I’m Brandi from NW Louisiana. I started down the Tattoo road when I was 24 and it kinda took off with me. People are hard in acceptance around here with people covered in Art. I do NOT hide my tatts when out and about so I tend to get snide remarks, the stares and whispers and, occasionally, a few confrontations. It doesn’t bother me much b/c all my tatts mean something to me and I could care less what others think of me.
Hope to get to know you all and may you all have a wonderful and safe holiday season
welcome to the forum brandi,
post some images of your collection in your member gallery so we can all see them.
good on ya for having the attitude that its your body and you can have what ya want…. i say wear it with pride 😀
Thanks Outlaw. All my tatt pics are in my profile
Thank you all for the welcome. I’m really enjoying my time here. I’m gonna try to get new pics of those really small ones in my profile over the weekend and get them up.
Yep..I’ve had a few older women confront me. Now that I think back I was pretty rude with my retort – only b/c I do try to respect my elders…..but my mouth tends to think faster than my brain most of the time….I was shopping one day and had these older ladies following me, whispering to one another..every dept I went to and they were just staring. Finally after about 20 minutes of this (I have a low bullshit tolerance level) and I was about to confront them but one of them beat me to it. She waltz right up to me (all 5′ of her) looked me up and down and said “I bet you use to be pretty. Why did you do this to yourself?” I didn’t even think and popped back “And I bet you use to be thin…why didn’t you put that last doughnut down?” I left her there with her jaw on the floor hyperventilating.
Yep..I’ve had a few older women confront me. Now that I think back I was pretty rude with my retort – only b/c I do try to respect my elders…..but my mouth tends to think faster than my brain most of the time….I was shopping one day and had these older ladies following me, whispering to one another..every dept I went to and they were just staring. Finally after about 20 minutes of this (I have a low bullshit tolerance level) and I was about to confront them but one of them beat me to it. She waltz right up to me (all 5′ of her) looked me up and down and said “I bet you use to be pretty. Why did you do this to yourself?” I didn’t even think and popped back “And I bet you use to be thin…why didn’t you put that last doughnut down?” I left her there with her jaw on the floor hyperventilating.
What an awesome reply. 😀
Actually I amazed of how many elderly people DEMAND respect from younger people but think they are entitled to be rude in return, be it by pushing others out of the way (especially popular on public means of transport and in shops) or by commenting everything or everyone they see.
As I already told someone on the bus once:
“Just because you’re old and wrinkly doesn’t mean I’ll take sh*t from you I wouldn’t take from anyone half your age!”
The person in question quite rudely demanded my seat, pointedly ignoring that I had a very obvious knee injury.
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