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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
can you elaborate why? most people I know that have tattoos get them because they have a personal meaning and if you are sincerely being curious about them love telling you what they are why they got them and what they mean to them.
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Well sure.
When you have tattoos, especially if you have a LOT of tattoos, they're going to have meaning of varied importance. It's not that all questions are bad questions, it's that SOME questions are bad questions.
Good questions shouldn't be too personal:
What's that? (Well, unless it's obvious haha)
Where'd you get it?/Who did it?
Compliments or casual comments are nice:
I like your tattoo!
Your tattoos are very interesting!
Bad questions are nosey and presumptuous:
What do your tattoos mean?
Why did you get that?
There are exceptions of course. If you're in a conversation about the tattoos and things get personal, that's fine! As well, a question like "Do your tattoos mean anything?" Can be perfectly fine, but if the answer is "yes" or "some of them" it's not an invitation to ask "What?"
It's just a matter of politeness really. It's like asking a person about their clothes. If someone came up to you and asked "Why do you think you look good in jeans?" or "What did you get that hair cut?", it's not necessarily a RUDE question, but it's a weird and off-putting question, and you look kind of weird asking it. Mostly, tattoo etiquette has been all confused thanks to tattoo shows where every tattoo is prefaced by a backstory about it's meaning and all that.
BUT: back to enjoying the hilarity of this thread.