Ember. She's hot. Haven't seen her since the reduction surgery, though.

I like girls. If they have cool tattoos, that's cool. If not, that's cool, too. Two of the most beautiful (not just "hot") girls I know have many tattoos.

[BubbaZanetti]

As an SG "researcher," I must sadly say that the Suicide Girls are over-rated, but my favorite is Ember. She's hot. Haven't seen her since the reduction surgery, though.

I like girls. If they have cool tattoos, that's cool. If not, that's cool, too. Two of the most beautiful (not just "hot") girls I know have many tattoos.

ow gawd

i know the guy that created that website, as well as several of the ladies on it. its nice to see things that vary from the (porn) norm, but its still the same stuff in a different basket (for those of you that love chicken fingers) channeling someone..................

[larrydk]

My initial reaction....absolutely yes.

But really there needs to be a disclaimer...tattooed women, yes -or- no...depending on what the have tattooed.

[lamble]

Okay, here's a thought, Granny is round for Thanks Giving Dinner, takes off her cardigan to reveal, a skull, Live Fast, Die Young, or some other such witty slogan, tattooed across the batwings flapping in the updraught from a convection heater, that were once taught upper arms. Do you gag on a sprout, or think, what a girl?

Or better still, your Mom.

I'll declare what is already an obvious bias.

I have a birthmark on my arm.
"How long have you had it?"
I've been asked that so many times.

"What's that on your arm?"
"My watch"
"No the other arm"
"F**k me, I'd never noticed that....aaaarrrgh, get me to a hospital, now!"

I've had fun with that one lots too.

But I had no choice in the matter. So, blue, black, or even worse, that mouldy green brown when the ink bleeds, that someone has chosen to have disfigure their bodies, is an anathema to me. Even ugly girls shouldn't have tattoos to distract from their ugliness.

Just kidding folks, of course they should...no that's just kidding. No really, just kidding.

[BuddingGeezer]

I don't care for tattoos on men or women. It breaks my heart to see a lovely young girl with tattoos. But they did not ask me.

My youngest son played college football. One day at a video store, in my full team colors a lady I knew that was a graduate of son's team most hated rival (schools across the street from each other) started talking about her school.

She then pulled the front of her shirt down to show me a Tiger head tattoo on her breast. I about fell out. The tiger was gettin' LONG in the jaw. A bad droop with a stretch marks. Wasn't pretty.

What's gonna happen to these tramp stamps in 20 years when that ass spreads out?

Ralph Sims

[Bob1100RTC]

My wife has a small rose on her right breast. Depending on the top she wears, it can be hidden or in view. I like it. I'm not into women that have tatoos all over themselves. But it is their body and I respect their choice to do as the please with it.

[bubbagazoo]

Less Filling! :laugh

smart a$$ But I expect that from you.


Tattoos on women? For me, it depends upon the tattoo, its location on the woman's body and how I feel at the moment in time that I'm looking at it. Sometimes I appreciate the artwork and sometimes I don't.

[Rapid_Roy]

smart a$$ But I expect that from you.


Tattoos on women? For me, it depends upon the tattoo, its location on the woman's body and how I feel at the moment in time that I'm looking at it. Sometimes I appreciate the artwork and sometimes I don't.
Hi ya Bob. I am glad you made it home safe.
The Miller lite less filling /taste great thing just popped into my head so I had to type it.:)

[mrbreeze]

Tattoos? No. Not on me, and not on her. I just don't see the attraction.
:bikes

[UncleHowie]

Do tattoo guns use gel batteries ?

Depends on whether or not you're running synthetic ink.:D

FWIW, I like a little ink.:heart

Edit: It's the piercings that I don't find attractive...:dunno

[AllanCook]

In general, I don't care for them, but I did make an exception once for a lovely lass who had an elephant train tattooed on her right arm. Kinda cute and clever.

[Oldhway]

Depends on whether or not you're running synthetic ink.:D

FWIW, I like a little ink.:heart

Edit: It's the piercings that I don't find attractive...:dunno

I prefer dino ink and I just change it more often. What weight should I use?

[SCQTT]

I'm dating a girl right now with a killer body. She has two tattoos. I have been with her when she got both of them. The first was a pink 4 leaf clover on top of her left foot (about the size of a quarter) The second was the Sothern Cross (4 very small, blueberry size, stars) on the back of her neck.

I think her ink is interesting and it does not scream look at me. Most people never even notice them. I also like that they are not on her boobs, butt, back, legs. I think I would find that too distracting.

When she got the first, the pink four leaf clover, she was planning on getting a ying yang symbol on her lower back. I talked her out of it saying it was a tramp stamp or "target" and IMHO not very classy. I suggested the pink four leaf clover (she has 4 daughters)

The Southern Cross is part of a military insignia form her father. He was killed in Vietnam. I helped her on that one too. Interesting placement and she had it done in a redish brown color. The stars sort of look like cute little freckels.

I have a small tiger on my left calf that I got when I was very young and a big "Motoman" on the inside of my left bicep about 6 months ago. I bet there are not many people that have a 25 year gap between their first and second tattoos.

[lamble]

There seems to be an upsurge in tattooing, as I don't recall the seventies or eighties being an age where tattoo shops were regarded as palaces of creative arts, more like seedy little rooms where the wrong sort of people went, always in the least celubrious parts of town.

Now film stars boast of them...yes I know, just becaiuse someone can act doesn't make them icons of values that should be followed, far from it usually, but tattoos have become "fashionable".

When did it turn from a sub culture to being worthy of a TV programme, and how?

[lamble]

So Lamble are you going to get a Darien Gap Tattoo on you Tea Tour ? Or settle for a family crest attached to a jumper or a blazer for tea time in Belize ?

No doubting that tattoos have been around for thousands of years and in certain cultures have never been out of fashion, but in western culture, there seems to have been a checkered history where they come in and then go out of fashion.

My tattoo would have to take into account my riding skills, so perhaps, "This way up" would be appropriate.
Or, "If you can count more than 7 holes, get me to a hospital".

[kahuhna]

My wife has a golden orb-web weaver spider on her ankle. Green and yellow. The spider's web covers her right bun.Fine with me!
I like tasteful art on women. But, I remember a few years ago on Clearwater Beach, ALL the college girls looked the same w/ their skank stamps. The trend went too mainstream to mean much unless it is something unusual.

[grumpyone]

Tat-toos; My grandfather had one he got just after he escaped from a concentration camp in WWII , it goes in cycles. He "never" wore a short sleeve shirt he always kept the tattoo covered , I think he always regretted it.?
My youngest son has more tattoos than the tattoo lady at the circus and I very much dislike them but its his skin and his life ; I understand they are a silent statement to some and mean something to those who are into them. He lost a 18 year old daughter to a drunk driver. ?
I have met lots of ladies with tattoos and they dont do anything for me but they dont keep me from playing with them either. :D
My wife even wants one and I told her " get one that says "everybody's" right there ! " AND as soon as my jaw heals up and I get the wires removed I will be able to tell this with my mouth instead of my fingers.:dunno What happened to her sense of humor after ni 40?
But the long and short of it I think everyone will agree is everyone is dif and deserves to be the way they want BUT the people out there claiming to be ARTIST are not ALL ARTIST :cry One should make sure of the quality of things they are getting when they are not returnable :banghead
Remember a barb wire rope around at 25 is a picket fence at 65 :violin
Jim

[BeemoKat]

Tattoos are neither deal-makers nor deal-breakers, but the owner/wearer/bearer's attitude toward them is. Someone who makes a big show out out of having them is hard to be around, in much the same way as someone who always talks about riding his/her 1150 RT-P, and never his/her motorcycle.
I have no interest in getting any for myself.

[Braddog]

There seems to be an upsurge in tattooing, as I don't recall the seventies or eighties being an age where tattoo shops were regarded as palaces of creative arts, more like seedy little rooms where the wrong sort of people went, always in the least celubrious parts of town.

Now film stars boast of them...yes I know, just becaiuse someone can act doesn't make them icons of values that should be followed, far from it usually, but tattoos have become "fashionable".

When did it turn from a sub culture to being worthy of a TV programme, and how?


Which is why they're no longer unique. Everybody's doing it. You don't have to go to some seedy place, they're in strip malls now...everywhere.

As far as whether I'd like them on the opposite sex...well...I've been married to the same woman for 29+ years. It wasn't some picture on her body that attracted me to her then, and it's not now. She's talked about getting a tat, I could really care less if that's what she wants to do.

These days it's just a trendy statement.

[monkeywork]

it really depends, if the woman is sexy, secure and confident, I'm all in.

If she's down on herself, out of shape, and seeking misery, it wouldn't matter if she had tattoo's or not. bleh.


Exotic is always fun. Crazy is never fun.

[amiles]

every time I see someone with a tattoo I think "Jail Bird" many of the younger generation in the family have them and are not Jail Birds, Just an automatic response I guess.

I suppose it's my prejudice and my problem if you want to call it that. Seems a shame to permanently mark yourself unnecessarily in a way that can negatively effect people's perception of you.

[WildBlue]

I assume that good taste is dictated by more than just correct spelling and punctuation, so what do you term "good taste"?

Its too subjective, honestly.

[KGT1200]

every time I see someone with a tattoo I think "Jail Bird" many of the younger generation in the family have them and are not Jail Birds, Just an automatic response I guess.

I suppose it's my prejudice and my problem if you want to call it that. Seems a shame to permanently mark yourself unnecessarily in a way that can negatively effect people's perception of you.

what to look forthat usually give a tottoo'd jail bird (or his SO) away...

A tatto of a tear coming from the corner of the eye. one tear per year in jail.


Quite symbolic, but a first give away when hiring this man or woman for a job that involves money or keys...

And yea, as an employer, your criminal history is subject to discrimination legally. So far I don't believe that being a dirt bag is considered a protected class, even if the dirt bag is ALSO a protected class!

[Rev_Eddie]

George Carlin sez:

Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

[lamble]

I just saw a woman in her late forties (could be younger and had a hard life), she had a crop top on and hipster shorts. Nasty in itself as the crop was to low and the shorts too high...anyway, across the shoulder and disappearing into the crop top was a climbing ivy tattoo. It re-emerged around the navel area and then went down into the shorts.

I guess she's got a bush!

Or a pot of some description. Lynnwood Mall, WA, classy!

Cover your belly woman and get a gardener in.

[lancew]

I love my wife's tattoo... a small, discreet pair of wedding rings on her hip, a perfect match to the one I got on my right ankle on our honeymoon. Creative? probably not. Tacky? ok, maybe. But for us it was the right thing to do at the right time.

disclaimer: it was my 3rd tat - I got a picture of a fraternity logo on my shoulder back in college, before it was "cool" to get inked. I'm glad I got it- I still look at it and it reminds me of some good friends, good lessons, and good times. I also got a rose tattoo in a place that doesn't often see daylight- I got it on a drunken dare, the girl who dared me is long gone, but the tat is still there. I sort of regret it, but on the other hand it reminds me that sometimes I should put a little more thought into what I'm doing, so it's not all bad. The third one is my favorite.

As they said in the old days- Forsans et haec, olim meminesse juvabit

[BeemoKat]

This thread should have had a poll, for no other reason than that I like to see the little graphic of the results.:rofl :rofl

[bobknowlton]

The thing is, --and every woman should know this-- fashions change. Someday these ladies will be sixty or seventy years old, walking their grandkids on the beach, and younger people will ride by on their BMW hovercycles and comment on how strange that tattoo fad was, and how tragic that tattoo removal never quite worked as well as promised. (See Angelina's upper arm where Billy Bob used to be.)
:bottle

[lamble]

The thing is, --and every woman should know this-- fashions change. Someday these ladies will be sixty or seventy years old, walking their grandkids on the beach, and younger people will ride by on their BMW hovercycles and comment on how strange that tattoo fad was, and how tragic that tattoo removal never quite worked as well as promised. (See Angelina's upper arm where Billy Bob used to be.)
:bottle

On that thought, if the laser used to burn off, not remove, let's call it what it is, burn off a tattoo is even half as painful as the low intensity laser I had on my arm for a birthmark, let me tell you it hurts. It hurts a lot. It gets worse after a day, then it really really hurts. Then comes the itching. It really itches, but the blistered scabs come off if you scratch and it goes raw, which hurts and you only have to go through all that itching again.

And, here's the beauty, you could be left with a scar, or in my case, no difference at all, still birthmarked exactly the same as pre hurty scratchy itchy hurty itchy.

Anyone who isn't totally committed to a tattoo...for life...think very carefully and ladies, just because he's slept with you doesn't mean he'll love you forever (if he ever really did, the heartless cad) and certainly not for as long as a tattoo lasts.

[12bswayed]

I know it says gentlemen only, but I really love reading these threads....it's enlightening and entertaining all in one!!

[SCQTT]

I know it says gentlemen only, but I really love reading these threads....it's enlightening and entertaining all in one!!



Laurie, let's see your ink! :D

[jforgo]

Tattoos are so yuppie-passe-wannabe
Real badasses get scarification or branded.

[The_Veg]

Not my flavour. I think the human body is more beautiful in the natural form. That said, tasteful and discreet ink won't stop me from dating someone. It shouldn't distract from her natural beauty.

[12bswayed]

Laurie, let's see your ink! :D

Maybe.....

[SCQTT]

Come on, I'm a nice guy and I'm a safely several thousand miles away.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours :D

[BigSkyRider]

What's the fascination with this thread?

I guess Tat's and sex sells.

[lamble]

What's the fascination with this thread?

I guess Tat's and sex sells.


It started as female bike riders I'd seen and their prediliction for body art.

[12bswayed]

Come on, I'm a nice guy and I'm a safely several thosand miles away.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours :D

I can do that, cuz at least I don't have a "skank stamp"....now where'd I put the digital camera..................

[SCQTT]

This is the old one, looks a little beat up, but intact.



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Here is the new one, about six months old.



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[lamble]

Scott,

Love the tattoo of the scar on the leg, that just looks so realistic! :thumb

[RandallIsland]

It's like asking if you like redheads.

It depends on the Lady.

And if she takes her clothes off for you, there could be a surprise, at which point decisions can only be a harder preference proposition to factor than previously.

Historically, tattoos are low-class, but class is esoterically dependent upon the character of the individual.

[SIBUD]

It's like asking if you like redheads.

It depends on the Lady.

And if she takes her clothes off for you, there could be a surprise, at which point decisions can only be a harder preference proposition to factor than previously.

Historically, tattoos are low-class, but class is esoterically dependent upon the character of the individual.

Years and years ago, I was at a meeting in St. Louis, it was at a hotel and we stayed overnight. My co worker swore that there was a knock on his door at 2AM. A woman wearing only an overcoat opened it up and said "All that's left to talk about is the price." He swore he closed the door. :dunno

[lamble]

Years and years ago, I was at a meeting in St. Louis, it was at a hotel and we stayed overnight. My co worker swore that there was a knock on his door at 2AM. A woman wearing only an overcoat opened it up and said "All that's left to talk about is the price." He swore he closed the door. :dunno

In Poland that knock at the door came with a message from two large guys, "You aren't spending enough money in our hotel. What's wrong with the ladies at the bar?.

This was a Marriot in Warsaw.

[lamble]

It's like asking if you like redheads.

It depends on the Lady.

And if she takes her clothes off for you, there could be a surprise, at which point decisions can only be a harder preference proposition to factor than previously.
.

So you are saying collar and cuffs must match?

Then of course there are the ladies that shave their eyebrows off and have these hennaesque tattoo lines done. I've never seen one that doesn't look permanently surprised.