Covering up tattoos

My last bridesmaid (the one one the left) is completely covered in tattoos. I'm talking two half sleeves and one side of her back tattooed and not to mention calf/leg tattoos. I purchased a dress with half sleeves specifically for the covering aspect because she's insecure about her tattoos. We have a lot of elderly family members who do not condone ink. Instead of making family upset about tattoos, this was the best choice. She loves the dress I picked for her. I personally have bicep tattoos that I'm covering up with makeup.

All but one of my bridesmaids will have visible tattoos. Personally I have 5 that will be visible. I will not be covering them or asking anyone else to. I honestly am not worried about offending people who don't like them.

LG that's actually exactly what I was thinking. Because it would be good. And few people would know what it meant. #winning

4 out of 5 bridesmaids have tattoos including myself. I would never ask them to cover up. They actually asked me if I minded them showing and I have no problems with it !

Oh hell no. If someone photoshopped out my tattoos, there would be some hell to pay.

Also, bridesmaids spend a lot of money to be in a wedding so saying the bride should get whatever she wants is irrelevant. If you'd prefer to be around people without tattoos, get different friends. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be friends with someone who didn't respect me enough to accept my tattoos because they wanted me to be a prop in some pretty princess pictures.

@Candy, that was a tasteful way to handle it!

Thank you @wed18m!

Tattoos are actually an ongoing problem with certain members of my family. As much as WE love OUR tattoos, (we both have over 15 each) I have to keep my grandparents in mind. It's a respect aspect with them so we cover them as much as we can when we visit with them

My bridesmaid and I definitely do not want to make anyone upset at my wedding.

#sacrificesfortheonesyoulove

@Future Mrs. G what if it was your closest friend or loved one's wedding? Do you have that same level of attitude when it comes to job interviews? Not everyone agrees with tattoos, and it would do you good to respect that. If you have tattoos, it was completely your choice to have them in the first place.

I've got 3 tattoos and wouldn't care if someone asked me to cover them. I got them when I was 17-19 because I thought they looked pretty, they're not part of my "identity."

However, one of my requirements for my tattoos was that you couldn't see them in a wedding dress. So I have one on my inner ankle, left front hip, and the oh so classy tramp stamp!

@jacky don't compare a wedding to a job interview. They are two totally different things. If I was told to cover my tattoo for the sake of making money to put a roof over my head, I'd cover them all day long. So spare me that nonsense. And if my friend asked me to cover up my tattoos, I'd decline being a bridesmaid. You choose these people because you love them, care about them and respect them as human beings, not because of the tattoos on their body. If a piece of art I have on my body is not acceptable, they do not have to ask me to be in their bridal party. It's pretty much that simple. It won't do me any good to respect anyone who doesn't respect my choices. I'm a take it or leave it kinda person.

ETA: also, if a tattoo is a deciding factor of choosing someone to stand beside you, I would question the depth of that friendship.

I got tattoos and I don't see what the big deal is to cover them up for part of a day. I can understand if it's in memory of somebody , but it's just for a day and really isn't that big of deal to me,but that's just how I feel not saying I'm right. Just my opinion on this.

I think the arguments behind this are hilarious (not hilarious) because if you swapped out tattoos for something "gay" or "black" yalls reasoning would be offfensive as hell. "My family/grandparents/old people don't like gay people so we're asking our butch bridesmaid to femme it up." "my church doesn't like black peoples so we're asking one bm to wear white face." Take a long look at yourselves and this bs.

The only time I could possibly see this being MAYBE acceptable is if your venue has a dress code (I know some places do, especially churches). Other then that, well... sorry. You asked them to be in your wedding knowing who they are and how they look.

If you don't want tattoos showing in your wedding photos, then don't ask people to be in your wedding party that have them. Super rude to ask them to cover them.

@PWG hahaha! Some people take things so far beyond reasoning.

I'd ask, and plan on, in a heartbeat

@Crystal, so when you look at your wedding photos years from now, you want to conveniently forget that your friend had interesting personalities? It's very shaming to ask your friends to cover their tattoos. It's saying to them "I want to put on a face of who I think we should be for my wedding photos. That way everyone will think my life was perfect when I got l married".

Here's the thing, I've been in a wedding that took place at a Cathedral, so yes, there were strict rules about the dresses and whatnot, so the BMs all had jackets over their dresses. However, come reception time, jackets were off, boobs and tats on almost all the girls were out. No one cared. In that case, you pick a dress that is modest to cover shoulders.

In Orthodox Judaism,normally you cannot have a wedding party who is not of the faith. The women and men also have to cover their heads, and the dresses and skirts have to be plain, natural materials, and to the ankles. Their ceremonies also tend to be closed to outsiders of their faith.

Sorry for making a comment at all. This has been terrible. I'm NOT making my bm pay for it. I AM. It wasn't MY idea, it was actually my Maid of Honors idea, and she has the most tattoos! Once again, sorry for my comment. This is the first and last time I will comment on any of these forums.