I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a tattoo for a while. Until now I’d stuck with small-gauge piercings, since they’re much less permanent.
But I’ve been mulling it over for a couple or three years, and the idea still doesn’t repulse me, so I think it’s time.
The problem is, I was planning on getting it on my lower back (cover-up-able and still show-off-able)… until I heard of tattoos in that location referred to specifically as “Tramp Stamps.” And then I thought of all the girls I know who have tattoos there… and indeed the majority of them could easily be called tramps. Not that tramp is automatically a good or bad label – usually it works for them. Just not for me.
So now it’s dilemma time.
Any suggestions on less-trampy locations to drill some ink into my body? Or should I just embrace my inner tramp?
I’m thinking of getting one done, too, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to opt for the shoulder area. Easily coverable, less stretching there over time (and babies) than other places, and also easily show-off-able.
I have a heraldic lion on my left shoulder. I’ve had it since 1999 and I’m not sick of it yet, though maybe because it requires a mirror for me to see it.
I agree with Devon, it seems to be a good place to put a tattoo. Nobody’s said anything to me about it being trampy.
Regardless, if your tattoo is original, personal, and interesting, you’re probably less likely to get a tramp stamp label anyways.
Good luck with that. Please let us know what you decide.
Don’t do it! I think tattoos are ugly. Clean, healthy, unblemished skin is beautiful. Why put graffiti on your body? Just mho.
Embrace your inner tramp! I believe these are very personal decision and if this is the spot that moves you then go for it!
I vote for the shoulder as well. But then I’m a bit of a shoulder man.
I’ve never heard the term “tramp stamp”, but the lower back tattoo does seem to be ubiquitous among the young ladies (often accompanied by a ‘whale tail’–visible thong).
tramp stamp? Wow.. never heard that.
I have one on my lower back…..
i’m very untrampy.
Indeed peanut! no tramp for you! Vixen, maybe. Tramp, not so much.
Vixen. I like. I think i’ll keep you!
I like lower back tattoos, but not whale tails…yuck!
WARNING!! The language you use (“the idea still doesn’t repulse me”) makes me think: DON’T GET A TATTOO. I have large tattoos all over my body. I love them. I can’t wait to get another one. I get so excited every time. If they merely don’t repulse you, keep thinking on it. Also, if you are worried AT ALL about someone calling you a tramp, or calling you anything because you have a tattoo, THIS ISN’T FOR YOU. And if you’re asking advice from strangers about where to get it, DON’T GET ONE. You should be going into this experience with great confidence and joy, not with misgivings and advice from strangers. Including me.
I am the mother of a 25 year old girl who received a lower back tatoo last year. She chose a celtic symbol as a tribute to her Irish heritage. She does not see it as a sexual “stamp”. She just feels it celebrates her individuality and culture. It’s unfortunate that some people stereotype every girl.That’s dumb!
You have to think….if you do get a tattoo, you will have it forever. I know that you can have them removed..but think of it as a permanent decision. I have tattoo’s, one on each arm. That is another place to consider. Coverable and show-offable. This is something to do for you, no one else. Sure, I considered what it would look like when I get old and become a tattooed grandma…but there are going to be alot of tattooed grandma’s in our generation. Do it for you. Do what you want.
HI, I AM FINALLY, AFTER DECADES OF WISHING, GETTING A TATTOO. BECAUSE I AM FOREVER LOSING JEWELLERY, [BRACELETS ESPECIALLY], I AM GETTING A ‘BRACELET’ OF FORGET ME NOTS ON MY WRIST! LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IT DONE.
TRAMP STAMP? WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE CALL IT…..WHAT MATTERS ISN’T WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS THE TRUTH IS, ITS WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE.
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF GIRLS! THATS WHAT MATTERS.