Covering up tattoos

I also don't understand people who get butt hurt about not being able to bring their kids everywhere.

I genuinely don't get it- I didn't go to ever event my parents attended- they were boring anyway. I'm a reasonably well adjusted adult. I didn't die form lack of social interaction.

cut the cord- enjoy a night off occasionally.

@o&s thank you ... thank you .. thank you!!!! My thoughts exactly. It's 2017 .. in a world where we have come so far (and still further to go), I would think this is the absolute least thing people should lose sleep over.

You're my hero!

People will probably side eye me, but this is reason I didn't ask my bestie to be a MOH when I got married to my ex. She has them ALL OVER and her chest, shoulders, and back are covered with the brightest freaking colors EVER!! There was no way to ask her to cover them without being rude, and it was summer so it was too hot to cover them with a dress.

And, YES, I love my bestie, but I FUCKING HATE those tattoes, cause they look tacky as shit to me!! However, I would never tell her that, so I just decided that I was only going to have my daughter, so no one's feelings would be hurt.

@Heather, so you're not properly hosting your guests, and you're okay with telling people to wear a certain color to your wedding if you'd like, but you don't understand how that's considered tacky and disrespectful to your guests, BUT not being allowed to bring your children to a wedding is an "easy decline"?

The difference is proper hosting. Kids not being allowed to attend a wedding is not against etiquette, however not properly hosting your guests is.

I would be extremely offended if you told me I had to cover my tattoos to be in your wedding. I would never think of asking my girls to do this. I love them for who they are, and their tattoos are part of them.

Dangggg, there are some JUDGEY people in here today! I couldn't look myself in the mirror if I cared more about my friends appearance than I did letting her have a position of honor on such an important day to me. Being that judgemental is way more tacky than any tattoo I've ever seen. Y'all need Barbie doll BMs.

@Marion, I am assuming that comment was directed at me, but it honestly does not bother me in the slightest if you care what I think about tattoes. I myself have one that means a lot to me, but if someone I loved didnt want it to show, I would cover it.

And, you haven't seen her hideous NEON ORANGE AND PURPLE tattoes covering her chest, or you might agree with me. But if not, no big deal, because we all get to think what we want and do what we want (within reason), and that is part of being a human being and making mistakes if we so choose to.

I think it's the situation. One BM has a chest tattoo that has a lot of profanity. It's the only one I asked to be covered

I have tattoos that my parents have made very clear they hate and two of my bridesmaids do as well. It was not an easy decision, but I ended up using it as an opportunity to tell my parents we need to agree to disagree because I'm not hiding parts of myself on my wedding day. Eventually they came around, and now I don't have to wear sleeves when I got visit in summer, it's a win win.

Never an easy conversation though, wish you the best of luck!

It's a representation of you. Show them off

@Minime-actually tattoos have been around for centuries and are culturally significant for some people. There are indigenous cultures around the world who have various techniques and styles that are centuries old and in practise today. There's a lot of ignorance on this thread and a lot of judgy Judys.

So I have 6 tattoos and I genuinely don't know how you could ask someone to cover them. All of mine have special meaning to me (I even have a matching one with my fiance that we plan to take pictures of together on the day of our wedding), so covering them is like asking me to hide part of myself.

If I was a part of a wedding that a bride asked me to cover as many as possible with a dress, that would be one thing (it's nearly impossible to cover them all, especially the one on my foot or the one on my bicep), I would find a dress that covered most of them. But to ask me to cover all of them with makeup, I'd be pretty upset and respectfully decline.