Quote Originally Posted by Wenisrubber
I believe harsh generalizations made about tattoos are ill coneived and find them to be wrong in the most part. I have seen many older folks who have tats and they are not "saggy" and gross looking (These being 60+ year old folks). It is each persons decision. I find it to be as "normal" as, say, picking out a dress. It doesn't matter if you, personally, find it unattractive as the person with it *does*, it means something to them, and that should be respected.
I can't speak for anyone else, but when *I* see a tattoo on an older person and it's all faded & saggy/wrinkly, it grosses me out. I don't see it and think "Oh wow, that's beautiful" I see it and think "Ewww I wonder if they thought about how it would look 50 years later, when they got it." It's not that I'm not respecting someone's decision to get a tattoo, it's just that I think they are ill looking at that point. Both of my grandfathers were in the navy & both have tattoos on their arms. They are faded and nasty looking now, and I just don't like the way they look. There's no way I'd want something on my body that will look like that in 40 + years