Tattoos on Bridesmaids

You absolutely should not let tattoos decide your BMs.

They are your nearest and dearest friends. Not props for your wedding pictures.

She's your friend, right?

You love her, right?

Ok.

GET OVER YOURSELF.

Tattoos should not hold weight on whether or not you ask your friend to be your bridesmaid.

Sorry, but hit a soft spot.

Ummm....I'd look back at the pictures and be happy to have my beautiful friend standing next to me. I wouldn't even see tattoos. But I'm biased because I'm a tat covered bride myself.

Replace tattoos with "overweight." See how terrible this sounds? Accept your friends and family for who they are.

Tattoos should absolutely not be a factor when choosing someone to stand by your side! They are a part of her, when you look back on your photos all you're going to see is the girl you care about happy to be there with you, not her tattoos.

I was a moh and I have a very large arm tattoo in memory of my brother, the bride made a comment of airbrushing it out of her photos. While that was her choice it hurt me to hear her say that about airbrushing what I consider a part of me.

I personally love the look of tattoos on brides and bridesmaids. If you want her to be a BM, do it.

Her tattoos are apart of her. If she's your friend then you should understand. 4 of my bridesmaids have tattoos....lots....they're still my bridesmaids because I love them! Plus I'm a tattooed bride!

Nope tattoos shouldn't have anything to do with who you pick

My sister is using make up to cover hers. She just got one last week on her shoulder, and it would be partially covered anyway, so she is covering it for my wedding with the Kay Von D makeup. Her choice, not mine, but I'm thankful for it. I'd rather the whole thing show, or not at all.

Girl. Stop. It's not going to be that serious. Don't let that be a determining factor. I have 10 tatts. 5 will be shown and 2 of my BM have big ones that will be quite hard to hide. I think if I was your BM I would be kind of annoyed that you asked me to cover them

Like PP said

They are apart of her

I don't think it should be a factor, if it was a choice for yourself to cover any tattoos you have then sure. I know I didn't get a particular tattoo with my mom and sister because I didn't want it in my wedding pictures, but my sister who is my MOH has it and it looks awesome with the bridesmaid dress. So good I am a little jealous that I didn't go ahead and get it with them. Your friends aren't props!

Also regardless of this question, you should wait a year before asking your bridal party.

My MOH is my little sister and she has several visible tattoos, my cousin who is also a bridesmaid has sleeves and that was never a factor for me. I love them just the way they are and i would never ask them to cover their tattoos. I have 3 tattoos that will all be covered just because of placement but i think you should embrace them! That would be extremely judgemental to not choose her as a BM just because of her tattoos.

Oh no...I'm sorry to offend. Thank you all, you're so very right. She wouldn't be the same her without those tattoos! I would be silly to let that help decide. I was just caught up in what others would think, like my very elderly grandparents, but my bridal party is about being surrounded by those near and dear to us. Thanks, WW community!

My MOH is pretty heavily tattooed. She has a full bright Japanese style sleeve and wore a strapless dress. No one even seemed to notice. And certainly no one said anything about it.

LindsayO, yes, I am definitely waiting until the 6 month mark to ask. I am just mentally planning.

Seriously? that's awful. My entire bridal party has tattoos and I am so excited about it. I picked my bridesmaids because I love THEM. Their tattoos do not define them. If you decide not to include her based on that fact, that you don't want them to ruin your pictues, that's rude.

Shouldn't be a factor at all !!!

Tattoos are a part of her. Your reasoning make sit seem like you are treating your bridal part like just props for your pics and thats wrong on so many levels!

I do not have sleeves and my MOH does. I didn't even consider it when I asked her to be my MOH.