No Regerts

[Crankin]

Personally, I like the one of Pee Wee. We have a standing joke about him in our house...
I am still old enough to not really love tatoos, but to each his/her own. But I have to disagree with the statement I read in the article that they don't affect job offers. Yes, they do. I have heard more than one person in a position to pass judgement on this say that a tatoo really turned them off of the person. It's a prejudice like anything else, but maybe people should realize that it's out there.

[squirrell]

I got one that I have "regerts" about when I was young and wild. It's on my upper arm and is a parrot with a tail that is really a marijuana leaf. My DH's name is under it. Now, i can't wear anything that is sheer or sleeveless--including swimsuits--because I'm embarrassed about it. Imagine explaining to someone why a pastor has a marijuana leaf tattooed on their arm

But, if that skull tattoo in that article wouldn't impact a job interview, I don't know what would!

[Velobambina]

I got one that I have "regerts" about when I was young and wild. It's on my upper arm and is a parrot with a tail that is really a marijuana leaf. My DH's name is under it. Now, i can't wear anything that is sheer or sleeveless--including swimsuits--because I'm embarrassed about it. Imagine explaining to someone why a pastor has a marijuana leaf tattooed on their arm

Did you do that design yourself? If you really "regert" it, maybe you can have removed or at least, have the tail altered?

[squirrell]

Thanks for the comments, especially Tuckervill! That's one way to look at it!

No, I didn't do it myself--I got it when we were living in Cali in the "wild 80s". Can't afford to have it removed and wearing sleeves is cheaper. Years ago, my mom saw it through a T-Shirt I had on, and I thought she was going to die! She didn't recognize the tail for what it was but just the thought of her "baby" having a tattoo was too much

[Crankin]

Aggie, I too am of the panty hose persuasion, but I am slowly giving up this dying tradition. I go from bare legged to tights, with only a short window of panty hose now. What I noticed is that here in the east, no one wears panty hose as soon as it's like in the 40s or 50s. I can't go bare legged at that temperature, and it's generally too warm for tights then. I only really wear hose on dress up occasions, though, as I have never had a job that required them. In AZ, everyone wore hose, even when it was 115 out.
I still wear a slip because I don't like my skirt sliding up my azz and clinging to my tights, especially in the winter!

[Jolt]

Aggie, I too am of the panty hose persuasion, but I am slowly giving up this dying tradition. I go from bare legged to tights, with only a short window of panty hose now. What I noticed is that here in the east, no one wears panty hose as soon as it's like in the 40s or 50s. I can't go bare legged at that temperature, and it's generally too warm for tights then. I only really wear hose on dress up occasions, though, as I have never had a job that required them. In AZ, everyone wore hose, even when it was 115 out.
I still wear a slip because I don't like my skirt sliding up my azz and clinging to my tights, especially in the winter!

It's funny you mention the slip helping keep the skirt from clinging to the tights--I find that the slip makes more cling happen. I only wear a slip if the skirt is see-through without it and so only wear one with a couple of skirts I have that are about mid-calf length and made of light cotton. When I wear one of those skirts with the slip, I get the WORST case of static cling ever when I walk!! The skirt clings to the slip and it all clings around my legs. Needless to say, now I spray it all down with Static Guard before I go out... As for the hose, I skip them--it's usually either warm enough to go bare legged and wear sandals or cool enough that tights are OK (depending on how warm the tights are), or with a longer skirt I'll wear knee-high socks if it's that "in between" temperature. Number one, pantyhose just feel icky IMHO, and number two they rip way too easily (well, that's partly my klutziness too). Plus I don't really see the purpose of them.

[Dogmama]

In AZ, everyone wore hose, even when it was 115 out.

In AZ some places still demand that you wear hose no matter what. I thought we were liberated?

[Eden]

hmmm I must be weird... I like pantyhose... I think they make my legs look a whole lot nicer for one thing.., they also give your skirt something to slide over rather than sticking - as well as your feet in your shoes. I hate wearing shoes without anything on my feet. I think its really uncomfortable. I like having a little compression on my legs all day too. I am almost always cold though and this isn't a warm climate.. so hose don't really make me hot. I might think otherwise if it was often 90 around here.

[Aggie_Ama]

Yes, they do. I have heard more than one person in a position to pass judgement on this say that a tatoo really turned them off of the person. It's a prejudice like anything else, but maybe people should realize that it's out there.

Yup, I do not make hiring decisions at my company but I will say I form judgment on tattoos on new employees. I have a yellow rose on my ankle. You better believe I tend to wear dark hose to interviews. You barely can see the tattoo if I am wearing hose anyway and I prefer skirts for interviews. Then again I am old school and hate a formal skirt without hose, I think it is so much more polished to put on hose. I wear a black dress to funerals with black heels and panty hose (not always black but sometimes). I am only 27 but I was raised that ladies wear hose and slips (I don't wear slips anymore). My mother is a southern belle no matter how much she defies it.

[SouthernBelle]

My mother is a southern belle no matter how much she defies it.

Tell her that's a good thing.

[Tuckervill]

Squirrel, I'd say that tattoo makes your message all the more authentic.

Karen