Lower Back Tattoos

I am a huge fan of tattoos period. I don't care where they are so long as they are well done and have some meaning.

@IronMikeFox....I totally agree!! Plus Tats are a big turn-on for me, jus sayin... :happy:

I don't have one currently, but getting a tramp stamp is one of my main motivation for loosing my last few pounds. ;P I don't think that they're classy, but that's the appeal isn't it? The point is to draw attention to the more sexual parts of your body. I love tattoos, I love the art and the culture behind them, and I have several. I have no problem with stuffy people voicing their opinion, that is the point of a discussion forum, but I know for sure that tact IS always considered classy, therefore lack of tact IS considered "trashy". I'm 22, I have a kid, I have tattoos, and I'm in a loving relationship. I don't think that a tramp stamp could stop me from throwing on a slinky little black dress and sitting down at an expensive restaurant and being perceived as a classy lady. Nor do I think wearing my fishnet shirt high enough to completely show off a back piece at a concert is trashy. I do agree that a large number of tattoos are done without thought, and later can lead to regret. BUT I digress... summing up, YOU"RE body is a canvas, paint it how YOU want.

Expressing yourself is a sacred human right and it doesn't matter where you get your tattoo or what it is, as long as its personal to you.

Now this is funny!!!

There's an awful lot of judgement being thrown around this post...

I say to each their own. I have several tattoos (no tramp stamp). Those that don't know me, would never guess this. Call me boring, maybe? I know plenty of people with "tramp stamps" that look nice and plenty that don't. Depends on the design and quality. I personally won't have one done.

I think the thing to remember is that people get tattoos for different reasons. It doesn't make them any less of a person. It doesn't change who they are. And, just because someone doesn't have a tattoo, it doesn't mean they're boring... Geez people, grow up.

There's an awful lot of judgement being thrown around this post...

I say to each their own. I have several tattoos (no tramp stamp). Those that don't know me, would never guess this. Call me boring, maybe? I know plenty of people with "tramp stamps" that look nice and plenty that don't. Depends on the design and quality. I personally won't have one done.

I think the thing to remember is that people get tattoos for different reasons. It doesn't make them any less of a person. It doesn't change who they are. And, just because someone doesn't have a tattoo, it doesn't mean they're boring... Geez people, grow up.

It's true......her tats are hot....She couldn't post the pics here because it would get her a strike.....but they are great. :flowerforyou: :drinker:

I got a tattoo on my lower back when I lost 100 pounds. It says beauty and has roses around it...and I love it everyday! I don't wear clothes to show it off because it is for me. It represents a lot of hard work and a goal that was reached. Me and my hubby see it (and he thinks it's sexy and knows what I went through to get it)... and then it's kind of like a fun surprise when you are in a situation where people would see it (in a bathing suit). People don't know that I have it and definitely doesn't classify me as any "type" of woman because it's very rarely shown. I think it is sexy and beautiful

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Stand up please

I have 2 tattoos, one of which is on my lower back. This whole "tramp stamp" label is quite annoying. It is YOUR body. You choose what to do with it. If you want to put a tattoo of cat eyes above your vajayjay, who are we to judge?

All these people saying that tattoos are "ugly", etc. etc. Seriously!? Are we forcing you to put tattoos on your body? No. I can understand people being offended if you see someone walking down the street with a swastika tattooed on their neck or forehead in plain view, but I have to see something like that. Other than that, please stop being so judgmental. The tattoos aren't hurting anyone! Well...except when they're being done on the person getting them!

I hear this rationalization all the time, and disagree with it. People get tattoos for other people, not themselves. It's like saying you wear makeup for yourself. Say I like Superman; I know I like Superman, but I get the tattoo so that others know it too. It is an outward expression. One does not express oneself to oneself, they express themselves to others. It's a really cheap and shallow form of expression in my opinion, too. I would never reduce myself to expressing myself through designs painted on my body. End rant.

You'd never know I had it unless I'm showing it, along with any of my others...don't pretend to tell me why I have what I have.

Exactly! I hate when ignorant people who think they are more intelligent than they really are make assumptions and pass them off as some kind of pseudo-psychoanalysis. My tattoo has meaning to me. Other than people really close to me, no one knows what that meaning is. So I hardly think I am trying to tell anyone else anything about me. I designed it and *** I *** like to look at it. Not once did the idea of expressing something to someone else cross my mind. LOL But then again, when I get up in the morning and get dressed, not once does what someone else think of me cross my mind. I dress so that I like the way I look. Maybe I'm weird that way. (OK ... maybe I'm ALSO weird that way!)

I have 6 tattoos and in my opinion they are not trashy. As a matter of fact they become conversation pieces. I have a lime green awareness ribbon on my left wrist in honor of my boyfriend and his battle with non hodgkins lymphoma, I also have a royal blue ribbon for colon cancer awareness, it runs rampant in my family. My royal blue tattoo also stands for child abuse, a cause I am very passionate about. My next will be an orange ribbon for my dad who was hit by a drunk driver while on his motorcycle. My tattoos are a life long reminder to be aware of things that could affect you.

My best piece of advice, if you don't like them don't look at them. However, I do HATE face tattoos, you can't avoid them.

I hear this rationalization all the time, and disagree with it. People get tattoos for other people, not themselves. It's like saying you wear makeup for yourself. Say I like Superman; I know I like Superman, but I get the tattoo so that others know it too. It is an outward expression. One does not express oneself to oneself, they express themselves to others. It's a really cheap and shallow form of expression in my opinion, too. I would never reduce myself to expressing myself through designs painted on my body. End rant.

You'd never know I had it unless I'm showing it, along with any of my others...don't pretend to tell me why I have what I have.

Exactly! I hate when ignorant people who think they are more intelligent than they really are make assumptions and pass them off as some kind of pseudo-psychoanalysis. My tattoo has meaning to me. Other than people really close to me, no one knows what that meaning is. So I hardly think I am trying to tell anyone else anything about me. I designed it and *** I *** like to look at it. Not once did the idea of expressing something to someone else cross my mind. LOL But then again, when I get up in the morning and get dressed, not once does what someone else think of me cross my mind. I dress so that I like the way I look. Maybe I'm weird that way. (OK ... maybe I'm ALSO weird that way!)

LOVE THIS! And my tattoo!!

Tattoos are art. Not all art is phenomenal, and neither all tattoos.

However, if someone doesn't have the fortitude to sit for the pain, they don't have a position with which to opine with any relevance.

Tattoos are art. 'Nuff said.

^This

Given that the OP was seeking feedback in the form of opinions, I'll say that I (personally) don't find lower back tattoos to be attractive. While I wouldn't necessarily use "trashy" in regards to this particular area (any more than other tattoo locations), based another comment (about certain things around those parts not needing to be seen --> thongs, underwear, buttcracks, etc) I can see the merit in such a statement. It's less about the tattoo itself, and more the poor reception society gives to things "hanging out" around the belt line. Call me old-fashioned, but I do have several tattoos myself......

I love tattoos - I think the rap of a tramp stamp is terrible. A tattoo is a tattoo.

Would anyone have gotten their tattoos some decades ago when they weren't socially acceptable?

Good question. I would like to think I would. I have wanted ink as long as I can remember. As a kid, I used to draw designs for my "future" tattoos. LOL I'm pretty sure it probably has something to do with a past life.