Ode to the Tramp Stamp.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
College girls have them. Strippers have them. Heck even the ever more popular cougars are getting them. They’ve replaced the once exciting belly button piercing (which is still popular among teenie boppers until they can convince their parents or guardians that they’re mature enough to get a tatto), and although they’re cool at first, over time tattoos fade, or worse the skin they’re on stretches.
Alright, as a guy I’ll be the first to admit, it’s kind of sexy. A hot twenty something has a belly shirt on, with a trim stomach, low cut jeans, and there’s a cute littl butterfly above the hem of her pants. My eyes are drawn there, and in actuality maybe that’s doing most guys a favor, without it the first place they’re looking is at a girl’s butt, and if she pulls a quick 180 degree turn, we’re in trouble. What my wife laughs at is that although I think it’s odd, there’s also something hot about the sides of skimpy underwear pulled up to the sides, just above her pants. (The wife won’t do it anymore and says that it’s silly.) As a side note, the wife doesn’t have a “tramp stamp” but instead chose to get her back pierced (wierd, right?) twice, having grown out both times.
Some popular trends are cute animals such as dolphins, butterflies, birds, etc. with Chinese characters slowly gaining steam. (Of which my sister had done while in Las Vegas, and my grandmother almost disowned her. She now regrets having it done, and when people ask her what the character means she merely replies, “It means ‘stupid’,” and just shakes her head.) Some girls go a bit above and beyond, taking up the entire small of their backs, mostly in tribal designs, or the occassional flaming skull in a bed of roses.
Back to aging, all bodies begin to sag in general areas, and it takes ever increasing work to make sure they don’t. Removing the tattoo can be costly with laser surgery, but there are a few alternatives. One such alternative is Wrecking Balm tattoo removal which is a cream that over time and application can slowly remove the “mistake”. Some individuals keep their tattoos though and are proud of them as they symbolize an act of passage. More power to them, but just in case, there are other options.
In closing, to the sexy coeds, girlfriends, mothers, cougars, and strippers (also read future doctors and lawyers of America) keep up the cool and sexy show. We might prefer a plain back to a tattoo’ed one, but in all honesty, we’ll still be looking. (And if it is a way to get us to stop checking out your butts, please don’t start tattooing you chins in an effort to get our eyes off your cleavage.)
