Today, I met my brother's girlfriend. We got talking, and we got onto the subject of tattoos. I said how much I hated tramp stamps, and how they make girls look trashy. She said, "Like this?" and showed me hers. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my boss asked me if I know anything about those tattoos that girl put on their lower backs. "You mean Tramp Stamps?" I responded. He looked at me with hatred in his eyes and said that his 18 year old daughter just got one. FML
Today, my brother saw my side when my shirt came up, and asked when I got a tattoo; the pink he saw was in fact my stretch marks. Worst of all, I had to show them to everyone to prove I didn't actually get a tattoo. FML
Today, I was struggling through small-talk at a party where I knew nobody. Tattoos came up and I started talking about trendy, girly tattoos like feathers, anchors and infinity signs with stupid words in them. Turns out the girl I was talking to had all three. FML
Today, my mom asked me if I would be embarrassed if she got a tramp stamp. FML
Today, I decided I was going to dump my needy girlfriend. I was about to break the news when she stopped me. She showed me her new tattoo she had gotten. Our names, surrounded by a love heart spread across her back. She reckons I should get a matching one. FML
Today, despite my warnings and knowing I hate them, my wife got a trashy tattoo of an eye on her ankle, like she’s Count Olaf. How is she going to get a job with that thing? FML
Today, my girlfriend dumped me for the tattoo artist who gave us our matching "love" tattoos. FML
Today, I finally met my daughter's boyfriend. He has a face tattoo. FML
Today, my girlfriend had a bitch fit at me because I laughed at her idea of getting the Cullen family tree tattooed on her back. FML
Today, my wife knows tattoos are a huge turnoff for me. She decided the best way to change my mind about them would be to get one. Across her neck. Of our dog's name. FML
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mbusey 20
It's not like you knew she had one and you were saying that to hurt her feelings. Unless you were, in which case you're a dick
seacadet 18
You have nothing to apologize for. They only serve as a **** target, as far as I'm concerned.
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Comments (73)
Yeliab333 20
what's wrong with tramp stamps?
beautifulbeats26 6
How do you think they got the name?
anticulas 12
Just because some slutty girls got them.
beautifulbeats26 6
They've ruined it for all of us.
cheshirecat13242 32
Everything is wrong with tramp-stamps.
jc1015 25
absolutely nothing
thenewgirl29 20
People are so dumb. I got a tattoo there because I wanted one but wanted it in a place where not many people are going if see it. Why is it less trashy higher up on your back or any other location? It doesn't automatically make you a big **** and any guy who says that they use it as a bullseye prob doesn't have sex very often or can only pull trashy girls in the first place.
vanaathiel 13
Agreed. I have one, and I put it there because it was easy to hide if I wanted to and because I have this annoying need for things to be symmetrical. It's a symmetrical tattoo and so it had to go in the middle of my body somewhere. That left me with my upper back, which is not as easy to hide, or my lower back. It is in no way a "sexy" tattoo, I don't wear revealing clothing to show it off. How is that trampy?
TrinityNevada 11
She probably wanted you to feel embarrassed and stupid and I hope you didn't! I hope you just nodded and said, "Yep. Exactly like that." (Not that I have an issue with "tramp stamps", but she needs put in her place for trying to make ou feel that way.)
SuperMew 22
What about how Op made the girlfriend feel? She does not need to know her place. It is the location of a tattoo. The only person the location of the ink should matter to is the girlfriend, and potentially the boyfriend. I think it depends on how Op stated the opinion. If it was "I think lower back tattoos look bad on a person and can be perceived as trashy" then there is nothing wrong with that. But if Op constantly says, "Only ***** get tramp stamps and anyone who has one is a *****" then she should apologize to the girlfriend.
cryssycakesx3 23
lol I go on about tramp stamps when the time calls for it. and I have 15 tattoos hun. OP thinks TS are trashy. OP didn't say all lower back tattoos are trashy. TS however, are. clearly the girlfriend took exception to "tramp stamp" so she knows she's trashy.
charvisioku 22
128, not everyone has the same definition of 'tramp stamp' though. I know people who think a tattoo anywhere on the lower back counts as a tramp stamp. A lot of people see the location as automatically making it one as well, so you're clutching at straws a bit by saying this girl "knows she's trashy". I'll admit I don't like them either (my definition would be random tribal design along bottom of back or something like "YOLO") but I wouldn't be so rude as to mouth off about how terrible they apparently are. Mostly because there's just no need for it.
Erery 16
YDI for stereotyping.
mikepzz 27
She didn't hit you so you're probably fine. Just laugh it off as an embarrassing moment
Voij 16
Rule of thumb: If you meet someone you are not yet acquainted with, try to avoid showing your hatred for any kind of topic. Showing a dislike is perfectly fine, but going off on a tangent is counterproductive no matter what opinion the other person has.
shutupmichaela 18
Tat location CAN be trashy, in the same way that certain clothes can be trashy. I get that you think your body is a beautiful canvas and everything, but if you wouldn't be showing people your ass crack otherwise, then don't get a tattoo there
BubbleGrunge 18
Not everyone gets tattoos to show them off to other people. Get tattooed wherever you want; screw what everyone else thinks. If we went around trying to please everyone, we'd never be happy!
Kiki242 19
I never understood how having a tattoo on your lower back automatically means youre a tramp....
charvisioku 22
People hear something once and decide it must be the truth. It's sad really.
AKAR2521 4
think before you speak, especially when you are meeting someone for the first time. they may have very different opinions from you, which is fine, but when you dont know their opinions on such subjects, dont say things that are demeaning.
cryssycakesx3 23
if you have opinions state them. I don't expect anyone to pussyfoot around my feelings and I don't pussyfoot around anyone else's. at some point you have to mature and realize people have opposing opinions. not everything is hurt your feelings.
DixieNormous007 4
I dont care for them, except when im looking straight down on them, if ya know what I mean