Opinions required on tattoos please.

[starone]

My grandson has had a tattoo done on his upper arm. He is only 17, so I suppose, theoretically, he should have got permission from his parents, but who does in these days! Anyway, his father has hit the roof and says that tattoos show what kind of person you are, working class or middle class. Working class being people with tattoos and middle class without tattoos. I think he is being a snob and I would like to think of a few, so-called 'middle class' people with tattoos. Any thoughts on the matter, especially if you know a few I could cite in any argument?

[Mosaic]

he's wrong - it's the type of tattoo that gives you away. An elegantly reproduced Koi carp, or 'Millwall'?

[chaptazbru]

Here goes - I personally don't like them, I think they are 'common' !

[Euphemia]

I just think they are so ugly.

[Sqad]

Starby...we have had this tattoo one before and it resulted in a popular ABer being banned.

Good luck.

[Hopkirk]

They are horrible.

No one should have one.

[daffy654]

I have 4 tattoos and consider myself working class. I agree with Mosaic about the type of tattoo being the give away (even though mine are not the tacky Millwall type ones) :)

[TOWIE]

My son had his first tattoo at 17, I went with him and gave my permission. He is now 22 and has added to them. Not sure youngsters are thinking about what class they are when having them done, hahahaha - they just think they are cool. (:o(

[tonyav]

Star, they are very fashionable with all classes at the moment.

[naomi24]

Sorry, Starbuck, but I think they're tacky.

[Smowball]

Some little ones can be tasteful, but if you are covered all over in them it can look silly. I was on a train once and there was a man with his son. man had suit on, and he had tattoos of tears going down both cheeks as though he was crying. Clearly done years ago as they had faded, but he looked ridicullous. They need to be thought about very carefully.

[carrust]

http://www.theanswerb...l/Question273899.html

I put this in a few years ago....it caused a right rumpus! BTW, he thanked me last year for doing it:-)

[cazzz1975]

I wouldn't have a tattoo myself, They do seem to be very popular amongst people so I don't think he would get too much grief about having one.

[Baldric]

Big NO NO, I don't think class has anything to do with it, they're just ugly, I spent 18yrs as a Royal Marine and managed to avoid temptation with no trouble at all.

[daffy654]

It amazes me that people think they have a right to say nasty things about what people can or can't do to their own bodies. If you don't like them that is your prerogative but there is no need to be b1tchy or snobby about it.

[hc4361]

Zara Phillips has a tattoo

[emmie]

I hate them, don't matter what the so called class the person is from.

[starone]

I should have said that on a personal basis I do not like them. I agree that they are ugly and a policeman once said to me, 'if someone did that to me, I would arrest them for GBH'.
Why on earth should a popular Aber be banned for asking a simple question sqad? All I want to know is are they an indication of what kind of person you are? As towie says, my grandson thinks it is 'cool'.

[Old_Geezer]

I have sympathy with the father. It's not what you want society to think it is what they actually do think. Personally I don't like tattoos, but if someone believes it is nice to have doodles on their body then that is their choice, their taste. It wouldn't do for us all to be the same. In any case it seems to me they only became popular when celebs starting having them and many youngsters then followed suit (I suspect at least partially for shock value).

I don't know what the age limit is for not needing permission but I suspect 17 is probably under it.

[Frank97]

I've got five, I wish I'd had more. I always thought there was only two classes anyway, royalty and everyone else.

[andy-hughes]

The historical connotation with tattoos is the armed forces, because you could only obtain a tattoo abroad, usually after a drunken dare on a night out.

Nowadays, a lot of young people have tattoos, they are far more acceptable than they were years ago, when as advised, they were seen as 'common' or lower class.

My personal view is that every individual has the right to decorate their body if they so wish. I really like some, dislike others, it's a matter of design, and the suitability of the wearer.

I would not have one because it would simply look silly on me.

For others - live and let live.