The ‘your tattoos will look so bad when you’re 80’ is such a weird argument. First, bold of you to assume I’ll live that long, old people with tattoos look absolutely baller, and lastly ‘oh no there goes my GILF modelling career!’
If we can’t dress and look however TF we want when we’re 80, then when CAN we? When are we finally old enough to make our own choices?
I think if you survive to 80 you should get to have all the fun you want
These are people who live their lives ruled by fear trying to scare you into making their mistakes. If you enjoy a tattoo for 30-60 years, that would be a good deal even if it did look bad at the end!
2 things to say about this:
1. I'm a man, so I suspect that's the main reason nobody has offered me this "advice" in the 8 years I've had tattoos.
2. These people always assume your aging goals are the same as theirs. What if for example, you want to age into a grizzled, pipe-smoking sea captain?
Here's another thing: Lets presume those people are correct. Assuming someone gets their tattoos after they're legally adults.... they could be enjoying tattoos that look good for UP TO /SIXTY/ YEARS!!!!! Tell me ONE OTHER THING that costs $500-$5000 that will last you that long!!!!
I've had folks say that to me, and always makes me laugh. I used to work at a nursing home and most there who had tattoos were proud to show them off!
They may have aged like the person, but they were badass, and the folks loved telling the stories of getting them!
If anything, it made me want one!
Kinda wild that people always assume you end up looking like a raisin once you turn 80 ... and even if you did, a tattooed raisin looks just as nice as a regular one, imho. :)
My idea is to have a nautical chart of where I'm from tattooed on my back. It would look better the older and more wrinkled my skin becomes. I'll leave it to someone in my will for the extra macabre.
